"JANVASS": snap gk 2010

November 13, 2010

As per a recent development, Volkswagen will invest $2.5 billion in picking up _____stake in Suzuki Motor Corporation.
a. 14.3%
b. 15.8%
c. 17.2%
d. 19.9%
Recently, Haagen-Dazs opened its first shop in India. This business company deals in …
a. cement
b. cosmetics
c. ice cream
d. shoes
Exxon Mobil has agreed to buy XTO energy as per a recent development. What is the total worth of the deal?
a. $21 billion
b. $24 billion
c. $28 billion
d. $31 billion
MICRA is the name of the car model that belongs to the stable of …
a. Chevrolet
b. Nissan
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford
As per the Harvard Business Review’s recent list of “Top 10 Emerging Market CEOs”, which of the following represents the rank obtained by Mukesh Ambani?
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth

Answers

1. d. 19.9%
2. c. ice cream
3. d. $31 billion
4. b. Nissan
5. b. Second

November 12, 2010

The Grande MKII is the name of the car model that was launched recently. This brand belongs to the stable of …
a. Hindustan Motors
b. Tata Motors
c. Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
d. General Motors
What is the name of the organization that has become the first company in India to launch wireless internet services?
a. Reliance Infocomm
b. BSNL
c. Bharti Enterprises
d. Tata Internet Services Limited
Exxon mobile recently announced plans to acquire the rival firm XTO Energy in a deal worth…
a. $21 billion
b. $31 billion
c. $41 billion
d. $21 billion
He became the “World’s Fastest Man” by setting new world records in the 100m and 200m dashes. The person is ...
a. Michael Johnson
b. Asafa Powell
c. Usain Bolt
d. None of these
Nobel Prizes are awarded every year on….
a. 1st December
b. 10th December
c. 15th December
d. 25th December

Answers

1. b. Tata Motors
2. b. BSNL
3. c. $41 billion
4. c. Usain Bolt
5. b. 10th December

November 11, 2010

Dirk Meyer is the chief executive officer of the ….
a. Yahoo.com
b. Google.com
c. Intel
d. Advanced Micro Devices
In order to restore the ailing Japanese economy, the Bank of Japan is pumping out about ….
a. $ 5 trillion
b. $10 trillion
c. $ 15 trillion
d. $20 trillion
Touareg is the name of the car model that belongs to the stable of…
a. General Motors
b. Audi
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford Motors
As per a recent development, Volkswagen is picking up _____stake in Suzuki Motors in a deal worth $2.5billion.
a. 10%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 25%
Swach is the name of the water purifier that belongs to …
a. Eureka Forbes
b. Philips
c. Hindustan Unilever
d. Tata Chemicals

Answers

1. d. Advanced Micro Devices
2. b. $10 trillion
3. c. Volkswagen
4. c. 20%
5. d. Tata Chemicals

November 10, 2010

Name the economist who has been appointed as the secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Siddhartha Tiwari
c. Bibek Debroy
d. None of these
The largest tyre manufacturing company of the world is establishing its first factory in India at …
a. Bangalore
b. Hyderabad
c. Chennai
d. Kolkata
Identify the first aerospace SEZ of India from the given options.
a. Indore
b. Belgaum
c. Pune
d. Kochi
Identify the name of the acting chairman of the Company Law Board who was arrested by the CBI in connection with taking bribe of Rs.7 Lakhs recently.
a. R. Vasudevan
b. Manoj Banthia
c. S.S.N.Moorty
d. None of these
Which of the following companies have topped the list of Super 100 companies compiled by Business India magazine recently?
a. ONGC
b. IOC
c. NTPC
d. Reliance Industries Limited

Answers

1. b. Siddhartha Tiwari
2. c. Chennai
3. b. Belgaum
4. a. R. Vasudevan
5. d. Reliance Industries Limited

November 09, 2010

What is the name of the phone model that Google is willing to sell in the coming year directly to the consumers, from the given options?
a. Nexus One
b. Ojas One
c. Shine One
d. Genus One
Name the car model that was entitled Motor Trend magazine’s 2010 “car of the year”.
a. Hyundai i20
b. Ford Fusion
c. Tata Indigo
d. Maruti Swift
This economist has been appointed as the secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Identify him from the given options.
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Siddhartha Tiwari
c. Bibek Debroy
d. None of these
Beetel is the name of the car brand that belongs to the stable of ….
a. Toyota
b. General Motors
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford Motors
‘Not just for the big boys’, is the tag line that you would associate with this bank.
a. ICICI Bank
b. IDBI Bank
c. Axis Bank
d. Union Bank of India

Answers

1. a. Nexus One
2. b. Ford Fusion
3. c. Bibek Debroy
4. b. General Motors
5. b. IDBI Bank

November 08, 2010

Identify the chairman cum managing director of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)?
a. Bharat Karnad
b. Subas Pani
c. Manoj Kohli
d. Rashid Kidwai
Hero Honda was in the news recently as it was celebrating _____year of their existence of joint venturship.
a. 10th
b. 15th
c. 20th
d. 25th
Identify the worth of the deal as per which Berkshire Hathaway is buying Burlington Northern Santa Fe recently.
a. $14 billion
b. $24 billion
c. $34 billion
d. $44 billion
Where would you find the headquarters of Air Asia, one of Asia’s largest budget airlines?
a. Singapore
b. Hong Kong
c. Kuala Lumpur
d. Bangkok
You would associate Shelly Lazarus with …
a. Swarovski
b. Ogilvy & Mather
c. J. Water Thompson
d. None of these

Answers

1. b. Subas Pani
2. d. 25th
3. c. $34 billi
4. c. Kuala Lumpur
5. b. Ogilvy & Mather

October 22, 2010

You would associate Shelly Lazarus with the …
a. Swarovski
b. Ogilvy & Mather
c. J. Water Thompson
d. None of these
Can you identify the name of the phone model that Google is willing to sell in the coming year directly to the consumers, from the given options?
a. Nexus One
b. Ojas One
c. Shine One
d. Genus One
Can you identify the name of the car model that was named Motor Trend magazine’s 2010 “car of the year”?
a. Hyundai i20
b. Ford Fusion
c. Tata Indigo
d. Maruti Swift
This economist has been appointed as the secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Can you name him from the given options?
a. Raghuram Rajan
b. Siddhartha Tiwari
c. Bibek Debroy
d. None of these
Beetel is the name of the car brand that belongs to the stable of ….
a. Toyota
b. General Motors
c. Volkswagen
d. Ford Motors

Answers

1. b. Ogilvy & Math
2. a. Nexus One
3. b. Ford Fusion
4. b. Siddhartha Tiwari
5. c. Volkswagen

October 21, 2010

Yukiya Amano is the newly elected Director General of …
a. NATO
b. IAEA
c. WIPO
d. UNESCO
Which language was added through 92nd Amendment Act, 2003 of the Indian constitution?
a. Sindhi
b. Nepali
c. Bodo
d. Manipuri
This personality is the present Director-General of World Trade Organization. We are talking about...
a. Susan Schwab
b. Nancy Pelosi
c. Pascal Lamy
d. Jose Manuel Barroso
Who heads the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of India?
a. President of India
b. Vice-President of India
c. Prime Minister of India
d. Union Minister of Environment & forest, Government of India
Ramsar Convention (1971) is related with ...
a. Prior consent for export of hazardous chemicals
b. Ozone Layer
c. Wetlands
d. Biosafety

Answers

1. b. IAEA
2. c. Bodo
3. c. Pascal Lamy
4. c. Prime Minister of India
5. c. Wetlands

October 20, 2010

Who headed the “Sixth Pay Commission”?
a. Justice B. N. Srikrishna
b. Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
c. Justice B. N. Kirpal
d. P. Chidambaram
The state in which Camps of Lok Adalat were started initially is ...
a. Gujarat
b. Manipur
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Bihar
Roger Federer won his 15th Grand slam title by winning the Wimbledon Men’s singles title-2009. He won the Wimbledon Men’s singles title for the ___time.
a. 4th time
b. 5th time
c. 6th time
d. 7th time
The second Administrative reform commission is headed by ...
a. Morarji Desai
b. Indrajit Gupta
c. M. Veerappa Moily
b. Y. B. Chavan
Which article of the Indian Constitution deals with Inter-State rivers water dispute?
a. Article 262
b. Article 248
c. Article 253
d. Article 263

Answers

1. a. Justice B. N. Srikrishna
2. a. Gujarat
3. c. 6th time
4. c. M. Veerappa Moily
5. a. Article 262

October 19, 2010

‘FLY’ is the name of the mobile brand that hails from …
a. U.S.A
b. U.K.
c. Germany
d. Italy
As per a study titled” The Legatum Prosperity Index 2008-2009, which of the following countries topped the list of the most prosperous nations?
a. Denmark
b. Norway
c. Finland
d. Switzerland
Can you identify the chairman cum managing director of India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO)?
a. Bharat Karnad
b. Subas Pani
c. Manoj Kohli
d. Rashid Kidwai
Which of the following won the Noble Prize for Economics-2009 for their work related with the analysis of economic governance?
a. Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari
b. Paul Krugman
c. Elinor Ostrom & Olliver Williamson
d. Leonid Hurwicz, Eric S. Maskin & Roger B. Myerson
We all know very well about D. Subbarao, the present RBI Governor.He is the _____ governor of RBI.
a. 19th
b. 22nd
c. 23rd
d. None of these

Answers

1. b. U.K
2. c. Finland
3. b. Subas Pani
4. c. Elinor Ostrom & Olliver Williamson
5. b. 22^nd

October 18, 2010

Can you identify the Indian businessman who earned maximum salary in 2008-2009 as per Business India?
a. Anil Ambani
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Kalanithi Maran
d. Sunil Bharti Mittal
Can you identify the latest brand ambassador of ‘Provogue’ from the given options?
a. Salman Khan
b. Hrithik Roshan
c. Akshay Kumar
d. Shahid Kapoor
Can you identify the worth of the deal as per which HP has recently acquired 3Com Corp. recently?
a. $1.7 billion
b. $2.7 billion
c. $3.7 billion
d. $4.7 billion
Which of the following banks has the punch line “Good people to grow with”?
a. Bank of India
b. Indian Overseas Bank
c. Bank of Baroda
d. Canara Bank
This personality is the Managing Director and CEO of Shoppers Stop. Can you identify him from the given options?
a. Kishore Biyani
b. B.S. Nagesh
c. Govind Shrikhande
b. None of these

Answers

1. a. Anil Ambani
2. b. Hrithik Roshan
3. b. $2.7 billion
4. b. Indian Overseas Bank
5. c. Govind Shrikhande

October 15, 2010

Which of the following represents the amount of $80 billion debt of Dubai owned by Dubai World that was in the news recently?
a. $40 billion
b. $50 billion
c. $60 billion
d. $70 billion
Can you identify the chairman of Eveready Limited from the given options?
a. Sanjiv Khaitan
b. Deepak Khaitan
c. Rajesh Khaitan
d. Mukesh Khaitan
No Money Marketing is a book authored by ...
a. Ian Mcdonald
b. Jessie Paul
c. Ivanka Trump
d. None of these
This airline has completed 50 years in India. Can you name the airlines from the given options?
a. Air France
b. British Airways
c. Lufthansa
d. Emirates
This hospital was in the news recently as a 5 rupee stamp was issued by the government in its name. We are talking about…
a. Escorts
b. Apollo
c. AIIMS
d. Fortis

Answers

1. c. $60 billion
2. b. Deepak Khaitan
3. b. Jessie Paul
4. c. Lufthansa
5. b. Apollo

October 08, 2010

Which river is called ‘Sorrow of Bihar’?
a. Kosi
b. Mahananda
c. Ganges
d. Damodar
Which of the following days is celebrated as the International Day Against Drug abuse and illicit Trafficking?
a. June 22
b. June 24
c. June 26
d. June 28
This personality is the brand ambassador of Belmonte suitings. Can you name him from the given options?
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Amir Khan
d. Saif Ali Khan
“Designed to inspire envy”, is the punch line that you would associate with …
a. i 20
b. Corolla Altis
c. Endeavour
d. Grand Vitara
Which of the following represents India’s foreign direct investment target till the year 2012?
a. $20 billion per year
b. $30 billion per year
c. $40 billion per year
d. $50 billion per year

Answers

1. a. Kosi
2. c. June 26
3. b. Shah Rukh Khan
4. b. Corolla Altis
5. d. $50 billion per year

