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(including Business awareness). The previous years experience with SNAP /

Symbiosis provides the information that almost all the questions appearing

in this section are from the newspapers and magazines released between

July and November. Last year there were questions mainly on Business,

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1. Who among the following was the first speaker of the LokSabha?

(1) M.A. Ayyangar (2) G.V. Mavalankar

(3) Sardar Hukam Singh (4) N. Sanji va Reddy

2. Consider the following statements

X-ray

I. Can pass thorough aluminiumII. Can be deflected by magnetic field

III . Move with a velocity less than the velocity of ultravioletrays in vacuum

Which of the statement given above is/ are correct?

(1) I, II and III (2) I only

(3) II and III only (4) I and II only

3. If a small raindrop falls through air

(1) Its velocity goes on increasi ng

(2) Its velocity goes on decreasin g

(3) Its velocity goes on increasi ng for some time and the

becomes constant.

(4) It falls with constant speed for some time and than itsvelocity incr eases.

4. Televisio n signal cannot be received generally beyond aparticular distance due to

(1) Curvature of the earth

(2) Weaknes s of antenn a

(3) Weakness of signal

(4) Absorption of signal in air

5. Which one of the following is an object with such a strong

gravitational field that even light cannot escape from itsurface?

(1) Neutron start (2) White dwarf

(3) Black hole (4) Super nova star

6. Which one of the following is the tide produced as aconsequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the samedirection?

(1) Spri ng tide (2) Neap tid e

(3) High tide (4) Low tide

7. Aqua regia used by alchemists to separate silver and gold isa mixture of

(1) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and Nitric acid(concentrated)

(2) Hydrochloric acid (concentrated) and Sulphuric acid(concentrated).

( 3) Ni t r i c aci d ( concent r at ed ) and Sul p h uri c aci d(concentrated).

(4) Hydrochloric acid (dilute) and Sulphate acid (dilute).

8. Commercial vulcanisation of rubber involves

(1) Sulphur (2) Carbo n

(3) Phosphor us (4) Selenium

9. In which one of the following is higher percentage of carbonfound?

(1) Lignite (2) Peat coal

(3) Bituminous coal (4) Anth racit e coal

10. Which one of the following when dissolved in H2O gives

hissing sound?

(1) Limestone (2) Slacked lime

(3) Soda lime (4) Quicklme

11. Ecomagination is a term trademarked by

(1) LG (2) Philips(3) Genera l Electr ic (4) Samsung

12. German state of Lower Saxony is the second largestshareholder in whi ch automobile company?

(1) Pors che (2) Volkswagen

(3) Daimler Benz (4) Peug eot


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13. What was the $700 billion rescue package for ailing financialfirms in the US called?

(1) Financial Recapitalization Programme

(2) Special Assistanc e Package for Distres sed Firms

(3) Financial Rescue Programme

(4) Troubled Asset Relief Programme

14. Korean giant Samsung is the official sponsor of Olympics andthe ..... football team.

(1) Chels ea (2) Real Madrid

(3) Bayern Munich (4) All the above

15. Nancy Pelosi is th e

(1) First woman Supreme Court Chief Justice in the US

(2) F i r s t w o m a n S p e a k e r o f t h e U S H o u s e o fRepresentatives

(3) First woman Chairpers on of NAFTA

(4) First woman Chairper son of CIA

16. Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has agreed to buy a20% stake in

(1) Goldman Sachs (2) Merrill Lynch

(3) Lehman Broth ers (4) AIG

17. Which management consulting firm split into two separatecompanies, one focusing on defence & govt. consulting andthe other on corporate consulting, earlier this year?

(1) McKinsey

(2) KPMG

(3) Boston Consulting Group

(4) Booz, Allen & Hamilton

18. World's largest private equity firm Blackstone is promoted by

(1) Christ opher Flowers (2) Sanfor d Bernst ein

(3) Stephen Schwarzman (4) Kravis Roberts

19. Who has called the financial crisis in the US "an economicPearl Harbour"?

(1) George Soros (2) Warr en Buf fett

(3) Alan Green span (4) Milton Friedman

20. Which is world's most popular professional networking sitefounded by Reid Hoffman?

(1) LinkedIn (2) Facebook

(3) Xing (4) Orkut

21. Richard Branson has dabbled into all of the followingbusinesses except

(1) Running trains (2) Mobile services(3) Airlines (4) Shipping

22. Which of the following is/are correct combinations of leading

US figures and their designations, in news recently for thefinancial turmoil there?

(1) Christo pher Cox-Chairman of the Securit ies andExchange Commission

(2) Hank Paulson- Chairman of Federal Reserve

(3) Ben Bernanke-Treasury Secretary

(4) All the above

23. Which of the following became the first mobile servicescompany to offer services based on Google's phone in 2008?On which system is the Google phone based?

(1) T-Mobile, Symbian (2) AT&T, Andr oid

(3) T-Mobile, Andro id (4) AT&T, Symbian

24. Which of the following became the first Western oil firm tostrike a joint venture deal with the government of Iraq after

1972, in 2008?

(1) Exxon Mobil (2) Royal Dutch Shell

(3) Total (4) Brit ish Petrol eum

25. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have now become

(1) Non banking finance companies

(2) Investment banking firms

(3) Bank holding companies

(4) Stock broking firms


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26. Which country is home to the t hree biggest shippingcompanies in the worl d?

(1) Japan (2) China

(3) Korea (4) India

27. Which of the following has completed its integration withElectronic Data Systems, bought in the first half of 2008?

(1) IBM (2) Hewl ett Packar d(3) Intel (4) Google

28. Which airport in London has been offered for sale?

(1) Gatwick (2) Heathr ow

(3) Stans ted (4) All the above

29. Who coined the term 'domino theory'-a foreign policy theorywhich speculated that if one l and in a region came under theinfluence of communism then the surrounding countrieswould follow in a domino effect?

