1. The Kishenganga Power Project is in-
A. Orissa
B. Maharashtra
C. Gujarat
D. Jammu & Kashmir
Ans (D)
2. The late Nirmala Desh Pande was a famous
A. diplomat
B. astrologer
C. Social activist
D. film-star
Ans (C)
3. Who has been awarded the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ?
A. Nilanjana Bose
B. Rupashree Nanda
C. Nirupama Subramanian
D. None of these
Ans (C)
4. Microwave ovens cook dishes by means of
A. Ultraviolet rays
B. Infra-red rays
C. Convection
D. Conduction
Ans (D)
5. Most of the phenomena related to weather take place in
A. stratosphere
B. ionosphere
C. mesosphere
D. troposphere
Ans (D)
6. The current President of the World Bank is
A. Dominique Strauss-Kahn
B. James D. Wolfansen
C. Barbara Cartland
D. Robert Zoellick
Ans (D)
7. Amartya Sen, the NRI Nobel laureate got the honour for his work on
A. Game theory
B. Securities analysis
C. Poverty and famines
D.Impact of Industrialization
Ans (C)
8. The Quit India resolution was passed at the
A. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1940
B. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1941
C. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1942
D. Bombay session of I.N.C. in 1945.
Ans (C)
9. Who among the following is not a ghazal singer?
A. Talat Aziz
B. Chandan Dass
C. Peenaz Masani
D. Jagdev Singh
Ans (D)
10. Nobel Prize for literature in 2007 was received by-
A. Doris Lessing
B. Albert Al Gore
C. Mohammad Yunus
D. None of these
Ans (A)
11. Meteorites are the heavenly bodies
A. between the Mars and the Jupiter
B. between the Saturn and the Neptune
C. between the Mars and the Venus
D. that burn brightly on entering the Earth’s atmosphere
Ans (D)
12. P-5 is a group of
A. highly developed countries
B. Highly populous countries
C. Permanent members of the Security Council
D. Established nuclear powers
Ans (C)
13. Arrange the following in chronological order:
a. Dandi March
b. McDonald Award
c. Hanging of Bhagat Singh
d. Meerut conspiracy case
A. a, b, c, d
B. b, a, c, d
C. d, c, a, b,
D. d, a, c, b
Ans (A)
14. Which of the following is a land-locked state?
A. Gujarat
B. Andhra Pradesh
C. Madhya Pradesh
D. Tamil Nadu
Ans (C)
15. Which of the following is not an official language as per the 8th schedule?
A. Konkani
B. Sindhi
C. Manipuri
D. English
Ans (D)
16. Which of the following used in making computer chips ?
A. Carbon
B. Uranium
C. Silicon
D. Rubidium
Ans (C)
17. In order to see an undersea object while in a ship, you would make use of a
A. telescope
B. periscope
C. marinoscope
D None of these
Ans (B)
18. Baan Ki-moon , the UNO Secretary-General belong to
A. Saudi Arab
B. Egypt
C. South Korea
D. Brazil
Ans (C)
19. The deepest ocean in the world is
A. The Indian ocean
B. The Atlantic ocean
C. The Pacific ocean
D. None of these
Ans (C)
20. The oldest mutual fund in India is the
A. SBI Mutual Fund
B. BOB Mutual Fund
C. PNB Mutual Fund
D. Unit Trust of India
Ans (D)
21. A candidate for elections to the Lok Sabha stands to lose his Deposit Money if he fails to get
A. 1/5 of the total valid votes
B. 1/8 of the valid votes
C. 1/6 of the valid votes polled
D. none of these
Ans (A)
22. The Varanasi–Kanyakumari National Highway is called
A. N.H. – 8
B. N. H. – 7
C. N.H. – 12
D. N.H. – 9
Ans (B)
23. Which of the following areas of output is witnessing a new revolution?
A. oilseeds
B. fisheries
C. fruits
D. cereals
Ans (A)
24. The W.T.O. came into being on
A. 1st April, 1995
B. 1st April, 1994
C. 1st Jan., 1995
D. 1st Jan., 1996
Ans (C)
25. Bangal was partitioned during the viceroyalty of
A. Lord Rippon
B. Lord Curzon
C. Lord Hardinge
D. Lord Minto
Ans (B)
26. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from-
A. Hyundai
B. Maruti-Suzuki
C. Ford Motor
D. General Motor
Ans (C)…
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gk practise paper 54
1. Who among the following is the President of Russia?
(1) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Dmitry Medvedev
(3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
(4) Alvaro Uribe Velez
(5) None of these
2. Who among the following is the Chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
(1) Mr. P.M. Bhargava
(2) Mr. P. Balram
(3) Mr. Andre Beteille
(4) Mr. Sam Pitroda
(5) None of these
3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is located at
(1) Ajmer
(2) Mumbai
(3) Delhi
(4) Hyderabad
(5) None of these
4. With which sport is the term ‘butterfly’ associated?
(1) Kabaddi
(2) Swimming
(3) Boxing
(4) Wrestling
(5) None of these
5. Who among the following won the renowned UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2008?
(1) Mr. Khushwant Singh
(2) Mr. Vikram Seth
(3) Prof. Amartya Sen
(4) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro
(5) None of these
6. Who among the following tennis sensations announced her retirement in 2007?
(1) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(2) Monica Seles
(3) Kim Clijsters
(4) Serena Williams
(5) None of these
7. Which of the following sports will be included in 2010 Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou (China)?
(1) Baseball
(2) Rugby
(3) Squash
(4) Cricket
(5) None of these
8. The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted by the Government in the year-
(1) 1961
(2) 1970
(3) 1985
(4) 1987
(5) None of these
9. Who among the following literary personalities won Cervantes Prize recently?
(1) Mr. Paulo Coelho
(2) Mr. Franz Kafka
(3) Mr. Antonio Gamoneda
(4) Mr. Chinua Achebe
(5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries has the highest life expectancy at birth?
(1) Australia
(2) Japan
(3) Sweden
(4) Canada
(5) None of these
11. Which of the following is the world’s largest city in area?
(1) Mount Isa (Australia)
(2) Mumbai (India)
(3) Wenchuan (China)
(4) Tokyo (Japan)
(5) None of these
12. Who among the following is regarded as the father of Modern Biology?
(1) Aristotle
(2) Darwin
(3) Robert Hooke
(4) Vesalius
13. Which of the following rivers rises in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet?
(1) Jhelum
(2) Chenab
(3) Beas
(4) Sutlej
(5) None of these
14. Who among the following tennis players won the women’s singles title in Australian Open 2008?
(1) Venus Williams
(2) Maria Sharapova
(3) Justine Henin
(4) Martina Hingis
(5) None of these
15. By what name is the disease, Varicella, more commonly known?
(1) Chicken Pox
(2) Small Pox
(3) Malaria
(4) Tuberculosis
(5) None of these
16. Who among the following noted personalities won the prestigious Abel Prize recently?
(1) Mr. M.S. Swaminathan
(2) Mr. Srinivasan Padmanabhan
(3) Mr. A. Sivathanu Pillai
(4) Mr. Srinivasa Varadhan
(5) None of these
17. Which of the following parts of the skeleton protects the spinal cord?
(1) Auditory Capsule
(2)Cranium
(3) Olfactory Capsule
(4) Vertebral Column
(5) None of these
18. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Summit was held in-
(1)Sudan
(2) Nigeria
(3) Libya
(4) Niger
(5) None of these
19. Who among the following is the Attorney-General of India?
(1) Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati
(2) Mr. Milon Kumar Banerji
(3) Mr. Vikas Singh
(4) Mr. Gopal Subramaniam
(5) None of these
20. Which of the following countries has the largest area of forest?
(1) Russia
(2) Canada
(3) Brazil
(4) USA
(5) None of these
21. The States/UT through which the Kaveri river flows are -
(1) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
(2) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Puducherry
(3) Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry
(4) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Puducherry
(5) None of these
22. PERT is a technique used for which one of the following?
(1) Electric Power Transmission
(2) Project Management
(3) Railway Safety
(4) Internet
23. The Asteroid Belt is found between which of the following planets?
(1) Mars and Jupiter
(2) Earth and Mars
(3) Jupiter and Saturn
(4) Saturn and Uranus
(5) None of these
24. Who among the following propounded the ‘Saptanga’ Theory?
(1) Manu
(2) Charaka
(3) Kautilya
(4) Tulsidas
(5) None of these
25. The visible part of the Sun is called
(1) Ionosphere
(2) Hydrosphere
(3) Photosphere
(4) Troposphere
(5) None of these
26. The 15th SAARC Summit will be held in 2008 at-
(1) Kathmandu
(2) Dhaka
(3) Colombo
(4) New Delhi
(5) None of these
27. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held at-
(1) Montreal
(2) Beijing
(3) Atlanta
(4) London
(5) None of these
28. Which among the following films won the award for ‘Best Motion Picture of the Year’ in 80th Annual OSCAR Awards 2008?
(1) The Queen
(2) No Country For Old Men
(3) The Last King of Scotland
(4) The Lives of Others
(5) None of these
29. Who among the following is the Governor of Meghalaya?
(1) Mr. K. Sankaranarayan
(2) Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
(3) Mr. B.L. Joshi
(4) Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya
(5) None of these
30. Where is the world’s tallest Pagoda located?
(1) Bhutan
(2) Japan
(3) Nepal
(4) China
(5) None of these
31. At which international film festival is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the best film?
(1) IIFA
(2) Locarno Film Festival
(3) Cannes Film Festival
(4) Venice Film Festival
(5) None of these
32. With which mythological figure would you associate the weapons – ‘Ajagava’, ‘Khatwanga’ and ‘Pinaka’?
(1) Vishnu
(2) Shiva
(3)Brahma
(4) Indra
(5) None of these
33. How many companies from India figure in the ‘Global-500’ list?
(1) 6
(2) 4
(3) 8
(4) 10
(5) None of these
34. Which of the following planets takes nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the Earth?
(1) Jupiter
(2) Mars
(3) Neptune
(4) Uranus
(5) None of these
35. Noted author and activist Arundhati Roy has been supporting the farmers of Singur in West Bengal who are resisting the State
Government’s move to acquire land and give it to -
(1) Tata Motors
(2) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(3) Infosys
(4) Hindustan Motors
(5) None of these
36. Who among the following batsmen achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in one over for the first time in international cricket during the
World Cup 2007?
(1) Scott Styris
(2) Sanath Jayasuriya
(3) Herschelle Gibbs
(4) Brian Lara
(5) None of these
37. The XVI Asian Games are scheduled to be held at-
(1) Qatar
(2) Incheon
(3)Guangzhou
(4) Jakarta
(5) None of these
38. Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society?
(1) William Carey
(2) William Jones
(3) David Hare
(4) Marshman
(5) None of these
39. Lance Armstrong, a sportsperson of international repute, belongs to which of the following countries?
(1) USA
(2) Ukraine
(3) Spain
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these
40. ‘Galileo Satellites’, named after their discoverer, are four large moons ofthe planet
(1) Jupiter
(2) Neptune
(3) Saturn
(4) Uranus
(5) None of these
41. Who is the present chairman of National Security of Council(NSC) ?
(1) Anand Mahindra
(2) Brajesh Mishra
(3) Arun Shaurie
(4) P.C.Jha
(5) None of these
42. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has succeeded in acquiring a big deal from Bank of China worth
(1) $ 75 million
(2) $ 50 million
(3) $ 100 million
(4) $ 125 million
(5) None of these
43. According to the Global Gender Gap Report, 2006 by the World Economic Forum, the country which has provided more political
empowerment to women among the following is-
(1) USA
(2) India
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Bangladesh
(5) None of these
44.Who is the present chairman of National Film Division Corporation (NFDC) ?
(1) Om Puri
(2) Javed Akhtar
(3) Shabana Azmi
(4) Amitabh Bachchan
(5) None of these
45. The 20th NATO Summit was held in 2008 at-
(1) Thailand
(2) Bucharest
(3) Brazil
(4) China
(5) None of these
46. Which of the following industries are the major beneficiaries of the Mumbai port?
(1) Sugar and Cotton textile industry
(2) Iron and Steel industry
(3) Cotton textile and Petrochemical industry
(4)Engineering and Fertilizer industry
(5) None of these
47. What is Value Added Tax (VAT)?
(1) A new initiative taken by the Government to increase the taxburden of high income groups
(2) A simple, transparent, easy to pay tax imposed on consumers
(3) A single tax that replaces State tax like surcharge, turnover tax, etc.
(4) A new tax to be imposed on the producers of capital goods.
(5) None of these
48. The common currency which has been introduced among 11 European nations is known as-
(1) Euro
(2) Euro Pound
(3) Euro Dollar
(4) None of these
49. Who amongst the following was the head of the Investment Commission which submitted its report to the Government of India?
(1) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(2) Mr. Ratan Tata
(3) Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
(4) Mr. Rahul Bajaj
(5) None of these
50. Which bank has launched a new health cover scheme under the name of “Arogya Shree”?
(1) PNB
(2) SBI
(3) Andhra Bank
(4) OBC
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1.(2) 2.(4) 3.(3) 4.(2) 5.(4) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(3) 10.(2)
11.(1) 12.(1) 13.(4) 14.(2) 15.(1) 16.(4) 17.(4) 18.(3) 19.(2) 20.(1)
21.(1) 22.(2) 23.(1) 24.(3) 25.(3) 26.(3) 27.(2) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(4)
31.(4) 32.(2) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(3) 38.(2) 39.(1) 40.(1)
41.(1) 42.(3) 43.(2) 44.(1) 45.(2) 46.(3) 47.(3) 48.(1) 49.(2) 50.(1)
(1) Georgi Purvanov
(2) Dmitry Medvedev
(3) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
(4) Alvaro Uribe Velez
(5) None of these
2. Who among the following is the Chairman of National Knowledge Commission?
(1) Mr. P.M. Bhargava
(2) Mr. P. Balram
(3) Mr. Andre Beteille
(4) Mr. Sam Pitroda
(5) None of these
3. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya’s Dargah is located at
(1) Ajmer
(2) Mumbai
(3) Delhi
(4) Hyderabad
(5) None of these
4. With which sport is the term ‘butterfly’ associated?
(1) Kabaddi
(2) Swimming
(3) Boxing
(4) Wrestling
(5) None of these
5. Who among the following won the renowned UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2008?
(1) Mr. Khushwant Singh
(2) Mr. Vikram Seth
(3) Prof. Amartya Sen
(4) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro
(5) None of these
6. Who among the following tennis sensations announced her retirement in 2007?
(1) Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
(2) Monica Seles
(3) Kim Clijsters
(4) Serena Williams
(5) None of these
7. Which of the following sports will be included in 2010 Asian Games to be held in Guangzhou (China)?
(1) Baseball
(2) Rugby
(3) Squash
(4) Cricket
(5) None of these
8. The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted by the Government in the year-
(1) 1961
(2) 1970
(3) 1985
(4) 1987
(5) None of these
9. Who among the following literary personalities won Cervantes Prize recently?
(1) Mr. Paulo Coelho
(2) Mr. Franz Kafka
(3) Mr. Antonio Gamoneda
(4) Mr. Chinua Achebe
(5) None of these
10. Which of the following countries has the highest life expectancy at birth?
(1) Australia
(2) Japan
(3) Sweden
(4) Canada
(5) None of these
11. Which of the following is the world’s largest city in area?
(1) Mount Isa (Australia)
(2) Mumbai (India)
(3) Wenchuan (China)
(4) Tokyo (Japan)
(5) None of these
12. Who among the following is regarded as the father of Modern Biology?
(1) Aristotle
(2) Darwin
(3) Robert Hooke
(4) Vesalius
13. Which of the following rivers rises in lake Lan-Ka Tso in Tibet?
(1) Jhelum
(2) Chenab
(3) Beas
(4) Sutlej
(5) None of these
14. Who among the following tennis players won the women’s singles title in Australian Open 2008?
(1) Venus Williams
(2) Maria Sharapova
(3) Justine Henin
(4) Martina Hingis
(5) None of these
15. By what name is the disease, Varicella, more commonly known?
(1) Chicken Pox
(2) Small Pox
(3) Malaria
(4) Tuberculosis
(5) None of these
16. Who among the following noted personalities won the prestigious Abel Prize recently?
(1) Mr. M.S. Swaminathan
(2) Mr. Srinivasan Padmanabhan
(3) Mr. A. Sivathanu Pillai
(4) Mr. Srinivasa Varadhan
(5) None of these
17. Which of the following parts of the skeleton protects the spinal cord?
(1) Auditory Capsule
(2)Cranium
(3) Olfactory Capsule
(4) Vertebral Column
(5) None of these
18. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) Summit was held in-
(1)Sudan
(2) Nigeria
(3) Libya
(4) Niger
(5) None of these
19. Who among the following is the Attorney-General of India?
(1) Mr. Goolam E. Vahanvati
(2) Mr. Milon Kumar Banerji
(3) Mr. Vikas Singh
(4) Mr. Gopal Subramaniam
(5) None of these
20. Which of the following countries has the largest area of forest?
(1) Russia
(2) Canada
(3) Brazil
(4) USA
(5) None of these
21. The States/UT through which the Kaveri river flows are -
(1) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry
(2) Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Puducherry
(3) Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry
(4) Maharashtra, Karnataka and Puducherry
(5) None of these
22. PERT is a technique used for which one of the following?
(1) Electric Power Transmission
(2) Project Management
(3) Railway Safety
(4) Internet
23. The Asteroid Belt is found between which of the following planets?
(1) Mars and Jupiter
(2) Earth and Mars
(3) Jupiter and Saturn
(4) Saturn and Uranus
(5) None of these
24. Who among the following propounded the ‘Saptanga’ Theory?
(1) Manu
(2) Charaka
(3) Kautilya
(4) Tulsidas
(5) None of these
25. The visible part of the Sun is called
(1) Ionosphere
(2) Hydrosphere
(3) Photosphere
(4) Troposphere
(5) None of these
26. The 15th SAARC Summit will be held in 2008 at-
(1) Kathmandu
(2) Dhaka
(3) Colombo
(4) New Delhi
(5) None of these
27. The 2008 Olympic Games will be held at-
(1) Montreal
(2) Beijing
(3) Atlanta
(4) London
(5) None of these
28. Which among the following films won the award for ‘Best Motion Picture of the Year’ in 80th Annual OSCAR Awards 2008?