October 07, 2010

Who headed the committee for renovation and rejuvenation of higher education in India that submitted its report recently?
a. Kapil Sibbal
b. Professor Yashpal
c. Sam Pitroda
d. Krishna Kumar
Which committee was setup by the Reserve Bank of India to “lay the road map” to capital account convertibility?
a. Tarapore Committee
b. Narsimhan Committee
c. Verma Committee
d. Kelkar Committee
As per the right to education the state shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of _____ in such manner as the state may, by law determine.
a. five to fifteen years
b. four to fourteen years
c. six to fourteen years
d. six to sixteen years
Ustad Ali Akbar Khan who passed away recently belonged to…
a. Imbadkhani gharana
b. Maihar Gharana
c. Kirana Gharana
d. Benaras Gharana
The Bodos are an ethnic and linguistic community residing in ...
a. Assam
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Karnataka

Answers

1. b. Professor Yashpal
2. a. Tarapore Committee
3. c. six to fourteen years
4. b. Maihar Gharana
5. a. Assam

October 01, 2010

Who has won the Right Livelihood Award 2009?
a. Rene Nogongo
b. Alyn Ware
c. David Suzuki
d. All of the above
The first successful modern textile mill was established at ...
a. Mumbai in 1854.
b. Ahmedabad in 1853
c. Calcutta in 1833
d. Madras in 1856
Lalgarh was in the news recently because of clashes between government forces and the Maoists.This Lalgarh is located in the ________of West Bengal.
a. Purulia
b. Murshidabad
c. West Midnapur
d. North 24 Parganas
Which country is the largest importer of crude oil in the world?
a. USA
b. Japan
c. China
d. Germany
Kyoto Protocol (1997) is related to …
a. Emission of Greenhouse Gases
b. Ozone Depleting Substances
c. Persistent Organic Pollutants
b. Trans boundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal

Answers

1. d. All of the above
2. a. Mumbai in 1854
3. c. West Midnapur
4. a. USA
5. a. Emission of Greenhouse Gases

August 31, 2010

Who was the first person to win Bharat Ratna in the field of classical music?
a. R. D. Burman
b. A. R. Rehman
c. M. S. Subbalakshmi
d. Satyajit Raj
Chichenitza has recently been added into the New Seven Wonders of the world. Name the country where it is located.
a. Brazil
b. Italy
c. China
d. Mexico
Colosseum has recently been added into the New Seven Wonders of the world. Name the country where it is located.
a. Brazil
b. Italy
c. China
d. Peru
Petra has recently been added into the New Seven Wonders of the world. Name the country where it is located.
a. Jordan
b. Brazil
c. Peru
d. China
Article 352 is associated with which of the following?
a. Right to life
b. Uniform Civil Code
c. Finance Commission
d. National emergency

Answers

1. c. M. S. Subbalakshmi
2. d. Mexico
3. b. Italy
4. a. Jordan
5. d. National emergency

August 25, 2010

Lara Dutta won the Miss Universe Pageant in which year?
a. 1999
b. 1998
c. 2000
d. 2001
Who is the goodwill Ambassador of UNFPA for India?
a. Lara Dutta
b. Sushmita Sen
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Kapil Dev
Mohiniattam dance belongs to which state?
a. Maharashtra
b. Goa
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Kerala
Identify the musical instrument has bowls of water and two sticks to play with.
a. Vichitra Veena
b. Mayuri
c. Jaltarang
d. Sarangi
Which of these is not a string instrument?
a. Veena
b. Ghatam
c. Guitar
d. Ravanhattha

Answers

1. c. 2000
2. a. Lara Dutta
3. d. Kerala
4. c. Jaltarang
5. b. Ghatam

August 11, 2010

Who has been appointed the new CEO of BP?
a. Tony Hayward
b. Bob Dudley
c. Byron Grote
d. Carl-Henric Svanberg
What is the Lewisian Turning Point ?
a. The point at which the supply of cheap labour is exhausted
b. The point at which the marginal return on capital falls
c. The point at which the productivity of manufacturing company falls below optimal
d. The point at which the supply of cheap capital is exhausted
The European Space Agency is headquartered at …
a. London
b. Brussels
c. Paris
d. Luxembourg
What is Pinaka?
a. Main Battle Tank
b. Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher
c. Anti-tank missile
d. Missile defence system
Sikorsky Corporation is operational in which segment of manufacturing?
a. Aircraft
b. Missile systems
c. Surveillance systems
d. Armoured Vehicles

Answers

1. b. Bob Dudley
2. a. The point at which the supply of cheap labour is exhausted
3. c. Paris
4. b. Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher
5. d. Armoured Vehicles

August 10, 2010

Ashok Leyland has formed a Joint-Venture company in the LCV segment with …
a. Navistar
b. Nissan
c. Hyundai
d. Mercedes-Benz
Indus and Quippo are companies active in which segment?
a. Telecommunications infrastructure
b. Computer hardware
c. FMCG
d. Real Estate
NTPC-BHEL is joint venture Company between NTPC and BHEL carrying out …
a. Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
b. Hydropower generation
c. Manufacture of defence equipments
d. Consulting
As per the mid-term appraisal (MTA) of the XI Five-Year Plan, the projected average growth rate is …
a. 8.1
b. 8.5
c. 9.0
d. 9.1
DIPP stands for …
a. Department of Industrial Policy & Protection
b. Department of Industrial Public Policy
c. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion
d. None of the above

Answers

1. b. Nissan
2. a. Telecommunications infrastructure
3. a. Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC)
4. a. 8.1
5. c. Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion

August 09, 2010

Which of the following is the biggest single shareholder in Tata Sons?
a. Pallonji Mistry
b. Russi Mody
c. Ratan Tata
d. Noel Tata
Who is the author of the book titled Remaking India?
a. Narayan Murthy
b. Anand Mahindra
c. Arun Maira
d. Subir Gokarn
Pursuant to Bharti Airtel’s deal to buy Zain Group’s business, Zain Africa’s presence has reduced to two countries. From the following, identify the one among the two countries.
a. Bahrain
b. Lebanon
c. Iraq
d. Sudan
Who is the MD and VP of Nokia India?
a. D. Shivakumar
b. D. Panigrahi
c. D. Shivanandan
d. D. Subramaniam
Which is the world’s largest bank by market capitalization?
a. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
b. Bank of China
c. China CITIC Bank
d. Agricultural Bank of China

Answers

1. a. Pallonji Mistry
2. c. Arun Maira
3. d. Sudan
4. a. D. Shivakumar
5. a. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China

August 06, 2010

Which Company has entered into binding agreements for the acquisition of 100 per cent interest in Navabharat Power Pvt. Ltd?
a. Reliance Power
b. Essar Power
c. KSK Energy
d. DB Power
The tagline - Drive Your Way, is associated with which company?
a. Hyundai
b. Tata
c. Chevrolet
d. General Motors
Brent is one of the classifications of which commodity?
a. Ethanol
b. Natural Gas
c. Gold
d. Crude Oil
Which of the following exchanges is not promoted by Financial Technologies Ltd (FTL)?
a. National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
b. Multi Commodity Exhange
c. Singapore Mercantile Exhange
d. Indian Energy Exchange
The Federal Bank of Germany is …
a. Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
b. Deutsche Bundesbank
c. Landesbank
d. Deutsche bank

Answers

1. b. Essar Power
2. a. Hyundai
3. d. Crude Oil
4. a. National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange
5. b. Deutsche Bundesbank

August 05, 2010

With which company has Tata Capital formed a LLP for private equity business?
a. Mizuho Securities
b. Mitsubishi UFJ
c. Sumitomo Mitsui
d. Shinsei Bank
Second two-wheeler production plant of Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd. (HMSI) is situated at …
a. Gurgaon
b. Faridabad
c. Bhiwadi
d. Jaipur
State Bank of India and the State General Reserve Fund (SGRF) of … on Wednesday signed an agreement to set up a joint investment fund with an initial corpus of $100 million for picking up equity in Indian projects.
a. UAE
b. Oman
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Kuwait
JSW Steel is in the process of making a preferential allotment for close to 15 per cent stake to …
a. Nippon Steel
b. JFE Steel
c. Hebei Steel
d. Baosteel
In which context is the Securities and Insurance Laws (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2010 important?
a. Jurisdictional powers over ULIPs to IRDA
b. Constitution of HLCCFM
c. Constitution of a Super-regulator
d. Reconstitution of SEBI

Answers

1. a. Mizuho Securities
2. c. Bhiwadi
3. b. Oman
4. b. JFE Steel
5. a. Jurisdictional powers over ULIPs to IRDA

August 03, 2010

Who is the Global Head - Infrastructure Management Services for Patni Computer Systems?
a. Apoorva Singh
b. Ashutosh Shankar
c. Dhriti Ray
d. Prityush Kumar
Who is the new Coach of Indian Women Hockey Team?
a. Mir Ranjan Negi
b. Dhanraj Pillai
c. Udham Singh
d. Leslie Claudis
Which of the following companies has launched Second Six Core i7-970 processor?
a. Intel
b. Microsoft
c. Apple
d. None of these
India is
a. A Unitary State
b. A Federation
c. A Union of States
d. A Quasi-Federal
If a man is denied freedom of movement, it means denial of
a. Natural liberty
b. Political liberty
c. Economic liberty
d. Civil liberty

Answers

1. a. Apoorva Singh
7. a. Mir Ranjan Negi
8. a. Intel
9. c. A Union of States
10. b. Political liberty

August 02, 2010

LIC has signed a MoU with … for the distribution of its product.
a. Vijaya Bank
b. Bank of India
c. Indian Bank
d. None of these
Who is the CMD of IDBI Bank?
a. RD Malla
b. Ajay Puri
c. MD Mallya
d. None of these
Which company has launched the racing car model, SLS AMG?
b. Mercedes
c. BMW
d. Honda
e. Suzuki
Which of the following writers wrote “The Trial”?
a. Franz Kafka
b. William Shakespeare
c. Arthur Canon Doyle
d. None of these
Sir Arthur Canon Doyle got inspired to make the famous character, Sherlock Holmes by …
a. Dr. Watson
b. Joseph Bell
c. George Gregory
d. None of these

Answers

1. a. Vijaya Bank
2. a. RD Malla
3. c. BMW
4. a. Franz Kafka
5. b. Joseph Bell

July 30, 2010

India has signed a three-year agreement to export fuel worth $2 billion to …
a. Mauritius
b. Singapore
c. Maldives
d. Bhutan
Who is the new President of International Cricket Council?
a. Jagmohan Dalmiya
b. Sharad Pawar
c. John Howard
d. None of these
Two countries, … have recently signed an agreement called Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement on trade relations.
a. India and China
b. India and Pakistan
c. China and America
d. China and Korea
Prevanar-13, a new vaccine launched by Pfizer, is for which of the following diseases?
a. Pneumonia
b. Polio
c. Hepatitis
d. Cancer
A bank has recently signed a MOU with UIDAI. Name the bank.
a. Union Bank of India
b. Bank of India
c. ICICI Bank
d. State Bank of India

Answers

1. a. Mauritius
2. b. Sharad Pawar
3. d. China and Korea
4. a. Pneumonia
5. a. Union Bank of India

July 29, 2010

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has recently appointed Rhiti sports as his brand manager. Can you select the value of the contract?
a. 210 crore
b. 42 crore
c. 420 crore
d. 110 crore
According to Add Ex India, how many brands is MS Dhoni promoting?
a. 47
b. 21
c. 36
d. 51
Which of the following companies is the brand manager for Sachin Tendulkar?
a. Rhiti Sports
b. World Sports
c. Indus Sports
d. World Sports
Blue Cheese is
a. Soya Cheese
b. Cheese with penicillium mould
c. Chemical Cheese
d. Soya cheese with blue colour
Who is the President of Kyrgyzstan?
a. Rosa Otunbayeva
b. Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev
c. Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov
d. Askar Akayev

Answers

1. a. 210 crore
2. a. 47
3. d. World Sports
4. b. Cheese with penicillium mould
5. a. Rosa Otunbayeva

July 28, 2010

What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of the famous luxury car, Rolls Royce?
a. The spirit of ecstasy
b. Swift eagle
c. The prey
d. None of these
South Africa is the world's largest producer of which of the following metals?
a. Platinum
b. Gold
c. Chromite
d. All of these
In which of the following countries are Saab cars manufactured?
a. Germany
b. USA
c. Russia
d. Sweden
Which of the following companies are the engine suppliers for the 'Williams' formula 1 team?
a. BMW
b. Suzuki
c. Audi
d. Lexus
Which of the following personalities has Skytrain printed on the side of his aircraft?
a. Sir Freddie Laker
b. Vijay Mallya
c. George Bush
d. None of these