(1) Lyndon B Johnson (2) Winston Churchill

(3) Dwight D. Eisenhower (4) Henry Kissinger

30. Mark out the wrong combination of authors, their books andthe awards won by them.

(1) 2005, John Banville, 'The Sea', Man Booker Prize

(2) 2002, Yann Martel, 'Life of Pi', Man Booker Prize

(3) 2008, Rose Tremai n, 'The Road Home', OrangeBroadband Prize

(4) 2007, A. L. Kennedy, 'Day', Pulitz er Prize in Fiction

31. Which film festival awards the 'Volpi Cups' for best actor andbest actress?

(1) Cann es Film Festi val (2) Venice Film Festival(3) Berlin Film Festival (4) Paris Film Festival

32. Mark out the wrong combination among the followingMagsaysay award winners from India?

(1) 2007, Palagummi Sainath, Community Leadership

(2) 2006, Arvind Kejriwal, Emergent Leadership

(3) 2000, Jockin Arputham, Peace and InternationalUnderstanding

(4) 1959, Chintaman Deshmukh, Government Service

33. Who became the second Indian to win the World BilliardsChampionship in 1981?

(1) Wilson Jones (2) Geet Sethi

(3) Pankaj Advani (4) Michael Ferreira

34. The number of gold medals in India's medals tally was thelowest in which Asian Games?

(1) 1954, Manila (2) 1978, Bangkok

(3) 1990, Beijing (4) 2002, Busan

35. Which of the following combinations of Indian Railways

divisions and their headquarters is incorrect?(1) Northern Railway: Delhi

(2) Eastern Railway: Howrah

(3) North Eastern Railway: Gorakhpur

(4) Northeas t Frontier Railway: Guwahati

36. Which of the following is not correct about Arvind Kejriwal?

(1) He is associated with India's Right to Informationmovement

(2) He started his career in the Indian Revenue Service

(3) He is a chartered accountant by profession

(4) Parivartan is the NGO founde d by him

37. Which of the following combinations of fictional detectivesand their creators is not correct?

(1) Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

(2) Philip Marlowe -G. K. Chesterton

(3) Miss Marple - Agatha Chris tie

(4) Perry Mason - Erle Stanley Gardner


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38. From which country did India receive the second highestinflow behind Mauritius during 2007-08?

(1) USA (2) Sing apore

(3) UK (4) Japan

39. In which automobile maker is the Kuwait Investment Authoritythe single largest shareholder with a 7.6% stake (as of

Au gus t 1, 2008) ?

(1) Daimler (2) Toyo ta

(3) Fiat (4) General Motors

40. Match the following

Mineral water brand Company

(i) Poland Sprin g (a) Danone

(ii) Evian (b) Star bucks

(iii) Dasani (c) Coc a-C ola

(iv) Ethos (d) Nestl e

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-d

(2) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-a

(3) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-a

(4) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-b

41. Ind i a has a Comp rehensi ve Economi c Coop erat i on Agr eemen t (CE CA ) wit h whi ch cou nt ry/ ent ity ?

(1) Eur opean Uni on (2) ASEAN

(3) Mauritius (4) Sing apore

42. Match the following.

Stat e First Chief Minister

(i) Bihar (a) Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

(ii) Hary ana (b) Sri Krishna Sinha

(iii) Hi machal Pradesh (c) Pt Ravish ankar Shu kla

(iv) Madhya Prad esh (d) Yashwant Singh Parmar

(1) (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

(2) (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

(3) (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-c, (iv)-d

(4) (i)-a, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-d

43. Match the correct combination of Western Art Movements &their leading painters

(i) Bar oque (ii) Impressionism(iii) Cubism (iv) Symbolism(a) Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque

(b) Claude Monet, Pierre-A uguste Renoir

(c) Peter Paul Rubens , Caravaggio

(d) Gustav Klimt, Edvard Munch

(1) (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

(2) (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

(3) (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-a, (iv)-d

(4) (i)-a, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-d

44. Match the following Brands & Companies

Companies

(a) Unilev er (b) Sar a Lee

(c) Reckit t Bencki ser (d) Kimberley-Clar k

Brands

(i) Brasso , Mortein, Clearasil

(ii) Ambi Pur, Kiwi, Sanex

(iii) Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies

(iv) Ben & Jerry's, Hellmann's mayonnaise, Slim-Fast

(v) Beetle Bailey

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-d

(2) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-a

(3) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-a

(4) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-b


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45. Match the correct combination in the following.

Cartoon characters

(i) Wizar d of Id

(ii) Bea u Peep

(iii) Archie Comics

(iv) Tintin

Creators

(a) Brant Parker, John ny Hart

(b) Roger Kettle, Andrew Chris tine

(c) Mort Walker

(d) Georg es Remi

(e) John L. Goldwater, Vic Bloom, Bob Montana.

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-c, (iv)-d, (v)-(e)

(2) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-e, (iv)-d, (v)-(c)

(3) (i)-(e), (ii)-(d), (iii)-c, (iv)-b, (v)-(a)

(4) (i)-(e), (ii)-(a), (iii)-c, (iv)-b, (v)-(d)

46. Match the correct combination of the Best Picture Awardwinning Oscar movies and their directors?

Movie

(i) No Count ry for Old Men (2007)

(ii) Crash (2004)

(iii) The Lord of the Rings-The Return of the King (2003)

(iv) Chicago (2002)

Directors

(a) Rob Marshall

(b) Joel & Ethan Coen

(c) Paul Haggis

(d) Peter Jackson

(1) (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

(2) (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

(3) (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-a, (iv)-d

(4) (i)-a, (ii)-b, (iii)-c, (iv)-d

47. Which of the following coined the term BRIC (Brazil, Russia,India, China)?

(1) Merrill Lynch (2) Morg an Stan ley

(3) Lehman Brot hers (4) Goldman Sachs

48. Which of the following is the correct chron ological order, inascending order, of historical happenings?

A-189 6-Alf red Nobe l's wi ll estab lishes the Nob el Pri zes

B-1880-Beginning of the construction of Panama Canal

C-1893-News Zealand becomes the first country in the worldto grant women the right to vote

D-1900: Sigmund Freud writes 'The Interpretation of Dreams'

E-1911-Ernest Rutherford discovers the structure of atom(1) A, B, C, D, E (2) B, C, A, D, E

(3) B, A, C, E, D (4) A, C, B, E, D

49. Who was named Asian Business Leader of the Year at thesixth annual CNBC Asia business leaders' awards ceremonyat Seoul in February 2008?

(1) Vikram Pandit (2) Harish Manwani

(3) Rat an Tata (4) Pawan Munj al

50. Who is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's Economic Adviso ry Cou nci l (EA C)?

(1) Yezdi Malegam (2) Rakes h Moha n(3) C Rangara jan (4) Suresh Tendulkar

51. Which consulting firm has been appointed by the government

to suggest revamp measures for India Post in an initiativetermed Project Arrow?

