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FOR B.A.,B.Sc., B.C.A., B.S.W., B.Com., B.B.M. and B.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATIONS

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10. CURRENT AFFAIRS

1 The threat of global warming is increasingdue to rising concentration of ___.

a Nitrous Oxide b Ozone

c Sulphur dioxide d Carbon dioxide

2 The US Census Bureau released its 2010census figures in March 2011 which saythat the 308.74 million US populationcomprises a large number of Asians andthey constitute ___.

a 3 percent b 4 percent

c 5 percent d 6 percent

3 As per an announcement made by theInternational Monetary Fund(IMf)inFebruary 2011, it would lend Sri Lanka ___.a $ 215.9 million b $ 216.6

millionc $ 216.8 million d $ 216.9

million4 According to the State of the World's

Children 2011 report released byUNICEF, the percentage of adolescentsliving in the developing nations is ___.a 72 b 75

C 85 d 88

5 India signed the fourth Tax InformationExchange Agreement (TIEA) inFebruary 2011 with a country considereda tax heaven. This TIEA is with ___.a Bermuda b Bahamas

c Virgin Islands d Isle of Man

6 As per a report published by the WorldBank in February 2011, India has thescope for ___.

a 53,000 MW b 58,000 MW

c 62,000 MW d 68,000 MW

7 The Sixth Economic Census is beingdone in 2011. What was the year of

the first Economic Census?

a 1951 b 1961

c 1977 d 1971

8 Under which the Rural Developmentprogramme is the 'self help group'?a Prime Minister's

Rural RoadYojana

b SwarnaJayanti Rural SelfEmploymentYojana

c TRYSEM d Indira AawasYojana

9 Which of the following is not included in'Bharat Nirman' plan?a Irrigation b Rural Roads

c Education d Ruraltelecommunication

10 Who has been made the Brand Ambassador ofICICI Prudential Life Insurance in January2011?a Amir Khan b Preeti Zinta

c AmitabhBachchan

d Mahendra SinghDhoni

11 Civil Aviation Ministry has declared toCelebrate its Centenary Year During-a 2010-11 b 2011-12

c 2012-13 d 2011

12 In SCOPE Excellence Awards 2008-09, Whichof the following got 'Outstanding ChiefExecutive' award for individual categorya Arup Roy

Chowdhary ofNTPC

b P.S. Bhattacharyaof Coal India Ltd.

c A.K.Chaturvedi ofPower GridCorporation

d A.K. Ghosh ofMECON

13 The New ASSOC Ham’s Chairman (nameannounced on December 10,2010) is ___a Swati Peermal b Dilip Modi

c Ramu S. Deora d Naseem Zaidi



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14 MAKE 2010 (Most Admired KnowledgeEnterprise 2010) award has been given to ___a Infosys b Reliance

Industries Ltd.c Tata Steels d ONGC

15 India-EU summit was held in December 2010in ___a France b Belgium

c Italy d Netherlands

16 Who has been elected as the Chairman ofFIEO(Federation of India ExportOrganization) in December 2010 for theperiod of two years?a Swati Peeramal b Ramu S.

Deorac Dilip Modi d C. S. Verma

17 Who wrote the famous book "GlobalCrisis Recession and Uneven Recovery"on various issues of global recession?a C.Rangarajan b Montek Singh

Ahluwaliahc Amritya Sen d Y.B. Reddy

18 'ICON of the Year' award given byInstitute of Cost and Works Accountantsof India in January 2011, goes to-

a Arup RoyChowdhary ofNTPC

b C.S. Vermaof SAIL

c P.S.Bhattacharya ofcoal India Ltd.

d B.R.S.Natrajan ofBEML

19 Government has decided to stop thecirculation of 25 paise coin with the

effect from ___a April 1,2011 b June 1,2011

c June 30,2011 d September30,2011

20 Which of the following economy has beenpraised as the freest economy in the worldfor the 17th consecutive year?a Singapore b Hong Kong

c United States d South Korea

21 The vibrant Gujarat Summit 2011 wasorganized on ___a January 1-2,

2011b January 8-9,

2011c January 12-13,

2011d January 18-

19, 201122 The wages paid to Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural Employment guaranteeScheme has now been linked with ___a Wholesale Price

Indexb Consumer

Price IndexForAgricultureLabour

c Consumer PriceIndex forIndustrialWorkers

d FoodInflation

23 It is estimated that India wastes more fruitsand vegetables than what is consumed everyyear in___a January 19,

2011b January 20, 2011

c January 22,2011

d January 25, 2011

24 On which of the following dates in 2010 did thesafeguard agreement with regard to civiliannuclear facilities between India and theInternational Atomic energy Agency(IAEA)come into force?a February 28 b February 21

c February 11 d February 4

25 Who has been selected for the 'Niwano PeacePrize, 2010' for her contribution to theupliftment of poor women in India?a Ela Bhatt b Jhumpa

c Punam Suri d Mandakni Apte

26 In a rare recognition, the Government ofMauritius decides to introduce a book writtenby Uttarakhand Chief Minister RameshPokhriyal Nishank in the School Syllabus of the



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island nation, what is the name of the book?

a Sound of Hills b Sparsh Ganga

c Heaven d Amrit

27 Shikha Sharma recently included in Forbes'Top 100 Powerful women of the World list isassociated with-a ICICI Bank b Axis Bank Axis

c HDFC Bank d HSBC

28 Which of the following Country has declaredBroadband Service as the fundamental right inthe Country?a Britain b Denmark

c Finland d United States ofAmerica

29 Which of the following Companygets the Highest Rank among IndianCompanies included in Forbes-500 listfor the Year 2010?a ONGC b Indian Oil