Answers

1. a. The spirit of ecstasy
2. d. All of these
3. d. Sweden
4. a. BMW
5. a. Sir Freddie Laker

July 23, 2010

“Committed to India” is the tagline of which company?
a. Royal Bank of Scotland
b. HDFC Bank
c. American Express
d. ICICI Bank
Crowdsourcing is a word marked in the daily newspapers these days. Which among the following fits well as a definition of Crowdsourcing?
a. Crowdsourcing is to employ more and more people on low wages and get the work done in smaller units / parts
b. Crowdsourcing is to invite more and more people to join an organisation's particular project and leave the project after it gets completed.
c. Crowdsourcing is to invite open public to develop a new technology or to carry out a design task or to create some sort of strategy.
d. Crowdsourcing is allowing the organization to reach to the public and ask them how is a new technology or a project of a company.
IFSC is an alphanumeric code designed to uniquely identify the bank branches in India. How many digits are there in the IFSC Code?
a. 14
b. 11
c. 9
d. 8
The Bangladesh Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh was closed down. What was its previous name?
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Pakistan Observer
d. Bengal Times
During the recent Golden Jubilee celebration of which state, was the 'Kaal Sanduk' of 'Smriti Manjusha' buried under Mahatma Mandir?
a. Bhopal
b. Gujarat
c. Maharashtra
d. Rajasthan

Answers

1. a. Royal Bank of Scotland
2. c. Crowdsourcing is to invite open public to develop a new technology or to carry out a design task or to create some sort of strategy.
3. b. 11
4. c. Pakistan Observer
5. b. Gujarat

July 21, 2010

The first match of FIFA World Cup 2010 was played between Mexico and which team?
a. South Africa
b. France
c. Uruguay
d. Argentina
Which among the following retail giants in India has a senior post named as "Chief Belief Officer " who manages company's cultural strategy?
a. Godrej Group
b. Reliance ADA Group
c. Future Group
d. Reliance Industries
What is the total number of matches played during FIFA World Cup 2010?
a. 52
b. 61
c. 74
d. 89
Which of the following committees is associated with Centre-State relations?
a. Setalvad Committee
b. Punchhi Committee
c. Sarkaria Committee
d. All of these
The full form of ATM is
a. Automated Teller Machine
b. Automatic Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these

Answers

1. a. South Africa
2. c. Future Group
3. a. 52
4. d. All of these
5. a. Automated Teller Machine

July 20, 2010

Who was the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize for literature?
a. Yasunari Kawabata
b. Pablo Neruda
c. Rabindra Nath Tagore
d. None of the above
FIFA’s head office is located in …
a. Zurich
b. Melbourne
c. Cape Town
d. Pretoria
Common wealth Games 2010 is the … edition of the sporting event.
a. 14th
b. 15th
c. 19th
d. 20th
Currently, who is the CEO of HDFC bank?
a. Keki Mistry
b. Renu Sud Karnad
c. Deepak Parekh
d. V Srinivasa Rangan
Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
a. V. Narahari Rao
b. A. Bakshi
c. V. K. Shunglu
d. Vinod Rai

Answers

1. c. Rabindra Nath Tagore
2. a. Zurich
3. c. 19th
4. c. Deepak Parekh
5. d. Vinod Rai

July 15, 2010

Indian Government recently organized India's first national Green Job Conference in collaboration with which of the following organizations?
a. EU Commission
b. WWF for Nature
c. UNDP
d. ILO
At which of the following places water shall boil at the lowest temperature?
a. Kochi
b. Ooty
c. Mount Abu
d. Shimla
The Headquarter of International Court of Justice is located at …
a. Netherlands
b. Geneva
c. Vatican city
d. None of these
Adhvaryu, mentioned in Vedas is associated with …
a. A type of chariot
b. A Caste
c. A category of sacrificial priests
d. None of these
What is the real name of famous musician, Miyan Tansen?
a. Ashraf
b. Ramtanu Pandey
c. Jamal
d. Gangadhar Mishra

Answers

1. d. ILO
2. b. Ooty
3. a. Netherlands
4. c. A category of sacrificial priests
5. b. Ramtanu Pandey

July 14, 2010

Which is the following is the first corporate group of hospitals in India?
a. Gangaram Hospital
b. Fortis Hospitals
c. Sanjay Gandhi Hospital
d. Apollo Hospitals
What is the full form of ESOP?
a. Employee Stock Option
b. Employment Stock Option
c. Eligibility of Stock Option
d. None of these
Who is the Managing Director of Yes Bank?
a. Yogesh Jain
b. Ajay Malviya
c. Rana Kapoor
d. Ajay Mathur
The first Indian chairman of the London Metal Exchange is …
a. Lord RajBagri
b. Ajay Jain
c. Mac Singh
d. None of these
The governor of Andhra Pradesh is …
a. Shakhar Dutt
b. E.S.L. Narasimhan
c. Urimila Singh
d. Devanand Konwar

Answers

1. d. Apollo Hospitals
2. a. Employee Stock Option
3. c. Rana Kapoor
4. a. Lord RajBagri
5. b. E.S.L. Narasimhan

July 13, 2010

Name the first person to be conferred with Indian Air Force’s honorary rank of Group Captain?
a. Raja Yaswant Rao
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Mahendra Dhoni
d. Amitabh Bachchan
“Celebrating your gift of blood’ is related to …
a. United Nations
b. UNICEF
c. World Blood Donor Day
d. WHO
What is RuBisCO?
a. A Sugar
b. An enzyme
c. A fat
d. A chromosome
How many teams qualified to play in the FIFA World Cup 2010?
a. 30
b. 24
c. 32
d. 20
India's oldest engineering company is …
a. Jessop and company
b. Braddy and Morris company
c. Rover Company
d. None of these

Answers

1.a. Raja Yaswant R
2. c. World Blood Donor Day
3. b. An enzyme
4. c. 32
5. a. Jessop and company

July 12, 2010

Which of the following politicians launched the political party, Akhil Bhartiya Lok Manch?
a. Arun Jaitley
b. George Fernandes
c. Uma Bharti
d. Amar Singh
Which of the following is the President of Turkmenistan?
a. Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov
b. Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov
c. Nazarbayev
d. None of the above
The first state in India to have Real Estate Regulatory Authority is …
a. Karela
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Goa
d. Maharashtra
What is the new name given to the train linking West Bengal to Tripura via Bangladesh?
a. Sonar Tori
b. Epar Bangla Opar Bangla
c. Samjhauta Express
d. None of these
Who is the Chairman of Indian Banker’s Association for the year 2010-11?
a. OP Bhatt
b. Chanda Kochar
c. Aditya Puri
d. None of these

Answers

1. d. Amar Singh
2. a. Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov
3. d. Maharashtra
4. a. Sonar Tori
5. a. OP Bhat

July 08, 2010

Which among the following retail giants in India has a senior post of "Chief Belief Officer " required to manage company's cultural strategy?
a. Godrej Group
b. Reliance ADA Group
c. Future Group
d. Reliance Industries
The total number of matches that will be played in FIFA World Cup 2010 is …
a. 52
b. 61
c. 74
d. 89
Which of the following committees is associated with Centre- State relations?
a. Setalvad Committee
b. Punchhi Committee
c. Sarkaria Committee
d. All of these
Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?
a. Ratan Kumar Sinha
b. Srikumar Banerjee
c. Raja Ramanna
d. None of these
The full form of ATM is
a. Automated Teller Motor
b. Automatic Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these

Answers

1. c. Future Group
2. a. 52
3. d. All of these
4. a. Ratan Kumar Sinha
5. d. None of these

July 07, 2010

Which of the following companies use the tagline, “We understand your world”?
a. Royal Bank of Scotland
b. HDFC Bank
c. American Express
d. ICICI Bank
In which city hosted the Grand Tamil Meet?
a. Chennai
b. Coimbatore
c. Trichy
d. Kodaikanal
On what date did the Golden Jubilee celebration of Gujarat commence?
a. 29 April 2010
b. 1 May 2010
c. 5 May 2010
d. 8 May 2010
MICR is a number mentioned at the bottom of …
a. Cheques
b. Credit cards
c. Demand drafts
d. Master cards
The Pakistan Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh, was known as … before it was closed down.
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Bangladesh Observer
d. Bengal Times

Answers

1. b. HDFC Bank
2. b. Coimbatore
3. b. 1 May 2010
4. a. Cheques
5. c. Bangladesh Observer

July 06, 2010

Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has decided to buy a 4.5% stake in a bank for about Rs 1,366 crore. Name the bank from the following options.
a. Kotak Mahindra
b. Lakshmi Vilas Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. Royal Bank of Scotland
Panchatantra, a collection of fables is believed to be written by …
a. Jai Shankar Prasad
b. Manu
c. Vishnu Sharma
d. Banabhatta
World Bank and International Monetary Fund are jointly known as ...
a. Bretton Wood Twins
b. Monetary Twins
c. Financing brothers
d. None of these
Which of the following has the longest railway platform?
a. Moscow
b. Nakhodka
c. Kharagpur
d. Chicago
Who is the Acting CEO of SpiceJet as of now?
a. Sanjay Agarwal
b. Kishore Gupta
c. Kalanithi Maran
d. None of these

Answers

1. a Kotak Mahindra
2. c Vishnu Sharma
3. a Bretton Wood Twins
4. c Kharagpur
5. b Kishore Gupta

July 01, 2010

Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?
a. Rata Kumar Sinha
b. Srikumar Banerjee
c. Raja Ramanna
d. None of these
The full form of ATM is …
a. Automatic Teller Machine
b. Automated Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these
Who played the role of Goopi in the Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopi Gaanyen Bagha Bayen?
a. Uttam Kumar
b. Prosenjit
c. Tapen Chottopadhyay
d. Chabbi Biswas
The Queen’s Baton of common Wealth Games 2010 has been made out of which metal?
a. Aluminum
b. Copper
c. Gold
d. Zinc
Which bank sold about 11% of its stake in Yes Bank in a deal worth more than Rs. 1,000 crores?
a. Karunya Bank
b. Standard Bank
c. Robo Bank
d. None of these

Answers

1. a. Rata Kumar Sinha
2. b. Automated Teller Machine
3. c. Tapen Chottopadhyay
4. a. Aluminum
5. c. Robo Bank

June 30, 2010

1. MICR is a number mentioned at the bottom of the cheque. What is the full form of MICR?
a. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
b. Multi Ink Character Recognition
c. Multi Ink Cash Recognition
d. Magnetic Ink Cash Recognition

2. The Bangladesh Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh shut down recently. By what name was it previously circulated?
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Pakistan Observer
d. Bengal Times

3. During the recent Golden Jubilee celebration of Gujarat, where was the 'Kaal Sanduk' of 'Smriti Manjusha' buried?
a. Akshardham Temple
b. Mahatma Mandir
c. Art Deco Palace
d. Somnath Temple

4. During ancient times, which of the following plant was used as a source for anesthesia preparations?
a. Opium (poppy)
b. Cannabis
c. Datura
d.Coca

5. Girish Wagh is associated with which of the following companies?
a. Tata Motors
b. Birla Cement
c. Reliance Industries
d.Wipro technologies

Answers

1. a. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
2. c. Pakistan Observer
3. b. Mahatma Mandir
4. a. Opium (poppy)
5. a. Tata Motors

June 29, 2010

1 Who is the Chairman of FIFA World Cup 2010?

a. Issa Hayatu

b. Chung Mong Joon

c. Mohammed Bin Haman

d. Micheal Platini

2. FIFA head office is located in …

a. Zurich

b. Melbourne

c. Cape Town

d. Pretoria

3. Who is the CEO of HDFC bank Ltd?

a. Keki Mistry

b. Renu Sud Karnad

c. Deepak Parekh

d. V Srinivasa Rangan

4. Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a. V. Narahari Rao

b. A. Bakshi

c. Vinod Rai

d. V. K. Shunglu

5. Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?

a. Rata Kumar Sinha

b. Srikumar Banerjee

c. Raja Ramanna

d. None of these

Answers

1. a. Issa Hayatu
2. a. Zurich
3. c. Deepak Parekh
4. c. Vinod Rai
5. a. Rata Kumar Sinha