(1) PwC (2) McKinsey

(3) KPMG (4) BCG

52. The Maastricht Treaty led to the formation which of thefollowing?

(1) World Bank

(2) European Union(3) North Atlantic Treaty organisat ion (NATO)

(4) Internatio nal Labour Organisation (ILO)

53. Pulitzer prizes in Journ alism are awarded by

(1) Princeton University

(2) Washington University

(3) University of Missouri

(4) Columbia University


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54. Which music director was born A. S. Dileep Kumar?

(1) Khay yam (2) Naus had

(3) A R Rahman (4) Ismail Darbar

55. Which of the following is based in Dehradun?

(1) Botanical Research Instit ute of India

(2) Indian Military Academy

(3) Sur vey of India

(4) Indian Statistical Institu te

56. Match the following about world's busiest airports and theirlocations.

Ai rpo rt Place

(i) Harts field (a) Amsterdam

(ii) Sky Harbor (b) Atl an ta

(iii) Schiphol (c) Phoe nix

(iv) Gatwick (d) Chic ago

(v) O'Har e (e) London

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-c, (iv)-d, (v)-(e)

(2) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-e, (iv)-d, (v)-(c)

(3) (i)-(b), (ii)-(c), (iii)-a, (iv)-e, (v)-(d)

(4) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-e, (iv)-a, (v)-(d)

57. Which of the following combinations of world's largest lakesand their location is correct?

(1) Lake Victori a-Canada, USA

(2) Lake Superio r-Kenya, Tanzani a, Uganda

(3) Michigan-Canada, USA

(4) Great Bear Lake-Austr alia

58. By which dam is the reservoir Gobind Sagar formed?(1) Bhakra (2) Hirakud

(3) Mettu r (4) Paith an


Country Overseas Territory/Territories

(i) Australi a (a) Ascension

(ii) Denmark (b) Faeroe Isla nds

(iii) Fra nce (c) New Caledo nia

(iv) UK (d) Chris tmas Islan d

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-d

(2) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-a

(3) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-a

(4) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-b

60. Which of the following Microsoft products had the codenameLonghorn?

(1) Windows 95 (2) Windows 98

(3) Windows XP (4) Windows XP


Person Achievement/Discovery

(i) Rober t Koch (a) Calculus

(ii) Theodor Herzl (b) Zioni st movement

(iii) Jos eph List er (c) Tubercu losis germ

(iv) Gotfried Leibniz (d) Antis eptic surgery

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-d

(2) (i)-(d), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-a

(3) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-a

(4) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-b

62. Match the correct combination in the following.

Stat e Largest district

(in terms of area)

(i) Arun achal Pradesh (a) Lohit

(ii) Assam (b) Kamrup

(iii) Manipur (c) Mayur bhanj

(iv) Nagaland (d) Tuensang

(v) Orissa (e) Churachandpur

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-c, (iv)-d, (v)-(e)

(2) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-e, (iv)-d, (v)-(c)

(3) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-d, (iv)-e, (v)-(c)

(4) (i)-(e), (ii)-(a), (iii)-c, (iv)-b, (v)-(d)


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63. Which of the following is the right combination of hotelbrands and their companies?

Hotel Compan y Brand

(i) Indian Hotels Company (a) Cour tyar d

(ii) Marrio tt (b) Nov ote l

(iii) Accor Group (c) Gate way

(iv) Sheraton (d) Aloft

(1). (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a(2). (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

(3). (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

(4). (i)-c, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-d

64. Which of the following is the right combination of Hollywoodactors and their movie production companies?

Act or Movie pro duct ion comp any

(i) Nicolas Cage (a) Playtone Productions

(ii) Geor ge Clo one y (b) SmokehouseProductions

(iii) Tom Hanks' (c) Satu rn Produ ction s

(iv) Jay Roach (d) Everyman Pictures

(1). (i)-b, (ii)-c, (iii)-d, (iv)-a

(2). (i)-b, (ii)-a, (iii)-d, (iv)-c

(3). (i)-c, (ii)-a, (iii)-b, (iv)-d

(4). (i)-c, (ii)-b, (iii)-a, (iv)-d


Year Eve nt

(i) 1972 (a) Launch of India's firstsatellite Aryabhatta

(ii) 1979 (b) Nobel Peace Prize forMother Teresa

(iii) 1982 (c) Int rodu ctio n of PINCode

(iv) 1975 (d) Formation of theTelugu Desam Party

(1) (i)-(a), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(c), (iv)-d

(2) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(d), (iv)-a

(3) (i)-(c), (ii)-(b), (iii)-(a), (iv)-d

(4) (i)-(d), (ii)-(a), (iii)-(c), (iv)-b

66. Realism in the economy implies co-existence of the

(1) Old and the new

(2) backward and advanced

(3) highly educated few and the literat e masses

(4) all of the above

67. A consumer is said to be in equilibrium, if

(1) he is able to fulfil his need with a given level of income

(2) he is able to live in full comfort with a given level ofincome

(3) he can fulfil his needs without consumption of certainitems

(4) he is able to locate new sourc es of income

68. A consumer with a given income will obtain maximum utility

when

(1) the marginal utility of each commodity is equal

(2) the marginal utility of each commodity is in the sameratio to its price

(3) the utility derived from the first unit of each commodityis equal

(4) the utility derived from each commodity is unequal

69. A producer under monopolistic competition advertises hisproduct so that it can

(1) reduce the marginal cost of the product

(2) increase the demand for his product

(3) reduce the production cost of the product

(4) meet the demand in the market

70. The consumer' s surplus can be defined as

(1) extra units of a commodity bought(2) surplus commodity left after consumption

(3) differe nce between actual price and potenti al price

(4) total consumer satisfaction


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71. The demand for a good is elastic if

(1) the demand for that good increas es when price falls

(2) a decrease in price results in a decrease in totalexpenditure

(3) t h e q u a n t i t y d e m a n d e d i n c r e a s e s l e s s t h a nproportionately with the decrease in price level

(4) increase in public expenditure

72. The effect of a fall in investment on income is normally

(1) greater than the fall in invest ment

(2) equal to the fall in investmen t itself

(3) less than the fall in investment

(4) equal to the fall in investment unless savings increaseat the same time

73. Under which Five-Year Plan did industrial growth record thehighest growth?

(1) First (2) Secon d

(3) Fifth (4) Third

74. Whic h Five-Year Plan accorded highest priori ty to thedevelopment of transport and communication in terms ofpercentage allocation of plan outlay?