Corporationc Reliance

Industries Ltd.d None

30 Which of the following Indian PrivateCompany is the biggest employer?a TCS b Reliance

Industriesc Wipro d ITC

31 The World Investment Report isannually published by___.a IBRD b WTO

c IMF d UNCTAD

32 Which of the following state hasregistered the maximum growth in GrossState Domestic Product in the year 2009-10?a Chattisgarh b Kerala

c Gujarat d Goa

33 Asian Development Bank has approved ___$132 million to Bihar for the development

of ___ .

a Rural Roads b ElectricitySystem

c PrimaryEducation

d Child Healthand Nutrition

34 RBI has decided to issue the new coinswith ‘Commonwealth Games 2010-Delhi' theme. The denominations of thesecoins will be ___.

a Rs1,2 and 5 b Rs 1 and 2

c Rs 2 and 5 d Rs 5 and 10

35 RBI has invested its 71.5%share in NABARD to the governmentwhich reduces RBI's holding in

NABARD to___.a Only one

percentb Only five

percentc Only 7.5 percent d Only 10

percent36 How many Indian women have been

included in the Forbes list of Top 100Powerful Women of the World?a Only 1 b 2

c 3 d 4

37 According to the Asian DevelopmentBank Report for Urbanization, India ranks inthe ___.a 10th place b 26th place

c 34th place d 39th place

38 The Indian Cricket team is the number ___team in the latest ICC’s One Day ranking.

a One b Two

c Four d Five

39 G-20 Finance Ministers meeting October 2011took place in ___.a London b Paris

c New Delhi d Horsham

40 Who among the following personalitiesvisited India recently?



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a Hillary Clinton b Bill Clinton

c Martin LutherKing III

d Martin LutherKing IV

41 The World Wide Web (WWW) onMarch 13, 2009 marked its ___.a 25th

anniversaryb 30th

anniversaryc 20th anniversary d 35th anniversary

42 Luther L. Terry Award has been given to___.

b

a K. SrinathReddy

b Ratan Tata

c K. Vishwanath d None of these

43 Who has recently overtaken Warren Buffet asworld’s richest man?a Mukesh Ambani b Anil Ambani

c Bill Gates d Ratan Tata

44 The President of ____ visited India in March2009.a Yugoslavia b Benin

c Macedonia d Turkey

45 According to Economist Intelligence Unitrecent Survey the world’s costliest city is ___.a New York b Mumbai

c Washington d Tokyo

46 According to Tobacco Atlas in Indiaroughly the number of people who areconsuming tobacco is ____.a 250 million b 230 million

c 220 million d 225 million

47 INS Viraat-the sole aircraft carrier in theIndian Ocean of the Indian Navy willcelebrate its ___ in November 2009.

a Golden Jubilee b SilverJubilee

c Diamond Jubilee d PlatinumJubilee

48 India recently launched InterceptorMissile on March 6, 2009 for ___.

a the third time b the forth time

c the fifth time d the secondtime

49 The Chief Guest for the 60th RepublicDay of India was ___.a Kazakhstan’s

Presidentb Uzbekistan’s

Presidentc Tajikistan’s

Presidentd Kyrgyzstan’s

President50 The number of members of Global

Advisory Council constituted by PrimeMinister Dr. Manmohan Singh is _____.a 23 b 25

c 27 d 30

51 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas was celebrated in__ this year .

a Mumbai b Madras

c Chennai d Kolkata

52 Which of the following recentlycelebrated its Platinum Jubilee?a Indian Space

ResearchOrganization

b BhabhaAtomicResearch

Centrec Indian National

ScienceAcademy

d None of theabove

53 The new Research and Analysis wingChief is ____.a Radha Vinod

Rajub M. N. Prasad

c J. K. Sodhi d K. C. Verma

54 Which of the following Indian cricketershas not been inducted in ICC’s Hall of

Fame?a Sachin

Tendulkarb Sunil

Gavaskarc Kapil Dev d Bishen Singh

Bedi55 According to a recently published report,

the State/Union Territory which hasoccupied top spot in Education index



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is ___.

a Lakshadweep b Kerala

c Puducherry d Karnataka

56 The runner-up in Australian Open 2009(Men’s Singles) is ___.a Rafael Nadal b Mahesh

Bhupatic Roger Federer d Andy Murray

57 The runner-up in Australian Open(Women’s Singles) 2009 is ___.a Dinara Safin b Venus

Williamc Serena William d Sania Mirza

58 The winner of Parsvanath InternationalOpen Chess Tournament is ___.

a Alexanderarenshchenko

b SuryaShekharGanguly

c Samresh Jung d O. Sullivan

59 The Chairman of Anti Doping Panel constitutedby the Government is ___.a Jasmeet Singh b Dinesh

Dayalc Dr. Vikas

Ahluwaliad Dinesh

Khanna60 National Games was held in ___.

a Sikkim b Assam

c Kerala d Jharkhand

61 Which of the following was not the base ofLTTE before being captured by Sri Lankanforces?a Muridke b Elephant Pass

c Kilinochchi d Mullaithivu

62 DRDO came into existence in ___.

a 1960 b 1958

c 1962 d 1965

63 India occupies ___ place among theworld's wealthiest nations according to

World Bank's latest report.

a Fourth b Eighth

c Twelfth d Sixteenth

64 Which of the following companieslaunched its super luxury hot wheels:‘Gallardo’ and ‘Murcielago’in India?a Audi b Rolls Royce

c Lamborghini d Porsche

65 Which among the following southernstates is all set to launch Tourism-on-Wheelsproject in collaboration with the IndianRailways?a Andhra Pradesh b Karnataka

c Tamil Nadu d Kerala

66 Isuzu Motors Ltd, Japan's largestbuses in India in 2007 is in associationwith ___.a TELCO b Ashok

Leylandc Swaraj Mazda d Mahindra

andMahindra

67 In an attempt to enhance the quality ofcustomer service and strengthen thegrievance redressal mechanism, the

Reserve Bank of India has constituted anew department Customer Service

Department (CSD). Which of thefollowing is not among the keyresponsibilities of the department?