Name the popular Bollywood actor who was recently awarded the Padma Bhushan award.
a. Saif Ali Khan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Aamir Khan
d. Salman Khan
Which neighboring country recently conducted their sixth presidential election?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
India recently celebrated its … Republic Day this year.
a. 50th
b. 60th
c. 55th
d. 65th
Which former Lok Sabha member has replaced Amar Singh as the national general secretary of the Samajwadi party?
a. Mohan Singh
b. Jai Prakash
c. Shailendra Kumar
d. Mahabir Prasad
Which famous snack food chain owner was recently convicted in an attempt-to-murder case along with four others by a Sessions court?
a. Nathus
b. Haldirams
c. Bikanerwala
d. Nirulas
Which company recently launched the recently launched the iPad, a tablet-style computer?
a. Sony
b. Samsung
c. Apple
d. Compaq
Name the US novelist remembered for his 1951 bestseller The Catcher in the Rye who recently died at the age of 91.
a. Herman Melville
b. JD Salinger
c. Vladimir Nabokov
d. Richard Bach
The conferment of the prestigious Padma Shri award to this popular Bollywood actor courted many controversies recently. Name him.
a. Shah Rukh Khan
b. Salman Khan
c. Saif Ali Khan
d. Aamir Khan
Who won her fifth Australian Open title recently at Melbourne?
a. Venus Williams
b. Serena Williams
c. Jelena Jankovic
d. Justine Henin
Which famous Indian leader ashes were recently immersed sixty-two years after his assassination?
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Rajiv Gandhi
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Feroze Gandhi
Which Indian tennis player recently won his 11th Grand Slam in the Australian open?
a. Mahesh Bhupathi
b. Prakash Amritraj
c. Leander Paes
d. Yuki Bhambri
Roger Federer won his … Australian Open crown beating Great Britain’s Andy Murray in Melbourne recently.
a. 3rd
b. 5th
c. 4th
d. 6th
AR Rahman recently bagged two … awards for his foot-tapping number ‘Jai Ho’ and outstanding soundtrack for the film Slumdog Millionaire.
a. Filmfare
b. Grammy
c. Mtv Music awards
d. Star Screen awards
Name the England and Chelsea football skipper who has recently found himself in similar controversies as golfer Tiger Woods.
a. David Beckham
b. Wayne Rooney
c. John Terry
d. Michael Owen
Charged with anti-party activity this Lok Sabha member along with Amar Singh has been expelled by the Samajwadi Party. Name the expelled member.
a. Azam Khan
b. Ram Gopal Yadav
c. Jaya Prada
d. Akhilesh Yadav
The Shiv Sena has recently threatened that it would not allow the screening of this actor’s movie till he apologized for his remarks regretting the absence of Pakistani cricketers in the forthcoming Indian Premier League tournament. Name the actor.
a. Preity Zinta
b. Shilpa Shett
c. Akshay Kumar
d. Shah Rukh Khan
Name the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, a violent Islamist group with close links to Al Qaeeda who has recently been declared dead.
a. Hakimullah Mehsud
b. Mohammed Omar
c. Abdul Jalil
d. Abdul Razaq
Name the Formula One driver who recently got back on track six months after suffering life-threatening head injuries.
a. Michael Schumacher
b. Felipe Massa
c. Rubens Barrichello
d. Jenson Button
Which country has recently decided to suspend accepting student visa applications claiming to have detected education agents misusing the system for sending wrong candidates?
a. USA
b. Australia
c. Canada
d. UK
Which Indian state has recently been in news for its bizarre political situation of having appointed 4 heads of the state?
a. Nagaland
b. Meghalaya
c. Assam
d. Mizoram

Answers

1. c. Aamir Khan
2. d. Sri Lanka
3. b. 60th
4. a. Mohan Singh
5. c. Haldirams
6. c. Apple
7. b. JD Salinger
8. c. Saif Ali Khan
9. b. Serena Williams
10. c. Mahatma Gandhi

11. c. Leander Pae
12. c. 4th
13. b. Grammy
14. c. John Terry
15. c. Jaya Prada
16. d. Shah Rukh Khan
17. a. Hakimullah Mehsud
18. b. Felipe Massa
19. d. Uk
20. b. Meghalaya

Haiti faced unprecedented earthquake recently which seems to be the second worst earthquake in history. What is the official language of the island nation?
a. English
b. French
c. Spanish
d. Louisiana Creole
How much have the game administers agreed to pay to the Indian male hockey team to bring the players back to practice for the upcoming World Cup?
a. 50 lakhs to be disbursed among players
b. 2 crore to be disbursed among the players
c. 2 lakhs per player
d. None of the above
Sri Lanka defeated India in the Idea Cup final at Mirpur. Who was the skipper of the winning side?
a. Chanaka Welegedara
b. Nuwan Kulasekara
c. Kumar Sangakkara
d. Tillakaratne Dilshan
The internet search-engine giant Google has indicated that it will shut down its operations in … following a string of reported cyber attacks on its services.
a. Thailand
b. China
c. Bangladesh
d. India
Who is the sponsor of Hockey India?
a. Pepsi
b. Coca Cola
c. Sahara
d. Nike
Which judicial post in India came under purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act with a judgment by the Delhi High Court?
a. Chief Justice of India
b. Supreme Court judges
c. Chief Justices of States
d. Bar Association members
Who did Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa accused for instigating farmers to take to the streets with regard to acquisition of land for the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Medha Patekar
c. HD Deve Gowda
d. SM Krishna
For which crime were 21 Indians detained in China’s Shenzhen region recently?
a. Poaching
b. Diamond smuggling
c. Ethnic violence
d. Stealing cars
In accordance with a Supreme Court judgment, which authority will probe the fake encounter killing of Sohrabuddin Sheikh by the Gujarat police in 2005?
a. Special Investigation Team
b. A retired judge of Gujarat High Court
c. A sitting judge of Supreme Court
d. Central Bureau of Investigation
Which country is putting efforts to be the world’s first nation to build a nuclear-powered spacecraft for interplanetary flights?
a. Russia
b. The USA
c. China
d. France
Name this former Indian prime minister who is currently embroiled in a controversy because of his public abuses to Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa.
a. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
b. HD Deve Gowda
c. Inder Kumar Gujral
d. Chandra Shekhar
The premier of which neighbouring country made a visit to India recently?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. Pakistan
d. Bangladesh
Which of these ministers, whose middle name can be called “tweet”, has denied the fact that he criticised Jawaharlal Nehru’s foreign policy at a seminar?
a. Naveen Jindal
b. Rahul Gandhi
c. Shashi Tharoor
d. None of the above
Name this player of the Indian cricket team who is the top tax payer at Rs 1.5 crore for the last quarter of 2009.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Virendra Sehwag
c. MS Dhoni
d. Rahul Dravid
Which Indian city became the first destination outside US and Europe to host the ‘Marathon Flame’ as part of 7th Standard Chartered … Marathon?
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai
The solar eclipse on January 15, which provided people to watch sun in the form of a ring, has been given the name … by scientists.
a. Mauni’s ring
b. Mauni’s beads
c. Bailey’s ring
d. Bailey’s beads
Filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan has been conferred a DLitt by ….
a. Mumbai University
b. Kerala University
c. University of Delhi
d. Jawaharlal Nehru University
Despite the failure of Copenhagen, green activists are already mobilising support for the Earth Day on April 22. In which year was the Earth Day observed for the first time?
a. 1970
b. 1975
c. 1980
d. 1985
India is ready to review a 1950 treaty with a neighbouring country, which is ….
a. Pakistan
b. Nepal
c. Myanmar
d. Sri Lanka
The Haiti earthquake has killed at least five lakh people, making it the second-worst in history. Which earthquake, taking 8.6 lakh lives, is recorded as the deadliest one?
a. Ardabil, Iran, 893
b. Aleppo,Syria, 1138
c. Shanxi, China, 1556
d. Off Sumatra, 2004
This exam might become a year-round exam, enabling candidates to attempt it at their will.
a. CAT
b. AIEEE
c. IIT-JEE
d. CBSE PMT
The Centre is ready to bear 90 per cent of cost of rejuvenation of water bodies in this region, which is crying for separate statehood.
a. Harit Pradesh, Western UP
b. Gorkhaland
c. Bundelkhand
d. Telangana
A film on LK Advani has completely blacked out his RSS connections. Who has made the film?
a. Filmmaker Prakash Jha
b. Actor-politician Shatrughn Sinha
c. Actor-politician Hema Malini
d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
This actor is set to replace Tobey Maguire as Spiderman, according to media reports. Name him.
a. Daniel Radcliffe
b. Robert Pattinson
c. Matt Damon
d. None of the above
National Security Advisor MK Narayanan has been named as the new Governor of…
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. West Bengal
c. Orissa
d. Bihar

Answers

1. b. French
2. d. None of the above (Correct answer: 1 crore to be disbursed among the players)
3. c. Kumar Sangakkara
4. b. China
5. c. Sahara
6. a. Chief Justice of India
7. c. HD Deve Gowda
8. b. Diamond smuggling
9. d. Central Bureau of Investigation
10. a. Russia
11. b. HD Deve Gowda
12. d. Bangladesh

13. c. Shashi Tharoor
14. a. Sachin Tendulkar
15. b. Mumbai
16. d. Bailey’s beads
17. b. Kerala University
18. a. 1970
19. b. Nepal
20. c. Shanxi, China, 1556
21. a. CAT
22. c. Bundelkhand
23. d. Daughter Pratibha Advani
24. c. Robert Pattinson
25. b. West Bengal