(1) Fifth (2) Four th

(3) Third (4) Secon d

75. National Agricultural Policy 2000 was announced during whichFive Year Plan?

(1) 7 th (2) 8th

(3) 9th (4) 10th

76. On August 15, 2009, India celebrated its(1) 62nd Independence Day

(2) 64th Independen ce Day

(3) 63rd Independen ce Day

(4) 65th Independen ce Day

77. AFT stands for

(1) Air Fitness Training Centre

(2) Armed Forces Tribunal

(3) Army's Finan cial Team

(4) None of the above

78. Indian-China recently held on border dispute

(1) 14th round of representative talks




79. In Chief Minister's Conference on Internal Security recentlyheld Home Minister identified three major challenges tointernal security of India. Which one among the following isnot a challenge according to him?

(1) Chinese threat to Arunanchal Pradesh

(2) Terrorism

(3) Insu rgency in the North- east

(4) Naxalism

80. ASEAN-a regional bloc-with which India has signed FreeTrade Agreement-is now India's

(1) Third largest trading partner

(2) Second largest trading partner

(3) Fourt h largest trading partner

(4) Fifth largest trading partner

81. Under the trade pact with ASEAN the number of items Indiahas included from agriculture, textiles and chemicals innegative list (which will be kept out of the duty reduction) is

(1) 450 (2) 489

(3) 525 (4) 333


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82. The Central Government has decided to grant land pattaand occupancy rights of dwelling member of the beneficiaryhouse hold under

(1) The Indira Awas Yojana

(2) The Rajiv Awas Yojana

(3) Bharat Nirman Project

(4) JNURM

83. ICWF is a fund for

(1) Senior Citizen and disabled person

(2) To help the women from OBC's and Minorities to run

their employment

(3) To help Overseas Indians in times of distres s


84. ISRO and NASA's joint endeavour 'Bi-State' experiment tolocate water-ice on the Moon involved

(1) Miniatu re Synthet ic Apertur e Radar

(2) Miniatur e Radio Frequency

(3) Both (1) and (2)(4) None of the above

85. India has signed a pact with which of the following countries

to help her in developing a National Police Academy at Rs.320 crore?

(1) Bhutan (2) Maldives

(3) Afgh anis tan (4) Nepal

86. Which of the following Bills were recently approved byParliament?

(1) The Constitution Amendment Bill 2009

(2) Right to Free Education 2009(3) Both (1) and (2)

(4) Neither (1) nor (2)

87. Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change has approved inprinciple the National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiencywhich targets

(1) 10 per cent energy saving by 2012

(2) 5 per cent ener gy savin g by 2015

(3) 9 per cent ener gy savin g by 2012

(4) None of these

88. Union Cabinet has recently approved quota for women inPanchayat upto

(1) 45 per cent (2) 33 per cent


89. Who has topped the Forbe's magazine most powerful womenlist in the world?

(1) Indira Nooyi (2) Michell Bachelet

(3) Angela Merkel (4) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

90. Which of the following states recently set up Evening Courts?

(1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtr a(3) Tamil Nadu (4) Kerala

91. NATM stands for

(1) National Australian Tunneling Method

(2) Nationa l Automat ic Teller Machin e

(3) New Australian Tunneling Method


92. The new head of DRDO (Defence Research and DevelopmentOrganisation) is

(1) V.K. Chopra (2) V.K. Saraswat

(3) S.L. Raina (4) M.P. Muralidharan

93. Who among the following has been given National CommunalHarmony Awards 2007?

(1) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel

(2) Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan

(3) Shri Ram Puniyani



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94. The winner of 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Awardwas

(1) Gulam Ahmad Bhat

(2) Gautam Bhai of Pawanar

(3) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel

(4) None of thes e

95. Which of the following has been conferred on the prestigiousUNESCO's King Sejong Literacy Prize 2009?

(1) Rajast han Patrika (2) The Hindu

(3) Khabar Lahariya (4) None of the above

96. According to Global Status Report on Road Safety thecountry which leads in road deaths is

(1) China (2) Bangladesh

(3) U. S. A. (4) India

97. International Day for Eradication of Poverty is observed on

(1) October 16 (2) October 17

(3) October 18 (4) October 20

98. 'India : From Midnight to the Millennium and Beyond' is thebook by

(1) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2) Prakash Karat

(3) Shashi Tharoor (4) Monika Chousoria

99. England clinched the Ashes Series after defeating

(1) Kenya (2) Pakist an

(3) Australi a (4) None of the above

100. India bagged ONGC Nehru Cup title (Football) after beating

(1) Saudi Arabia (2) Syria

(3) Arge nti na (4) Uganda

101. Which of the following is not correctly matched?

Winner Competition

(1) Ruben's Barrichello Euro pean Grand Prix

(2) Valentino Rossi Hungarian Grand Prix

(3) Kimi Raikkonen Belgian Gran d Prix

(4) Mark Webber German Grand Prix

102. The Foreign Trade Policy for the period 2009-14 aims atachieving an annual growth of



103. C. Rangarajan has been made Chairman of

(1) National Advisory Council

(2) Prime Minister's Economic

(3) Asian Society of Agricultural Economics


104. The percentage upto which FDI in defence sector is allowed

is



105. As per the directives issued by the Prime Minister's Economic Ad vi sor y Co un ci l (E AC ) th e perc ent age of t he cu rr en taccount deficit (of the total GDP) during 2008-09 should notbe more than

(1) 5.5 per cent (2) 4 per cent

(3) 3.2 per cent (4) None of the above

106. The agricultural census is done at which of the following

intervals?

(1) Ever y year (2) Once in the five year

(3) Once in the thr ee year (4) Once in the ten year


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107. The 11th Five Year Plan is termed as a plan for

(1) India's health

(2) India's Education

(3) Development of rural India

(4) Eradicati on of poverty from India

108. India recently signed six nuclear pacts with

(1) Vietnam (2) Japan

(3) Mongolia (4) N. Kor ea

109.Bharat Nirman Project covers and focuses on

(1) Five Areas (2) Six Areas

(3) Seven Areas (4) Ten Areas

110. Next z one -an i nformat i on t echnol og y SEZ has b eenestablished at

(1) Panki in Uttar Pradesh

(2) Panvel in Maharash tra

(3) Bangalore in Karnataka

(4) Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh

111.To his credit, Leander Paes of India presently has

(1) Twelve Grand Slam Titles

(2) Ten Grand Slam Titles

(3) Six Grand Slam Titles

(4) Five Grand Slam Titles

112.The winner in 5000 and 10,000 metre race in 12th WorldChampionship in Athletics is

(1) Usain Bolt (2) Abel Kirni

(3) Kenenisa Bekele (4) None of the above

113. The Commando Battallion for Resolution Action (COBRA) isthe counter insurgency unit o f

(1) CR PF (2) BSF

(3) Indian Army (4) Indian Air Force

114.Currently in India OBCs account for

(1) 40 per cent rural populace




11 5. The Indian Cricketer who recently made his 44th ODI century

is(1) Virender Sehwag (2) Rahul Dravid

(3) Sachin Tendulkar (4) None of the above.