a Disseminationof instructionsor informationrelating tocustomer

b Grievanceredressal bybanks andthe RBI

c Administeringthe BankingOmbudsman(BO) schemeand act as anodal

d All of theabove



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department

68 The ICC President David Morganbelongs to ___ .

a England b South Africa

c Australia d New Zealand

69 Which among the following countrieshas the maximum amount of external debt?a USA b Mexico

c Brazil d Japan

70 Tata Sky is a satellite televisioncompany in India, formed through ajoint venture between the Tata Groupand ___.a Star TV b Euro space

c Sky Italia d ISRO

71 'Eco Mark' is given to the Indian productsthat are ____.a pure and

unadulteratedb rich in

proteinc economically

viabled environment-

friendly72 The indicator of economic prosperity is

___.a increase in gross

national productat current prices

b increase in netnationalproduct atcurrent prices

c increase in grossnational productat fixed prices

d increase innet national

product atfixed prices

73 Cairn Energy, which is exploring oilin Rajasthan, belongs to ___.a Ireland b Scotland

c Norway d Sweden

74 The youngest ever Indian to achieve aGrandmaster norm in Chess is ___a Sahaj Grover b Saina

Nehwalc Parimarjan Negi d D. Harika

75 Which of the following is not a wholly ownedsubsidiary of Reserve Bank of India?a National

Housing Bankb National Bank of

Agriculture andRuralDevelopment

c DepositInsurance andCreditGuaranteeCorporation ofIndia

d Exim Bank ofIndia

76 The December 2006 Asian Games wereheld in ___.

a Doha b Abu Dhabi

c Riyadh d Kyoto

77 The service tax umbrella does not cover___.

a Pathology labs b Telecomservices

c Coachinginstitutes

d Cateringservices

78 Which company launched a premiumpart denim line in the Indian fashionarena, co branding it with John Abraham?

a Killer b Wrangler

c Lee Copper d Milky Way

79 The National Stock Exchange incorporatedin 1992, in terms of transactions holds ___rank in the world.

a Fifth b Third

c Seventh d Does notfigure in thetop 10.

80 Which country, of the following, is thebiggest contributor for Foreign Direct

Investment in India between 1991 and2004?

a Mauritius b USA

c Japan d UnitedKingdom



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81 SAFTA stands for ______.

a South Asia FreeTradeAgreement

b SouthAfricanFederationfor TribalAdvancement

c South AsianForum forTourismAgreements

d None of theabove

82 Which company, out of the following,does not figure in the Forbes Global 2000year 2005 ranking?a NTPC b ONGC

c SBI d EIL

83 Introduction of 3G services intelecommunication industry will NOTinclude ______.a Video Streaming b Stock

Transactionsc E-learning d E-

Governance84 Which Finance Minister resigned after a

report on Haridas Mundhra shareimbroglio was published in1958?a G.K. Iyengar b Ramanand

Shastric T.T Krishna

macharid V. Padma

nabhan85 Which state tops the revenues collected

under the implemented VAT tax regime?a Maharashtra b Andhra

Pradeshc Gujarat d Karnataka

86 Which player won the country's highestever professional Golf Prize held in China?a Shiv Kapur b Jeev Milkha

Singhc Gaurav Ghei d Jyoti

Randhawa87 Who is the current Union Minister for

Commerce and Industry?

a P.C.Chidambaram

b M.S.Ahluwalia

c Praful Patel d Kamalnath

88 Kevin Rollins is the CEO of ___ which isan American Corporate giant employingdirect business model?

a Wall Mart b Dell

c Microsoft d Quark

89 According to the India-Pacific WealthReport, the number of millionaireinvestors in India has grown to ___.a 83,000 b 23,000

c 48,000 d 100,000

90 NIIT Technologies have established tieswith a Singapore agency to market GeBiz.What is GeBiz?a Electronic

business portalof SingaporeGovt.

b Portal of IncomeTax department ofSingapore

c GE'scommercial armbased atSingapore

d None ofthe above

91 The investment giant set up byWarren Buffet is ___.a DSP Merryl

Lynchb Berkshire

Hathwayc GE Capital d Citi Capital

92 Who has been awarded the PhalkeRatna Award in April 2008?a Devanand b Amitabh

Bachchanc Ramanand Sagar d B.R. Chopara

93 Jantar Mantar stone astronomicalobservatory was recently included in thelist of UNESCO World Heritage Sites inIndia. Jantar Mantar is situated at?

a Jaipur b Goa

c Agra d New Delhi



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94 ‘Commonwealth Games 2014’ will beheld at ___.a London b Rio de

Janeiroc Melbourne d Glasgow

95 The Railway Budget 2010-2011 addeda provision to run a train across the

country to mark the 150th birthanniversary of Rabindranath Tagore.What is the name of the train?a Maitri Express b Bharath Tirth

c SanskritiExpress

d JanmabhoomiExpress

96 Who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in2010?a Liu Xiaobo b Mario

Vargas Liosac Andre Geim and

KonstantinNovoselov

d Akira Suzuki

97 David Warren who passed away recentlywas related with ___.a Commonwealth

Gamesb Holly wood

c Black Box inAeroplanes

d BhopalDisaster

98 Who won the Orange Prize 2010 ?

a Arundhati Roy b HillarieMantel

c BarbaraKingsolver

d AshwinSanghi

99 Who is the founder of ‘Face Book’ whichis currently the No.1 social networkingwebsite in India?a Bill Gates b Martin

Cooperc Orkut

Buyukkoktend Mark

Zuckerberg100 Which is the first Indian state to set up an agriculture

cabinet to address the problemof farmers?a Bengal b Bihar

c Kerala d Maharashtra

101 DRDO on 26 April 2011 signed agreementwith country for the use of an explosive___ detection technology.a USA b USSR

c UK d India

102 India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSLV) launched ______ remote sensingsatellite from the spaceport of Sriharikota.a Resourcesat b Resourcesat-2

c Resourcesat-3 d Resourcesat-4

103 Expand IAAF.

a InternationalAssociationfor AthleticsFederation

b InternalAssociationFor Athletics

c InternationalAssociationfor AthleticsFoundation

d Athleticsfoundation

104 The country which proposed a plan tostrengthen global nuclear safety is ____.a USA b Russia

c UK d India

105 The President of ___ is called for a mass protestagainst the UN reports?a USA b China

c Sri Lanka d Pakistan

106 Which country passed a draft law to end 48years of emergency rule?a Tibet b Philippines

c Cuba d Syria

107 ___ signed Seven Agreements withKazakhstan on 16 April 2011 including aCivil Nuclear Deal?