(1) The Queen
(2) No Country For Old Men
(3) The Last King of Scotland
(4) The Lives of Others
(5) None of these
29. Who among the following is the Governor of Meghalaya?
(1) Mr. K. Sankaranarayan
(2) Mr. Shivinder Singh Sidhu
(3) Mr. B.L. Joshi
(4) Mr. Dinesh Nandan Sahaya
(5) None of these
30. Where is the world’s tallest Pagoda located?
(1) Bhutan
(2) Japan
(3) Nepal
(4) China
(5) None of these
31. At which international film festival is the ‘Golden Lion’ awarded to the best film?
(1) IIFA
(2) Locarno Film Festival
(3) Cannes Film Festival
(4) Venice Film Festival
(5) None of these
32. With which mythological figure would you associate the weapons – ‘Ajagava’, ‘Khatwanga’ and ‘Pinaka’?
(1) Vishnu
(2) Shiva
(3)Brahma
(4) Indra
(5) None of these
33. How many companies from India figure in the ‘Global-500’ list?
(1) 6
(2) 4
(3) 8
(4) 10
(5) None of these
34. Which of the following planets takes nearly the same time for a rotation on its own axis as does the Earth?
(1) Jupiter
(2) Mars
(3) Neptune
(4) Uranus
(5) None of these
35. Noted author and activist Arundhati Roy has been supporting the farmers of Singur in West Bengal who are resisting the State
Government’s move to acquire land and give it to -
(1) Tata Motors
(2) Maruti Udyog Ltd.
(3) Infosys
(4) Hindustan Motors
(5) None of these
36. Who among the following batsmen achieved the feat of hitting six 6s in one over for the first time in international cricket during the
World Cup 2007?
(1) Scott Styris
(2) Sanath Jayasuriya
(3) Herschelle Gibbs
(4) Brian Lara
(5) None of these
37. The XVI Asian Games are scheduled to be held at-
(1) Qatar
(2) Incheon
(3)Guangzhou
(4) Jakarta
(5) None of these
38. Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society?
(1) William Carey
(2) William Jones
(3) David Hare
(4) Marshman
(5) None of these
39. Lance Armstrong, a sportsperson of international repute, belongs to which of the following countries?
(1) USA
(2) Ukraine
(3) Spain
(4) Brazil
(5) None of these
40. ‘Galileo Satellites’, named after their discoverer, are four large moons ofthe planet
(1) Jupiter
(2) Neptune
(3) Saturn
(4) Uranus
(5) None of these
41. Who is the present chairman of National Security of Council(NSC) ?
(1) Anand Mahindra
(2) Brajesh Mishra
(3) Arun Shaurie
(4) P.C.Jha
(5) None of these
42. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has succeeded in acquiring a big deal from Bank of China worth
(1) $ 75 million
(2) $ 50 million
(3) $ 100 million
(4) $ 125 million
(5) None of these
43. According to the Global Gender Gap Report, 2006 by the World Economic Forum, the country which has provided more political
empowerment to women among the following is-
(1) USA
(2) India
(3) Sri Lanka
(4) Bangladesh
(5) None of these
44.Who is the present chairman of National Film Division Corporation (NFDC) ?
(1) Om Puri
(2) Javed Akhtar
(3) Shabana Azmi
(4) Amitabh Bachchan
(5) None of these
45. The 20th NATO Summit was held in 2008 at-
(1) Thailand
(2) Bucharest
(3) Brazil
(4) China
(5) None of these
46. Which of the following industries are the major beneficiaries of the Mumbai port?
(1) Sugar and Cotton textile industry
(2) Iron and Steel industry
(3) Cotton textile and Petrochemical industry
(4)Engineering and Fertilizer industry
(5) None of these
47. What is Value Added Tax (VAT)?
(1) A new initiative taken by the Government to increase the taxburden of high income groups
(2) A simple, transparent, easy to pay tax imposed on consumers
(3) A single tax that replaces State tax like surcharge, turnover tax, etc.
(4) A new tax to be imposed on the producers of capital goods.
(5) None of these
48. The common currency which has been introduced among 11 European nations is known as-
(1) Euro
(2) Euro Pound
(3) Euro Dollar
(4) None of these
49. Who amongst the following was the head of the Investment Commission which submitted its report to the Government of India?
(1) Dr. Rakesh Mohan
(2) Mr. Ratan Tata
(3) Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla
(4) Mr. Rahul Bajaj
(5) None of these
50. Which bank has launched a new health cover scheme under the name of “Arogya Shree”?
(1) PNB
(2) SBI
(3) Andhra Bank
(4) OBC
(5) None of these
ANSWERS
1.(2) 2.(4) 3.(3) 4.(2) 5.(4) 6.(3) 7.(4) 8.(3) 9.(3) 10.(2)
11.(1) 12.(1) 13.(4) 14.(2) 15.(1) 16.(4) 17.(4) 18.(3) 19.(2) 20.(1)
21.(1) 22.(2) 23.(1) 24.(3) 25.(3) 26.(3) 27.(2) 28.(2) 29.(3) 30.(4)
31.(4) 32.(2) 33.(1) 34.(2) 35.(1) 36.(3) 37.(3) 38.(2) 39.(1) 40.(1)
41.(1) 42.(3) 43.(2) 44.(1) 45.(2) 46.(3) 47.(3) 48.(1) 49.(2) 50.(1)
gk practise paper 53
1. Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in MAY 2008 ?
(A) Rajeev Chandrashekha
(B) Anand Mahindra
(C) K.V.Kamath
(D) Ganesh Natarajan
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
2. Th World's longest Sea Bridge has been established in-
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) Malaysia
(E) China
Ans (E)
3. 12th UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT) miniterial lavel conference was held in April 2008 at-
(A) New Delhi (India)
(B) Accra (Ghana)
(C) Islamabad (Pakistan)
(D) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
(E) Kathmandu (Nepal)
Ans (B)
4. At which place India’s first Indira Gandhi National Tribal University would be set up ?
(A) Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh)
(B) Nagpur
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Noida
(E) Patna
Ans (A)
5. Nathula Pass is located in the State :
(A) Nagaland
(B) Sikkim
(C)West Bengal
(D) Assam
(E) Tripura
Ans (B)
6. THE 2007 Durand Cup has been won by –
(A) Mohan Bagan
(B) Mahindra United
(C) Churchill Brothers
(D) Central Railways
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
7. Who amongst the following has been named as the Forbes Asia Businessman of the year 2007 ?
(A) K.V.Kamath
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Nandan Nilekani
(D) Ajim Premji
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
8. Konkan Railway is building world’s tallest railways bridge in which of the following states ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
9. The author the book “ Jyoti Punj” is-
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Pervez Musharraf
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
10. World Investment Report is an annual publication of :
(A) UNCTAD
(B) WTO
(C) World Bank
(D)IMF
(E) ADB
Ans (A)
11. Which of the following countries has the maximum amount of external debt ?
(A) USA
(B) Brazil
(C)Mexico
(D) Japan
(E) Russia
Ans (A)
12. Lee Myung Bak is the president of –
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. The author the book “ My Country My Life” is-
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) L.K.Advani
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Pervez Musharraf
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
14. Who has been won the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ?
(A) Nagma
(B) Shweta Singh
(C) Nirupama Subramaniam
(D) Nalini Singh
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
15. Who has been won Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008 ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Shweta Singh
(C) Rupashree Nanda
(D) Indra Sinha
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
16. What is the full form of the term “PIARC” ?
(A) Permanent International Association of Road Congress
(B) Permanent Indian Association of Road Congress
(C) Permanent International Accident of Road Congress
(D) Permanent International Association of Rapid Congress
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
17. What is the percentage of the African countries in the earth areas ?
(A) 28%
(B) 18%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%(E) 35%
Ans (C)
18. International women’s day is celebrated every year on –
(A) January 26
(B) March 8
(C) August 26
(D) December 8
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
19. Gary Kirsten signed a two year contract with BCCI to coach the Indian Cricket team, belongs to :
(A) South Africa
(B) England
(C) West Indies
(D) Australia
(E) New Zealand
Ans (A)
20. Capital formation in an economy depends on :
(A) Total income
(B) Total savings
(C) Total demand
(D) Total Production
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
21. The National Old age Pension Scheme has now been extended to cover the entire BPL people above---------- of age
(A) 55 years
(B) 60 years
(C) 62 years
(D) 65 years
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
22. According to the Union Finance Minister , by which year will India become middle income nation ?
(A) 2015
(B) 2025
(C) 2030
(D) 2032
(E) 2040
Ans (B)
23. Who has been conferred to Miss India World 2008 ?
(A) Simran Kaur Mundi
(B) Tanvi Vyas
(C) Parvathy Omanakuttan
(D) Pooja Chitgopekar
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
24. The 20th Interpol Asian Regional Conference was held in March 2008 at _
(A) India
(B) Hong Kong
(C) Kuala Lumpur
(D) Moscow
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
25. Who is the new President of Russia ?
(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Dmitry Medvedev
(C) Viktor Chernomyrdin
(D) Boris Yeltsin
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
(A) Rajeev Chandrashekha
(B) Anand Mahindra
(C) K.V.Kamath
(D) Ganesh Natarajan
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
2. Th World's longest Sea Bridge has been established in-
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) Malaysia
(E) China
Ans (E)
3. 12th UNCTAD (UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT) miniterial lavel conference was held in April 2008 at-
(A) New Delhi (India)
(B) Accra (Ghana)
(C) Islamabad (Pakistan)
(D) Dhaka (Bangladesh)
(E) Kathmandu (Nepal)
Ans (B)
4. At which place India’s first Indira Gandhi National Tribal University would be set up ?
(A) Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh)
(B) Nagpur
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Noida
(E) Patna
Ans (A)
5. Nathula Pass is located in the State :
(A) Nagaland
(B) Sikkim
(C)West Bengal
(D) Assam
(E) Tripura
Ans (B)
6. THE 2007 Durand Cup has been won by –
(A) Mohan Bagan
(B) Mahindra United
(C) Churchill Brothers
(D) Central Railways
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
7. Who amongst the following has been named as the Forbes Asia Businessman of the year 2007 ?
(A) K.V.Kamath
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Nandan Nilekani
(D) Ajim Premji
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
8. Konkan Railway is building world’s tallest railways bridge in which of the following states ?
(A) Punjab
(B) Jammu & Kashmir
(C) Maharashtra
(D) Kerala
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
9. The author the book “ Jyoti Punj” is-
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) Narendra Modi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Pervez Musharraf
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
10. World Investment Report is an annual publication of :
(A) UNCTAD
(B) WTO
(C) World Bank
(D)IMF
(E) ADB
Ans (A)
11. Which of the following countries has the maximum amount of external debt ?
(A) USA
(B) Brazil
(C)Mexico
(D) Japan
(E) Russia
Ans (A)
12. Lee Myung Bak is the president of –
(A) China
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea
(D) Malaysia
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. The author the book “ My Country My Life” is-
(A) Sonia Gandhi
(B) L.K.Advani
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Pervez Musharraf
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
14. Who has been won the Prem Bhatia Award for the year 2008 ?
(A) Nagma
(B) Shweta Singh
(C) Nirupama Subramaniam
(D) Nalini Singh
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
15. Who has been won Commonwealth Writers Prize 2008 ?
(A) Kiran Desai
(B) Shweta Singh
(C) Rupashree Nanda
(D) Indra Sinha
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
16. What is the full form of the term “PIARC” ?
(A) Permanent International Association of Road Congress
(B) Permanent Indian Association of Road Congress
(C) Permanent International Accident of Road Congress
(D) Permanent International Association of Rapid Congress
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
17. What is the percentage of the African countries in the earth areas ?
(A) 28%
(B) 18%
(C) 20%
(D) 25%(E) 35%
Ans (C)
18. International women’s day is celebrated every year on –
(A) January 26
(B) March 8
(C) August 26
(D) December 8
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
19. Gary Kirsten signed a two year contract with BCCI to coach the Indian Cricket team, belongs to :
(A) South Africa
(B) England
(C) West Indies
(D) Australia
(E) New Zealand
Ans (A)
20. Capital formation in an economy depends on :
(A) Total income
(B) Total savings
(C) Total demand
(D) Total Production
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
21. The National Old age Pension Scheme has now been extended to cover the entire BPL people above---------- of age
(A) 55 years
(B) 60 years
(C) 62 years
(D) 65 years
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
22. According to the Union Finance Minister , by which year will India become middle income nation ?
(A) 2015
(B) 2025
(C) 2030
(D) 2032
(E) 2040
Ans (B)
23. Who has been conferred to Miss India World 2008 ?
(A) Simran Kaur Mundi
(B) Tanvi Vyas
(C) Parvathy Omanakuttan
(D) Pooja Chitgopekar
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
24. The 20th Interpol Asian Regional Conference was held in March 2008 at _
(A) India
(B) Hong Kong
(C) Kuala Lumpur
(D) Moscow
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
25. Who is the new President of Russia ?
(A) Vladimir Putin
(B) Dmitry Medvedev
(C) Viktor Chernomyrdin
(D) Boris Yeltsin
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
gk practise paper 52
1. On 7th May 2008, agni-I was test-fired. It was—
(A) Ballistic Missile
(B) Surface to air missile
(C) Land to sea missile
(D) Air to air missile
2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC—
(A) Bhopal High Court
(B) Rajasthan High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Guwahati High Court
3. Recently the Acronym START came into News. START stands for—
(A) Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade
(B) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
(C) System Tracking and Reprocessing Team
(D) None of the above
4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33•01% in elections held in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy
5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is—
(A) 247 plant species
(B) 250 plant species
(C) 275 plant species
(D) 255 plant species
6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state—
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra
7. The renowned scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from—
(A) Australia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Finland
(D) Britain
8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) Arthur C. Clarke
9. The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to —
(A) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro
(B) Anna Politkovskaya
(C) May Chidiac
(D) U Win Tin
10. Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket—
(A) Rahul Dravid
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Virendra Sehwag
11. On March 26, 2008, NASA’s space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was—
(A) Discovery
(B) Endeavour
11. (B) 12. (C)
(C) Columbia
(D) None of the above
12. Jules Verne is Europe’s—
(A) Space shuttle
(B) Missile shield system
(C) Biggest spacecraft
(D) Mission to Antarctica
13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first—
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of—
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth—
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
16. The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in—
(A) Romania
(B) Morocco
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is—
(A) 2•2 million
(B) 1•9 million
(C) 1•5 million
(D) 1•7 million
18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from—
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
(D) None of the above
19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany
20. Which country has won the Women's Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the monthe of May 2008 ?
(A) Brisbane
(B) Melbourne
(C) Sydney
(D) Perth
21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at—
(A) 8%
(B) 8•5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8•9%
22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by—
(A) Bill Gates Foundation
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(D) None of the above
23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating the player’s code of conduct by PCB ?
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar
24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of—
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by—
(A) Consumer Price Index
(B) Retail Price Index
(C) Whole Sale Price Index
(D) Industrial Price Index
26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is—
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is—
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is—
(A) 10 million tonnes
(B) 7 million tonnes
(C) 6 million tonnes
(D) 5 million tonnes
29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Times Magazine
(C) The Washington Post
(D) The Guardian
30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by—
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(D) Sudipto Chatterjee
31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip—
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil
32. GJM stands for—
(A) General Justice Movement
(B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
(C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha
(D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha
33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy—
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is—
(A) Terrorist organization
(B) A branch of naxalite
(C) Name of a police force
(D) An anti naxalite movement
37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation—
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of present is—
(A) Jacques Diouf
(B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella
(C) Jammel Al Hiyilan
(D) Michael Griffin
39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat—
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(C) Parkinson’s disease
(D) None of the above
40. When did the Olympic torch relay begin ?
(A) in 1950
(B) in 1952
(C) in 1953
(D) in 1963
Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C)
3. (B) The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START-II) is a treaty between Russia and U.S.A. for reducing their nuclear arsenals. The treaty is due to expire in 2009.
4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C)
19. (B) 20. (A) India won fourth consecutive times in Women's Asia Cup Cricket 21. (B)
22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative experimentation in architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public service award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans.
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
(A) Ballistic Missile
(B) Surface to air missile
(C) Land to sea missile
(D) Air to air missile
2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC—
(A) Bhopal High Court
(B) Rajasthan High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Guwahati High Court
3. Recently the Acronym START came into News. START stands for—
(A) Strategic Association for Restructuring Trade
(B) Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty
(C) System Tracking and Reprocessing Team
(D) None of the above
4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33•01% in elections held in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy
5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is—
(A) 247 plant species
(B) 250 plant species
(C) 275 plant species
(D) 255 plant species
6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state—
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra
7. The renowned scientist John Wheeler who died in April 2008, was originally hailed from—
(A) Australia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Finland
(D) Britain
8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) Arthur C. Clarke
9. The 2008 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to —
(A) Lydia Cacho Ribeiro
(B) Anna Politkovskaya
(C) May Chidiac
(D) U Win Tin
10. Which of the following Indian players has not completed 10,000 runs in Test cricket—
(A) Rahul Dravid
(B) Sachin Tendulkar
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Virendra Sehwag
11. On March 26, 2008, NASA’s space shuttle which returned safely to Earth after completing 16 day mission to International Space Station was—
(A) Discovery
(B) Endeavour
11. (B) 12. (C)
(C) Columbia
(D) None of the above
12. Jules Verne is Europe’s—
(A) Space shuttle
(B) Missile shield system
(C) Biggest spacecraft
(D) Mission to Antarctica
13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first—
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of—
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth—
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
16. The Summit of NATO (NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY) was held in April in—
(A) Romania
(B) Morocco
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is—
(A) 2•2 million
(B) 1•9 million
(C) 1•5 million
(D) 1•7 million
18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from—
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor
(D) None of the above
19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany
20. Which country has won the Women's Asia Cup Cricket 2008 which was held in Colombo in the monthe of May 2008 ?
(A) Brisbane
(B) Melbourne
(C) Sydney
(D) Perth
21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at—
(A) 8%
(B) 8•5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8•9%
22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by—
(A) Bill Gates Foundation
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(D) None of the above
23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating the player’s code of conduct by PCB ?