116.Who among the following wrote a treatise on medicine inancient India?

(1) Arya bhatt a (2) Char aka

(3) Nagarj una (4) Varahamihira

117. The author of 'Hind Swaraj' was

(1) V. D. Savar kar (2) Mahatma Gandhi

(3) B. G. Tilak (4) None of these

118. Which of the f ollowing books was written by Gandhiji?

(1) Discovery of India

(2) My Experiments with Truth

(3) India Wins Freedom

(4) Freedom at Midnight

119.Which of the following books was banned by all muslimcountries, including India?

(1) Shame (2) Freedom at Midni ght

(3) Satanic Verses (4) None of these

120. Daun-i-Humayun was written by

(1) Babur (2) Humayun

(3) Gulbadan Begum (4) Khanzad a Begum

121. The oldest Hindu epic is

(1) Mahabhashya (2) Ramayana

(3) Mahabharat a (4) Asht adhyayi


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Column I (Author)

A . Mahatma Gand hi

B. Ram Manohar Lohia

C . Dr Rajendra Prasad

D. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Column II (Book)

1. India Divided

2. India Wins Freedom

3. Hind Swaraj

4. The Wheel of Histor y

A B C D

(1) 1 2 4 3

(2) 2 3 1 4

(3) 3 1 2 4

(4) 3 4 1 2

123. Which of the f ollowing Pairs is corr ectly matched?

(1) Abul Fazal-Ain-i-Akbari(2) Badauni-Akbar Nama

(3) Abdul Hamid Lahor i-Tabkat-i-A kbari

(4) Nizamuddin Ahmed-Badshah Nama

124. Charaka Samhita is a work on

(1) Politics (2) Mathematics

(3) Economics (4) Medicine

125. Who was the author of the book which had been banned by

all Muslim countries, including India?

(1) Salman Rush die (2) George Orwel l

(3) K. Asaf Ali (4) None of thes e

126. Who is the founder of the separate Muslim state of Pakistan?

(1) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq (2) Mohammad AH Jinnah

(3) Kublai Khan (4) None of thes e

127. The first Indian actress to have been nominated to theRajya Sabha was

(1) Nargis Dutt (2) Hema Malini

(3) Jaya Prada (4) None of thes e

128. A polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus is known for

(1) his discovery of heavenly bodies

(2) his discovery that the sun is the centre of theuniverse.

(3) Both (1) and (2) are correc t

(4) None of these

129. Pythagoras was first to ..... the universal validity ofgeometrical theorem.

(1) Giv e (2) Pro ve

(3) Both (4) None of thes e

130. Raja Rammohan Roy

(1) Was a social reformer who tried to eradicate 'sati',

'purdah' and child marraige.(2) Advocated widow remarri age and woman's education

(3) Was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj

(4) All are correct

131. Who invented magnifying glass and gun powder?

(1) Roger Bacon (2) Rudolf Diesel

(3) Sigmund Freud (4) Rober t Boyle

132. Who is known as 'India's Napolean'?

(1) Samudragupta (2) Chand ragupta I

(3) Chan dragupta II (4) None of thes e

133. Shankracharya was the founder of

(1) Buddhism (2) Jaini sm

(3) Arya Samaj (4) Advaitic philosoph y


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134.India's first technicolour film ..... in the early 1950s wasproduced by

(1) Jhansi Ki Rani. Sohrab Modi

(2) Jhansi Ki Rani, Sir Syed Ahmed

(3) Mirza Ghalib, Sohrab Modi

(4) Mirza Ghalib, Munsh i Premchand

135. An Indian scientist remembered for creating a chain ofnational laboratories is

(1) Sohr ab Modi

(2) Shanti Swamp Shatnagar

(3) M. S. Golwalkar

(4) None of thes e

136.The largest producer of cotton in the world is

(1) China (2) India

(3) Sudan (4) U.S .A.

137. Arrange the following States of India in the descending order

of their production of rice. Use the code given below toselect the correct answer

(1) Andhr a Pradesh (2) Punjab

(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) West Bengal

(1) 3, 4, 2, 1 (2) 4, 1, 3, 2

(3) 4, 2, 1, 3 (4) 2, 4, 1, 3

138.In India two largest producers of maize are

(1) Andhr a Pradesh and Maharash tra

(2) Karnat aka and Uttar Pradesh

(3) Andhra Pradesh and Bihar

(4) Karnat aka and Andhr a Pradesh

139.In India the largest net irrigated area is found in

(1) Hary ana (2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttar Pradesh (4) Punjab

140.Arrange the following States of India in descending order oftheir production of milk. Use the code given below to selectthe correct answer

(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Punjab

(3) Rajasth an (4) Uttar Pradesh

(1) 4, 2, 3, 1 (2) 4, 3, 2, 1

(3) 1, 2, 3, 4 (4) 1, 4, 2, 3

141.The largest producer of raw wool in India is

(1) An dhra Prade sh (2) Jammu and Kashmir

(3) Karnataka (4) Rajasth an

142. Which one of the f ollowing pairs is not correctly matched?

(1) Eri Silk - Ass am

(2) Muga Silk - Arun achal Pradesh

(3) Mulberry silk - Karnatak a

(4) Tasar silk - Jharkh and

143.In India the largest number of mines of metallic minerals are

found in

(1) Gujarat (2) Jharkhand

(3) Karnataka (4) Orissa

144.Two largest producers of iron ore in India are

(1) Jharkhand and Orissa

(2) Goa and Chhatt isgarh

(3) Orissa and Karnataka

(4) Andhra Pradesh and Oriss a

145. Major supply of natural gas in India is derived from

(1) Andhra Pradesh (2) Assam(3) Guja rat (4) Bombay High

146.In India cent per cent village are electrified in

(1) Chattisgar h (2) Maharashtr a

(3) Punjab (4) Tamil Nadu


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147. In India the largest scheduled tribe population is found in

(1) Jharkhand (2) Madhya Prades h

(3) Orissa (4) Chattisgar h

148. Which of the following rivers are examples of superimposeddrainage system? Select the correct answer from the codesgiven below

(1) Banas (2) Chambal(3) Gomti (4) Narm ada

(1) 1 and 2 (2) 2 and 3

(3) 1 and 3 (4) 3 and 4

149. Match List-I and List-II and select the correct answer fromthe code given below

List I List II

National Park State

(1) Kanha (1) Assam

(2) Roh ala (2) Himachal Pradesh

(c) Bandipur (3) Madhya Prades h

(d) Kaziranga (4) Karnataka

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(1) 3 1 2 4

(2) 3 2 4 1

(3) 1 3 4 2

(4) 4 2 3 1

150. The world's largest producer of cereals is

(1) Brazil (2) China

(3) India (4) U. S. A.