January 11, 2010

An Indian student was recently stabbed to death in this country, which has lately been in news for a series of alleged racial attacks on Indian students. Name the country.
a. UK
b. USA
c. Australia
d. Canada
Al-Qaeda threats have recently forced Britain and the US to close their embassies in this country.
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Iraq
d. Yemen.
Name the world’s tallest building 160-story, 2,717-foot, that officially opened in Dubai recently.
a. Emirates Tower
b. Burj Khalifa
c. Bruj Dubai
d. Jumeirah Lake Towers
Name the former police chief of Haryana who, after being convicted of molesting a 14-year-old girl, would be stripped of his police medal.
a. AS Anand
b. SP Singh
c. SPS Rathore
d. DV Sharma
Recently, in which city in India 18 medical students, including some interns, were arrested on charges of ragging and were expelled from the hostel?
a. Bangalore
b. Delhi
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
The Supreme Court recently declined to quash an attempt to murder case registered against this spiritual.
a. Baba Ramdev
b. Asaram Bapu
c. Sai Baba
d. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
In which state five police personnel, including an IPS officer were suspended recently, for allegedly attending a Christmas-eve party thrown by gangsters?
a. Karnataka
b. Maharasthra
c. Kerela
d. Andhra Pradesh
Neetu Singh, a final-year editing student at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, was picked up by the city police on charges of anti-national activity, taken to Mumbai and deported to Nepal. She is a citizen of which neighboring country?
a. Bhutan
b. Nepal
c. Pakistan
d. Sri Lanka
Which chief minister in India has introduced a Bill making voting compulsory in all local body elections in his state?
a. Narendra Modi
b. Sheila Dixit
c. Omar Abdullah
d. Maywati
Which popular football club of the English Premier league suffered a humiliating defeat against Leeds United at the Football Association (FA) Cup soccer match at Stamford Bridge in London?
a. Arsenal
b. Liverpool
c. Chelsea
d. Manchester United
A partially charred body of an Indian youth was found in …, Australia days after another youth was stabbed to death.
a. New South Wales
b. Victoria
c. Northern Territory
d. Western Australia
Recently a meeting of eight recognised political parties was called by the Home Minister P Chidambaram to discuss the Telangana issue. What was the conclusion at the meeting?
a. Unanimous decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state
b. Majority decision that Telangana can not be made a separate state
c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached
d. Decision that Telangana be separated from the existing Andhra Pradesh
Who has been named as the national president of the new political outfit, Jan Kranti Party, floated by former BJP leader, Kalyan Singh? The national president is also the son of Kalyan Singh.
a. Sameer singh
b. Bhola Singh
c. Rajveer Singh
d. Hemant Singh
With which neighbouring country has India decided to settle outstanding issues relating to water sharing and protection of banks of the common rivers?
a. Nepal
b. Bhutan
c. China
d. Bangladesh
Britain is facing extremely cold weather conditions; it is supposed to be its worst winters in 30 years. What has the phenomenon come to be popularly called?
a. Snowy Winters
b. Snow and Frost
c. Total Stop
d. Big Freeze
Which place in Sri Nagar came in limelight recently as terrorists engaged in gun battle for a whole day with the police?
a. Chasm-e-Shahi
b. Lal Chowk
c. Charar-E- Sharif
d. None of the above
For which programme has the Union ministry of environment and forests has rejected an aid from the World Bank?
a. Saving mahogany trees
b. Saving natural habitat of rhinoceros
c. Tiger conservation
d. Gangatic dolphin conservation
Who has been taken up the task to revive relations with the Southern African nation Zambia?
a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari
b. Union external affairs minister SM Krishna
c. Home minister P Chidambaram
d. President Pratibha Patil
Which country has decided to introduce controversial ethnicity and gender-based profiling at its airports, apparently for security reasons?
a. Germany
b. United Kingdom
c. Australia
d. Egypt
A prominent leader of a known party resigned from all party posts recently citing health reasons. Name him and the party.
a. Kalyan Singh, Bhartiya Janta Party
b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party
c. PA Sangma, Nationalist Congress Party
d. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Indian National Congress
‘Indian students should not be leaving the country for courses like hairstyling; there are many good institutes for such courses in India’. Who made this comment recently in the wake of murder of Indian student Nitin Garg?
a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna
b. Minister of state for external affairs Shashi Tharoor
c. Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal
d. Australia’s high commissioner to India Peter Verghese
Who has written the book ‘Return to Almora’?
a. Ruskin Bond
b. Mark Tully
c. RK Pachauri
d. Sunita Narain
Who is the author of the book ‘Managed Chaos’?
a. Arun Jaitley
b. Arun Shourie
c. Kpil Sibal
d. Premshankar Jha
Former hockey captain Zafar Iqbal has expressed regret that at a time when the country is about to host the Hockey World Cup, the nation’s attention is hooked on to the forthcoming hockey elections. Which city will host the World Cup, starting February 28?
a. New Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Hyderabad
d. Kolkata
This star expressed his eagerness to be depicted as the face of Gujarat tourism, following which Chief Minister Narendra Modi has waived off tax on his latest movie. Name the star and the film.
a. Aamir Khan, ‘3 Idiots’
b. Salman Khan, ‘Veer’
c. Ranbir Kapoor, ‘Rocket Singh’
d. Amitabh Bachchan, ‘Paa’
Shibu Soren has won the confidence motion in Jharkhand Assembly with … votes.
a. 44
b. 45
c. 46
d. 47
IPL has listed 51 players from outside India for its January 19 auction. How many players from Australia have been listed?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
This player, the bowling consultant of Kolkata Knight Riders, will be shortly taking a week-long training camp for the team. Name him.
a. Javagal Sreenath
b. Wasim Akram
c. Shane Warne
d. None of the above
This city now has the world’s tallest hotel. Name it.
a. Milan
b. Dubai
c. Jakarta
d. Brisbane
This state government has approved a Rs 30,000 crore steel plant project of ArcelorMittal. Name it.
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Maharashtra

Answers

1. c. Australia
2. d. Yemen
3. b. Burj Khalifa
4. c. SPS Rathore
5. c. Mumbai
6. b. Asaram Bapu
7. b. Maharashtra
8. b. Nepal
9. a. Narendra Modi
10. d. Manchester United
11. a. New South Wales
12. c. No consensus, and hence no conclusion, was reached
13. c. Rajveer Singh
14. d. Bangladesh
15. d. Big freeze

16. b. Lal Chowk
17. c. Tiger conservation
18. a. Vice-President Hamid Ansari
19. b. United Kingdom
20. b. Amar Singh, Samajwadi Party
21. a. Union minister for external affairs SM Krishna
22. c. RK Pachauri
23. d. Premshankar Jha
24. a. New Delhi
25. d. Amitabh Bachchan, Paa
26. b. 45
27. c. 11
28. b. Wasim Akram
29.b. Dubai
30.c. Karnataka

January 05, 2010

… actor, Vishnuvardhan died of cardiac arrest. Frenzied fans, who could not pay tribute to the icon due to surging crowd, went berserk and threw stones which did not spare even the wife of the deceased.
a. Tamil
b. Kannada
c. Telugu
d. Malyalam
Name the head of All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) who was sworn in as a minister in Jharkhand Assembly alongside Shibu Soren as the chief minister.
a. Sudesh Mahato
b. Raghubar Das
c. Aditya Swaroop
d. Yashwant Sinha
N Ram, editor-in-chief of newspaper ‘The Hindu’, has been conferred the second Lokmanya Tilak National Journalist Award by the Kesari Mahratta Trust. Who was the recipient of the first award in 2009?
a. Barkha Dutt, NDTV
b. Rajdeep Sardesai, CNN-IBN
c. Govind Singh, ‘Amar Ujala’
d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’
Name the barrister of Indian-origin, who has been appointed as the Recorder by Queen Elizabeth in the United Kingdom.
a. Kalyani Kaul
b. Arpita MAjumdar
c. CV Ramanna Rao
d. Austin Joseph
Which country does the al Qaeda suspect, charged with trying to blow up a United States airliner, belong to?
a. Egypt
b. Iraq
c. Nigeria
d. Ghana
Why has a constitutional amendment bill been tabled in the legislature Parliament in Nepal?
a. To extend term of the present government
b. To make Nepal a Hindu state
c. To define boundaries of Nepal’s constituencies
d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue
Recently Japan showed its keenness for India to ratify a treaty. Which treaty is it?
a. Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty
b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
c. Cebu Declaration on East Asian Energy Security
d. None of the above
The Union tourism ministry has launched an initiative on ‘safe and honourable tourism’ which would essentially promote the cause of protecting
a. Women
b. Children
c. Women and children
d. Beggers
According to a survey by Hotels.com, an accommodation website, which is the most favourite building of the world among the international travelers?
a. Taj Mahal
b. Statue of Liberty
c. Empire State Building
d. Eiffel Tower
An Indian Airline’s plane from Kathmandu, bound to Delhi, was hijacked in December 1999 by terrorists demanding release of their friends. Where did the terrorists take the plane?
a. Back to Kathmandu, Nepal
b. Delhi, India
c. Kandhar, Afghanistan
d. Peshawar, Pakistan
The ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Firoz Shah Kotla, Delhi was cancelled due to bad condition of the pitch. Where was a match between the same countries cancelled due to same reason in 1997?
a. Kanpur
b. Indore
c. Hyderabad
d. Chennai
The by-election to the Pennagaram Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu was postponed as some political parties said that the current schedule was close to Pongal festival. Who is the chief electoral officer of Tamil Nadu?
a. Naresh Gupta
b. Shekhar Channe
c. Pooja Kulkarni
d. Ajit Srivastava
According to the US magazine, ‘Entertainment Weekly’, who/what is “the greatest entertainer of the decade”?
a. Harry Potter
b. YouTube
c. Facebook
d. Friends, serial on Star World
Which country’s top legislature has adopted an amendment to the renewable energy law mandating electricity grid companies to buy all the power produced by renewable energy generators?
a. United Kingdom
b. Germany
c. China
d. Japan
With which country will the DRDO tie-up to develop the Kaveri aero engine?
a. Switzerland
b. France
c. United States
d. Australia
The Danish police had to fire at a person who had attacked the cartoonist who had made the controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammad. Name him. What was the attacker’s nationality?
a. Somalia
b. Iraq
c. Lebanon
d. Libya
‘Three Idiots’, the recent movie directed by Rajkumar Hirani, is at the center of controversy due to credit placement to the author Chetan Bhagat, from whose book ‘Five Point Someone’ the movie is inspired. Which other film is based on one of Chetan Bhagat’s works?
a. ‘Love Aaj Kal’
b. ‘Aloo Chat’
c. ‘Hello’
d. ‘Chai, Paani etc’
The environment and forest ministry has cleared this 56,400 crore project and has allowed it to acquire 2,900 acres of forestland to this project. Name it.
a. Vedanta
b. Posco
c. Tata Nano
d. Arcelor Mittal
The BJP has stated that in the year 2010 it will keep a watch on the Congress on … issues.
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 10
MK Alagiri had requested to be allowed to speaking in Tamil in the Parliament, as he is neither comfortable with Hindi, nor with English. Which ministry does he head?
a. Mines
b. Shipping
c. Chemicals and fertilisers
d. Overseas Indian affairs
Who is the author of newly-released ‘A Tale of Two Revolts: India 1857 & the American Civil War’?
a. Ramachandra Guha
b. Rajmohan Gandhi
c. William Dalrymple
d. Sumit Sarkar
Who is the author of ‘We Must Have No Price’, which scrutinizes several scams and takes up issue of internal security?
a. Mani Shankar Aiyer
b. Arun Jaitley
c. Sitaram Yechury
d. Arun Shourie
A court in this country has set aside government’s ban on Christians using the name of Allah, saying that Christians have the Constitutional right to the word. Which country are we talking about?
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Pakistan
d. Oman
Reena Kaushal Dharmshaktu has scored a first. What is it?
a. She has become the first person to ski to the South Pole
b. She has become the first Indian to ski to the South Pole
c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole
d. She has become the first Indian woman to skydive onto the South Pole
Salman Rushdie’s visit to this site has angered the Muslim clerics, 21 years after the Fatwa against him over Satanic Verses. Name the monument he visited in a hush-hush manner.
a. Jama Masjid, Delhi
b. Taj Mahal, Agra
c. Ajmer Sharif
d. Haji Ali, Mumbai
Billy Arjan Singh, who passed away on January1 this year, was the man behind ….
a. Kanha National Park
b. Dudhwa National Park
c. Kaziranga National Park
d. Sariska Bird Sanctuary
This state has enacted a legislation, which makes voting in local body polls mandatory. We are talking about ….
a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Karnataka
The Harvard Business Review has named this Indian among the world’s five best performing CEOs. Whom are we talking about?
a. Sunil Bharti Mittal
b. Shiv Nadar
c. Anil Ambani
d. Mukesh Ambani
The Indian team won 16 out of 21 gold medals in the Commonwealth Wrestling Championships. In which city was the Championship held?
a. Jalandhar
b. Ludhiana
c. Amritsar
d. Karnal
Who is the author of ‘The Rediscovery of India’?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Priyanka Gandhi
c. Gurcharan Das
d. Meghnad Desai

Answers

1. b. Kannada
2. a. Sudesh Mahato
3. d. Vir Sanghvi, ‘Hindustan Times’
4. a. Kalyani Kaul
5. c. Nigeria
6. d. To allow people of authority to take oath in their mother tongue
7. b. Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
8. c. Women and children
9. d. Eiffel Tower
10. c. Kandhar, Afghanistan
11. b. Indore
12. a. Naresh Gupta
13. a. Harry Potter
14. c. China
15. b. France

16. a. Somalia
17. c. ‘Hello’
18. b. Posco
19. d. 10
20. c. Chemicals and fertilisers
21. b. Rajmohan Gandhi
22. d. Arun Shourie
23. b. Malaysia
24. c. She has become the first Indian woman to ski to the South Pole
25. b. Taj Mahal, Agra
26. b. Dudhwa National Park
27. a. Gujarat
28. d. Mukesh Ambani
29. a. Jalandhar
30. d. Meghnad Desai

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Dec 09

1. Name this person who has been awarded with the title ‘Indian of the Year’ by CNN-IBN.
     a. Rahul Gandhi
     b. AR Rehman
     c. Pandit Ravi Shankar
     d. Kamal Hassan

2. The Lok Sabha elections this year has been hailed as successful by the national and international press. The chief election commissioner announced this recently. Name the chief election commissioner.
a. Naveen Chawla
b. Pranab Mukherjee
c. N Gopalaswami
d. None of the above

3 Name this nation with which India will take up dozen pacts including four memoranda of understanding on hydel projects.
a. Nepal
b. Sri Lanka
c. China
d. Bhutan

4 In a case of a minor’s molest, the former director general of which state has been charged after he was guilty of molesting a minor girl 19 years back?
a. Punjab
b. Bihar
c. Haryana
d. Jharkhand

5 A multi-purpose Polavaram project was likely to be placed before the central cabinet to consider it for a national status. Under which state does this project fall?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Karnataka

6 Germany intends to enhance the bilateral relations with India in an array of fields. The German Ambassador recently announced this. Name him.
a. Angela Merkel
b. Thomas Matussek
c. Gerome Bonnfont
d. Alistair Darling