a India b Japan

c China d Sri Lanka



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108 Which bank on 27 December 2010bagged India's Best Bank-2010 award?a Indian Bank

(IB)b Indian

overseas Bank(IOB)

c South IndianBank(SIB)

d State Bank ofIndia (SBI)

109 The 9th SAARC Conference in PoliceMatters held in ___ on 5 & 6 April 2011a Colombo b Delhi

c Thimpu d Dakka

110 What is the full form of NATO?

a North AtlanticTreatyOrganization

b North AsiaTrade

Organizationc North Atlantic

TradeOrganization

d North AsiaTreatyorganization

111 Who among the following is the winnerof the Mahatma Gandhi InternationalAward for Peace and Reconciliation,2009?a Yukia Amano b Hillary

Clintonc Bill Gates d Aung San

Suu Kyi112 'Durand Cup' is associated with the game

of ___.a Football b Cricket

c Rugby d Hockey

113 For which word, the letter 'G' has beenused in '2G Spectrum'?a Gender b General

c Global d Generation

114 Study published by market research firmGartner projected worldwide businessprocess outsourcing ( BPO) market togrow by what percent in the Asia-Pacificduring the year 2011?a 17.9% b 15%

c 11.2% d 6.3%

115 Which one of the following numberedRajdhani trains covers the longestdistance?

a 12431TrivandrumCentral

b 12433ChennaiCentral

c 12429Bangalore Cityjun

d 12435DibrugarhTown

116 What is the minimum age of a personwhose photographing, fingerprinting andiris mapping will be done for the Census of2011?a 12 years b 18 years

c 15 years d 21 years

117 Which was reported the richest partyaccording to the 'National ElectionWatch' on August 2010?

a BJP b Congress

c BSP d SocialistParties

118 Till 2010, which State Governments haveprovided 50 percent reservation for women inlocal bodies?a Bihar, Uttar

Pradesh,Rajasthan

b Bihar,MadhyaPradesh andHimachalPradesh

c Bihar, MadhyaPradesh, Kerala

d Bihar,HimachalPradesh,Uttar Pradesh

119 Which one of the following is a humanright as well as a fundamental right underthe Constitution of India?a Right to

Informationb Right to

Educationc Right to

Housingd Right to

work120 The headquarters of International Court of

Justice is at ___.



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a Hague b Geneva

c New York d Paris

121 In the world's best countries' list, compiledby the reputed 'News Week' magazine in2010, the first position went to Finland.What was the rank of India?a 17 b 48

c 66 d 78

122 Which university was ranked first in the list of'2010 Academic Rankings of the WorldUniversities '?a Jawaharlal

NehruUniversity, India

b CambridgeUniversity, Britain

c HarvardUniversity, USA

d MassachusettsInstitute ofTechnology,USA

123 In which country, Ms. Julia Gillard wasmade the first woman Prime Minister inthe year 2010?a Australia b Germany

c Canada d Poland

124 When was the Right to Education addedthrough the amendment in theConstitution of India?a 1st August, 2010 b 1st October

2010c 1st April, 2010 d 1st May 2010

125 Which Indian was honoured by the'World Statesman Award, 2010'?a Mrs. Sonia

Gandhib Atal Bihari

Vajpayeec Dr. Manmohan

Singhd Lal Krishna

Advani

126 India's Third Research Centre atAntarctica is named as___.a Bharti b Hindustan

c Swagatam d Maitri

127 Identify the agency that issued guidelineson distance marketing of products on 6April 2011 to protect the interest of people

who buy policies over phone or Internet ___.a SEBI b IRDA

c TRAI d DOT

128 Which of the following Indian cricketplayers took the highest number of wicketsin the recently concluded ICC World Cup2011 along with Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi?a Yuvraj Singh b Munaf Patel

c Zaheer Khan d HarbhajanSingh

129 Name the cricketer who beat MichaelClarke by a comfortable 15-vote margin tobag the Allan Border Medal besides beingnamed Australia’s ODI Player of the Yearin Feb 2010?a Shane Watson b Simon

Kaitchc Mitchell Johnson d Sachin

Tendulkar130 Which is India's second-largest private

sector bank?a ICICI b IDBI

c HDFC d Barclay

131 A massive Tsunami caused by a devastatingearthquake of the 8.9 magnitude hit about 400 kmnorth-east of Tokyo, capital of Japan. Where is thePacific Tsunami Warning System headquartered?

a Hawaii b Manila

c Tokyo d Jakarta

132 Which super luxury carmaker on 7 April2011 unveiled Continental GT sedan in India?

a Ferrari b Maybach

c Bentley d Maserati

133 Which of the following Indian cricket is themost heavily insured player for the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) 4 T-20 tournament which began on 8April 2011?