151. Two largest producers of wheat in the world are(1) Aust ralia and U.S.A . (2) Canada and Russi a

(3) China and Russia (4) France and Argent ina

152. The largest producer of paper and paper board in the worldis

(1) Can ada (2) China

(3) Japan (4) U.S. A

153. Name of the youngest women mountaineer, who reachedthe Mt. Everest

(1) Dicky Dolma (2) Bach edri Pal

(3) Jhun ko Tabei (4) None of thes e

154. Which is the largest gland in the h uman body?

(1) Thyr oid (2) Liver

(3) Pancreas (4) None of thes e

155. The Tamil version of R amayana was written by

(1) Valmiki (2) Ved Vyas

(3) Kamban (4) Indumat i

156. Who is the present Hurriyat chairman?

(1) Mohammed Afzal (2) Mou lvi Abbas Ansari

(3) Mohammed Abdul Ansari (4) Syed Geelani

157. India's Moon Impact Probe (MIP) landed on Moon's Surfaceon

(1) November 10, 2008 (2) November 11, 2008

(3) November 14, 2008 (4) November 15, 200

15 8. Stolt Valor which was recently hijacked by sea-pirates belongsto-

(1) German y (2) Japan

(3) U.S .A. (4) Saudi Arabia

159. During the Egyptian President's visit to India in November2008 give pacts were signed with Egypt. Which of thefollowing was not signed?

(1) Pact in the field of health and medicine

(2) Agreement on purchas ing petrol at cheaper rate

(3) An extradit ion treat y

(4) Agreement on abolition of visa for specific categories

160. Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President who recently visitedIndia, has been the President of his country since-

(1) 1971 (2) 1981

(3) 1961 (4) 1990


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161.Abu Dhabi was recently in news for hosting-

(1) Arab Women's Confer ence

(2) OPEC Summit

(3) APEC Summit

(4) Arab League Summit

162.By an agreement between Iraq and the U.S.A., the latter

has committed to withdraw its troops from Iraq by-(1) 2010 (2) 2011

(3) 2009 (3) 2012

163. BIMSTEC is-

(1) Seven-member nation organisation

(2) Eight-member national organisation

(3) Nine-member organisat ion

(4) Six-member nation organisation

164. Recently BIMSTEC held its-

(1) Third Summit (2) Fourth Summit

(3) Second Summit (4) Fifth Summit

165. Which of the following countries leads space launch tally?

(1) U.S .A. (2) Russia

(3) Japan (4) E. U.

1 6 6 . T h e h e a d q u a r t e r s o f A P E C ( A s i a P a c i f i c E c o n o m i cCooperation) is situated at-

(1) Kuala Lumpur (2) Sing apore

(3) Lima (4) Sant iago

167. Who has recently been made the first ambassador to the

Geneva based Global fund to flight Aids, tuberculosis andmalaria?

(1) Amitabh Bachchan (2) Br itney Spears

(3) Carla Bru ni (4) Zinedine Zidane

16 8. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development

for 2008 has been conferred on-

(1) Dr. Mohammad EI Bardei (2) Hosni Mubarak

(3) Shaban a Azmi (4) Nelson Mandela

169.The prestigious Jnanpith Award winner for 2005 is -

(1) Abdul Rahman Rahi (2) Kunwar Narayan

(3) Ravindra Kelekar (4) Satyavar at Shast ri

170."The Bikini Murders' is a book by-

(1) Erez Mandela (2) J. V. Braun

(3) Farukh Dhon dy (4) Martin Dupuls

171.LTTE's administrative headquarters is situated at-

(1) Batti caola (2) Kilinochchi

(3) Puthumu Rippu (4) Ari viyal Nakar

172.UNO recently banned Pakistan based terrorist organisation-

(1) JKLF

(2) Unit ed Taliban Fron t

(3) Al-Humijat

(4) Jamat-ud-Dawa

173. The six important inscriptions which have recently come tolight in Tamil Nadu's 1200 year old Shiva Temple reveal -

(1) Early Chola histo ry

(2) Early Kushans history

(3) Early Mauryan histo ry

(4) Early Sangam history

174.LITE is the proposed Maiden Moon Mission of-

(1) German y (2) Fra nce

(3) Britain (4) Japan

175.The 2008 World Snooker Champion is-

(1) Panka j Advan i (2) Colm Gilcreest

(3) Thepchai Un-Nooh (4) None of the above

176.According to Forbes Magazine the richest lady of India is-

(1) Indira Nooyi (2) Sonia Gandhi

(3) Savit ri Jin dal (4) Teena Ambani


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177. National Women Excellence Award 2008 has been given to-

(1) Pritik a Kalra Gandhi (2) Sheil a Dixit

(3) Sharmi la Tagore (4) Shaban a Azmi

178. The female Athlete of the Year Award has been conferredon-

(1) Yelena Isin bayeva

(2) Tirunes h Dibaba(3) Pamela Jelimo

(4) Anne Frazer

179. World Junior Badminton Championship (Women's title) hasbeen won by-

(1) Sayaka Sato (2) Fu Mingtian

(3) Sain a Nehwal (4) Xie Jing

180. India's first 3G Technology based mobile phone service ofMTNL was launched on-

(1) December 15, 2008 (2) December 11, 2008

(3) December 10, 2008 (4) December 8, 2008

181. The new Chief Minister of Mizoram is -

(1) P.A. San gma (2) Mr. Lalt hanh awla

(3) R. Lalzirliana (4) H. Liansailova

182. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) thenumber of farmers who committed suicides during 2007 is-

(1) 16,63 2 (2) 4,238

(3) 11,02 6 (4) 1,21, 617

183. As on December 8, 2008 bank rate stands at

(1) 7.0% (2) 6.5 %

(3) 6.0 % (4) 5.5 %

184. Public Sector bank have launched the home load schemes inwhich home loans between Rs. 5-20 lakh will be given at therate of interest