7 A three-day general strike called by Maoists in Nepal saw violent clashes with more than two dozen people injured, including policemen. Name the deputy to the prime minister of Nepal.
a. Madhav Kumar
b. Rakesh Sood
c. Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
d. Bidhya Bhandari

8 As per news report, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad allegedly involved in September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States, had also made a visit to India in 1996. Which terrorist outfit is he associated with?
a. Hizbul Mujahideen
b. Lashkar-e-Taiba
c. JuD
d. Al-Qaeda

9 The soaring prices of essential commodities including food has been creating news for some time now causing difficulty to the common man Who is the agriculture minister of India?
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Sharad Pawar
c. P Chidambaram
d. Nitish Kumar

10 Name India’s environment minister who was recently at Copenhagen for the crucial climate talks.
a. Rajendra Pachauri
b. CK Prahlad
c. Jairam Ramesh
d. Rahul Gandhi

11 The Union Cabinet has approved a proposal to introduce a Bill to amend the Copyright Act, 1957 following HRD ministry’s proposed amendment to give independent rights to authors of … in cinematograph films.
a. Literary and musical work
b. Fictional work
c. Non-fictional work
d. Horror work

12 Which of these has been charged of corruption by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a case of collecting assets worth Rs 80 crore along with his brother?
a. Om Prakash Chautala
b. Justice Dinakaran
c. Ajay Singh Chautala
d. Bhupinder Singh Hooda

13 Which among these is the co-writer of ‘3 Idiots’ along with Raju Hirani?
a. Aamir Khan
b. Shimit Amin
c. Jugal Hansraj
d. Abhijat Joshi

14 US President Barack Obama has nominated 36-year-old doctor Rajiv Shah as the head of ….
a. UNDP
b. USAID
c. UNHCR
d. None of the above

15 Name this Indian beauty who has featured in the top ten list of most stylish women in the ‘Vogue’.
a. Aishwarya Rai
b. Preity Zinta
c. Freida Pinto
d. Katrina Kaif

16 Indian captain MS Dhoni received the ICC Test Championship mace on behalf of BCCI for leading his side to the top of the ICC Test Championship from ICC CEO ….
a. Haroon Lorgat
b. Michael Fennell
c. Mitchell Johnson
d. Craig Hunter

17 Which of these politicians celebrated his 85th birthday in New Delhi in late December?
a. Jaswant Singh
b. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
c. Yashwant Sinha
d. ND Tiwari

18 Which of these political leaders is set to announce the formation of a new party in January?
a. Mulayam Singh
b. Mayawati
c. Sushma Swaraj
d. Kalyan Singh

19 Which among these radio broadcast services will be terminated for all customers who are serviced from India?
a. Radio Mirchi
b. Red FM
c. WorldSpace
d. Fever 104

20 Name the author of the ‘Communitisation: The Third Way of Governance’. The book was released by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
a. RS Pandey
b. Murli Deora
c. Gurucharan Das
d. CK Prahlad

Answers

1. b. AR Rehman
2. a. Naveen Chawla
3. d. Bhutan
4. c. Haryana
5. a. Andhra Pradesh
6. b. Thomas Matussek
7. c. Bijay Kumar Gachhadar
8. d. Al-Qaeda
9. b. Sharad Pawar
10. c. Jairam Ramesh

11. a. Literary and musical work
12. c. Ajay Singh Chautala
13. d. Abhijat Joshi
14. b. USAID
15. c. Freida Pinto
16. a. Haroon Lorgat
17. b. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
18. d. Kalyan Singh
19. c. WorldSpace
20. a. RS Pandey

December 14, 2009

India recently won a series against … becoming the top Test playing nation in the ICC ranking.
a. New Zealand
b. Australia
c. Sri Lanka
d. Pakistan
India has agreed to a 20-25% cut in the carbon emissions per unit of GDP by ….
a. 2010
b. 2020
c. 2015
d. 2030
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh made his sixth visit to … since 2004 last week. India is going to purchase aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov from this nation.
a. Japan
b. US
c. France
d. Russia
A 1000-posture hand-painted Ganesha on a running cloth has made an entry into the Limca Book of Records. Deeksha Bhardwaj, the painter, belongs to ….
a. Ghaziabad
b. Faridabad
c. Noida
d. Delhi
Villagers are protesting against the proposed Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant in Ratnagiri district and plan to establish a referendum on the number of locals willing to give away their land to house the six imported light water reactors from ….
a. Russia
b. France
c. US
d. UK
Zakir Hussian, the tabla maestro, has been nominated for … in the best classical crossover album category for his work in ‘The Melody of Rhythm’.
a. Emmy Awards
b. Oscar Awards
c. Grammy Awards
d. None of the above
Which of these is going to launch a space flight soon that is a major attraction for tourists?
a. Indian Airlines
b. British Airlines
c. Jet Airways
d. Virgin Galactic
Which among these young parliamentarians landed in a trouble after his/her chopper landed in the fading out light in Sitapur in Uttar Pradesh?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Sachin Pilot
c. Agatha Sangma
d. None of the above
Which former BJP Member of Parliament has been expelled recently from the Commonwealth Games Organising Committee for indiscipline?
a. Harsh Vardhan
b. Vijay Goel
c. Rajnath Singh
d. Sushsma Swaraj
Which among these have become increasingly short-tempered and impatient according to a recent survey by broadband provider Talk Talk?
a. English
b. Indians
c. Americans
d. Chinese
Name the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) President, whose 11 days fast was followed by an announcement by Home Minister P Chidambaram that the process of forming the State of Telangana would be initiated by moving a resolution in the Andhra Pradesh assembly.
a. Y S Rajashekhara Reddy
b. K Chandrasekhar Rao
c. K Rosaih
d. Chandrababu Naidu
Which well-known auto manufacturing company in India has announced that it is set to stop making scooters which was one of its key selling products?
a. Hero Honda
b. Maruti Suzuki
c. Bajaj
d. Kinetic
New Formula One tram Mercedes Grand Prix is set to offer a driver’s contract to this retired former World champion. Name him.
a. Fernando Alonso
b. Felipe Massa
c. Jochen Mass
d. Michael Schumacher
Name the first Indian boxer to bag top honour by winning the gold at the prestigious AIBA President's Cup recently.
a. Suranjoy Singh
b. Vijender Singh
c. Sunil Kumar
d. Akhil Kumar
In which country five young American Muslims have recently been arrested and are under investigation for possibly trying to meet up with a terror group implicated in the December 2001 attack on the Indian Parliament.
a. India
b. Afghanistan
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal
In which Indian state a bomb blast recently left one dead and injured 30 others?
a. Maharashtra
b. Karnataka
c. Assam
d. Kashmir
Name the banned organisation whose umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility recently for coordinated Baghdad bombings that killed 127 people and wounded more than 500.
a. Al-Qaeda
b. Lashkar-E-Taiba
c. Al-Umar-Mujahideen
d. Jamiat-Ul-Mujahidden
India is vying for the extradition of this Lashkar-e-Taiba operative charged with criminal conspiracy in the Mumbai terror attacks from the United States. Name the accused.
a. Ajmal Kasab
b. Faheem Ansari
c. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
d. David Coleman Headley
Name this IIT alumnus who has recently been sentenced to 57 months in prison and three years of supervised release for posting hate messages in 2006 to the then President George W. Bush.
a. Vikram Buddhi
b. Vikas Singh
c. Vaibhav Sharma
d. Arunesh Varma
One of China’s most high-profile political reformers was recently indicted on subversion charges for his strong calls for democratic reforms. He was detained in December after he co-authored a controversial call for political reforms known as Charter 08, along with 300 other prominent Chinese activists and academics. Name him.
a. Liu Xiabo
b. Zeng Jinyan
c. Wei Jingsheng
d. Li Zhi

Answers

1. c. Sri Lanka
2. b. 2020
3. d. Russia
4. a. Ghaziabad
5. b. France
6. c. Grammy Awards
7. d. Virgin Galactic
8. a. Rahul Gandhi
9. b. Vijay Goel
10. a. English

11. b. K Chandrasekhar Rao
12. c. Bajaj
13. d. Michael Schumacher
14. a. Suranjoy Singh
15. c. Pakistan
16. c. Assam
17. a. Al-Qaeda
18. d. David Coleman Headley
19. a. Vikram Buddhi
20. a. Liu Xiabo

December 07, 2009

Prometric, the firm that conducted the Common Admission Test that has been outsourced to it is a … based firm.
a. The UK
b. The US
c. Australia
d. Japan
India and … have reached an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation during a meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Stephen Harper. This nation is known as the world’s largest producer of uranium.
a. France
b. Germany
c. Canada
d. Japan
Name this member of the Commonwealth that has been recently included as the 54th member of Commonwealth.
a. Rwanda
b. Trinidad and Tobago
c. Mexico
d. None of the above
Which of these nations held a cabinet meeting on Mount Everest to show the threat to glaciers in the Himalayas due to global warming?
a. Bhutan
b. Bangladesh
c. India
d. Nepal
Who won the ATP World Tour Finals that got over recently?
a. Pete Sampras
b. Nikolay Davydenko
c. Bryan brothers
d. Roger Federer
Which among these words has been voted as the top English word of the year?
a. Obama
b. H1N1
c. Vampire
d. Twitter
Which country will now host the 2011 Commonwealth after Sri Lanka has been blocked from holding the meeting?
a. UK
b. Australia
c. India
d. China
Which of these tennis players has been fined $175,000 and put on probation for two years following her bad mouthing at the US Open?
a. Venessa Williams
b. Kim Clijsters
c. Serena Williams
d. Jennifer Capriati
Name this cricketer who is likely to play for England’s domestic T20 competition that will start in June 2010.
a. Sourav Ganguly
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Virendar Sehwag
d. Harbhajan Singh
Where was the annual meet of the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers held recently?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Chennai
d. Hyderabad
Barack Obama has announced the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan to start from July 2011. When did the armed conflict of the US with Afghanistan begin?
a. 2003
b. 2002
c. 2001
d. 2000
Name the chairperson of United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), who has recently reported to have been held in Bangladesh capital, Dhaka.
a. Arabinda Rajkhowa
b. Paresh Barua
c. Anup Chetia
d. Sasha Choudhury
Where was former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda arrested as he is charged of more than Rs 4,000 crore scam?
a. Chennai
b. Anantpur
c. Ranchi
d. Chaibasa
The former cabinet secretary TR Prasad, the former director of IIT-Delhi and Madras, VS Raju, and a former dean of the Indian School of Business (ISB), have been named by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) for the first time in the Rs 11,000-crore fraud in Satyam Computers. Name the former dean of ISB.
a. Jahar Saha
b. DS Sengar
c. M Rammohan Rao
d. Jagdish Sheth
A general opinion is being built that The Indian Cinematograph Act, 1952 should be reviewed to put documentaries on a separate footing for certification. Who is the chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)?
a. Sharmila Tagore
b. Shabana Azmi
c. Farooq Sheikh
d. Anupam Kher
Argentina’s … won the Golden Ball, awarded to the European Footballer of the Year, with the biggest margin ever?
a. Cristiano Ronaldo
b. Lionel Messi
c. Xavi Hernandez
d. Ronaldinho
The former editor-in-chief of the ‘Friday Times’ and ‘Daily Times’, Pakistan, has received the “2009 Golden Pen of Freedom,” the annual press freedom prize. Name him.
a. Tahir Mirza
b. Hameed Haroon
c. Abbas Nasir
d. Najam Sethi
Who was the chairperson and CEO of Union Carbide when the Bhopal Gas Tragedy took place on the night of December 2-3, 1984?
a. Archie M Bolster
b. Hitesh Agnani
c. Warren Anderson
d. Rajan S Sharma
Iran has arrested five nationals of … for trespassing its territorial waters in the Persian Gulf.
a. The US
b. The UK
c. Germany
d. Portugal
China has proposed a voluntary reduction of the intensity of its carbon dioxide emissions per unit of GDP by 40-45 per cent of 2005 levels, by ….
a. 2013
b. 2020
c. 2022
d. 2030
This Indian cricketer created history by scoring 284 runs recently, which is the third highest individual score in a single day of Test cricket. Only Don Bradman and Walter Hammond have scored more. Name him.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Virender Sehwag
d. Rahul Dravid
AR Rahman has yet again been nominated for a prestigious music award for his music in the movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, post his double Oscar win. Name this award.
a. American Music Awards
b. MTV Music Awards
c. Nashville Music Awards
d. Grammy Awards
Recently 40 people were killed and many more injured in a bomb blast in …, Pakistan.
a. Rawalpindi
b. Islamabad
c. Peshawar
d. Karachi
India has recently finalised a new nuclear agreement with which country, which will ensure that no ongoing nuclear power project or uranium fuel supply arrangement with the other side would be affected or stopped in the event of termination of bilateral cooperation for any reason?
a. France
b. Spain
c. England
d. Russia
Which city in India recently saw a protest against water shortage outside the Municipal Corporation office that turned horribly violent as the police lathicharged agitators injuring at least 10 of them and killing one person?
a. New Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Chennai
d. Bengaluru
As the US plans to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan next year, its allies (led by NATO chief) have also pledged to send … troops.
a. 5500
b. 6000
c. 6500
d. 7000
Name this world famous sports man who has recently courted controversy concerning his personal life, after a one-car-traffic accident in front of his Florida mansion.
a. Tiger Woods
b. Michael Jordan
c. Shaquille ONeal
d. Muhammad Ali
The person who laid foundations of the jihadist movement in Jammu and Kashmir and later became a leading figure for peace movement in the state, was attacked by the extremists. Name him.
a. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
b. Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq
c. Mian Ghulam Sarwar
d. Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi
The ADAG-promoted Dadri power project recently received a setback when the Allahabad high court partially cancelled a notification under which agricultural land was acquired for the 7,480mw project. Name the famous industrialist heading the project.
a. Anil Ambani
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Ratan Tata
d. L.N Mittal
Which country will be hosting the 2010 FIFA World Cup?
a. Brazil
b. Spain
c. South Africa
d. France