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar
24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of—
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by—
(A) Consumer Price Index
(B) Retail Price Index
(C) Whole Sale Price Index
(D) Industrial Price Index
26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is—
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is—
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is—
(A) 10 million tonnes
(B) 7 million tonnes
(C) 6 million tonnes
(D) 5 million tonnes
29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Times Magazine
(C) The Washington Post
(D) The Guardian
30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by—
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(D) Sudipto Chatterjee
31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip—
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil
32. GJM stands for—
(A) General Justice Movement
(B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
(C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha
(D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha
33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy—
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is—
(A) Terrorist organization
(B) A branch of naxalite
(C) Name of a police force
(D) An anti naxalite movement
37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation—
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of present is—
(A) Jacques Diouf
(B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella
(C) Jammel Al Hiyilan
(D) Michael Griffin
39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat—
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(C) Parkinson’s disease
(D) None of the above
40. When did the Olympic torch relay begin ?
(A) in 1950
(B) in 1952
(C) in 1953
(D) in 1963
Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C)
3. (B) The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (START-II) is a treaty between Russia and U.S.A. for reducing their nuclear arsenals. The treaty is due to expire in 2009.
4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C)
19. (B) 20. (A) India won fourth consecutive times in Women's Asia Cup Cricket 21. (B)
22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative experimentation in architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public service award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans.
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
gk practise paper 51
1. Who is the author of "The Kalam effect: My years with the president"?
(a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie
ANS (a)
2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)
3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
(a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya
ANS (a)
4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of
(a) The Post Office (b) Gora
(c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie
5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'?
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala
(c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy
ANS (b)
6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story
(a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker
(c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above
ANS (c)
7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' – book was written by
(a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda
ANS (d)
8. Find out the odd one
(a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa
(a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam
(c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth
ANS (d)
10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by
(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy
(c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty
ANS (c)
11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story
(a) Chamber of secrets
(b) The philosopher's stone
(c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth
ANS (d)
12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book
(a) From the Earth to the moon
(b) All under Heaven
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(d) Past and Present
ANS (a)
13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"?
(a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari
(c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill
ANS (b)
14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by
(a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr
(d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these
ANS (c)
15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by
(a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond
(c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel
(e) None of these
ANS (e)
16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sri Aurobindo
ANS (b)
17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
ANS (a)
18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is:
(a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag
(c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson
ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan
Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan
19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by:
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan
ANS (b)
20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan?
ANS - Dara Shikoh
21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning?
ANS - The health of the sun
22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of
(a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking
(c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan
ANS (d)
23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground
24.
The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is
(a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala
(c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar
ANS (a)
25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written?
ANS - King Airlangga
26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales From the Hills'?
ANS - To the wittiest woman in India
27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian?
ANS - J. R. D. Tata
28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title 'Anna the Adventure'?
ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit
29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time?
(a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov
(c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking
ANS (d)
30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera
(c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (b)
31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by
(a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath
ANS (c) 32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds'
ANS - Dr. Salim Ali
33. 'Economic History of India' was written by
ANS - R. C. Dutt 34.The oldest of the vedic literature is
(a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda
(c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva VedaANS (c)
35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on
ANS - Mathematics
36. Who is the author of ‘An Equal Music’ (1999)
ANS - Vikram Seth
37. Who wrote the poem ‘Passage to India’ in 1871
ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet)
38. Who is the author of the book ‘The Canterbury Tales’
ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer
39. Who is the author of the book ‘Anna Karenina’
ANS - Leo Tolstoy
40.Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’
ANS - Mark Twain
41. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’?
ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
42.Who is the author of the book ‘The Comedy of Errors’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
43. Who is the author of the book ‘Animal Farm’
ANS - George Orwell
44. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?
ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
45. Who is the author of the book, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’?
ANS - Lewis Carroll
46. Who is the author of the book, ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
47. Who is the author of the book ‘Akbar-nama’
ANS - Abul Fazl
48. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?
ANS - Mark Twain
49. Who is the author of the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687)
ANS - Sir Isaac
51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)
52. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Jaswant Singh
ANS (a)
(a) P.M.Nayar (b) Sonia Gandhi
(c) L.K.Adwani (d) Arun Shaurie
ANS (a)
2. Who is the author of the book "Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstopable"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Arundhati Roy
(c) Shobha De (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)
3. The Sanskrit poet called as the Indian Shakespeare?
(a) Kalidasa (b) Thulasidas (c) Sudraka (d) Kautilya
ANS (a)
4. Mulk Raj Anand is the author of
(a) The Post Office (b) Gora
(c) India Wins Freedom (d) Coolie
5. Who is the author of the book 'My other two daughters'?
(a) Lalu Prasad Yadav (b) Surjit Singh Barnala
(c) E.M. Forster (d) Paul Kennedy
ANS (b)
6. Who is known as the Father of Detective Story
(a) Arthur Conan Doyle (b) Bram Stoker
(c) Edgar Allen Poe (d) None of the above
ANS (c)
7. Man-The Maker of His Own Destiny' – book was written by
(a) V.S. Naipaul (b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Guenter Grass (d) Swami Vivekananda
ANS (d)
8. Find out the odd one
(a) Louis Fischer (b) Ibsen(c) William Shakespeare (d) Sherlock HolmesANS (d) Others are writers. Sherlock Holmes is a character 9.One among the following is not written by Kalidasa
(a) Saakunthalam (b) Raghu Vamsam
(c) Rith Samharam (d) Kaavyadooth
ANS (d)
10. 'Sonia, a Biography' was written by
(a) Sonia Gandhi (b) Arundhathi Roy
(c) Rasheed Kidvai (d) V.K. Madhavan Kutty
ANS (c)
11. One among the following is not a Harry Potter story
(a) Chamber of secrets
(b) The philosopher's stone
(c) Half blood prince (d) Naked Truth
ANS (d)
12. Jules Verne, a French science fiction writer wrote a book, which carried a more or less accurate prediction of the launching of Apollo-8. Which is the book
(a) From the Earth to the moon
(b) All under Heaven
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream
(d) Past and Present
ANS (a)
13. Who is the author of "A Passage to England"?
(a) E.M. Forster (b) Nirad C. Chaudhari
(c) G.B. Shaw (d) Winston Churchill
ANS (b)
14. "Does IT matter" is a book written by
(a) Bill Gates (b) N. R. Narayanan (c) Nicholas Carr
(d) Thomas D. Harris (e) None of these
ANS (c)
15. 'Beyond time' is the book written by
(a) Namita Gokhale (b) Ruskin Bond
(c) William Balrymple (d) Josef Korbel
(e) None of these
ANS (e)
16. The famous book 'Anandmath' has been authorised by
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Sri Aurobindo
ANS (b)
17.Who wrote a book describing the theory of economic drain of India during British rule?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji (b) Lala Lajpat Rai
(c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
ANS (a)
18. The author of the book 'Waiting for Godot' is:
(a) Ruth Harring (b) Susan Sontag
(c) Samuel Beckett (d) Ben Jonson
ANS (c) Waiting for the Mahatma - R. K. Narayanan
Waiting to Exhale - Terry Mc Millan
19. "The Vedas contain all the truth", was interpreted by:
(a) Swami Vivekananda (b) Swami Dayanand
(c) Swami Shraddhanand (d) S. Radhakrishnan
ANS (b)
20. Sirr-i-Akbar was the Persian translation of fifty-two Upanishads by which son of shah Jahan?
ANS - Dara Shikoh
21.In "The Travels of Gulliver", what is the first things two Lilliputians discuss when they meet in the morning?
ANS - The health of the sun
22."The man who knew infinity" is the biography of
(a) Rene Descartes (b) Stephen Hawking
(c) Albert Einstein (d) S. Ramanujan
ANS (d)
23.What was the original name of 'Alice in Wonderland' when Lewis Carroll first showed it to novelist Henry Kingsley in 1863?
ANS - Alice's Adventures Underground
24.
The author of the book "Waiting for the Mahatma" is
(a) R.K Narayan (b) N.A Palkhiwala
(c) Amrita Pritam (d) M. Malgonkar
ANS (a)
25. Under the patronage of which ruler of the Javanese house of Mataram, was the epic poem 'Arjuna vivaha' written?
ANS - King Airlangga
26. To whom, in his own words, did Rudyard Kipling dedicate his collection, 'Plain Tales From the Hills'?
ANS - To the wittiest woman in India
27. 'Beyond the Last Blue Mountain' is R.M Lala's biography of which Indian?
ANS - J. R. D. Tata
28. Which of Agatha Christie's books was the first to be serialised in the Evening News under the title 'Anna the Adventure'?
ANS - The Man In The Brown Suit
29. Who has authored the book A Brief History of Time?
(a) Carl Sagan (b) Issac Asimov
(c) John Gribbin (d) Stephen Hawking
ANS (d)
30. The book 'Living with Honour' is written by
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Shiv Khera
(c) Pramod Batra (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (b)
31. The book 'Cricket My Style' is written by
(a) Sunil Gavaskar (b) Sachin Tendulkar
(c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath
ANS (c) 32. Who wrote the book 'The Book of Indian Birds'
ANS - Dr. Salim Ali
33. 'Economic History of India' was written by
ANS - R. C. Dutt 34.The oldest of the vedic literature is
(a) Sama Veda (b) Yajur Veda
(c) Rig Veda (d) Atharva VedaANS (c)
35. 'Leelavathi' the famous sanskrit grantha is a book on
ANS - Mathematics
36. Who is the author of ‘An Equal Music’ (1999)
ANS - Vikram Seth
37. Who wrote the poem ‘Passage to India’ in 1871
ANS - Walt Whitman (American Poet)
38. Who is the author of the book ‘The Canterbury Tales’
ANS - Geoffrey Chaucer
39. Who is the author of the book ‘Anna Karenina’
ANS - Leo Tolstoy
40.Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer’
ANS - Mark Twain
41. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’?
ANS - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
42.Who is the author of the book ‘The Comedy of Errors’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
43. Who is the author of the book ‘Animal Farm’
ANS - George Orwell
44. Who is the author of the book ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?
ANS - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
45. Who is the author of the book, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’?
ANS - Lewis Carroll
46. Who is the author of the book, ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
47. Who is the author of the book ‘Akbar-nama’
ANS - Abul Fazl
48. Who is the author of the book ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’?
ANS - Mark Twain
49. Who is the author of the book ‘Antony and Cleopatra’?
ANS - William Shakespeare
50. Who is the author of the book , Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy, 1687)
ANS - Sir Isaac
51. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Atal Bihari Vajpeyi
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Vikram Seth
ANS (c)
52. Who is the author of the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(a) L.K.Adwani (b) Sushma Swaraj
(c) Narendra Modi (d) Jaswant Singh
ANS (a)
gk practise paper 50
1. India has successfully test-fired its 150-250 km range Prithvi missile On May 23, 2008. Prithvi Missile is a —
(A) Surface to surface missile
(B) Surface to air missile
(C) Land to sea missile
(D) Air to air missile
2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC—
(A) Bhopal High Court
(B) Rajasthan High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Guwahati High Court
3. Recently in May 2008 a assembly election was held in the India State of—
(A) Manipur
(B) Karnataka
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) None of the above
4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33•01% in elections held in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy1.
5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is—
(A) 247 plant species
(B) 250 plant species
(C) 275 plant species
(D) 255 plant species
6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state—
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra A) 2. (C) 3. (B) . 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
7. The renowned science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke who died in Sri Lanka, originally hailed from—
(A) Australia
(B) Britain
(C) Finland
(D) U.S.A.
8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) Arthur C. Clarke
9. World Press Freedom Day is observed on—
(A) May 3
(B) May 15
(C) May 25
(D) May 27
10. Which of the following Indian Political Leader has written the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(A) L.K.Adwani
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Narendra Modi
11. India has successfully launched how many satellires simultaneously ?
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 4
12. Jules Verne is Europe’s—
(A) Space shuttle
(B) Missile shield system
(C) Biggest spacecraft13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
(D) Mission to Antarctica
13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first—
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of—
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth—
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in March in—
(A) Senegal
(B) Morocco
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is—
(A) 2•2 million
(B) 1•9 million
(C) 1•5 million
(D) 1•7 million
18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from—
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor17.
(D) None of the above
19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany
20. India won its first tri series against Australia in—
(A) Brisbane
(B) Melbourne
(C) Sydney
(D) Perth
21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at—
(A) 8%
(B) 8•5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8•9%
22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by—
(A) Bill Gates Foundation
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(D) None of the above
23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating the player’s code of conduct by PCB ?
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar
24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of—
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by—
(A) Consumer Price Index
(B) Retail Price Index
(C) Whole Sale Price Index
(D) Industrial Price Index
26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is—
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is—
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is—
(A) 10 million tonnes
(B) 7 million tonnes
(C) 6 million tonnes
(D) 5 million tonnes
29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Times Magazine
(C) The Washington Post
(D) The Guardian
30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by—
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(D) Sudipto Chatterjee
31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip—
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil
32. GJM stands for—
(A) General Justice Movement
(B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
(C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha
(D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha
33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy—
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is—
(A) Terrorist organization
(B) A branch of naxalite
(C) Name of a police force
(D) An anti naxalite movement
37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation—
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of present is—
(A) Jacques Diouf
(B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella
(C) Jammel Al Hiyilan
(D) Michael Griffin
39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat—
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(C) Parkinson’s disease
(D) None of the above
40. Which of the following States Hs declared 2008 as the "year of Education" ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Haryana
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) . 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (B)
22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative experimentation in architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public service award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans.
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
(A) Surface to surface missile
(B) Surface to air missile
(C) Land to sea missile
(D) Air to air missile
2. Which of the following High Courts has recently quashed the merit list issued in 2006 and 2007 by the centre and the UPSC—
(A) Bhopal High Court
(B) Rajasthan High Court
(C) Madras High Court
(D) Guwahati High Court
3. Recently in May 2008 a assembly election was held in the India State of—
(A) Manipur
(B) Karnataka
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) None of the above
4. People’s Democratic Party emerged second largest party with 33•01% in elections held in—
(A) Bhutan
(B) Nepal
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Italy1.
5. According to the World Conservation Union Report, the number of plant species in India listed as threatened is—
(A) 247 plant species
(B) 250 plant species
(C) 275 plant species
(D) 255 plant species
6. Which of the following states passed a Bill in March 2008, amending the Registration Act 1908 to prohibit foreigners from buying land in the state—
(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Goa
(D) Maharashtra A) 2. (C) 3. (B) . 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
7. The renowned science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke who died in Sri Lanka, originally hailed from—
(A) Australia
(B) Britain
(C) Finland
(D) U.S.A.
8. Who received Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmanent and Development for 2007—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
(D) Arthur C. Clarke
9. World Press Freedom Day is observed on—
(A) May 3
(B) May 15
(C) May 25
(D) May 27
10. Which of the following Indian Political Leader has written the book "Jyoti Punj"?
(A) L.K.Adwani
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Jaswant Singh
(D) Narendra Modi
11. India has successfully launched how many satellires simultaneously ?
(A) 8
(B) 10
(C) 7
(D) 4
12. Jules Verne is Europe’s—
(A) Space shuttle
(B) Missile shield system
(C) Biggest spacecraft13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
(D) Mission to Antarctica
13. India’s National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first—
(A) Dirrohoea map
(B) Malarial map
(C) Bird flu map
(D) Cancer map
14. ‘The World Is What It Is’ is the biography of—
(A) V. S. Naipal
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Amrita Preetam
(D) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15. According to a World Bank Report India got remittances in 2007 worth—
(A) $ 30 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 25 billion
(D) $ 27 billion
16. The Summit of OIC (Organization of Islamic Countries) was held in March in—
(A) Senegal
(B) Morocco
(C) Pakistan
(D) Indonesia
17. According to latest WHO report the number of estimated TB cases found every year in India is—
(A) 2•2 million
(B) 1•9 million
(C) 1•5 million
(D) 1•7 million
18. Tata purchased Jaguar and Rover from—
(A) Hyundai
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Ford Motor17.