(1) 8.5 % (2) 9.0 %

(3) 9.25% (4) 9.5 %

185. For arresting the phase of depression in the economy,government has announced a CENVAT cut of

(1) 4% (2) 3%

(3) 2% (4) 1%

186. After cut of 100 basis points in Repo rate on December 6,2008, the repo rate w.e.f December 8, 2008 stands at

(1) 7.0% (2) 6.5 %(3) 6.0 % (4) 5.5 %

187. 'A Half Nelson' is the term associated with which of the

following sports

(1) Bridge (2) Wrest ling

(3) Golf (4) Polo

188. The Dronacharya Award for Sports coaches was institutedin the year

(1) 1984 (2) 1985

(3) 1987 (4) 1988

189. India-US civil nuclear cooperation agreement was signed on

(1) October 11, 2008 (2) October 20, 2008

(3) October 15, 2008 (4) October 5, 2008

190. The IIM review committee which recommended highergovernment control on IIMs is headed by

(1) M. K. Prasad (2) R. C. Bhargav a

(3) Ravi Kumar (4) C. Rangraj an

191. India launched its first Moon Mission Chandrayan I on

(1) October 10, 2008 (2) October 15, 2008

(3) October 20, 2008 (4) October 22, 2008

192. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which put Chandrayan Iinto its orbit is

(1) PSLV C 9 (2) PSLV C 8

(3) PSLV C 11 (4) PSLV C 7


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193.India is the ….. country to send Moon Mission.

(1) Fifth (2) Four th

(3) Sixth (4) Seven th

194 . The number of instruments which the spacecraft Chandrayancarried is

(1) 15 (2) 20

(3) 11 (4) 9

195.Union Cabinet has cleared Right to Education Bill which is

the enabling legislation to notify

(1) The 91 th constit utional amendment

(2) The 86th constitutional amendment

(3) The 95th constitutional amendment

(4) The 93rd constitutional amendment

196.ACD stands for

(1) Asian Cooperativ e Dialogue

(2) Asia Cooperation Dialogue

(3) Asia China Dialogue Forum

(4) Asian-Chinese Dialogue

197. The new president of Maldives is

(1) Abdu l Gayoom

(2) Mohammad Anni Nasheed

(3) Mohammad Irshad

(4) Abdul Qadir

198.EDI stands for

(1) Enfor cement Director ate Index

(2) Education Development Infrastru cture

(3) Education and Development Identity

(4) Education Development Index

199. Traditionally, the first of Nobel Prizes awarded each year inthe category of

(1) Physics (2) Chemistry

(3) Medicine (4) Liter atur e

200. The alternative Nobel prizes are

(1) Magsaysay Awards

(2) Right to Livelihood Awards

(3) Global Energy Awards

(4) Grammy Awards

201. National Consumer Rights Day is observed on

(1) December 4 (2) December 7

(3) December 24 (4) December 10

202.Where was a 4000 year old Pyramid found recently?

(1) Turk ey (2) Egypt

(3) Iran (4) Syria

203.Which of the following countries has been ranked on the topin gender equality

(1) Japan (2) Australia

(3) Canada (4) Norway

204.During the first half of 2008-'09 (i.e., April-September 2008)trade deficit in India stands at (all in billion $)

(1) 39.09 8 (2) 42.09 8

(3) 59.77 1 (4) 60.00 2

205. the basic theme of the 28th Inter national Trade Fair was

(1) Women Empowerment

(2) IT Growth

(3) Environment Protection

(4) Handicrafts

206.During the first half of 2008-09 Indian Imports showed agrowth of

(1) 38.6 % (2) 32.2 %

(3) 30.3 % (4) 28.2 %

207.UNPF in its report ‘State of World Population 2008’ hasprojected the Indian population to be 165.8 crore by the

year(1) 2025 (2) 2030

(3) 2040 (4) 2050

208. The re-elected President of Bombay Stock Exchange is(1) Jagadish Capoor (2) Deepak Parekh(3) V.P. Shett y (4) Rajiv Chandra Shekhar


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209. SOuth Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACASON-III) tookplace in New Delhi on Nov. 2008. Which of the followingbody organised it

(1) Planning commision

(2) Ministry of Health

(3) Ministry of Human Resource Developement

(4) Ministry of Rural Developement

210. The first BRIC Sumit 2009 in

(1) India (2) Russi a

(3) Brazil (4) China

211. Telecommunication Department organized ‘India Telecom20080’ in collaboration with

(1) FICC I (2) ASSOCH AM

(3) SIBDI (4) Non e of the se

212. Who among the following has been accused by a UN backedtribunal of master minding Rwanda’s 1994 genocide?

(1) Theoneste Bagosora (2) Mark Felt

(3) Juvenal Habayorimana (4) None of above

213. Who among the following has become the Miss World 2008?

(1) China’s Zhang Zilin

(2) India’s Parvathy Omanakuttan

(3) Gabrielle Walcott of Trinidad and Tobago

(4) Russia’s Ksenya Sukinova

214. The girl of Assamese origin after whom an Asteroid has beennamed is–

(1) Veena Das (2) Pritika Kalra Gandhi(3) Nandini Sarma (4) Inderj it Kaur

215. Romila Thapar has recently been awarded–

(1) The 2009 Golden Pen of Freedom Prize

(2) The 2008 Kluge Prize

(3) National Sahitya Academy Award

(4) National Woman Excellence Award

216. The overall share of minorities in central sector rose to–

(1) 8.7 % (2) 6.9 %

(3) 9.9 % (4) 5.5 %

217. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education billintroduced in Rajya Sabha on December 15, 2008 aims atoperationalization of–

(1) 87th Amendment Act (2) 86th Amendment Act(3) 90th Amendment Act (4) 91st Amendment Act

218. Which of the following Indian st ates recently decided to

celebrate Forest Environment Day every month?