Answers

1. b. The US
2. c. Canada
3. a. Rwanda
4. d. Nepal
5. b. Nikolay Davydenko
6. d. Twitter
7. b. Australia
8. c. Serena Williams
9. a. Sourav Ganguly
10. d. Hyderabad
11. c. 2001
12. a. Arabinda Rajkhowa
13. d. Chaibasa
14. c. M Rammohan Rao
15. a. Sharmila Tagore

16. b. Lionel Messi
17. d. Najam Sethi
18. c. Warren Anderson
19. b. The UK
20. b. 2020
21. c. Virender Sehwag
22. d. Grammy Awards
23. a. Rawalpindi
24. d. Russia
25. b. Mumbai
26. c. Nepal
27. a. Tiger Woods
28. d. Fazal-ul-Haq Qureshi
29. a. Anil Ambani
30. c. South Africa

December 01, 2009

Which two political parties recently clashed in the Hooghly district, one of last bastions of the Left in West Bengal, leaving one person dead and a police officer injured?
a. CPI (M) and Trinamool Congress party
b. CPI and BJP
c. CPI (M) and BJP
d. BJP and BSP
Which Indian cricketer has recently been in the limelight for a very impressive comeback after being marred by controversies concerning his behavior on field?
a. Harbhanan Singh
b. Yuvraj Singh
c. S Sreesant
d. Ifran Pathan
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently voted to rebuke this country for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret. Name the country.
a. Afghanistan
b. Iran
c. Pakistan
d. Iraq
The debt crisis of this state of the United Arab Emirates has sent a ripple of shock through financial markets around the world recently. Name the state.
a. Abu Dhabi
b. Sharjah
c. Dubai
d. Ajman
A couple recently made news by gate crashing into a very high profile party. Where was this party held?
a. Parliament house
b. White House
c. Rashtrapati Bhavan
d. Senate house
A long traumatic legal battle finally ended for this 87-year-old former teacher and women’s rights worker after she was compelled to leave her home. Name this lady.
a. Lavanya Sharma
b. Anuradha Sen
c. Lotika Sarkar
d. Anjana Sharma
How many percentage of carbon-intensity reduction on a domestic level has India volunteered to reduce as a part of the Climate Change measure?
a. 10-12
b. 15-25
c. 30-40
d. 20-25
Name the daughter-in-law of Shiv-Sena supremo Bal Thackeray who has recently courted controversy by announcing her intention to join Sonia Gaandhi’s Congress party.
a. Sheila Thackeray
b. Seema Thackeray
c. Smita Thackeray
d. Sonia Thackeray
This Argentine tennis player beat the Swiss world number one Roger Federer recently at London’s O2 Arena. Name him.
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Juan Martin Del Potro
c. Andy Murray
d. Jose Acasuso
Which car company recently pulled out of a move to sell their Formula One team to Qadbak Investment, the company involved in Notts County, and instead have agreed a new deal with Peter Sauber?
a. Ferrari
b. McLaren
c. Honda
d. BMW
Pakistan has indicted seven men in relation to 26/11. Name the operations commander of the Laskhar-e-Taiba, who has also been indicted?
a. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
b. Abdul Wajid
c. Zarar Shah
d. Hamad Amin Sadiq
A Maoists inflicted state went to polls recently and the voter’s turnout was impressive 52 per cent in the first phase. Which state is this?
a. Orissa
b. Chattisgarh
c. Jharkhand
d. Andhra Pradesh
The significance of 26/11 is not just Mumbai terror attacks, but also adoption of Constitution by the Constituent Assembly. In which year was it adopted?
a. 1947
b. 1949
c. 1950
d. 1951
In the proposed $25-30 million production movie ‘Taj’, which Hollywood actor will play the role of Shah Jahan?
a. Tom Hanks
b. George Clooney
c. Ben Kingsley
d. Matt Damon
The world famous Rhodes scholarship is running out of money due to global financial meltdown. For which university is the scholarship provided?
a. Cambridge
b. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
c. Harvard
d. Oxford
Justice MS Liberhan Commission report indicts many top leaders of the Sangh parivar for the demolition of Babri Masjid on December 6, 1992 which led to widespread communal hatred among Hindus and Muslims. In 17 years how many extensions did the Commission take before submitting the report?
a. 47
b. 48
c. 43
d. 52
What is the full form of RAPS?
a. Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
b. Ranthambore Automobile Plants
c. Ranchi AIDS Philanthropist’s Society
d. Rutland Anti-apartheid Society
The first night trial of the nuclear weapon capable … failed.
a. Prithvi I
b. Astra III
c. Brahmos
d. Agni II
Which senior journalist has co-authored the book ‘To The Last Bullet’ along with Vinita Kamte, wife of 26/11 martyr additional commissioner of police Ashok Kamte?
a. Rajdeep Sardesai
b. Yash Goyal
c. Vinita Deshmukh
d. Seema Mustafa
In which area has the government suspend mining operations in six iron ore mines?
a. Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
b. Niyamgiri Hills, Orissa
c. Deogarh, Kharkhand
d. None of the above
Which town in Assam saw two bomb explosions outside a police station, killing seven and injuring dozens?
a. Tezpur
b. Udalguri
c. Nalbari
d. Sualkuchi
Name the nuclear-capable missile that was tested by India recently and for the first time test was done at night time.
a. Agni-II
b. Agni-III
c. Prithvi missile
d. SLBM
Name this university, which has developed a brain imaging technology in the form of a baseball cap that can tell if anything is wrong with the brain in an hour.
a. Deakin University
b. Harvard University
c. Oxford University
d. Yale University
King of Pops Michael Jackson’s shining …which he wore during the premiere of his trademark moonwalk dance was auctioned for $350,000 in New York.
a. Shoes
b. Goggles
c. Jacket
d. White gloves
‘On the Origin of Species’ written by … found in toilet bookshelf in a family’s guest lavatory is now in possession of Christie’s auction house in London.
a. Charles Darwin
b. Erasmus Darwin
c. John Hershel
d. None of the above
Which of these companies has been accused by SEBI of rigging the share prices of its subsidiary company that is into petroleum?
a. Satyam
b. Reliance Industries Ltd
c. Wipro
d. IBM
Who gave a hard time to ace player Rafael Nadal at the World Tour Finals in London beating him by 6-4, 6-4?
a. Mark Knowles
b. Mahesh Bhupathi
c. Roger Federer
d. Robin Soderling
Indian cricket team is having a tough time looking for sponsors for the team’s jersey logo. Who are the current sponsors?
a. Nike
b. Adidas
c. Sahara India
d. Jet Airways
… is to join the new Mercedes GP team from the next Formula One season
a. Michael Schumacher
b. Nico Rosberg
c. Karl Kling
d. Hans Herrmann
Larissa Ramos of … has won the Miss Earth 2009 contest that got over in the Philippines on November 23?
a. Brazil
b. Greece
c. France
d. Mexico

Answers

1. a. CPI (M) and Trinamool Congress party
2. c. S Sreesanth
3. b. Iran
4. c. Dubai
5. b. White House
6. c. Lotika Sarkar
7. d. 20-25
8. c. Smita Thackeray
9. b. Juan Martin Del Potro
10. d. BMW
11. a. Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
12. c. Jharkhand
13. b. 1949
14. c. Ben Kingsley
15. d. Oxford

16. b. 48
17. a. Rajasthan Atomic Power Station
18. d. Agni II
19. c. Vinita Deshmukh
20. a. Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh
21. c. Nalbari
22. a. Agni-II
23. b. Harvard University
24. d. White gloves
25. a. Charles Darwin
26. b. Reliance Industries Ltd
27. d. Robin Soderling
28. c. Sahara India
29. b. Nico Rosberg
30. a. Brazil

Nov 09

1.        Name this author who was banned by the BBC for nearly three decades because they   considered him/her a “second-rater” and dismissed the books as “small beer.”
       a. Charles Dickens
       b. PG Woodhouse
       c. Enid Blyton
       d. Agatha Christie

2. Name the filmmaker for ‘Ajab Prem Ki Gajab Kahani’, already a box-office hit, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif.
a. Raj Kumar Santoshi
b. Madhur Bhandarkar
c. David Dhawan
d. Karan Johar

3. Recently Somali pirates freed nine Indians and Bangladeshi seafarers who were dropped off in ….
a. Dhaka
b. Muscat
c. Puntland
d. Singapore

4. US President Barack Obama has called for an unconditional release of Aung San Suu Kyi. This came forward during his meeting with Mynmar Prime Minister …
a. Hu Jintao
b. Thein Sein
c. Taro Aso
d. Wen Jiabao

5. Last week saw several raids in Mumbai in relation to the probe in the David Coleman Headley links with the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks. Home secretary … has refused clean chit to any one linked with the case.
a. Shiv Shankar Menon
b. Nirupama Rao
c. Shivraj Patil
d. GK Pillai

6. Which of these cricket players became the second Indian batsman and fifth in the world to score 11,000 Test runs on the first day of India-Sri Lanka Test in Ahmedabad that began on November 16?
a. Rahul Dravid
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Yuvraj Singh
d. MS Dhoni

7. Six babies died in a hospital incubator due to the malfunctioning of the machine. The tragedy happened in ….
a. Hyderabad
b. Vishakhapatnam
c. Vijaywada
d. Trivandrum

8. Name this popular actor who rejected a golden jubilee tribute to be paid to him at the International Film Festival of India in Goa.
a. Kamal Haasan
b. Amitabh Bachchan
c. Om Puri
d. Naseeruddin Shah

9. Which media house, in partnership with Aviva, collected over one lakh books during the “great wall of book” donation drive?
a. ‘Times of India’
b. ‘Hindustan Times’
c. ‘Indian Express’
d. ‘The Hindu’

10. Hockey India is supposed to hold elections by … as per the extended deadline by the International Federation.
a. December 2009
b. January 2010
c. February 2010
d. April 2010

11. A bill that was to be placed in the winter session of the Parliament witnessed protests from the farmers and opposition parties. Finally the controversial clause was dropped. The bill related to which crop?
a. Wheat
b. Sugarcane
c. Oilseed
d. Rice

12. US and China’s stand on climate change for the next month’s Copenhagen conference has revived hopes of many. What are they pitching for?
a. A legally-binding agreement
b. Signing of Kyoto protocol
c. Providing technology free of cost to the developing nations
d. Changing lifestyle in their countries

13. Prime Minister of which country showed confidence in safety of Indian nuclear installations and said that it had no reservations in negotiating a civilian nuclear deal with India?
a. New Zealand
b. Australia
c. Russia
d. Canada

14. Which Indian armed force has become the first to have inducted women into combat roles?
a. Army
b. Navy
c. Air Force
d. None of the above

15. Which University has collaborated with the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR) to explore the Pattanam archaeological site?
a. Oxford
b. Sussex
c. Cambridge
d. Aston