(D) None of the above
19. According to a survey, the country which has the highest number of internet users is—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) China
(C) Japan
(D) Germany
20. India won its first tri series against Australia in—
(A) Brisbane
(B) Melbourne
(C) Sydney
(D) Perth
21. According to Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC) headed by C. Rangrajan the economic growth rate for 2008-09 will remain at—
(A) 8%
(B) 8•5%
(C) 9%
(D) 8•9%
22. The Pritzkar Architecture Prize has been won by—
(A) Bill Gates Foundation
(B) William Harvey
(C) Jea Nouvel
(D) None of the above
23. Which of the following cricket players has been banned for violating the player’s code of conduct by PCB ?
(A) Danish Kaneria
(B) Shoaib Malik
(C) Mohammad Yousuf
(D) Shoaib Akhtar
24. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme has now been extended to all 604 districts of the country with a total budget outlay of—
(A) 18000 crore
(B) 16000 crore
(C) 15000 crore
(D) 14000 crore
25. Inflation which soared above 7% in the month of April is measured by—
(A) Consumer Price Index
(B) Retail Price Index
(C) Whole Sale Price Index
(D) Industrial Price Index
26. The winner of Bahrain Grand Prix is—
(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Kartikeyan
(C) Felipe Massa
(D) Robert Kubica
27. The winner of Miss India Earth 2008 is—
(A) Tanvi Vyas
(B) Suman Kaur
(C) Rashmi Sehgal
(D) Rani Sharma
28. In face of rising prices, Central Government has decided to set strategic Reserve of foodgrains over and above buffer stock. The limit of the reserve is—
(A) 10 million tonnes
(B) 7 million tonnes
(C) 6 million tonnes
(D) 5 million tonnes
29. Which of following newspapers/magazines won six Pulitzer prizes—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Times Magazine
(C) The Washington Post
(D) The Guardian
30. ‘Leftism in India, 1917-1947’ is a book written by—
(A) S. R. Chaudhuri
(B) K. Kanwar
(C) R. Nagaswamy
(D) Sudipto Chatterjee
31. Recently President Pratibha Patil visited three countries. Which of the following was not the part of her trip—
(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) Brazil
32. GJM stands for—
(A) General Justice Movement
(B) Gorkha Janmukti Morcha
(C) Gorkhaland Janshakti Morcha
(D) Gorkha Janjagriti Morcha
33. The elections of which of the following countries were marred by controversy—
(A) Italy
(B) Spain
(C) Zimbabwe
(D) Nepal
34. Supreme Court has upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing 27% for candidates belonging to—
(A) SCs
(B) STs
(C) OBC
(D) Minorities OBC
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
35. At which of the following places have the remains of early human history been found in excavation—
(A) Chittorgarh
(B) Bhavnagar
(C) Kolkata
(D) Karaikal
36. ‘Salwa Judum’ is—
(A) Terrorist organization
(B) A branch of naxalite
(C) Name of a police force
(D) An anti naxalite movement
37. When was Nepal declared a Secular Nation—
(A) in 2005
(B) in 2007
(C) in 2008
(D) in 2006
38. The Director General of UN Food and Agriculture Organisation of present is—
(A) Jacques Diouf
(B) Kundekeh K. Yumkella
(C) Jammel Al Hiyilan
(D) Michael Griffin
39. According to a research, stem cells from skin can treat—
(A) Alzhumer
(B) Schizophrenia
(C) Parkinson’s disease
(D) None of the above
40. Which of the following States Hs declared 2008 as the "year of Education" ?
(A) Bihar
(B) Haryana
(C) Himachal Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
Answers with Hints
1. (A) 2. (C) 3. (B) . 4. (A) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (B) 8. (C) 9. (A) 10. (D) 11. (B) 12. (C)
13. (B) India’s Vector Borne Disease Control Programme has prepared the country’s first malarial map identifying India’s 60 most malarial endemic districts that report over 50% of the country’s malaria’s cases.
14. (A) 15. (D) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (A) 21. (B)
22. (C) The Pritzkar Architecture Prize, considered to be equivalent of Nobel Prize for architecture has been won french architect Jea Nouvel for his creative experimentation in architecture.
23. (D) 24. (B) 25. (C) 26. (C) 27. (A) 28. (D)
29. (C) The Washington Post has won six Pulitzer Prizes, including Public service award for its reporting on conditions of U.S. War Veterans.
30. (A) 31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C)
34. (C) The Supreme Court on April 10, 2008 upheld the law enacted in 2006 providing a quota of 27 per cent to the other Backward Classes in Central Educational Institutions.
35. (C)
36. (D) Salva Judam is an antinaxalite movement formed by group of people against attack from maxalites. The movement started from Dantewada district (Chhattisgarh).
37. (D) 38. (A) 39. (C) 40. (B)
gk practise paper 49
1. Which of the following Departments of the Govt. of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the bank ?
(A) Railways
(B) State Road Transpots
(C) Post and Telegraph
(D) Ministry of Health
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
2. Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as "Investor production fund" ?
(A) SEBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Bombay Stock Exchange
(D) AMFI
(E)None of these
Ans (C)
3.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?
(A) Mr. M.V.Kamath
(B) Mr. Y.V.Reddy
(C) Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
(D) Mr.O.P.Bhatt
(E)None of these
Ans (B)
4. Mjority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?
(A) Money lenders
(B) Foreign Bankers
(C) NABARD
(D) RBI
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
5. india has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?
(A) Private Banks
(B) Commodities Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
(D) Cooperative Banks
(E) Foreign Banks
Ans (B)
6.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks
(A) Only i
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2and 3
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
7. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) South Africa
(D) Pakistan
(E) India
Ans (A)
8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ?
[Pick up the correct Statement(s)]
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
(2) Taxws collected from the people
(3) Loan from the RBI
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2 and 3
Ans (E)
9. The Securities 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) Permanent Notes
(B) Perchase Notes
(C) Participatory-Notes
(D) Private Notes
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
10. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won thw Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?
(A) Yuvraj Singh
(B) M.S.Dhoni
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
11. Mnay times we read in financial news paper about 'FII'.What is the full form of 'FII'?
(A) Final Investment in India
(B) Foreign Investment in India
(C) Formal Investment in India
(D) Fair Institutional Investment
(E) Foreign Institutional Investment
Ans (E)
12. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties
(A) Muslim League
(B) Pakistan Peoples Party
(C) Pakistan National Congress(D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ?
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Pakistan
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ?
(A) George Bush
(B) Al Gore
(C) Bill Clinton
(D) Condeleeza Rice
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
15. Justine Henin Won the women's singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating -
(A) Swetlana Kuznetsova
(B) Sania Mirza
(C) Dinara Safina
(D) Mathalie Dechy
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stoped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country.Mogadishu is the capital town of-
(A) Tanzania
(B) Turkey
(C) Cuba
(D) Libya
(E) Somalia
Ans (E)
17. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?
(A) Russia
(B) Brazil
(C) UK
(D) USA
(E)None of these
Ans (D)
18. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
(A) USA
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
19. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA's decision to award a cogressional Medal to Dalai Lama Oof Tibet ?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Nepal
(D) Myanmar
(E) China
Ans (E)
20. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ?
(A) India
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
(E) Turkey
Ans (E)
21. Dr. Mnamohan SAingh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(A) Suply of sugar
(B) Civilian nuclear Co-operation
(C) Purchase of fighter planes
(D) Purchase of Gas / Petroleum
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
22. which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport ,electricity and gas companies as the present govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workerss ?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) China
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General Of UNO ?
(A) Al Gore
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Gordon Drown
(D) Hugo Chavez
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
24. The "Orange Coalition Govt" was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
25. which of the following countries is NOT elected by the the UN general assembly on the non-payment seats of UN security council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(A) Libya
(B) Vietnam
(C) Croatia
(D) Costa Rica
(E) Pakistan
Ans (E)
26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?
(A) Steel
(B) Chemical Fertilizer
(C) Pharma Products
(D) Electronic Goods
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
27. India Launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?
(A) EDUSAT
(B) MATSAT
(C) CROSAT-IIB
(D) INSAT-4CR
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
28. As per the recent agreement between India and one of other country the iNdia Rupee can be easily swapped with -
(A) Tak
(B) Rial
(C) Kyat
(D) Yen
(E) Rubbel
Ans (E)
29. India won the ONGC Cup Football Tounament 2007 by beating-
(A) Syria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Britain
(D) France
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
30. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of -
(A) Turkey
(B) Sudan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
31. Hem Dutta who was honoured gy the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is famous-
(A) Author
(B) Social Activist
(C) Player
(D) Film Producer
(E) Scientist
Ans (B)
32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Pratibha Patil
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
33. Asia Pacific Economic Business meet was organized in September 2007 in -
(A) New Delhi
(B) Beijing
(C) Tokyo
(D) London
(E) Sydney
Ans (E)
34. The World Athletics Championship-2007 was organized in -
(A) Beijing
(B) New Delhi
(C) Osaka
(D) Dhaka
(E) London
Ans (C)
35. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Dilip Tirkey
(C) Pnkaj Adwani
(D) Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
36. Which of the following is a Public Sector Unit ?
(A) TCS
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) TESCO
(D) BHEL
(E) All of these
Ans (D)
37. India's foreign exchange reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ?
(A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(B) Import of Wheat from Pakistan and S.Korea
(C) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(D) Instability in coalition Govt. in centre
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
38. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the -
(A) Prime Minister of South Korea
(B) Prime Minister of North Korea
(C) Prime Minister of Japan
(D) President of South Korea
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
39. Asafa Powel who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of -
(A) Jamaica
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) USA
(E) south Korea
Ans (A)
40. Who amongst the following got third position in long Jump event of the Bayer International Athletics held in Germany in 2007 ?
(A) Shiny Wilson
(B) Anju Bobby George
(C) Neha Sanwal
(D) Prajakta Sawant
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
(A) Railways
(B) State Road Transpots
(C) Post and Telegraph
(D) Ministry of Health
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
2. Which of the following organization/agencies has established a fund known as "Investor production fund" ?
(A) SEBI
(B) NABARD
(C) Bombay Stock Exchange
(D) AMFI
(E)None of these
Ans (C)
3.Who amongst the following is the Head of the RBI at present ?
(A) Mr. M.V.Kamath
(B) Mr. Y.V.Reddy
(C) Mr. N.R.Narayanmurthy
(D) Mr.O.P.Bhatt
(E)None of these
Ans (B)
4. Mjority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?
(A) Money lenders
(B) Foreign Bankers
(C) NABARD
(D) RBI
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
5. india has different categories of commercial banks.Which of the following is NOT one such categories ?
(A) Private Banks
(B) Commodities Banks
(C) Nationalized Banks
(D) Cooperative Banks
(E) Foreign Banks
Ans (B)
6.Which of the following types of Banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?
(1) Foreign Banks
(2) Regional Rural Banks
(3) Nationalized Banks
(A) Only i
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2and 3
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
7. Which of the following countries does not play International Cricket ?
(A) Russia
(B) England
(C) South Africa
(D) Pakistan
(E) India
Ans (A)
8. The money which Govt. of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from the which of the following sources ?
[Pick up the correct Statement(s)]
(1) Loan from World Bank/ADB etc
(2) Taxws collected from the people
(3) Loan from the RBI
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 1 and 2
(E) All 1,2 and 3
Ans (E)
9. The Securities 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) Permanent Notes
(B) Perchase Notes
(C) Participatory-Notes
(D) Private Notes
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
10. Who amongst the following was the captain of the India cricket team who won thw Twenty-20 World Cup-2007 ?
(A) Yuvraj Singh
(B) M.S.Dhoni
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Saurav Ganguly
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
11. Mnay times we read in financial news paper about 'FII'.What is the full form of 'FII'?
(A) Final Investment in India
(B) Foreign Investment in India
(C) Formal Investment in India
(D) Fair Institutional Investment
(E) Foreign Institutional Investment
Ans (E)
12. Benazir Bhutto Is associated with which of the following parties
(A) Muslim League
(B) Pakistan Peoples Party
(C) Pakistan National Congress(D) Islamic Movement of Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. One of the former prime ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her returns from a long exile ?
(A) Germany
(B) France
(C) Pakistan
(D) Brazil
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
14. Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Isarael and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Isarael and palestinian problem can be worked out ?
(A) George Bush
(B) Al Gore
(C) Bill Clinton
(D) Condeleeza Rice
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
15. Justine Henin Won the women's singles US Open Tennis Championship-2007 After defeating -
(A) Swetlana Kuznetsova
(B) Sania Mirza
(C) Dinara Safina
(D) Mathalie Dechy
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
16. As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmes stoped distributing food in Mogadishu Town after its local head was abducted by the Govt. soldiers of the country.Mogadishu is the capital town of-
(A) Tanzania
(B) Turkey
(C) Cuba
(D) Libya
(E) Somalia
Ans (E)
17. The financial markets of the which of the following countries were badly affected by sub-prime crisis ?
(A) Russia
(B) Brazil
(C) UK
(D) USA
(E)None of these
Ans (D)
18. which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?
(A) USA
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Russia
(D) India
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
19. which of the following countries is NOT happy with the USA's decision to award a cogressional Medal to Dalai Lama Oof Tibet ?
(A) India
(B) Pakistan
(C) Nepal
(D) Myanmar
(E) China
Ans (E)
20. which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killed people from that country ?
(A) India
(B) Afghanistan
(C) Pakistan
(D) Bangladesh
(E) Turkey
Ans (E)
21. Dr. Mnamohan SAingh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?
(A) Suply of sugar
(B) Civilian nuclear Co-operation
(C) Purchase of fighter planes
(D) Purchase of Gas / Petroleum
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
22. which of the following countries is facing a problem of strike by the workers of the transport ,electricity and gas companies as the present govt. of the country has decided to end the pension to these workerss ?
(A) USA
(B) France
(C) China
(D) Nepal
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
23. Who amongst the following is the Secretary General Of UNO ?
(A) Al Gore
(B) Shashi Tharoor
(C) Gordon Drown
(D) Hugo Chavez
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
24. The "Orange Coalition Govt" was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
(A) Russia
(B) Ukraine
(C) France
(D) Germany
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
25. which of the following countries is NOT elected by the the UN general assembly on the non-payment seats of UN security council w.e.f. January 2008 ?
(A) Libya
(B) Vietnam
(C) Croatia
(D) Costa Rica
(E) Pakistan
Ans (E)
26. The Govt. of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?
(A) Steel
(B) Chemical Fertilizer
(C) Pharma Products
(D) Electronic Goods
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
27. India Launched which of the following Satellites in September 2007 ?
(A) EDUSAT
(B) MATSAT
(C) CROSAT-IIB
(D) INSAT-4CR
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
28. As per the recent agreement between India and one of other country the iNdia Rupee can be easily swapped with -
(A) Tak
(B) Rial
(C) Kyat
(D) Yen
(E) Rubbel
Ans (E)
29. India won the ONGC Cup Football Tounament 2007 by beating-
(A) Syria
(B) Pakistan
(C) Britain
(D) France
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
30. Abdullah Gul's name was in news recently as he he has taken over as the president of -
(A) Turkey
(B) Sudan
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
31. Hem Dutta who was honoured gy the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is famous-
(A) Author
(B) Social Activist
(C) Player
(D) Film Producer
(E) Scientist
Ans (B)
32. Who amongst the following is selected for Basawa Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?
(A) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(B) A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Pratibha Patil
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
33. Asia Pacific Economic Business meet was organized in September 2007 in -
(A) New Delhi
(B) Beijing
(C) Tokyo
(D) London
(E) Sydney
Ans (E)
34. The World Athletics Championship-2007 was organized in -
(A) Beijing
(B) New Delhi
(C) Osaka
(D) Dhaka
(E) London
Ans (C)
35. Who amongst the following was the captain of the Indian Hockey Team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?
(A) Baichung Bhutia
(B) Dilip Tirkey
(C) Pnkaj Adwani
(D) Manavjeet Singh Sandhu
(E) None of these
Ans (E)
36. Which of the following is a Public Sector Unit ?
(A) TCS
(B) ICICI Bank
(C) TESCO
(D) BHEL
(E) All of these
Ans (D)
37. India's foreign exchange reserve declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ?
(A) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists
(B) Import of Wheat from Pakistan and S.Korea
(C) Appreciation of Rupee Value
(D) Instability in coalition Govt. in centre
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
38. Sinzo Abe who was on visit to India in recent past is the -
(A) Prime Minister of South Korea
(B) Prime Minister of North Korea
(C) Prime Minister of Japan
(D) President of South Korea
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
39. Asafa Powel who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of -
(A) Jamaica
(B) South Africa
(C) India
(D) USA
(E) south Korea
Ans (A)
40. Who amongst the following got third position in long Jump event of the Bayer International Athletics held in Germany in 2007 ?
(A) Shiny Wilson
(B) Anju Bobby George
(C) Neha Sanwal
(D) Prajakta Sawant
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
gk practise paper 48
1) What does that acronym VGA stand for?
a) Extended Graphics Adapter
b) Enhanced Graphics Array
c) Video Graphics Array
d) Color Graphics Array
2) ISP stands for
a) Internet Service Provider;
b) Information Services Provider;
c) International Services Program;
d) Industrial Services program
3) One KB equals
a) 1000 Bytes;
b) 1000MB;
c) 1024 bytes;
d) 1024 MB
4) LAN means
a) Land Acquisition Notification;
b) Local Area Network;
c) Large Area Network;
d) Low Area Network
5) One MB equals
a) 1000 bytes;
b) 1000GB;
c) 1024 KB;
d) 1024 GB
6) MICR stands for
a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition;
b) Magnetic Ink Charter Recognition
c) Magnetic Ink Charter Release;
d) Magnetic Ink Character Release
7) The communication equipment used in the computer is
a) CPU
b) MODEM;
c) Monitor
d) Mouse
8) Which of the following is a national net work ?
a) WAN
b) NICNET
c) WWW
d) HTTP
9) Which of the following can be used for Monitors ?
a) LCD
b) LAN
c) PIN
d) SQL
10) BIOS stands for
a) Basic Input Output System
b) Base Input Output System
c) Broad Information Output System
d) Basic Information Operating System
11) Which of the following is used for International Inter Bank Financial Communications?
a) SWIFT
b) CBS
c) WWW
d) SPNS
12) Which of the following not used in the Computers?
a) Key Board
b) Monitor
c) Power (AC/DC)
d) Handle
13) What does CBS mean?
a) Cost Benefit Services;
b) Current Business Services
c) Core Banking Services;
d) Cost of Banking Services
14) Marketing in Banks is the job of
a) Specialized marketing personnel;
b) every employee in the bank;
c) Manager of the bank;
d) Sales associates
15) The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by
a) The concerned bank;
b) RBI;
c) Indian Banks Association;
d) Government of India
16) The rate of interest on Fixed and Investment Deposits is stipulated by
a) The concerned bank;
b) RBI;
c) Indian Banks Association;
d) Government of India
17) The rate of interest on Savings Bank accounts is
a) 3.5 % p.a.;
b) 4%p.a;
c) 4.5% p.a
d) 5%p.a
18) Loan against the security of immovable property is by executing an agreement of
a) Assignment
b) Pledge;
c) Transfer;
d) Mortgage;
19) The regulator of the banking system in India is
a) RBI;
b) Finance Minister;
c) SEBI;
d) IBA
20) Which of the following is a financial asset?
a) Gold;
b) silver;
c) Shares in a demat account;
d) Land & buildings
21) NAV is normally used in respect of schemes floated by
a) Banks;
b) Mutual funds;
c) Insurance Companies;
d) Merchant banker
22) EMI is normally used in respect of which of the following loans?