(1) Uttar Pradesh (2) Madhya Pradesh

(3) Uttarakhand (4) Kerala

219. Women’s World Cup was held in March 2 009 in–

(1) South Africa (2) Bangladesh

(3) Sri Lanka (4) Australi a

220. The winner of Nippon Series JT Cup and Asian Tour’s Orderof Merit Award is–

(1) Jyot i Randhawa (2) Arjun Atwal

(3) Jeev Milkha Singh (4) Tiger Wood

221. The man who has been named Asia’s Best Hockey Player is–

(1) M.H. Atif (2) Dhanraj Pillai

(3) Rehan Butt (4) None of the above

22 2. According to recent NASA revelation the quantity of ice whichhas melted in Greenland Antarctica and Alaska since 2003is–

(1) Two trillio n (2) Three trill ion

(3) Four trilli on (4) Five trilli on

22 3. U.K. based Indian industrialist who was recently made deputyspeaker of the House of Lords is–

(1) Swaraj Paul (2) Lord Meghnad Desai

(3) Aravin d Adiga (4) Asif Ali


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224. The first country to sign Convention on Cluster Munitions is

(1) Denmark (2) Finlan d

(3) Norw ay (4) Icel and

225.Which of the following Indian Companies is not included inthe grant of loan of 3 billion dollars provided by the WorldBank to th em?

(1) Oil and Natural Gas Corporatio n of India(2) India Infra struct ure Finance Company

(3) Small Industries Development Bank of India

(4) Power Grid Corporation

226. Which of th e following is not correctly matched?

(1) Robert Zoellick –World Bank

(2) Dominique Strauss Kahn –International Monetary Fund

(3) Pascal Lamy –World Health Organization

(4) Koiczhir o Matsurra –United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization

227. Which of the following is incorrectly matched?

(1) WTO –Geneva (2) IAEA –Vienna

(3) WHO –Paris (4) IMF –Washington

228. The football player who has been conferred the FIFA WorldFootballer of the year 2008 award is–

(1) Zinedine Zidane

(2) Bhaichun g Bhutia

(3) Christin ao Ronaldo


229.The Indian Music maestro who won the prestigious GoldenGlobe for best original music is–

(1) Pandit Bhimsen Joshi

(2) A.R. Rehman

(3) Zakir Hussain


230.The winner of Chennai Open Tennis Tournament is–

(1) Marin Cilic (2) Somdev Dev Varman

(3) Rajiv Raam (4) Eric Butor ac

231.According to Forbes’ list of the most delayed arrival airportsin the world for 2008, which among the following tops thelist?

(1) Londo n Airpor t (2) Mumbai Airport(3) Karachi Airport (4) Bangkok Airport

232.Which of the following U.S. states’s governor was recently

impeached?

(1) Califor nia (2) Texa s

(3) Illinois (4) Washin gton

233.Which of the following became the first Hindi movie to earnRs. 200 crore?

(1) Ghajini (2) Rab Ne Bana di Jodi

(3) Chandni Chowk to China (4) None of the above

234.BMD which came into news stands for–

(1) Business Management Development

(2) Ballisti c Missile Development

(3) Ballistic Management Defence

(4) Ballistic Missile Defence

235. The Law Reforms Panel of which of t he following states hasrecommended the mercy killing?

(1) Punj ab (2) Kerala

(3) Karn ataka (4) Tamil Nadu


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Objective key - GK Questions for SNAP Test

1.(2) 2.( 3) 3.(3) 4.(1) 5.( 3) 6.( 1) 7.(1) 8.( 1) 9.( 4) 10.( 3)

11.(3) 12.(2) 13.(4) 14.(1) 15.(2) 16.(1) 17.(1) 18.(3) 19.(2) 20.(1)

21.(4) 22.(1) 23.(3) 24.(2) 25.(3) 26.(3) 27.(2) 28.(1) 29.(3) 30.(4)

31.(2) 32.(1) 33.(4) 34.(3) 35.(2) 36.(3) 37.(2) 38.(2) 39.(1) 40.(4)

41.(4) 42.(2) 43.(3) 44.(3) 45.(2) 46.(1) 47.(4) 48.(2) 49.(2) 50.(4)

51.(2) 52.(2) 53.(4) 54.(3) 55.(3) 56.(3) 57.(3) 58.(1) 59.(2) 60.(4)

61.(3) 62.(2) 63.(3) 64.(4) 65.(2) 66.(2) 67.(1) 68.(2) 69.(2) 70.(3)

71.(1) 72.(1) 73.(3) 74.(4) 75.(3) 76.(3) 77.(2) 78.(2) 79.(1) 80.(3)

81.(2) 82.(2) 83.(3) 84.(3) 85.(4) 86.(3) 87.(2) 88.(3) 89.(3) 90.(2)

91.(3) 92.(2 ) 93.(3) 9 4.(2) 95.(3) 9 6.(4) 97.(2) 9 8.(3) 99. (3) 100.(2 )

101.(2) 102.(2) 103.(2) 104.(2) 105.(3) 106.(2) 107.(2) 108.(3) 109.(2) 110.(2)

111.(2) 112.(3) 113.(1) 114.(4) 115.(3) 116.(2) 117.(2) 118.(2) 119.(3) 120.(3)

121.(2) 122.(4) 123.(1) 124.(4) 125.(1) 126.(2) 127.(1) 128.(3) 129.(2) 130.(4)

131.(1) 132.(1) 133.(4) 134.(1) 135.(2) 136.(1) 137.(2) 138.(4) 139.(3) 140.(1)

141.(2) 142.(1) 143.(2) 144.(1) 145.(3) 146.(3) 147.(2) 148.(4) 149.(2) 150.(2)

151.(3) 152.(1) 153.(1) 154.(2) 155.(3) 156.(2) 157.(3) 158.(2) 159.(2) 160.(2)

161.(1) 162.(2) 163.(1) 164.(3) 165.(2) 166.(2) 167.(3) 168.(1) 169.(2) 170.(3)

171.(2) 172.(4) 173.(1) 174.(3) 175.(3) 176.(3) 177.(1) 178.(1) 179.(3) 180.(2)

181.(2) 182. (1)183.(3) 184.(3) 185.(1) 186.(2) 187.(2) 188.(2) 189.(1) 190.(2)

191.(4) 192.(3) 193.(2) 194.(3) 195.(2) 196.(2) 197.(2) 198.(4) 199.(3) 200.(2)

201.(3) 202.(2) 203.(4) 204.(3) 205.(1) 206.(1) 207.(4) 208.(1) 209.(4) 210.(2)

211.(1) 212.(1) 213.(4) 214.(3) 215.(2) 216.(1) 217.(2) 218.(3) 219.(4) 220.(3)

221.(3) 222.(1) 223.(1) 224.(3) 225.(1) 226.(3) 227.(3) 228.(3) 229.(2) 230.(1)

231.(2) 232.(3) 233.(1) 234.(4) 235.(2)

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