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a Sachin Tendulkar b YuvarajSingh

c M.S. Dhoni d VirenderShewag

134 The Union Budget for 2011-12 proposedlowering of qualifying age for tax relief for seniorcitizens from 65 years to ____?

a 55 b 58

c 60 d 62

135 Which date is known as 'Diabetes Day'?

a 14th February b 14th September

c 14th November d 14th may

136 How many medals did India win in theCommonwealth games 2010?a 109 b 101

c 110 d 104

137 Who became the world number one badmintonplayer?a Saina Nehwal b Wang Shixian

c Wang Xin d Sania Mirza

138 When is the National Youth Day observed?

a January 14 b August 31

c February 14 d January 12

139 What is Tejas?

a Spacecraft b Missile

c Submarine d LightCombatAircraft

140 Who is the Chairperson of the CentralBoard Film Certification?a Sharmila Tagore b Karan Johar

c Nafisa Ali d Om Puri

141 Which of the following Bollywood Actresswon the Best Actress trophy at the 13th

London Asian Film Festival for herperformance in Onir’s “ I AM”?

a Nandita Das b Juhi chawla

c Tabu d KonkonaSen Sharma

142 ICC World Cup cricket, 2011 was held at___.

a Mohali b Manali

c Uttarkand d Uthranchal

143 Write the expansion for NASA

a National Airforce andSpaceAdministration

b NationalAeronauticsAnd SpaceAdministration

c National Airforce andSpaceAssociation

d NationalAeronauticsAnd SpaceAssociation

144 Write the expansion for ISRO

a Indian SpaceResearchOrganization

b Indian SpaceReserveOrganisation

c Indian StateReserveOrganisation

d Indian StateReserveOrganization

145 In which one of the following US states isKennedy Space Centre located ?a Florida b Texas

c Washington d California

146 The Australian Climate Commissionwarned that the world’s sea levels couldincrease by ___ at the end of the 21st

Century.a 2 Metres b 1 Metres

c 3 Metres d 4 Metres

147 Dark energy makes up __ of the Universe

a 65 percent b 54 percent

c 74 percent d 83 percent



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148 Neutrino Observatory (INO) project islocated near ___.a Annamalai Hills b Nilgiri Hills

c Khasi Hills d Patkai Hills

149 Where was the first Asia–Europe Meeting(ASEM) summit held?a Thailand b India

c Malaysia d Pakistan

150 Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize formedicine 2010?a Richard Heck b Ei-ichi

negishic Akira Suzuki d Robert

Edwards151 Ajay Jayaram is a well known___ player.

a Badminton b Tennis

c Golf d Hockey

152 Toxic red sludge, a waste product from making____ metal, burst out of a Hungarian factory'sreservoir reached Danube River of Europea Copper b Aluminium

c Lithium d Rubidium

153 With which of the following games OmkarSingh and Anisa Sayyed are associated ?a Hockey b Shooting

c Basketball d Cricket

154 Who has been awarded the Nobel EconomicsPrize 2010?a Peter Granger b Mortensen

c Jilly Cooper Dale d None of these

155 H. R. Bhardwaj is the governor of ___ state.

a Kerala b Karnataka

c Andhra Pradesh d Tamilnadu

156 Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant is situated in___ city.

a Ratnagiri b Pune

c Nagpur d Mumbai

157 Which Space Center has been flagged offthe construction by Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin?

a Vostochny SpaceCenter

b BladimirsSpace Center

c Hioto SpaceCenter

d None of these

158 Who is the State Chief InformationCommissioner of Chennai?a Hiren Singh b R.K. Narayan

c Vinod Joshi d K.S. Sripathi

159 Who is known as the "Father of the GreenRevolution in India"?a M. S. Swami

nathanb S. Thomson

c Norman ErnestBorlaug

d None of these

160 Which country will host theCommonwealth Games 2014?a Australia b Scotland

c Srilanka d Canada

161 “Love” is associated with ___ games.

a Horse riding b Tennis

c Lawn ball d Billiards

162 What does the acronym ‘CC’ in an emailmean?a Carbon Copy b Computer

Controlc Column code d Character

conversion163 Who received the Indira Gandhi Prize for

Peace, Disarmament and Development?a Mohamed El

Bradeib Wen Jiabo

c Taro Aso d NicholasSarkhosay

164 Which country will be setting up theworld’s biggest Telescope ?a Japan b France



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c China d India

165 Which of the following organizations’members have recently accepted/adoptedthe treaty called “Lisbon Treaty”a NATO b SAARC

c European Union d NSG

166 Who completed 16000 runs in ODI recently ?

a Sachin Tendulkar b Yuvaraj Singh

c M.S. Dhoni d VirenderShewag

167 Who is the winner of World Cup Cricket2007?a Australia b South Africa

c Srilanka d Canada

168 Who is the winner of French open 2008women’s title?a Saina Nehwal b Ana Ivanoic

c Wang Xin d Sania Mirza

169 “Sir C.V. Raman” award for 2008 has beenawarded to ___.a M. .Natarajan b Prof. G.

Venkata-raman

c SanjeevRamchandraInamdar

d Dr. NareshTrehan

170 Justine Henin won the Women’s Singles USOpen Tennis Championship 2007 afterdefeating ___.a Mathalie Dechy b Dinara Safina

Svetlanac Sania Mirza d Kuznestsova

171 Hem Dutta, who was honoured with theprestigious Rajiv Gandhi National SadbhawanaAward 2007 is a famous___.a Author b Player

c Social Activist d Film Producer

172 The World Athletics Championship 2007 wasorganised in ___.

a Beijing b New Delhi

c Dhaka d Osaka

173 Asafa Powell, who created a new world recordin 100 meters race is a citizen of ___.a Jamaica b South Africa

c India d USA

174 Which of the following countries is notelected by the UN General Assembly onthe non-permanent seats of the UN

Security Council w.e.f. January 2008 ?a Libya b Costa Rica

c Croatia d Pakistan

175 Who amongst the following was theCaptain of the Indian cricket team whichwon the Twenty-20 World Cup 2007?a Yuvraj Singh b M.S. Dhoni