a) Personal Loans;
b) Home Loans;
c) Consumer Loans;
d) All the above
23) The maximum period for which fixed deposit accounts allowed to be opened in a bank for an individual customer
a) 3 years;
b) 5 years;
c) 10 years;
d) 20 years
24) Zero balance account is generally allowed to be opened for
a) Salaried class;
b) businessmen;
c) foreign customers;
d) children
25) Four Ps of Marketing is also known as
a) Marketing Mix
b) Marketing Concept
c) Marketing environment
d) Marketing strategies
Answers
Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans
1 d 11 a 21 b
2 a 12 d 22 d
3 c 13 c 23 c
4 b 14 b 24 a
5 c 15 b 25 a
6 a 16 a
7 b 17 a
8 b 18 d
9 a 19 a
10 a 20 c
a) Extended Graphics Adapter
b) Enhanced Graphics Array
c) Video Graphics Array
d) Color Graphics Array
2) ISP stands for
a) Internet Service Provider;
b) Information Services Provider;
c) International Services Program;
d) Industrial Services program
3) One KB equals
a) 1000 Bytes;
b) 1000MB;
c) 1024 bytes;
d) 1024 MB
4) LAN means
a) Land Acquisition Notification;
b) Local Area Network;
c) Large Area Network;
d) Low Area Network
5) One MB equals
a) 1000 bytes;
b) 1000GB;
c) 1024 KB;
d) 1024 GB
6) MICR stands for
a) Magnetic Ink Character Recognition;
b) Magnetic Ink Charter Recognition
c) Magnetic Ink Charter Release;
d) Magnetic Ink Character Release
7) The communication equipment used in the computer is
a) CPU
b) MODEM;
c) Monitor
d) Mouse
8) Which of the following is a national net work ?
a) WAN
b) NICNET
c) WWW
d) HTTP
9) Which of the following can be used for Monitors ?
a) LCD
b) LAN
c) PIN
d) SQL
10) BIOS stands for
a) Basic Input Output System
b) Base Input Output System
c) Broad Information Output System
d) Basic Information Operating System
11) Which of the following is used for International Inter Bank Financial Communications?
a) SWIFT
b) CBS
c) WWW
d) SPNS
12) Which of the following not used in the Computers?
a) Key Board
b) Monitor
c) Power (AC/DC)
d) Handle
13) What does CBS mean?
a) Cost Benefit Services;
b) Current Business Services
c) Core Banking Services;
d) Cost of Banking Services
14) Marketing in Banks is the job of
a) Specialized marketing personnel;
b) every employee in the bank;
c) Manager of the bank;
d) Sales associates
15) The rate of interest on Savings Bank Account is stipulated by
a) The concerned bank;
b) RBI;
c) Indian Banks Association;
d) Government of India
16) The rate of interest on Fixed and Investment Deposits is stipulated by
a) The concerned bank;
b) RBI;
c) Indian Banks Association;
d) Government of India
17) The rate of interest on Savings Bank accounts is
a) 3.5 % p.a.;
b) 4%p.a;
c) 4.5% p.a
d) 5%p.a
18) Loan against the security of immovable property is by executing an agreement of
a) Assignment
b) Pledge;
c) Transfer;
d) Mortgage;
19) The regulator of the banking system in India is
a) RBI;
b) Finance Minister;
c) SEBI;
d) IBA
20) Which of the following is a financial asset?
a) Gold;
b) silver;
c) Shares in a demat account;
d) Land & buildings
21) NAV is normally used in respect of schemes floated by
a) Banks;
b) Mutual funds;
c) Insurance Companies;
d) Merchant banker
22) EMI is normally used in respect of which of the following loans?
a) Personal Loans;
b) Home Loans;
c) Consumer Loans;
d) All the above
23) The maximum period for which fixed deposit accounts allowed to be opened in a bank for an individual customer
a) 3 years;
b) 5 years;
c) 10 years;
d) 20 years
24) Zero balance account is generally allowed to be opened for
a) Salaried class;
b) businessmen;
c) foreign customers;
d) children
25) Four Ps of Marketing is also known as
a) Marketing Mix
b) Marketing Concept
c) Marketing environment
d) Marketing strategies
Answers
Q No Ans Q No Ans Q No Ans
1 d 11 a 21 b
2 a 12 d 22 d
3 c 13 c 23 c
4 b 14 b 24 a
5 c 15 b 25 a
6 a 16 a
7 b 17 a
8 b 18 d
9 a 19 a
10 a 20 c
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1. A place much frequented for reasons of pleasure or health Resort
2. One who walks on foot Pedestrian
3. One who looks to the dark side of thing Pessimist
4. A remedy for all ills Panacea
5. An examination of dead body Postmortem
6. A child born after death of its father Posthumous
7. One who picks the pockets of other Pickpocket
8. A place where pigs are kept sty
9. A house for horse Stable
10. Happening at same time Simultaneously
11. One speaks on behalf of other spokesman
12. Killing of one’s ownself Suicide
13. A word which has same meaning as another synonyms
14. A case which cause sensation Sensational
15. A state in which all religion are honoured secular
16. Buildings which are very high Skyscrapers
17. That which can be clearly seen through Transparent
18. An object allowing light to pass through it Translucent
19. A person who changes his party Turn coat
20. A rule that is applicable to all Universal
21. That has no equal unique
22. That which cannot be understood Unintelligible
23. That which cannot be avoided unavoidable
24. One who does not mix freely with others Unsociable
25. One who manages funeral undertaker
2. One who walks on foot Pedestrian
3. One who looks to the dark side of thing Pessimist
4. A remedy for all ills Panacea
5. An examination of dead body Postmortem
6. A child born after death of its father Posthumous
7. One who picks the pockets of other Pickpocket
8. A place where pigs are kept sty
9. A house for horse Stable
10. Happening at same time Simultaneously
11. One speaks on behalf of other spokesman
12. Killing of one’s ownself Suicide
13. A word which has same meaning as another synonyms
14. A case which cause sensation Sensational
15. A state in which all religion are honoured secular
16. Buildings which are very high Skyscrapers
17. That which can be clearly seen through Transparent
18. An object allowing light to pass through it Translucent
19. A person who changes his party Turn coat
20. A rule that is applicable to all Universal
21. That has no equal unique
22. That which cannot be understood Unintelligible
23. That which cannot be avoided unavoidable
24. One who does not mix freely with others Unsociable
25. One who manages funeral undertaker
gk practise paper 46
1. Which of the following was the reason owing to which public unrest broke out in Pakistan and an emergency was declared a few months back ?
[1] A sudden death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
[2] Announcement of general election
[3] Appointment of a new army of chief in place of Gen. Pervez Musharraf who was very popular leader there.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2,& 3
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
2. India Brazil and South Africa made a forum in 2003 which is playing a very significant role in dealing with the issue of common interest of all three in general and their foreign policies in particular. What is the name of that forum? (the second summit of the forum was organized in October 2007 in Pretoria)
(A) SAGU
(B) BRIC
(C) G-20
(D) IBSA
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
3. Read the following three statements carefully and answer the question asked immediately after that-
[1] Hu Jintao has been elected the general secretary of the ruling CPC for the second term till 2012.
[2] Vice President of the country Zeng Quinghing was removed from the powerful central committee of the party.
[3] Country is now likely to proceed on a new agenda of progress and development as Jintao is a man of modern and scientific outlook.
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Singapore
(D) China
(E) Thailand
Ans (D)
4.The mid term review of the monetary and credit policy of the RBI (for 2007-08) took place in January 2008. Which of the following is True about the same ?
[1] CRR hiked by 0.5 per cent to make it 7.5 per cent w.e.f. 10th February , 2008
[2] GDP growth outlook at 8.5 per cent for 2007-08
[3] Call and put options are now allowed in imports and exports.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 & 3
(E) None of these
Ans ()
5. An Internetional organization with Robert B.Zoellick as its president sanctioned a loan of US$ 944 million to India so that it can strengthen its rural finance system, vocational training and improve its water management projects . Which of the following is the name of that organization ?
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) UNESCO
(D) World Bank
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
6. As per the news which appeared in some newspapers/magazines the police with the help of some NGO’s rescued some children who had been forced in child labour illegally. Such children are protected under which of the following acts in India ?
[1] Juvenile Justice Act
[2] Child Lsabour Act
[3] Immmoral Trafficking Act
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2,& 3
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
7. The number of Navaratna companies in India is now –
(A) 11
B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15
Ans (C)
8. Who received the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award for 2008 ?
(A) Rafael Nadal
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Mahesh Bhupati
(D) Pat Cash
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
9. The seventeenth Saraswati Samman 2007 was presented to –
(A) Naiyer Mashud
(B) R.K.Saxena
(C) Suchitra Goswami
(D) Rehman Rahi
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
10. The UN has declared 2008 as the International Year of :
(A) Planet Earth , Potato and Sanitation
(B) Earth , Water and Clean Air
(C) Rice , Earth and Sanitation
(D) Liberty , Peace and Justice
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
11. Name the landing warship dedicated to the nation on January 4,2008 ?
(A) INS Kadamba
(B) INS Vajna
(C) INS Shardul
(D) INS Kiran
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
12. The 20th Nato summit 2008 was held between 2-4 April ,2008 at –
(A) London
(B) Bucharest
(C) Peris
(D) Abuja
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. Who among the following persons is chairman of Competition Commission of India ?
(A) Ashint Rahane
(B) Arvind Padhi
(C) Vinod K Dhal
(D) S K Mall
(E) N K Singh
Ans (C)
14. The winner of Malaysian Open 2008 (of golf) is –
(A) Jyoti Randhawa
(B) Arjun Atwal
(C) Tiger Woods
(D) Sania Mirza
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
15. 15th SAARC Summit is scheduled to be held in July – August 2008. The change venue of the summit is-
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Maldives
(E)None of these
Ans (A)
16. The new chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) is-
(A) M.Damodaran
(B) C.B.Bhave
(C) Venugopal Dhoot
(D) Sam Pitroda
(E) Sunil K Munjal
Ans (B)
17. In 2008-09 budget proposals ,income tax exemption limit for women has been hiked to-
(A) Rs. 1,65,000
(B) Rs. 1,75,000
(C) Rs. 1,80,000
(D) Rs. 1,85,000
(E) Rs. 1,95,000
Ans (C)
18. The new president of FICCI is-
(A) K.C.Raina
(B) V.P.Shetty
(C) Rajiv Chandrashekhar
(D) Som Mittal
(E)None of these
Ans (C)
19. Defence allocation in budget 2008-09 has been proposed at Rs. 1,05,600 crore which shows a growth of …… % over the past year.
(A) 10.3%
(B) 14.2%
(C) 16.3%
(D) 17.2%
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
20. Who amongst the following was adjudged as Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008?
(A) Parvathy Omanakuttan
(B) Simran Kaur Mundi
(C) Harshita Saxena
(D) Pooja Chitgopekar
(E) Amruta Pataki
Ans (A)
21. Who amongst the following is not one of the Nobel Prize Winners in 2007 ?
(A) Ms. Doris Lessing
(B) Albert Fert
(C) Roger B. Myerson
(D) Al Gore
(E) Yulia Sindzeyena
Ans (E)
22. As reported in the newspapers Aung San Suu Kyi has agreed to cooperate with the military ruler of her country. She is a citizen of-
(A) Nepal
(B) Myanmar
(C) Brazil
(D) Indonesia
(E) Hong Kong
Ans (B)
23. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries ?
(A) Sudan
(B) Myanmar
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (E) Algeria ,Kuwait ,Iraq etc
24. The fouth Military World Games -2007 were organized in which of the following places in India ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C)Jaipur
(D) Bangaluru
(E) Cochin
Ans (B)
25. The UN Climate change conference 2007 was organized in which of the following place ?
(A) Manila
(B) London
(C) Brusseels
(D) Lisbon
(E) Bali
Ans (E)
[1] A sudden death of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto
[2] Announcement of general election
[3] Appointment of a new army of chief in place of Gen. Pervez Musharraf who was very popular leader there.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2,& 3
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
2. India Brazil and South Africa made a forum in 2003 which is playing a very significant role in dealing with the issue of common interest of all three in general and their foreign policies in particular. What is the name of that forum? (the second summit of the forum was organized in October 2007 in Pretoria)
(A) SAGU
(B) BRIC
(C) G-20
(D) IBSA
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
3. Read the following three statements carefully and answer the question asked immediately after that-
[1] Hu Jintao has been elected the general secretary of the ruling CPC for the second term till 2012.
[2] Vice President of the country Zeng Quinghing was removed from the powerful central committee of the party.
[3] Country is now likely to proceed on a new agenda of progress and development as Jintao is a man of modern and scientific outlook.
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Singapore
(D) China
(E) Thailand
Ans (D)
4.The mid term review of the monetary and credit policy of the RBI (for 2007-08) took place in January 2008. Which of the following is True about the same ?
[1] CRR hiked by 0.5 per cent to make it 7.5 per cent w.e.f. 10th February , 2008
[2] GDP growth outlook at 8.5 per cent for 2007-08
[3] Call and put options are now allowed in imports and exports.
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) Both 2 & 3
(E) None of these
Ans ()
5. An Internetional organization with Robert B.Zoellick as its president sanctioned a loan of US$ 944 million to India so that it can strengthen its rural finance system, vocational training and improve its water management projects . Which of the following is the name of that organization ?
(A) International Monetary Fund
(B) Asian Development Bank
(C) UNESCO
(D) World Bank
(E) None of these
Ans (D)
6. As per the news which appeared in some newspapers/magazines the police with the help of some NGO’s rescued some children who had been forced in child labour illegally. Such children are protected under which of the following acts in India ?
[1] Juvenile Justice Act
[2] Child Lsabour Act
[3] Immmoral Trafficking Act
(A) Only 1
(B) Only 2
(C) Only 3
(D) All 1,2,& 3
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
7. The number of Navaratna companies in India is now –
(A) 11
B) 12
(C) 13
(D) 14
(E) 15
Ans (C)
8. Who received the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year Award for 2008 ?
(A) Rafael Nadal
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Mahesh Bhupati
(D) Pat Cash
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
9. The seventeenth Saraswati Samman 2007 was presented to –
(A) Naiyer Mashud
(B) R.K.Saxena
(C) Suchitra Goswami
(D) Rehman Rahi
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
10. The UN has declared 2008 as the International Year of :
(A) Planet Earth , Potato and Sanitation
(B) Earth , Water and Clean Air
(C) Rice , Earth and Sanitation
(D) Liberty , Peace and Justice
(E) None of these
Ans (A)
11. Name the landing warship dedicated to the nation on January 4,2008 ?
(A) INS Kadamba
(B) INS Vajna
(C) INS Shardul
(D) INS Kiran
(E) None of these
Ans (C)
12. The 20th Nato summit 2008 was held between 2-4 April ,2008 at –
(A) London
(B) Bucharest
(C) Peris
(D) Abuja
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
13. Who among the following persons is chairman of Competition Commission of India ?
(A) Ashint Rahane
(B) Arvind Padhi
(C) Vinod K Dhal
(D) S K Mall
(E) N K Singh
Ans (C)
14. The winner of Malaysian Open 2008 (of golf) is –
(A) Jyoti Randhawa
(B) Arjun Atwal
(C) Tiger Woods
(D) Sania Mirza
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
15. 15th SAARC Summit is scheduled to be held in July – August 2008. The change venue of the summit is-
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) India
(C) Bangladesh
(D) Maldives
(E)None of these
Ans (A)
16. The new chairman of SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) is-
(A) M.Damodaran
(B) C.B.Bhave
(C) Venugopal Dhoot
(D) Sam Pitroda
(E) Sunil K Munjal
Ans (B)
17. In 2008-09 budget proposals ,income tax exemption limit for women has been hiked to-
(A) Rs. 1,65,000
(B) Rs. 1,75,000
(C) Rs. 1,80,000
(D) Rs. 1,85,000
(E) Rs. 1,95,000
Ans (C)
18. The new president of FICCI is-
(A) K.C.Raina
(B) V.P.Shetty
(C) Rajiv Chandrashekhar
(D) Som Mittal
(E)None of these
Ans (C)
19. Defence allocation in budget 2008-09 has been proposed at Rs. 1,05,600 crore which shows a growth of …… % over the past year.
(A) 10.3%
(B) 14.2%
(C) 16.3%
(D) 17.2%
(E) None of these
Ans (B)
20. Who amongst the following was adjudged as Pantaloons Femina Miss India World 2008?
(A) Parvathy Omanakuttan
(B) Simran Kaur Mundi
(C) Harshita Saxena
(D) Pooja Chitgopekar
(E) Amruta Pataki
Ans (A)
21. Who amongst the following is not one of the Nobel Prize Winners in 2007 ?
(A) Ms. Doris Lessing
(B) Albert Fert
(C) Roger B. Myerson
(D) Al Gore
(E) Yulia Sindzeyena
Ans (E)
22. As reported in the newspapers Aung San Suu Kyi has agreed to cooperate with the military ruler of her country. She is a citizen of-
(A) Nepal
(B) Myanmar
(C) Brazil
(D) Indonesia
(E) Hong Kong
Ans (B)
23. Dinar is the currency of which of the following countries ?
(A) Sudan
(B) Myanmar
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan
(E) None of these
Ans (E) Algeria ,Kuwait ,Iraq etc
24. The fouth Military World Games -2007 were organized in which of the following places in India ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C)Jaipur
(D) Bangaluru
(E) Cochin
Ans (B)
25. The UN Climate change conference 2007 was organized in which of the following place ?
(A) Manila
(B) London
(C) Brusseels
(D) Lisbon
(E) Bali
Ans (E)
gk practise paper 45
1. According to the tenth plan the credit flow to the farm sector is
a. Rs. 7,36,570 crore b. Rs. 6,43,249 crore
c. Rs. 4,67,582 crore d. Rs. 3,45,678 crore
2. The number of member countries of the World Trade Organization at present is
a. 143 b. 146
c. 148 d. 150
3. The percentage of the Indian population that directly or indirectly depend upon the agriculture is
a. 50% b. 60%
c. 70% d. 80%
4. Which of the following represents the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP for the year 2005?
a. 3.3% b. 4.4%
c. 5.5% d. 6.6%
5. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, the targeted disinvestments proceeds for the year 2005
has been pegged at
a. Rs. 4000 cr b. Rs. 7500 cr
c. Rs. 10200 cr d. Rs. 13400 cr
6. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, the reduction in the short-term capital gains tax is
a. 10% b. 15%
c. 20% d. 25%
7. This personality is the trade Commissioner of the European Union (EU). Identify him from the given
options.
a. Romano Prodi b. Pascal Lamy
c. Robert Zoellick d. Franz Fischler
8. Vyas Committee deals with
a. direct and indirect taxes b. flow of agriculture credit
c. reforms in securities market d. Banking sector
9. This state was in the news as there were increasing number of suicide cases by the farmers from
this state. Can you identify the state from the given options?
a. Karnataka b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andhra Pradesh d. Kerala
10. This state was in the news as red alert was sounded in the 10 districts of this state because of the
outbreak of a viral disease that was affecting goats and sheep heavily. Identify the name of the state
in question.
