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

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