c Rahul Dravid d SouravGanguly

176 Which of the following countries do notplay International Cricket?a Russia b England

c Pakistan d India

177 Which of the following countries in theworld is the biggest consumer of gold?

a USA b Bangladesh

c Russia d India

178 Who amongst the following is the Secretary-General of UNO?a Al Gore b Shashi Tharoor

c Gordon Brown d None of these

179 Which of the following is a public sectorunit?a TCS b ICICI bank

c TESCO d BHEL

180 Asia Pacific Economic Co-operationBusiness Meet was organised inSeptember 2007 in ___.



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a Sydney b London

c Tokyo d Beijing

181 Which of the following satellites waslaunched by India in September 2007?a EDUSAT b CROSAT-IIB

c METSAT d INSAT-4CR

182 Which one of the following Indian statesrecently released a Braille version of the RTI(Right to Information) Act and its rulesfor the benefit of visually challenged?a Gujarat b Bihar

c Haryana d MadhyaPradesh

183 Roger Federer won his fourth AustralianOpen Tennis Championship and 16th GrandSlam on 31 Jan 2010. Who did hedefeat in the final of the Australian Open 2010?a Rafael Nadal b Fred Perry

c Andy Murray d Rod laver

184 The Indian government in March 2011conferred the “Miniratna” status on ___a National Small

Industriesb Air India

Charters Ltdc Cement

Corporation ofIndia

d HMTMachineTools Ltd

185 Department of Agricultural Research andEducation comes under the Ministry of____.a Food Production

Industriesb Agriculture

Industry

c Food ProcessingIndustries

d CommerceandIndustry

186 In which country would you buy thingsusing Lira?a USA b Germany

c Italy d Myanmar

187 Suresh Tendulkar is associated with ___.

a Prime Minister’sRelief Fund

b UN

c TelecomRegulatoryAuthority ofIndia

d None of these

188 Expand PTI.

a Public TradeInternational

b Press Trade ofIndia

c Public Trust ofIndia

d Press trust of India

189 Expand FPO.

a FoodPreservationOrder

b Food ProcessingOrder

c Food ProductionOrganization

d Food ProcessingOrganization

190 Write the full form of STD.

a StandardTelephoneDirectory

b StandardTelephoneDialing

c Subscriber TrunkDialing

d SubscriberTrunk

Directory191 Expand PTO.

a Please turn over b Page TurnOver

c Please turn out d Page TurnOut

192 Write the expansion of ISD.

a Internal standardDialing

b InternationalSubscriberDialing

c InternationalStandard Dialing

d InternalSubscriberDialing

193 Who was named Wisden’s Leadingcricketer in the World for the year 2010?a Simon Katich b Mitchell

c Sachin d Johnson



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Tendulkar

194 Who is the Central VigilanceCommissioner?

a Mr. P. J.Thomas

b Mr. ArjunMunda

c Mr. GurudevSingh

d Mr. JaswantSinghphogat

195 Of which of the following governments didPraveen Kumar Tripathi take over as theChief Secretary on 4 April 2011 ?a Uttar Pradesh

Governmentb Delhi

Governmentc Haryana

Governmentd Uttarakhand

Government196 To which of the following Indian states did

the Union Government gifted a KendriyaVidhyalaya to a nondescript villageIndrapura?a Bihar b Madhya

Pradeshc Orissa d Rajasthan

197 The Supreme Court on 5th April 2011passed an order to lift iron export banimposed by which of the followingIndian states on 26 July 2010?a Tamil Nadu b Andhra

Pradeshc Karnataka d Orissa

198 Who is the Minister of Commerce andIndustry 2011?

a Mr. AnandSharma

b Mr.ArjunMunda

c Mr. PranabMukherjee

d Mr. JaswantSinghPhogat

199 Who is the Union Finance Minister 2011?

a Mr. AnandSharma

b Mr.ArjunMunda

c Mr. PranabMukherjee

d Mr. JaswantSingh Phogat

200 Which US city is popularly known as the'City of the Golden Gate'?

a New York b Washington

c San Francisco d Los Angeles

201 The World Trade Organisation (WTO) wasearlier known as ___a UNICEF b GATT

c UNCTAD d FAO

202 The threat of global Warming is increasing dueto rising concentration of ?a Nitrous Oxide b Ozone

c Sulphur dioxide d Carbondioxide

203 100% concession has been given fortraveling in the Indian Railways for the___ patients.

a AIDS b Cancer

c Swine Flu d plague

204 Which countries have recently facedTsunami Waves?a Japan & Chile b Sallie & Korea

c China &Thailand

d Japan & Thailand

205 How many new teams have been added in IPL2010?a 2 b 1

c 4 d None

206 Ladies special trains are to be renamed as ___

a Bharat BhoomiSpecials

b Sonia GandhiSpecials

c Matri BhoomiSpecials

d Indra Gandhispecials

207 Who is called the “Grand Old Man OfIndia”?a Mahatma

Gandhib Dadabhai

Naorojic Gokhale d Tilak

208 The Sixth Economic Census is being done in2011. The first Economic Census wasdone ina 1957 b 1961



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c 1977 d 1971

209 G-20 Summit was held in ___.

a Washington b New York

c Chicago d Los Angeles

210 Which river is declared as ” national river” inIndia ?a Ganga b Yamuna

c Cauveri d Krishna

211 Who is the new chairman of Press Trust ofIndia?a E.V. Chitnis b M.P.

VerendraKumar

c K.M. Mathew d NikhilChakravarthy.