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka d. Kerala
.11. Which of the following represents the targeted GDP growth rate according to the tenth planning
commission?
a. 6% b. 7%
c. 8% d. 10%
12. This personality is the founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and is the winner of
the recent Lal Bahadur Shastri award for Management and Academics. Can you identify the name
of the personality in question?
a. Vandana Shiva b. Ela Bhatt
c. Teesta Setalwad d. Shanta Sinha
13. The venue of the last (fifth) ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was
a. Doha b. Singapore
c. Cancun d. Geneva
14. Identify the incorrect match.
SCHEME YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT
a. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 1999
b. Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana 2001
c. Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana 2000
d. Swajaldhara Yojana 2003
15. Food Corporation of India (FCI) is chaired by
a. V.K. Malhotra b. R.M. Premkumar
c. Bhure Lal d. None of these
16. In which of the following states of India would you find Indira Sagar project?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Maharashtra
17. This personality was in the news recently as he replaced Sompal Shastri to get the chairmanship of
the newly created National Farmer Commission. Identify the name of the personality we are concerned
here with.
a. Prof Yashpal b. M.S.Swaminatahan
c. Mangala Rai d. R.S. Paroda
18. The approximate share of India in the Global Textile Trade is
a. 2% b. 4%
c. 6% d. 8%
19. The largest economy of the world according to the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is
a. U.K. b. U.S.A
c. Germany d. China
20. Which of the following represents the rank of India according to the purchasing power parity ?
a. IInd b. IIIrd
c. IVth d. Vth
21. This personality is the chairman and managing director of the Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI). Identify him from the given options.
a. V.P. Sinha b. Vijay Singh
c. M. Damodaran d. P. P. Vora
22. e-choupal is the name of the IT project that won the International Chamber of Commerce award.
Which of the following organizations you would associate with this IT project?
a. ITC b. HLL
c. NABARD d. IOC
23. SMILE expands to
a. Securities and Management Integrated Logistics Extension
b. Securities Markets Infrastructure Leveraging Expert Task Force
c. Systems Multifunctional Integrated Logistics Exports
d. Systems Marketing International Leveraging Extension
24. This personality is the deputy chairman to the planning commission of India. Can you identify the
name of the personality from the given options?
a. K.C. Pant b. M.S.Ahluwalia
c. N.K. Singh d. Vijay Kelkar
25. According to the recently released UNDP's Human Development Index report, which of the following
represents the rank obtained by India?
a. 117 b. 127
c. 137 d. 147
26. This country was ranked at the top position in the UNDP's recently released Human Development
Index report and is also known as "the land of midnight sun". Can you identify the name of the
country in question?
a. Japan b. Finland
c. Italy d. Norway
27. Which of the following represents the present rate of service tax?
a. 7% b. 8%
c. 9% d. 10%
28. Which of the following banks was in the news recently as it launched the Kisan Samadhan Card?
a. NABARD b. Canara Bank
c. Bank of India d. State Bank of India
29. This personality will be heading the Group of ministers formed for identifying the possibilities of
reservation in the private sector. Can you identify the name of the personality in question?
a. Manmohan Singh b. Sharad Pawar
c. P. Chidambaram d. Kamal Nath
30. According to the recently released Foreign Trade Policy, which of the following represents the target
of the global trade that the Government of India wants to achieve in the next five years?
a. 1% b. 1.5%
c. 2% d. 2.5%
31. Which of the following represents the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present?
a. 4% b. 4.5%
c. 5% d. 5.5%
32. The final approval to the plan of the Planning Commission is done by
a. The ministry of Finance b. National Development Council
c. Finance Commission d. Lok Sabha
33. This personality is the chairperson of NABARD. Can you identify the name of the personality in
question ?
a. Y.C. Nanada b. Ranjana Kumar
c. A.K. Purwar d. G.S. Khush
34. According to the Central Statistical Organization's figures , which of the following represents the
rate of growth of the GDP in the year 2003-2004?
a. 7.6% b. 8.2%
c. 9.4% d. 10.5%
35. Which of the following personalities is the present Solicitor General of India?
a. Milon Kumar Bannerjee b. GoolamVahanvati
c. Soli J. Sorabjee d. Harish Salve
36. Which of the following represents the venue of the farm talks of WTO that took place in 2004?
a. New York b. Geneva
c. Rome d. Vienna
37. VAT will be implemented throughout the country from
a. January1, 2005 b. February1, 2005
c. March1, 2005 d. April 1,2005
38. This personality won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration recently. Name him from the
given options.
a. Shyam Benegal b. Baba Amte
c. Asghar Ali Engineer d. Swami Agnivesh
39. Which of the following personalities is the Father of Indian Poultry industry?
a. Dr. V. Kurien b. Dr. B.V. Rao
c. C. Subramanium d. Dr. G.S. Khush
40. Which of the following is the longest National Highway of India?
a. National Highway number 3 b. National Highway number 5
c. National Highway number 7 d. National Highway number 9
41. The first amendment in the Constitution of India took place in the year
a. 1950 b. 1952
c. 1954 d. 1956
42. Kyoto Treaty is associated with
a. Banning of Landmines b. Global Warming
c. Human Cloning d. Unification of Germany
43. Wangari Mathai is the founder of the Green Belt movement which she started in 1977 in Kenya. She
is the recent winner of
a. Right Livelihood Award, 2004
b. Nobel Prize for Peace, 2004
c. Magsaysay Award, 2004
d. Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding, 2004.
44. Which of the following institutions publish the Global Competitiveness Report?
a. World Bank b. International Monetary Fund
c. World Economic Forum d. Federal Reserve Bank
45. Which of the following represents the amount that has recently been sanctioned by the government
for the new 'food for work programme' cleared by the cabinet ?
a. Rs. 1,560 crore b. Rs. 1,864 crore
c. Rs. 2,020 crore d. Rs. 2,234 crore
46. Amnesty International, the foremost human rights organization is headquartered at
a. New York b. London
c. Geneva d. Paris
47. Which of the following days is celebrated as the International Labour Day?
a. February 23 b. April 10
c. May 1 d. August 27
48. India's sixth Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Mundra is located in
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra d. Gujarat
49. 'Aao Gaon Chalen', is the name of the ambitious project that has been undertaken by Indian Medical
Association primarily for providing _____ to every villager.
a. drinking water b. electricity
c. health d. education
50. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, which of the following represents the increased target of
covering families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana?
a. 1 crore b. 1.5 crore
c. 2 crore d. 2.5 crore
51. The oil cartel of 11 oil producing nations of the world OPEC is headquartered at
a. Caracas b. Kuwait city
c. Vienna d. Abu Dhabi
52. As an outcome of the construction of the Indira Sagar Dam, many families from this town Harsud
had to relocate themselves as they were facing the imminent fear getting drowned. Can you identify
the name of the state in which this town is located?
a. Gujrat b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Maharashtra
53. Which of the following represents the targeted growth rate of exports for 2004-05 by the Government
of India recently?
a. 12% b. 14%
c. 16% d. 18%
54. According to the recently released Economic Survey, the food grain production in 2003-04 has
been
a. 174.2 million ton b. 183.4million ton
c. 191.2 million ton d. 210.8 million ton
55. 'Operation Karn', is the name of the innovative programme launched by the Amravati district of
Maharashtra. This programme is associated with taking care of the
a. Oppressed women b. Malnourished children
c. Old age people d. Unemployed youth
56. Which of the following is NOT true about the Economic Survey 2003-04 released recently?
a. Industrial Growth rate should be 10%.
b. Combined fiscal deficit in 2003-04 at 9.4% of GDP
c. Foreign Exchange reserve at $119.3 billion as of May 31, 2004.
d. Maintaining inflation at around 3% (5%)
57. This personality has recently been appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT). Can you identify him/her from the given options?
a. Berjinder Singh b. N.K. Jain
c. Shobha Majumdar d. Radha Balakrishnan
58. According to a study conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, titled 'Growth Savings and Investment',
which of the following represents the contribution of the domestic industries in the GDP growth in
2003-04?
a. 12% b. 18%
c. 26% d. 34%
59. Which of the following represents the position of India in the latest IMD World Competitiveness
Yearbook (WCY) 2004?
a. 27th b. 30th
c. 34th d. 38th
60. The highest number of candidates that an Electronic Voting Machine can support is
a. 46 b. 54
c. 64 d. 72
61. The lok sabha that is formed is _____ in number.
a. 12th b. 13th
c. 14th d. 15th
62. Who is the head of the Reserve Bank of India's panel on small saving schemes that has proposed
a further cut in interest rates?
a. K. J. Udeshi b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Ashok Lahiri d. Vijay Kelkar
63. This bank has recently come up with a gold card scheme whereby all credit-worthy exporters
including those in the small and medium sectors with a good track record will be eligible for a Gold
Card which will provide them with certain privileges. Can you identify the name of the bank in
question?
a. State Bank of India b. Reserve Bank of India
c. Canara Bank d. Bank of Baroda
64. In a recent development this state was sanctioned a drought relief of Rs. 501 crores from the center.
Can you identify the name of the state in question?
a. Orissa b. Maharashtra
c. Rajasthan d. West Bengal
65. Who is the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission( NHRC)?
a. A.S.Anand b. M.N. Venkatchelliah
c. P.N. Bhagwati d. Kuldip Singh
66. Which of the following personalities will chair the National Committee on Rural Infrastructure?
a. Sharad Pawar b. M.S. Ahluwalia
c. Manmohan Singh d. None of these
67. Name the satellite that is being considered as a milestone in the distance education in India and
was launched recently.
a. Gyansat b. Edusat
b. Knowsat c. Infosat
68. This personality has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission on
Enterprises in the unorganized and the informal sector. Name him from the given options.
a. Ashok Lahiri b. Arjun Sengupta
c. Suresh D. Tendulkar d. Shankar J. Acharya
69. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2004,
released recently?
a. India ranks 89th on the potential FDI Index.
b. India tops the list in FDI in offshoring services.
c. India has 60 export oriented FDI projects, second after US.
d. All of the above are true.
70. According to the recently released population census based on religion, which of the following
represents the approximate percentage of Hindus in the total population of India?
a. 65% b. 70%
c. 80% d. 85%
71. This personality has been appointed as the head of the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into
the various issues pertaining to the now closed Dabhol Power Project .Identify him from the given
options.
a. Praful Patel b. Sharad Pawar
c. Pranab Mukherjee d. P.M. Sayeed
72. Monsanto is
a. a genetically modified variety of wheat b. a genetically modified variety of rice
c. a US based agri- major d. a genetically modified variety of maize
73. Which of the following Indian personalities has recently been awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay
award?
a. T.S. Krishnamurthy b. Admiral L. Ramdas
c. Adarsh Sen Anand d. P.N. Bhagwati
74. Which of the following personalities is the chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
a. Vibha Parthasarthy b. Poornima Advani
c. Vandana Shiva d. Mohini Giri
75. The Quest , The Hurdles: A Socialist Testament is the name of the collections of the former Prime
minister of India. Identify the name of the personality from the given options.
a. H.D. Devegowda b. I.K. Gujaral
c. Chandrashekhar d. A.B. Vajpayee
76. The venue of the G-15 summit that took place in the year 2004 is
a. Lisbon b. Harare
c. Caracas d. Cancun
77. Which of the following represents the proposed venue of the 13th SAARC summit that will take
place in 2005?
a. New Delhi b. Kathmandu
c. Male d. Dhaka
78. This ship became the first Indian ship to circumnavigate around 18 countries of the world in the year
2004. Identify the name of the ship from the given options.
a. INS Parikrama b. INS Tarangini
c. INS Pragati d. INS Lokayan
79. Which of the following is NOT a rabi crop?
a. Wheat b. Barely
c. Rice d. Grams
80. According to the latest census 2001, which of the following states is the largest in terms of population?
a. Maharashtra b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar d. West Bengal
81. Sariska centuary is located in
a. Karnataka b. J&K
c. Rajasthan d. Madhya Pradesh
82. Which of the following represents the contribution of the agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) of the Indian Economy?
a. 20% b. 25%
c. 30% d. 35%
83. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT) was replaced by _____ in the year 1995.
a. World Economic Forum b. International Monetary Fund
c. World Trade Organization d. European Union
84. The first ministerial meet of WTO took place at
a. Seattle b. Geneva
c. Singapore d. Doha
85. Which of the following represents the name of the business group that owns 25% stake in the
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(VSNL)?
a. A.V.Birla Group b. Reliance Group
c. Tatas d. Wadias
86. Lok Jumbish is the name of an educational project that was launched in
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Maharashtra d. Gujarat
87. This bank was nationalized in 1955 and was earlier known as the Imperial Bank of India. Identify it
from the given options.
a. Reserve Bank of India b. Punjab National Bank
c. State Bank of India d. Canara Bank
88. This plan of the Government gave maximum emphasis on agriculture. Identify it from the given
options.
a. Fourth b. Third
c. Second d. First
89. Council for People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) came into existence in the year
a. 1984 b. 1986
c. 1988 d. 1990
90. The world famous International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is based at
a. Jakarta b. Kula Lumpur
c. Manila d. Bangkok
91. Golden Quadrilateral is a project that that has the National Highways connecting to the major four
metro cities. Can you identify the length of the road that will be covered under this project?
a. 3456 Km b. 4567 Km
c. 5846 Km d. 7300 Km
92. This place is also known as the Manchester of the South. Can you identify the name of the place in
question?
a. Kochin b. Vishkhapattanam
c. Coimbatore d. Madurai
93. Bhakhara Nangal Dam is built over
a. Ravi b. Baes
c. Satluj d. Chenab
94. The year 2004 was declared by the United Nations as the
a. International Year of Child b. International Year of Girl
c. International Year of Rice d. International Year of Mountains
95. This planet of our solar system has maximum number of satellites,22. Can you identify the name of
the satellite from the given options?
a. Jupiter b. Saturn
c. Uranus d. Neptune
96. This personality is also known as the Father of the Green Revolution of India. Identify him from the
given options.
a. C. Subramanium b. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
c. Dr.S.S. Bhatnagar d. C.D. Deshmukh
97. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is chaired by
a. Dr. Verghese Kurien b. Dr. Amrita Patel
c. Y.C. Nanda d. Ranjana Kumar
98. Annual Policy Statement is issued by
a. Ministry of Finance, Government of India b. Reserve Bank of India
c. State Bank of India d. None of these
99. This state is NOT a part of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue that was in the news very
recently.Identify the state from the given options.
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Haryana d. Rajasthan
100. Which of the following represents the percentage growth in the core sector of India in the year
2003-2004?
a. 4.3% b. 4.6%
c. 5.2% d. 5.4%
Answer Key –
1. a Rs. 7,36,570 crore
2. c 148
3. c 70%
4. b 4.4%
5. a Rs. 4000 cr
6. c 20%
7. b Pascal Lamy
8. b flow of agriculture credit
9. c Andhra Pradesh
10. b Tamil Nadu
11. c 8%
12. b Ela Bhatt
13. c Cancun
14. d. Swajaldhara Yojana 2003 (2002)
15. b R.M. Premkumar
16. c Madhya Pradesh
17. b. M.S.Swaminatahan
18. b 4%
19. b U.S.A
20. c IVth
21. c M. Damodaran
22. a ITC
23. b Securities Markets Infrastructure Leveraging Expert Task Force
24. b M.S.Ahluwalia
25. b 127
26. d Norway
27. d 10%
28. c Bank of India
29. b Sharad Pawar
30. b 1.5%
31. c 5%
32. b National Development Council
33. b Ranjana Kumar
34. b 8.2%
35. b GoolamVahanvati
36. b Geneva
37. d April 1,2005
38. a Shyam Benegal
39. b Dr. B.V. Rao
40. c National Highway number 7
41. a 1950
42. b Global Warming
43. b Nobel Prize for Peace, 2004
44. c World Economic Forum
45. c Rs. 2,020 crore
46. b London
47. c May 1
48. d Gujarat
49. c health
50. c 2 crore
51. c Vienna
52. b Madhya Pradesh
53. c 16%
54. d 210.8 million ton
55. b Malnourished children
56. d Maintaining inflation at around 3%( 5%)
57. c Shobha Majumdar
58. b 18%
59. c 34th
60. c 64
61. c 14th
62. b Rakesh Mohan
63. b Reserve Bank of India
64. b Maharashtra
65. a A.S.Anand
66. c Manmohan Singh
67. b Edusat
68. b Arjun Sengupta
69. d All of the above are true.