212 Who is the captain of Indian women’sCricket team?a Chithra Soman b Maiyhili Raj

c Drona VathiHarika

d JhulanGoswami

213 Amarnath temple is situated in ___

a J & K b Orissa

c Gujarat d Kerala

214 Name the founder member of the NehruHockey Society who died on 23 August2011.a Shiv Kumar

Vermab Kukoo

Waliac Brig HJS

Chimnid Amrit Bose

215 Which one of the following is the largestsatellite in the Solar System?

a Titan b Ganymede

c Europa d Triton

216 Paris is situated on the bank of ___ river.

a Danube b Seine

c Tiber d Avon

217 Nuclear reactors that are used to produceelectricity are based on ___.a Nuclear Fusion b Nuclear

Fissionc Cold Fusion d Super

conductivity218 The 'Company of the Year' award in

Economic Times Corporate ExcellencyAwards 2010 goes to ___.

a Maruti Suzuki b RenukaSugars

c L& T d Mahindra andMahindra

219 The Nobel prize for Economics 2010 hasbeen shared by ___.

a Two British andone USEconomists

b Two US andone BritishEconomists

c One US and oneBritishEconomists

d All threeUSEconomists

220 34th National Games 2011 was held in ___.

a Bihar b Delhi

c Jharkhand d MadhyaPradesh

221 Dry Ice is ___.

a LiquidNitrogen

b Water Ice

c Solid Carbondioxide

d FrozenEthanol

222 India's Youngest Grand Master (Chess)is ___.a Saurav Ghosal b S. P.

Sethuramanc Parimarjan Negi d K. Hampi

223 The winner of Davis Cup 2010 is ___.

a Serbia b Russia

c Japan d South Africa

224 The host of the 2018 world cup Football is___.a Japan b Spain



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c Brazil d Russia

225 Which film got the Golden Peacock Award in41st International Film Festival of India?a Moner Manush b The Boy

c Abohoman d Paa

226 The founder of popular social networkingsite Facebook is ___.

a MarkZuckerberg

b Steve Jobs

c Larry Page andSergey Brin

d Bill Gates

227 Which of the following countries along withIndia shared Sultan Azlan Shah Hockey Cup2010?a South Korea B Spain

c Argentina D Australia

228 India signed Fighter Aircraft deal with___ inDecember 2010a United Kingdom B France

c Russia D USA

229 Satyanand Mishra has been appointed as____a Chief Election

CommissionerB Chief Information

Commissionerc Chief of

Research andAnalytical Wing

D DirectorNIA

230 India's first Atomic Power Plant is ___.

a Kota B Tarapur

c Sriharikota D Kalapakkam

231 The largest state of India (area wise) is___.

a Uttar Pradesh B Maharastra

c MadhyaPradesh

D Rajasthan

232 Where is Bangabandhu stadium?

a Kolkata b Dhaka

c Patna d Delhi

233 'Smart Money' is a term used for

a Internet banking b Credit Card

c Saving Accountin the Bank

d CurrentAccount in

the Bank234 Recently the Bank of Rajasthan has been

merged with-a H.D.F.C b ICICI

c State Bank ofBikaner andJaipur

d State Bank ofIndia

235 Which automobile company has been allotted600 Acres land of Khuskheda(Bhiwadi) formanufacturing cars?a Ford b Toyota

c Honda Cial d Volkswagen

236 Youth festival 2011 was Organizedin January 2011 at-

a Goa b Udaipur

c Bhuvaneshwar d Hyderabad

237 Which of the private telecom operatorbecame the first to introduce 3G

Services in the Country?a Airtel b DOCOMO

c Aircel d vodafone

238 Which country stands at the top in 2010Human Development Index(HDI) rankingof 169 Nations in Human Development

Report 2010?a Norway b Australia

c New Zealand d United States

239 India is exploring Shale Gas Reserveswith ___ .

a France b Germany

c UnitedKingdom

d USA

240 Which of the following state becamethe first state to introduce Public Service

Guarantee Act 2010?



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a MadhyaPradesh

b Gujarat

c Bihar d Haryana

241 Who has been declared as 'Business Leader ofthe year' In Economic Times CorporateExcellence Awards 2010 ?a R. C. Bhargava

(Maruti Suzuki)b Aditya Puri

(HDFC)c Mukesh

Ambani(RIL)d Ratan Tata (Tata

Group)242 Which of the following animal has

been declared as 'National Heritage Animal' inOctober 2010 by the Union Government?a Tiger b Elephant

c Lion d Camel

243 The newly introduced Indian Rupeesymbol is based on ___

a Roman Script b DevnagriScript

c Both (a)and (b) d None ofthe above

244 Which of the following is not aFinancial Regulator?

a IRDA b PFRDA

c AMFI d SEBI

245 Which Indian woman has not figuredin the Forbes' 100 Most Powerful

Women List?a Indra Nooyi b Shikha

Sharmac Chanda kochhar d Savitri Jindal

246 World AIDS day is observed on

a December 1 b December 2

c December 3 d December 5

247 ___ won the title “Miss World” in 2010.

a Adriana Vasini b Alexandria Mills

c Emma Wareus d Mansavi Mamgai

248 The Noble Prize winner for 2010 inmedicine is ___.

a Liu Xiaobo b MarioVargas Liosa

c Robert Edwards d Akira Suzuki

249 Minorities Rights Day in India is observedon ___a December 15 b December 18

c December 21 d December 24

250 National Voters' Day will be observed on___.a January 20 b January 25

c January 10 d January 15

251 Who has been awarded LG ICC TestPlayer of the year 2010?a Gautam

Gambhirb Virender

Sehwagc A. B. de Villiers d None of the

above252 FIC stands for ___.

a Food IndiaCorporation

b FastIntermediaryCraft

c First InterceptorCraft

d None of theabove

253 BJP recently swept local bodies electionsin ___a Rajasthan b Gujarat

c HimachalPradesh

d None of theabove

254 CSC which was recently in news standsfor ___

a Convention onSupplementaryCompensation

b Conference onsupply ofCommandos

c Committee onSupplementaryCompetition

d None of theabove

255 Which country won the highest number ofgold medals in XIX Commonwealth Games?a Australia b India

c England d Kenya



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256 India recently signed cultural accord with___.a Germany b Australia

c Malaysia d Indonesia

257 Indian Prime Minister in October 2010visited three East Asian Countries.

Which of the following was not included in hisitinerary?a Japan b Malaysia

c Vietnam d Laos

258 India's medium altitude and long –endurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV)isa Rustom 1 b Lakshya

c Arjun d None of theAbove

259 India recently signed $1 billion line ofCredit Agreement with ___.a Bangladesh b Nepal

c Vietnam d Sri Lanka

260 Which of the following states is set tobecome front runner in driving with

supplies of BS III petrol and Diesel?a Kerala b Delhi

c Karnatka d Goa

261 The pollutant from the motor car exhaustthat causes mental disease is ___.a NO2 b SO2

c Hg d Lead

262 Which one of the following is thelongest National Highway in India?

a NH2 b NH7

c NH8 d NH31

263 DTAA stands for ___.

a Direct TariffAvoidanceAgreement

b Double TaxationAvoidanceAgreement

c Direct TaxationAvoidanceagreement

d Double TariffAvoidanceAgreement

264 The Stock Market index of LondonStock Market is referred to as ___.a Footsie(FTSE) b Sensex

c NIFTY d Bullish

265 Indira Gandhi Centre for AtomicResearch, Kalapakkam is located in ___.a Tamil Nadu b Karnataka

c Andhra Pradesh d Kerala

266 In the context of Indian wildlife, theflying fox is a ___a Bat b Kite

c Stork d Vulture

267 Food inflation rose to what percent for theweek ended August 13 on the back ofdearer onions, potatoes, fruits and

protein-based items?a 9% b 9.3%

c 9.80% d 10%

268 Which country became the new chairmanof the International Atomic Energy

Agency in September 2010?a India b Sri Lanka

c Pakistan d China

269 The Indian women boxer who recentlywon her fifth consecutive world title is ___.a M.C.

Mary Komb Prof. Bhaga

watic S. Ram Dorai d Prof. Mano

Ranjan Misra270 How many units of nuclear Reactor has

Russia agree recently to construct atKudankulam in Tamil Nadu?a 2 b 3

c 4 d 5

271 Which one of the following Indus Culture sitesgive evidence of a dockyard?



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a Harappa b Lothal

c Mohenjo-Daro d Rakhigarhi

272 Who was the founder of the Asiatic Society?

a William Carey b William Jones

c David Hare d Marshman

273 The centre for DNA Fingerprinting islocated at ___.a Bengaluru b New Delhi

c Pune d Hyderabad

274 The fastest computer of the world is ___.

a Tianhe-1A(Made by China)

b J-8

c Yenha-3 d T-3A

275 Sushil Kumar of India, recently became the firstIndian to grab gold medal in ___.a World Wrestling

Championshipb World Boxing

Championshipc World

SwimmingChampionship

d None of theabove

276 Who has been named as President- Elect ofBCCI?a Sharad Pawar b N. Srinivasan

c Chirayu Amin d ShashankManohar

277 International Day for Tolerance is observed on___.a November 8 b November 9

c November 16 d November 23

278 The award for best director under 57th NationalAward for 2009 has been conferred on ___a Rituparno

Ghoshb Amir Khan

c Priyadarshan d None ofthose

279 The highest suicide rate in India is in thestate of ___.a Sikkim b Assam

c Meghalaya d Tripura

280 Uttar Pradesh is the leading producer of___.a Potato b Rice

c Sugarcane d Tobacco

281 AGMARK Act came into force in India in___.a 1937 b 1957

c 1947 d 1967

282 India has emerged in the world as ___.

a Third mostpowerful nation

b Second mostpowerfulnation

c Fourth mostpowerful nation

d Fifth mostpowerfulnation

283 India's rank in Global CompetitivenessReport is ___.a 31st b 41st

c 51st d 61st

284 The Commonwealth Games 2010 Anthemwas ___.

a Jeeyo, Utho,Badho, Jeeto

b Come out and play

c One People, OneCause

d None of the above

285 Which of the following theories wasgiven by Karl Marx ?

a Functionaltheory

b Evolutionarytheory

c Theory of classstruggle

d None ofthese

286 Who was the first Indian to receive theWorld Food Prize?a Dr. Varghese

Kurienb Dr. M. S.

Swaminathanc Dr. Amita Patel d None of

these287 What is the name of the Parliament of

Bangladesh?



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a Jatiya Samsad b Majlis

c People's Council d NationalAssembly

288 The world's tallest free-standing structureIs ___.

a Eiffel Tower b LeaningTower of Pisa

c Bruj Dubai d Qutab Minar

289 KLM Airlines belongs to ___.

a Kuwait b TheNetherlands

c Japan d Indonesia

290 The number of people living BelowPoverty Line (BPL) is maximum in ___.a Gujarat b Jammu &

Kashmirc Maharashtra d Orissa

291 What is the full form of the term “ISO” ?

a Insurance &SocialObligations

b InternationalSpaceOrganisation

c IntegratedSecurityOrganisation

d InternationalStandardsOrganisation

292 The World Population Day is observed on___.a 10th July b 11th July

c 10th August d 11th August

293 Which of the following nations celebratedits first Republic Day on 29th May 2009?

a Fiji b Bangladesh

c Myanmar d Nepal

294 The first Secretary General of theUnited Nation was ___.

a DagHammarskjöld

b U. Thant

c Dr. KurtWaldheim

d Trygve Lie

295 The headquarters of the World Bank issituated in ___.

a New York b Manila

c Washington D.C. d Geneva

296 Green Revolution in India is also known as___.a Seed, Fertiliser

and irrigationrevolution

b AgriculturalRevolution

c Food SecurityRevolution

d Multi CropRevolution

297 The official language of the stateof Jammu and Kashmir is ____.a Kashmiri b Urdu

c Hindi d English

298 The six official languages of theUN are Russian, Chinese, English,French, Spanish and ____.a Hindi b Urdu

c Arabic d Japanese

299 India will have Forest Satellite in the year ___ .

a 2015 b 2014

c 2013 d 2012

300 The current chairman of ISRO_____

a Radha Krishnan b Vikaram

c Madhan Nair C Murali



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