70. c 80%
71. c Pranab Mukherjee
72. c a US based agri- major
73. b Admiral L. Ramdas
74. b Poornima Advani
75. c Chandrashekhar
76. c Caracas
77. d Dhaka
78. b INS Tarangini
79. c Rice
80. b Uttar Pradesh
81. c Rajasthan
82. b 25%
83. c World Trade Organization
84. c Singapore
85. c Tatas
86. b Rajasthan
87. c State Bank of India
88. d First
89. b 1986
90. c Manila
91. c 5846 Km
92. c Coimbatore
93. c Satluj
94. c International Year of Rice
95. b Saturn
96. b Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
97. b Dr. Amrita Patel
98. b Reserve Bank of India
99. b Uttar Pradesh
100.d 5.4%
a. Rs. 7,36,570 crore b. Rs. 6,43,249 crore
c. Rs. 4,67,582 crore d. Rs. 3,45,678 crore
2. The number of member countries of the World Trade Organization at present is
a. 143 b. 146
c. 148 d. 150
3. The percentage of the Indian population that directly or indirectly depend upon the agriculture is
a. 50% b. 60%
c. 70% d. 80%
4. Which of the following represents the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP for the year 2005?
a. 3.3% b. 4.4%
c. 5.5% d. 6.6%
5. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, the targeted disinvestments proceeds for the year 2005
has been pegged at
a. Rs. 4000 cr b. Rs. 7500 cr
c. Rs. 10200 cr d. Rs. 13400 cr
6. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, the reduction in the short-term capital gains tax is
a. 10% b. 15%
c. 20% d. 25%
7. This personality is the trade Commissioner of the European Union (EU). Identify him from the given
options.
a. Romano Prodi b. Pascal Lamy
c. Robert Zoellick d. Franz Fischler
8. Vyas Committee deals with
a. direct and indirect taxes b. flow of agriculture credit
c. reforms in securities market d. Banking sector
9. This state was in the news as there were increasing number of suicide cases by the farmers from
this state. Can you identify the state from the given options?
a. Karnataka b. Tamil Nadu
c. Andhra Pradesh d. Kerala
10. This state was in the news as red alert was sounded in the 10 districts of this state because of the
outbreak of a viral disease that was affecting goats and sheep heavily. Identify the name of the state
in question.
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Tamil Nadu
c. Karnataka d. Kerala
.11. Which of the following represents the targeted GDP growth rate according to the tenth planning
commission?
a. 6% b. 7%
c. 8% d. 10%
12. This personality is the founder of Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) and is the winner of
the recent Lal Bahadur Shastri award for Management and Academics. Can you identify the name
of the personality in question?
a. Vandana Shiva b. Ela Bhatt
c. Teesta Setalwad d. Shanta Sinha
13. The venue of the last (fifth) ministerial meet of the World Trade Organization (WTO) was
a. Doha b. Singapore
c. Cancun d. Geneva
14. Identify the incorrect match.
SCHEME YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT
a. Swarna Jayanti Gram Swarozgar Yojana 1999
b. Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojana 2001
c. Pradhanmantri Gram Sadak Yojana 2000
d. Swajaldhara Yojana 2003
15. Food Corporation of India (FCI) is chaired by
a. V.K. Malhotra b. R.M. Premkumar
c. Bhure Lal d. None of these
16. In which of the following states of India would you find Indira Sagar project?
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Madhya Pradesh d. Maharashtra
17. This personality was in the news recently as he replaced Sompal Shastri to get the chairmanship of
the newly created National Farmer Commission. Identify the name of the personality we are concerned
here with.
a. Prof Yashpal b. M.S.Swaminatahan
c. Mangala Rai d. R.S. Paroda
18. The approximate share of India in the Global Textile Trade is
a. 2% b. 4%
c. 6% d. 8%
19. The largest economy of the world according to the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is
a. U.K. b. U.S.A
c. Germany d. China
20. Which of the following represents the rank of India according to the purchasing power parity ?
a. IInd b. IIIrd
c. IVth d. Vth
21. This personality is the chairman and managing director of the Industrial Development Bank of India
(IDBI). Identify him from the given options.
a. V.P. Sinha b. Vijay Singh
c. M. Damodaran d. P. P. Vora
22. e-choupal is the name of the IT project that won the International Chamber of Commerce award.
Which of the following organizations you would associate with this IT project?
a. ITC b. HLL
c. NABARD d. IOC
23. SMILE expands to
a. Securities and Management Integrated Logistics Extension
b. Securities Markets Infrastructure Leveraging Expert Task Force
c. Systems Multifunctional Integrated Logistics Exports
d. Systems Marketing International Leveraging Extension
24. This personality is the deputy chairman to the planning commission of India. Can you identify the
name of the personality from the given options?
a. K.C. Pant b. M.S.Ahluwalia
c. N.K. Singh d. Vijay Kelkar
25. According to the recently released UNDP's Human Development Index report, which of the following
represents the rank obtained by India?
a. 117 b. 127
c. 137 d. 147
26. This country was ranked at the top position in the UNDP's recently released Human Development
Index report and is also known as "the land of midnight sun". Can you identify the name of the
country in question?
a. Japan b. Finland
c. Italy d. Norway
27. Which of the following represents the present rate of service tax?
a. 7% b. 8%
c. 9% d. 10%
28. Which of the following banks was in the news recently as it launched the Kisan Samadhan Card?
a. NABARD b. Canara Bank
c. Bank of India d. State Bank of India
29. This personality will be heading the Group of ministers formed for identifying the possibilities of
reservation in the private sector. Can you identify the name of the personality in question?
a. Manmohan Singh b. Sharad Pawar
c. P. Chidambaram d. Kamal Nath
30. According to the recently released Foreign Trade Policy, which of the following represents the target
of the global trade that the Government of India wants to achieve in the next five years?
a. 1% b. 1.5%
c. 2% d. 2.5%
31. Which of the following represents the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) at present?
a. 4% b. 4.5%
c. 5% d. 5.5%
32. The final approval to the plan of the Planning Commission is done by
a. The ministry of Finance b. National Development Council
c. Finance Commission d. Lok Sabha
33. This personality is the chairperson of NABARD. Can you identify the name of the personality in
question ?
a. Y.C. Nanada b. Ranjana Kumar
c. A.K. Purwar d. G.S. Khush
34. According to the Central Statistical Organization's figures , which of the following represents the
rate of growth of the GDP in the year 2003-2004?
a. 7.6% b. 8.2%
c. 9.4% d. 10.5%
35. Which of the following personalities is the present Solicitor General of India?
a. Milon Kumar Bannerjee b. GoolamVahanvati
c. Soli J. Sorabjee d. Harish Salve
36. Which of the following represents the venue of the farm talks of WTO that took place in 2004?
a. New York b. Geneva
c. Rome d. Vienna
37. VAT will be implemented throughout the country from
a. January1, 2005 b. February1, 2005
c. March1, 2005 d. April 1,2005
38. This personality won the Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration recently. Name him from the
given options.
a. Shyam Benegal b. Baba Amte
c. Asghar Ali Engineer d. Swami Agnivesh
39. Which of the following personalities is the Father of Indian Poultry industry?
a. Dr. V. Kurien b. Dr. B.V. Rao
c. C. Subramanium d. Dr. G.S. Khush
40. Which of the following is the longest National Highway of India?
a. National Highway number 3 b. National Highway number 5
c. National Highway number 7 d. National Highway number 9
41. The first amendment in the Constitution of India took place in the year
a. 1950 b. 1952
c. 1954 d. 1956
42. Kyoto Treaty is associated with
a. Banning of Landmines b. Global Warming
c. Human Cloning d. Unification of Germany
43. Wangari Mathai is the founder of the Green Belt movement which she started in 1977 in Kenya. She
is the recent winner of
a. Right Livelihood Award, 2004
b. Nobel Prize for Peace, 2004
c. Magsaysay Award, 2004
d. Jawahar Lal Nehru Award for International Understanding, 2004.
44. Which of the following institutions publish the Global Competitiveness Report?
a. World Bank b. International Monetary Fund
c. World Economic Forum d. Federal Reserve Bank
45. Which of the following represents the amount that has recently been sanctioned by the government
for the new 'food for work programme' cleared by the cabinet ?
a. Rs. 1,560 crore b. Rs. 1,864 crore
c. Rs. 2,020 crore d. Rs. 2,234 crore
46. Amnesty International, the foremost human rights organization is headquartered at
a. New York b. London
c. Geneva d. Paris
47. Which of the following days is celebrated as the International Labour Day?
a. February 23 b. April 10
c. May 1 d. August 27
48. India's sixth Special Economic Zone (SEZ), Mundra is located in
a. Madhya Pradesh b. Karnataka
c. Maharashtra d. Gujarat
49. 'Aao Gaon Chalen', is the name of the ambitious project that has been undertaken by Indian Medical
Association primarily for providing _____ to every villager.
a. drinking water b. electricity
c. health d. education
50. According to the Union Budget 2004-2005, which of the following represents the increased target of
covering families under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana?
a. 1 crore b. 1.5 crore
c. 2 crore d. 2.5 crore
51. The oil cartel of 11 oil producing nations of the world OPEC is headquartered at
a. Caracas b. Kuwait city
c. Vienna d. Abu Dhabi
52. As an outcome of the construction of the Indira Sagar Dam, many families from this town Harsud
had to relocate themselves as they were facing the imminent fear getting drowned. Can you identify
the name of the state in which this town is located?
a. Gujrat b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Maharashtra
53. Which of the following represents the targeted growth rate of exports for 2004-05 by the Government
of India recently?
a. 12% b. 14%
c. 16% d. 18%
54. According to the recently released Economic Survey, the food grain production in 2003-04 has
been
a. 174.2 million ton b. 183.4million ton
c. 191.2 million ton d. 210.8 million ton
55. 'Operation Karn', is the name of the innovative programme launched by the Amravati district of
Maharashtra. This programme is associated with taking care of the
a. Oppressed women b. Malnourished children
c. Old age people d. Unemployed youth
56. Which of the following is NOT true about the Economic Survey 2003-04 released recently?
a. Industrial Growth rate should be 10%.
b. Combined fiscal deficit in 2003-04 at 9.4% of GDP
c. Foreign Exchange reserve at $119.3 billion as of May 31, 2004.
d. Maintaining inflation at around 3% (5%)
57. This personality has recently been appointed as the new chairperson of the Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT). Can you identify him/her from the given options?
a. Berjinder Singh b. N.K. Jain
c. Shobha Majumdar d. Radha Balakrishnan
58. According to a study conducted by the Reserve Bank of India, titled 'Growth Savings and Investment',
which of the following represents the contribution of the domestic industries in the GDP growth in
2003-04?
a. 12% b. 18%
c. 26% d. 34%
59. Which of the following represents the position of India in the latest IMD World Competitiveness
Yearbook (WCY) 2004?
a. 27th b. 30th
c. 34th d. 38th
60. The highest number of candidates that an Electronic Voting Machine can support is
a. 46 b. 54
c. 64 d. 72
61. The lok sabha that is formed is _____ in number.
a. 12th b. 13th
c. 14th d. 15th
62. Who is the head of the Reserve Bank of India's panel on small saving schemes that has proposed
a further cut in interest rates?
a. K. J. Udeshi b. Rakesh Mohan
c. Ashok Lahiri d. Vijay Kelkar
63. This bank has recently come up with a gold card scheme whereby all credit-worthy exporters
including those in the small and medium sectors with a good track record will be eligible for a Gold
Card which will provide them with certain privileges. Can you identify the name of the bank in
question?
a. State Bank of India b. Reserve Bank of India
c. Canara Bank d. Bank of Baroda
64. In a recent development this state was sanctioned a drought relief of Rs. 501 crores from the center.
Can you identify the name of the state in question?
a. Orissa b. Maharashtra
c. Rajasthan d. West Bengal
65. Who is the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission( NHRC)?
a. A.S.Anand b. M.N. Venkatchelliah
c. P.N. Bhagwati d. Kuldip Singh
66. Which of the following personalities will chair the National Committee on Rural Infrastructure?
a. Sharad Pawar b. M.S. Ahluwalia
c. Manmohan Singh d. None of these
67. Name the satellite that is being considered as a milestone in the distance education in India and
was launched recently.
a. Gyansat b. Edusat
b. Knowsat c. Infosat
68. This personality has recently been appointed as the Chairman of the National Commission on
Enterprises in the unorganized and the informal sector. Name him from the given options.
a. Ashok Lahiri b. Arjun Sengupta
c. Suresh D. Tendulkar d. Shankar J. Acharya
69. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the UNCTAD's World Investment Report 2004,
released recently?
a. India ranks 89th on the potential FDI Index.
b. India tops the list in FDI in offshoring services.
c. India has 60 export oriented FDI projects, second after US.
d. All of the above are true.
70. According to the recently released population census based on religion, which of the following
represents the approximate percentage of Hindus in the total population of India?
a. 65% b. 70%
c. 80% d. 85%
71. This personality has been appointed as the head of the Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into
the various issues pertaining to the now closed Dabhol Power Project .Identify him from the given
options.
a. Praful Patel b. Sharad Pawar
c. Pranab Mukherjee d. P.M. Sayeed
72. Monsanto is
a. a genetically modified variety of wheat b. a genetically modified variety of rice
c. a US based agri- major d. a genetically modified variety of maize
73. Which of the following Indian personalities has recently been awarded with the Ramon Magsaysay
award?
a. T.S. Krishnamurthy b. Admiral L. Ramdas
c. Adarsh Sen Anand d. P.N. Bhagwati
74. Which of the following personalities is the chairperson of the National Commission for Women?
a. Vibha Parthasarthy b. Poornima Advani
c. Vandana Shiva d. Mohini Giri
75. The Quest , The Hurdles: A Socialist Testament is the name of the collections of the former Prime
minister of India. Identify the name of the personality from the given options.
a. H.D. Devegowda b. I.K. Gujaral
c. Chandrashekhar d. A.B. Vajpayee
76. The venue of the G-15 summit that took place in the year 2004 is
a. Lisbon b. Harare
c. Caracas d. Cancun
77. Which of the following represents the proposed venue of the 13th SAARC summit that will take
place in 2005?
a. New Delhi b. Kathmandu
c. Male d. Dhaka
78. This ship became the first Indian ship to circumnavigate around 18 countries of the world in the year
2004. Identify the name of the ship from the given options.
a. INS Parikrama b. INS Tarangini
c. INS Pragati d. INS Lokayan
79. Which of the following is NOT a rabi crop?
a. Wheat b. Barely
c. Rice d. Grams
80. According to the latest census 2001, which of the following states is the largest in terms of population?
a. Maharashtra b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Bihar d. West Bengal
81. Sariska centuary is located in
a. Karnataka b. J&K
c. Rajasthan d. Madhya Pradesh
82. Which of the following represents the contribution of the agriculture to the Gross Domestic Product
(GDP) of the Indian Economy?
a. 20% b. 25%
c. 30% d. 35%
83. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT) was replaced by _____ in the year 1995.
a. World Economic Forum b. International Monetary Fund
c. World Trade Organization d. European Union
84. The first ministerial meet of WTO took place at
a. Seattle b. Geneva
c. Singapore d. Doha
85. Which of the following represents the name of the business group that owns 25% stake in the
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd.(VSNL)?
a. A.V.Birla Group b. Reliance Group
c. Tatas d. Wadias
86. Lok Jumbish is the name of an educational project that was launched in
a. Uttar Pradesh b. Rajasthan
c. Maharashtra d. Gujarat
87. This bank was nationalized in 1955 and was earlier known as the Imperial Bank of India. Identify it
from the given options.
a. Reserve Bank of India b. Punjab National Bank
c. State Bank of India d. Canara Bank
88. This plan of the Government gave maximum emphasis on agriculture. Identify it from the given
options.
a. Fourth b. Third
c. Second d. First
89. Council for People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART) came into existence in the year
a. 1984 b. 1986
c. 1988 d. 1990
90. The world famous International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is based at
a. Jakarta b. Kula Lumpur
c. Manila d. Bangkok
91. Golden Quadrilateral is a project that that has the National Highways connecting to the major four
metro cities. Can you identify the length of the road that will be covered under this project?
a. 3456 Km b. 4567 Km
c. 5846 Km d. 7300 Km
92. This place is also known as the Manchester of the South. Can you identify the name of the place in
question?
a. Kochin b. Vishkhapattanam
c. Coimbatore d. Madurai
93. Bhakhara Nangal Dam is built over
a. Ravi b. Baes
c. Satluj d. Chenab
94. The year 2004 was declared by the United Nations as the
a. International Year of Child b. International Year of Girl
c. International Year of Rice d. International Year of Mountains
95. This planet of our solar system has maximum number of satellites,22. Can you identify the name of
the satellite from the given options?
a. Jupiter b. Saturn
c. Uranus d. Neptune
96. This personality is also known as the Father of the Green Revolution of India. Identify him from the
given options.
a. C. Subramanium b. Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
c. Dr.S.S. Bhatnagar d. C.D. Deshmukh
97. National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is chaired by
a. Dr. Verghese Kurien b. Dr. Amrita Patel
c. Y.C. Nanda d. Ranjana Kumar
98. Annual Policy Statement is issued by
a. Ministry of Finance, Government of India b. Reserve Bank of India
c. State Bank of India d. None of these
99. This state is NOT a part of the Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) Canal issue that was in the news very
recently.Identify the state from the given options.
a. Punjab b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Haryana d. Rajasthan
100. Which of the following represents the percentage growth in the core sector of India in the year
2003-2004?
a. 4.3% b. 4.6%
c. 5.2% d. 5.4%
Answer Key –
1. a Rs. 7,36,570 crore
2. c 148
3. c 70%
4. b 4.4%
5. a Rs. 4000 cr
6. c 20%
7. b Pascal Lamy
8. b flow of agriculture credit
9. c Andhra Pradesh
10. b Tamil Nadu
11. c 8%
12. b Ela Bhatt
13. c Cancun
14. d. Swajaldhara Yojana 2003 (2002)
15. b R.M. Premkumar
16. c Madhya Pradesh
17. b. M.S.Swaminatahan
18. b 4%
19. b U.S.A
20. c IVth
21. c M. Damodaran
22. a ITC
23. b Securities Markets Infrastructure Leveraging Expert Task Force
24. b M.S.Ahluwalia
25. b 127
26. d Norway
27. d 10%
28. c Bank of India
29. b Sharad Pawar
30. b 1.5%
31. c 5%
32. b National Development Council
33. b Ranjana Kumar
34. b 8.2%
35. b GoolamVahanvati
36. b Geneva
37. d April 1,2005
38. a Shyam Benegal
39. b Dr. B.V. Rao
40. c National Highway number 7
41. a 1950
42. b Global Warming
43. b Nobel Prize for Peace, 2004
44. c World Economic Forum
45. c Rs. 2,020 crore
46. b London
47. c May 1
48. d Gujarat
49. c health
50. c 2 crore
51. c Vienna
52. b Madhya Pradesh
53. c 16%
54. d 210.8 million ton
55. b Malnourished children
56. d Maintaining inflation at around 3%( 5%)
57. c Shobha Majumdar
58. b 18%
59. c 34th
60. c 64
61. c 14th
62. b Rakesh Mohan
63. b Reserve Bank of India
64. b Maharashtra
65. a A.S.Anand
66. c Manmohan Singh
67. b Edusat
68. b Arjun Sengupta
69. d All of the above are true.
70. c 80%
71. c Pranab Mukherjee
72. c a US based agri- major
73. b Admiral L. Ramdas
74. b Poornima Advani
75. c Chandrashekhar
76. c Caracas
77. d Dhaka
78. b INS Tarangini
79. c Rice
80. b Uttar Pradesh
81. c Rajasthan
82. b 25%
83. c World Trade Organization
84. c Singapore
85. c Tatas
86. b Rajasthan
87. c State Bank of India
88. d First
89. b 1986
90. c Manila
91. c 5846 Km
92. c Coimbatore
93. c Satluj
94. c International Year of Rice
95. b Saturn
96. b Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
97. b Dr. Amrita Patel
98. b Reserve Bank of India
99. b Uttar Pradesh
100.d 5.4%
gk practise paper 44
Q-1 Who is secretary general of UNO ( united nation organization )
(a) Ray Ban (b) Ban Ki Moon
(c) Nolas (d) Rice Brown
Q:-2 Who is the first Arab minister in the history of Israel
(a) Releb Majadele (b) Shimon Peres
(c) Amir Peretz (d) Nuri al-Maliki
Q:-3 The 12th ASEAN summit was held in
(a) Singapore (b) Cebu
(c) Hanoi (d) Kuala Lumpur
Q:4 Who is the recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2004
(a) Ben Ki-moon (b) Thabo Mbeki
(c) Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour al Said (d) Kenneth Kaunda
Q:5 Which one of the following is the deepest point in the ocean floor ?
(a) Challenger Deep (b) Milwaukee Deep
(c) Java trench (d) Philippine Trench
Q:6 What is the name of the region where the north-east and south-east trade winds converge ?
(a) Doldrums (b) Sub-tropical high pressure belt
(c) Arctic circle (d) Horse latitude
Q:-7 Asteroids are found between the orbits of
(a) Mars and Jupiter (b) Mercury and Venus
(c) Earth and Mars (d) Uranus and Neptune
Q-8 Who was the president of India at the time of the proclamation of Emergency in the year 1975 ?
(a) V.V Giri
(b) Giani Zail Singh
(c) Shanker Dayal Sharma
(d) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Q-9 Which rock edict of Ashoka Provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga war
(a) Kalinga Edict at Dhauli
(b) The edict at Dhauli
(c) 10th Rock Edict
(d) 13th Rock Edict
Q-10 To which one of the following processes is the term CMYK related ?
(a) Railway signaling
(b) Navigation
(c) Offset printing
(d) Electronic Voting machine
Q-11 Which one among the following is not a good source of nutritional calcium
(a) Rice (b) Ragi
(c) Skimmed milk (d) Egg
Q-12 Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN ?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Brunei Darussalam
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
Q-13 Who among the following is a Hindustani classical singer ?
(a) Geeta Changran
(b) Leela Samson.
(c) Gangubai Hangal
(d) Swapnasundari
Q-14 Which one of the following companies is associated with the exploration and commercial production of oil in Barmer – Sanchore basin of Rajasthan ?
(a) Cairn Energy
(b) Unocal Corporation
(c) Reliance Energy Ventures
(d) ONGC
Q-15 Which one of the following revolts was made famous by bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math ?
(a) Bhil uprising
(b) Rangpur and Dinapur uprising
(c) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
(d) Sanyasi rebellion
Q-16 Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress Held in the year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British
(a) Bal Gangadher Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nahru
Q-17 Which one of the following countries is not a member of the nordic Council
(a) Norway (b) Denmark
(c) Iceland (d) United Kingdom
Q-18 What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves round the sun in its orbit ?
(a) 20 Km/s (b) 30 km/s
(c) 40 Km /s (d) 50 km/s
Q-19 Which one of the following Indian banks is not a nationalized bank?
(a) Corporation bank ( b) Dena bank
(c) Federal bank (d) Vijaya bank
Q-20 Which one of the following subjects is under the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India
(a) Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields
(b) Agriculture
(c) Fisheries
(d) Public health
Q-21 Who among the following British
official was sent to Lahore to negotiate the treaty of Amritsar with ranjit Singh
(a) Major Broodfoot
(b) Charles T. Metcalfe
(c) John Lawrence
(d) Lord McCartney
Q-22 The historic peace agreement of November, 2006 in Nepal has been signed between which of the following
(a) King and SPA
(b) King and Maoist
(c) SPA and Maoist
(d) King SPA and Maoist
Q-23 Prof. Muhammad Yunus is renowned in which one of the following areas
(a) International
(b) Human rights
(c) Freedom of press
(d) Microcredit concept
Q-24 Who is the author of the book The Last Maghal – the fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857?
(a) John Kirkland
(b) William Dalrymple
(c) Thomas Wilson
(d) Simon Digby
Q-25 In the year 2006 , Muhammad Yusuf , a Pakistani batsman , has broken the record of highest aggregate runs in test cricket in a calendar year which up till now stood in whose name ?
(a) Don Bradman (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Barry (d) Vivian Richards
Q-26 The largest artificial lake in India is
(a) Pushkar lake
(b) Dal Lake
(c) Govind sagar (Bhakra)
(d) Nainital Lake
Q-27 How many States touch the boundary of Madhya Pradesh ?
(a) 7 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) 8
Q-28 Which is the most Industrialized State in India
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
Q-29 India’s first earth satellite station is at
(a) Thumba near Trivandrum
(b) Arvi near Pune
(c) Shriharikota on Andhra Coast
(d) None of these
Q-30 Tan sen was a famous court poet of
(a) Allauddin Khilji
(b) Akbar the great
(c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(d) None of these
Q-31 Arya Bhatt was a renowned Indian
(a) Chemist (b) Astronomer
(c) Physician (d) None of these
Q-32 Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of grant of Indian independence ?
(a) Winston Churchill (b)Lord Atlee
(c) Chamberlain (d) Heath
Q-33 The first Indian to get the nobel Prize was
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Sir C.V. Raman
(c) Mrs.Sarojini Naidu
(d) Mrs. Rabindranth Tagore
Q-34 In which field did Charak Distinguish himself
(a) Poetry
(b) Literature
(c) Medicine and surgery
(d) Sanskrit and grammar
Q-35 Mulkh Raj anand is the author of
(a) Coolie (b) Nana
(c) Gora (d) The Post Office
Q-36 My Experiment with Truth’ was written by
(a) Dr.Rajinder Prasad
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehtu
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q-37 Diet is the parliament of
(a) India (b) Canada
(c) China (d) Japan
Q: 38 The term ‘ Sudden death ‘ is associated with
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Boxing (d) Cricket
Q-39 The national Games of India is
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Tennis (d)Basketball
Q: 40 Mahabharata was written by
(a) Tulsidas (b) Sahe Valmiki
(c) Sage Vyasa (d) None of these
Q: 41 The ratio of the width of the national flag of India to its length is -
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:3
(c) 1:4 (d) 2:5
Q: 42 The first Indian woman to climp the everest was -
(a) Rupali Roy (b) Ujwala Patil (c) Bachendri Pal (d) Meher Moos
Q-43 Lal Bahadur Shastri become the prime minister of India
(a) 1971 (b) 1964
(c)1965 (d) 1980
Q-44 Which film superstar was abducted in july 2000 by veerapan
(a) Anil Kapoor (b) Raj Kumar
(c) Kumar Gourav (d) Govinda
Q-45 ALTURA is a variant of which Indian car -
(a) Maruti Suzuki Baleno
(b) Honda city
(c) Hyundai Accent
(d) Mitsubishi Lancer
Q-46 The biggest Art Gallery of Punjab is situated at -
(a) Amritser (b) Ludhiana
(c) Sirhind (d) Patiala
Q-47 Jaundice affects which organ of human body -
(a) Pancreas (b) Liver
(c) Heart (d) Spleen
Q-48 Ozone layer around the earth is being depleted because of -
(a) CNG (b) CFC
(c) LPG (d) All the above
Q-49 Who is the highest wicket take in the cricket
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Sir Richard Headley
(c) Wasim Akram
(d) Courtney Walsh
Q-50 Who is the president of US-
(a) Grorge W. Bush (b) Bill Clinton
(c) George Bush (d) Al Gore
1(b) Ban Ki Moon
2(a)
3(b)
4(c)
5(a)
6(a)
7(a) These are small planet like substance revolving between mars & Jupiter
8(d)
9(d)
10(c)
11(a)
12(c)
13(c)
14(a)
15(d)
16(c)
17(d)
18(b)
19(c)
20(a)
21(b)
22(c)
23(d)
24(b)
25(d)
26(c)
27(c)
28(c)
29(b)
30(b)
31(b)
32(b)
33(d)
34(c)
35(a)
36(d)
37(d)
38(a)
39(a)
40(c)
41(a)
42(c)
43(b)
44(b)
45(a)
46(d)
47(b)
48(b)
49(c)
50(a)
(a) Ray Ban (b) Ban Ki Moon
(c) Nolas (d) Rice Brown
Q:-2 Who is the first Arab minister in the history of Israel
(a) Releb Majadele (b) Shimon Peres
(c) Amir Peretz (d) Nuri al-Maliki
Q:-3 The 12th ASEAN summit was held in
(a) Singapore (b) Cebu
(c) Hanoi (d) Kuala Lumpur
Q:4 Who is the recipient of Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for the year 2004
(a) Ben Ki-moon (b) Thabo Mbeki
(c) Sultan Qaboos bin Said bin Taimour al Said (d) Kenneth Kaunda
Q:5 Which one of the following is the deepest point in the ocean floor ?
(a) Challenger Deep (b) Milwaukee Deep
(c) Java trench (d) Philippine Trench
Q:6 What is the name of the region where the north-east and south-east trade winds converge ?
(a) Doldrums (b) Sub-tropical high pressure belt
(c) Arctic circle (d) Horse latitude
Q:-7 Asteroids are found between the orbits of
(a) Mars and Jupiter (b) Mercury and Venus
(c) Earth and Mars (d) Uranus and Neptune
Q-8 Who was the president of India at the time of the proclamation of Emergency in the year 1975 ?
(a) V.V Giri
(b) Giani Zail Singh
(c) Shanker Dayal Sharma
(d) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Q-9 Which rock edict of Ashoka Provides a description of the horrors of Kalinga war
(a) Kalinga Edict at Dhauli
(b) The edict at Dhauli
(c) 10th Rock Edict
(d) 13th Rock Edict
Q-10 To which one of the following processes is the term CMYK related ?
(a) Railway signaling
(b) Navigation
(c) Offset printing
(d) Electronic Voting machine
Q-11 Which one among the following is not a good source of nutritional calcium
(a) Rice (b) Ragi
(c) Skimmed milk (d) Egg
Q-12 Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN ?
(a) Vietnam
(b) Brunei Darussalam
(c) Bangladesh
(d) Myanmar
Q-13 Who among the following is a Hindustani classical singer ?
(a) Geeta Changran
(b) Leela Samson.
(c) Gangubai Hangal
(d) Swapnasundari
Q-14 Which one of the following companies is associated with the exploration and commercial production of oil in Barmer – Sanchore basin of Rajasthan ?
(a) Cairn Energy
(b) Unocal Corporation
(c) Reliance Energy Ventures
(d) ONGC
Q-15 Which one of the following revolts was made famous by bankim Chandra Chatterjee in his novel Anand Math ?
(a) Bhil uprising
(b) Rangpur and Dinapur uprising
(c) Bishnupur and Birbhum rebellion
(d) Sanyasi rebellion
Q-16 Under whose presidency was the Lahore Session of the Indian National Congress Held in the year 1929 wherein a resolution was adopted to gain complete independence from the British
(a) Bal Gangadher Tilak
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Motilal Nahru
Q-17 Which one of the following countries is not a member of the nordic Council
(a) Norway (b) Denmark
(c) Iceland (d) United Kingdom
Q-18 What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves round the sun in its orbit ?
(a) 20 Km/s (b) 30 km/s
(c) 40 Km /s (d) 50 km/s
Q-19 Which one of the following Indian banks is not a nationalized bank?
(a) Corporation bank ( b) Dena bank
(c) Federal bank (d) Vijaya bank
Q-20 Which one of the following subjects is under the Union List in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India
(a) Regulation of labour and safety in mines and oilfields
(b) Agriculture
(c) Fisheries
(d) Public health
Q-21 Who among the following British
official was sent to Lahore to negotiate the treaty of Amritsar with ranjit Singh
(a) Major Broodfoot
(b) Charles T. Metcalfe
(c) John Lawrence
(d) Lord McCartney
Q-22 The historic peace agreement of November, 2006 in Nepal has been signed between which of the following
(a) King and SPA
(b) King and Maoist
(c) SPA and Maoist
(d) King SPA and Maoist
Q-23 Prof. Muhammad Yunus is renowned in which one of the following areas
(a) International
(b) Human rights
(c) Freedom of press
(d) Microcredit concept
Q-24 Who is the author of the book The Last Maghal – the fall of a Dynasty Delhi 1857?
(a) John Kirkland
(b) William Dalrymple
(c) Thomas Wilson
(d) Simon Digby
Q-25 In the year 2006 , Muhammad Yusuf , a Pakistani batsman , has broken the record of highest aggregate runs in test cricket in a calendar year which up till now stood in whose name ?
(a) Don Bradman (b) Sachin Tendulkar (c) Barry (d) Vivian Richards
Q-26 The largest artificial lake in India is
(a) Pushkar lake
(b) Dal Lake
(c) Govind sagar (Bhakra)
(d) Nainital Lake
Q-27 How many States touch the boundary of Madhya Pradesh ?
(a) 7 (b) 6
(c) 5 (d) 8
Q-28 Which is the most Industrialized State in India
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Punjab
(c) Maharashtra
D) Andhra Pradesh
Q-29 India’s first earth satellite station is at
(a) Thumba near Trivandrum
(b) Arvi near Pune
(c) Shriharikota on Andhra Coast
(d) None of these
Q-30 Tan sen was a famous court poet of
(a) Allauddin Khilji
(b) Akbar the great
(c) Mahmud Ghaznavi
(d) None of these
Q-31 Arya Bhatt was a renowned Indian
(a) Chemist (b) Astronomer
(c) Physician (d) None of these
Q-32 Who was the Prime Minister of England at the time of grant of Indian independence ?
(a) Winston Churchill (b)Lord Atlee
(c) Chamberlain (d) Heath
Q-33 The first Indian to get the nobel Prize was
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(b) Sir C.V. Raman
(c) Mrs.Sarojini Naidu
(d) Mrs. Rabindranth Tagore
Q-34 In which field did Charak Distinguish himself
(a) Poetry
(b) Literature
(c) Medicine and surgery
(d) Sanskrit and grammar
Q-35 Mulkh Raj anand is the author of
(a) Coolie (b) Nana
(c) Gora (d) The Post Office
Q-36 My Experiment with Truth’ was written by
(a) Dr.Rajinder Prasad
(b) Sardar Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehtu
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
Q-37 Diet is the parliament of
(a) India (b) Canada
(c) China (d) Japan
Q: 38 The term ‘ Sudden death ‘ is associated with
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Boxing (d) Cricket
Q-39 The national Games of India is
(a) Hockey (b) Football
(c) Tennis (d)Basketball
Q: 40 Mahabharata was written by
(a) Tulsidas (b) Sahe Valmiki
(c) Sage Vyasa (d) None of these
Q: 41 The ratio of the width of the national flag of India to its length is -
(a) 2:3 (b) 1:3
(c) 1:4 (d) 2:5
Q: 42 The first Indian woman to climp the everest was -
(a) Rupali Roy (b) Ujwala Patil (c) Bachendri Pal (d) Meher Moos
Q-43 Lal Bahadur Shastri become the prime minister of India
(a) 1971 (b) 1964
(c)1965 (d) 1980
Q-44 Which film superstar was abducted in july 2000 by veerapan
(a) Anil Kapoor (b) Raj Kumar
(c) Kumar Gourav (d) Govinda
Q-45 ALTURA is a variant of which Indian car -
(a) Maruti Suzuki Baleno
(b) Honda city
(c) Hyundai Accent
(d) Mitsubishi Lancer
Q-46 The biggest Art Gallery of Punjab is situated at -
(a) Amritser (b) Ludhiana
(c) Sirhind (d) Patiala
Q-47 Jaundice affects which organ of human body -
(a) Pancreas (b) Liver
(c) Heart (d) Spleen
Q-48 Ozone layer around the earth is being depleted because of -
(a) CNG (b) CFC
(c) LPG (d) All the above
Q-49 Who is the highest wicket take in the cricket
(a) Kapil Dev
(b) Sir Richard Headley
(c) Wasim Akram
(d) Courtney Walsh
Q-50 Who is the president of US-
(a) Grorge W. Bush (b) Bill Clinton
(c) George Bush (d) Al Gore
1(b) Ban Ki Moon
2(a)
3(b)
4(c)
5(a)
6(a)
7(a) These are small planet like substance revolving between mars & Jupiter
8(d)
9(d)
10(c)
11(a)
12(c)
13(c)
14(a)
15(d)
16(c)
17(d)
18(b)
19(c)
20(a)
21(b)
22(c)
23(d)
24(b)
25(d)
26(c)
27(c)
28(c)
29(b)
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33(d)
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42(c)
43(b)
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46(d)
47(b)
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