16. Name the mouthpiece publication of Shiv Sena called in which Bal Thackarey attacked Sachin Tendulkar for calling himself an Indian before and then a Maharashtrian?
a. ‘Organiser’
b. ‘Kamal Sandesh’
c. ‘Saamna’
d. ‘Panchjanya’

17. Son of which filmmaker has been accused of links with 26/11 terror suspect David Headley?
a. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
b. Anurag Kashyap
c. Vishal Bharadwaj
d. Mahesh Bhatt

18. On his recent visit to China, US President Barack Obama spoke against ….
a. Censorship
b. Child marriage
c. Two babies norm
d. Cheap products

19. Russia has delayed launch of a nuclear reactor in Iran. Which is the place in question in Iran?
a. Yazd
b. Kerman
c. Bushehr
d. Hamadan

20. Who is the leader of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)?
a. Sarath Fonseka
b. Ranasinghe Premadasa
c. Ratnasiri Wickremanayake
d. Mahinda Rajapaksa

21. “If there’s a Nobel for dirt and filth we will win hands down. No competition on that.” Which political personality made this comment?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Salman Khurshid
c. Jairam Ramesh
d. Sheila Dikshit

22. This monument bore the maximum brunt of the farmer’s rally on the sugarcane pricing in New Delhi on November 19. Name it.
a. India Gate
b. Jantar Mantar
c. Red Fort
d. Old Fort

23. This personality took a jibe at judiciary by claiming there was pocket money at play in judiciary. Name him/her.
a. Dalai Lama
b. Arundhati Roy
c. Aruna Roy
d. NR Narayana Murthy

24. According to UNICEF, this country is the worst place to be born.
a. Afghanistan
b. Pakistan
c. Iraq
d. Iran

25. Which of the statements is incorrect?
a. US has reopened Watergate probe after 35 years
b. Arnold Schwarzenegger plans to quit politics next year
c. Barack Obama’s daughters are now planning to be hosts of a reality show
d. The popular Oprah Winfrey show is coming to an end

26. Herman Van Rompuy, who has been named European Union’s President, is the Prime Minister of ….
a. Czech Republic
b. Belgium
c. Sweden
d. Austria

27. This place in England, the birthplace of William Wordsworth, suffered incessant rains and flood around November 20-21.
a. Bradford
b. Sheffield
c. Cockermouth
d. York

28. Clerics in this country are claiming that the movie ‘2012’ is “provocation against Islam”. Which country are we talking about?
a. Iran
b. Afghanistan
c. India
d. Indonesia

29. IPL will take cricket places, this person feels. Name him.
a. Greg Chappell
b. Ricky Ponting
c. Wasim Akram
d. MS Dhoni

30. There was increased tension between Egypt and this country after Egypt lost to it in a play-off match in soccer. Name it.
a. Sudan
b. Kenya
c. Algeria
d. Uganda

Answers

1. c. Enid Blyton
2. a. Raj Kumar Santoshi
3. c. Puntland
4. b. Thein Sein
5. d. GK Pillai
6. a. Rahul Dravid
7. c. Vijaywada
8. a. Kamal Haasan
9. b. ‘Hindustan Times’
10. c. February 2010
11. b. Sugarcane
12. a. A legally-binding agreement
13. d. Canada
14. b. Navy
15. a. Oxford

16. c. ‘Saamna’
17. d. Mahesh Bhatt
18. a. censorship
19. c. Bushehr
20. d. Mahinda Rajapaksa
21 c. Jairam Ramesh
22. b. Jantar Mantar
23. a. Dalai Lama
24. a. Afghanistan
25. c. Barack Obama’s daughters are now planning to be hosts of a reality show
26. b. Belgium
27. c. Cockermouth
28. d. Indonesia
29. a. Greg Chappell
30. c. Algeria

November 16, 2009

This is the world’s biggest Buddhist monastery outside Lhasa in Tibet, which saw the visit of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama recently creating news. Name this monastery.
a. Namgyal monastery
b. Tawang monastery
c. Namdroling monastery
d. Mindrolling monastery
Name this chief minister of an eastern state who has stepped into his 10th year of office
a. Navin Pattnaik
b. Nitish Kumar
c. Madhu Koda
d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
‘Indian Summer’ a film on … and Edwina based on a novel by French author and philosopher Catherine Clement is seeing censorship attempts by the Indian government.
a. Rajiv Gandhi
b. Feroze Gandhi
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. Mahatma Gandhi
Which country won the sixth One-Day International at the Nehru stadium in New Delhi recently against India?
a. Australia
b. South Africa
c. Bangladesh
d. New Zealand
The Home Secretary … recently said that the Chinese could be supplying arms to the Maoists when asked if there was a link between Naxalism and China.
a. P Chidambaram
b. Pranab Mukherjee
c. GK Pillai
d. MK Narayanan
Furore inside state assemblies is nothing new in our country. Which state assembly recently saw assault by some MLAs on others during the oath taking ceremony?
a. Haryana
b. Maharashtra
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Uttar Pradesh
As per the World Economic Forum rankings on gender equality where does India rank among 134 countries?
a. 100
b. 110
c. 114
d. 116
On Monday November 9, Berlin celebrated … anniversary of the fall of the wall, which united East and West Germany once again.
a. 20th
b. 21st
c. 22nd
d. 19th
Five railway employees were mowed down by the Dehradun-Delhi Jan Shatabdi Express recently while they were working on the tracks running between Sahibabad and …
a. Faridabad
b. Ghaziabad
c. Noida
d. None of the above
Name the author of ‘Open’ that has been released by a popular tennis player.
a. Andre Agassi
b. Roger Federer
c. Serena Williams
d. Steffi Graf
Recently a foot camp was organised in Delhi to provide artificial limbs to the needy. Which Indian city is famous for making artificial limbs?
a. Jaipur
b. Ranchi
c. Agra
d. Meerut
Newly elected MLA of Maharashtra, Abu Asim Azmi, was attacked by Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and Shiv Sena for three consecutive days. What did Shiv Sena charge him for?
a. Taking oath in Hindi
b. Showing solidarity with Shiv Sena’s opponents
c. Making remarks against Bal Thackeray
d. Fraud during the elections
Karnataka chief justice PD Dinakaran is accused of illegally possessing a huge amount of government land. What is the measure of this possession?
a. 273.82 acres
b. 199.53 acres
c. 212 acres
d. 120.78 acres
What is the name of the cyclone that passed along the Mumbai and Konkan coasts, and claimed four lives in Maharashtra?
a. Nargis
b. Sidr
c. Phyan
d. Helen
Who is the American terror suspect on the basis of whose visits to India the government has warned certain states of attacks on their military academies?
a. Abu Salem
b. Salah Osman Ahmed
c. Robert Gibbs
d. David Headley
Who has been nominated as the head of US Agency for International Development (USAID) by US President Barak Obama?
a. Rajiv Shah
b. Sonal Shah
c. Sabeer Bhatia
d. Bobby Jindal
Who won the Firozabad Lok Sabha seat in the recently held by-elections?
a. Dimple Yadav
b. Raj Babbar
c. Jayaprada
d. Varun Gandhi
The Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointed by the Supreme Court to look into Gujarat riots of 2002, recorded statement of Rupa Modi whose son was missing since a Hindu right-wing mob attacked Gulberg Society and then declared dead by the police on expiry of seven years. Name the movie that has been made on the plight of Ms Modi’s family.
a. ‘Parzania’
b. ‘Firaaq’
c. ‘Wednesday’
d. ‘Black Friday’
Which state of India has been badly affected by torrential rains which have claimed many lives and displaced far more?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Nagaland
c. Manipur
d. Tamil Nadu
Which neighbouring country is going to seek duty-free access for some of its products to Indian markets?
a. Pakistan
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal
Which state chief minister has recently come under the scanner for having spent a staggering Rs 1.7 crore of taxpayer money to renovate his official bungalow?
a. Jharkhand
b. Bihar
c. Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh
Which world-renowned cricketer recently completed twenty years in international cricket?
a. Ricky Ponting
b. Shane Warne
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Rahul Dravid
Name the Chief of Defence Staff of Sri Lanka who as Army Chief led the war against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam who recently resigned from his post.
a. Sarath Fonseka
b. S Padmanabhan SS
c. PP Kumaramangalam
d. OS Dawson
Name the leader of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) party whom Maoist rebels had recently abducted in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand.
a. Prem Chandra Gupta
b. Subhash Prasad Yadav
c. Ram Deo Bhandari
d. Ramchandra Singh
David Coleman Headley arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States recently along with his accomplice for his alleged links with terrorist attack in which part of India?
a. Jaipur
b. Mumbai
c. Assam
d. Kashmir
One of India’s largest private sector steelmaker have recently courted controversy with their plan to invest Rs 19,500 crore in a steel plant across 5,000 acres for in Bedanji, in a remote rural expanse in Bastar in Chhatisgarh,for which ten villages have to be emptied. Name this famous steelmaker.
a. Steel Authority of India
b. Tata Steel
c. Hindustan Lever
d. Reliance Industries
Rahul Bhatt, who was recently in the news for his association with David Coleman Headley, is the son of which prominent film producer and director?
a. Mukesh Bhatt
b. Vikram Bhatt
c. Mahesh Bhatt
d. Rajesh Bhatt
The main accused in the fake judicial stamp paper case was recently sentenced to seven-year imprisonment each in two separate cases. Name the key accused.
a. Abdul Karim Telgi
b. Sunil kumar
c. Mohammad Moulali
d. Sajid Khan
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) was recently a target of suicide-bomber attack in which country?
a. Iraq
b. Afghanistan
c. Iran
d. Pakistan
Which latest Bollywood film posters have recently come under attack from the Shiv Sena on accounts of portrayal of semi-nudity?
a. ‘Tum Mile’
b. ‘Ajab Prem ki Ghazab Kahani’
c. ‘Kurbaan’
d. ‘Blue’

Answers

b. Tawang monastery
d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
a. Australia
c. GK Pillai
b. Maharashtra
c. 114
a. 20th
b. Ghaziabad
a. Andre Agassi
a. Jaipur
c. Making remarks against Bal Thackera
b. 199.53 acres
c. Phyan
d. David Headley

16. a. Rajiv Shah
17. b. Raj Babbar
18. a. ‘Parzania’
19. d. Tamil Nadu
20. c. Bangladesh
21. c. Karnataka
22. c. Sachin Tendulkar
23. a. Sarath Fonsenka
24. d. Ramachandra Singh
25. b. Mumbai
26. b. Tata Steel
27. c. Mahesh Bhatt
28. a. Abdul Karim Telgi
29. d. Pakistan
30. c. 'Kurbaan'

November 09, 2009

Who is being touted as the next chief information commissioner (CIC) to succeed Wajahat Habibullah, by various sections of civil society ranging from film stars like Aamir Khan to RTI activist Arvind Kejriwal?
a. Anna Hazare
b. Aruna Roy
c. Kiran Bedi
d. Medha Patkar
As per the latest data seven of eight north-eastern states are now below the national average income. However, there is one state where per capita income has remained above the national average in the last 15 years. Name this state.
a. Assam
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Meghalaya
d. Mizoram
Who won the New Delhi Half Marathon men’s title, which happened on November 1 and saw 30,000 participants turning out for the event?
a. Deriba Merga
b. Deepchand Sharan
c. Abhishek Bij
d. None of the above
Madhu Koda, the former chief minister of … has been indicted of illegal deals worth thousands of crore and is facing charges of disproportionate assets.
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Jharkhand
c. Uttarakhand
d. Bihar
Name the tennis player whose revelation that his father asked him to take drugs before a tournament has angered the World Anti-Doping Agency.
a. Andre Agassi
b. Mahesh Bhupati
c. Leander Paes
d. Roger Federer
Usain Bolt, known as the world’s fastest human, has adopted a 3-month-old cheetah cub and named it ‘Lightening Bolt’. He adopted the cub from an animal orphanage in ….
a. Kenya
b. Africa
c. Nairobi
d. Ethiopia
Which among these celebrities recently announced that he would be performing at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games?
a. Aamir Khan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Saif Ali Khan
d. Imraan Khan
A first-ever study of its kind says that the greenhouse gases emission of our cities is far lesser than richer nations. The worst among the cities that tops the list in India is ….
a. Jamshedpur
b. Gurgaon
c. Delhi
d. Patna
Heirs of … reggae legend Bob Marley have got into trademark wars as they try hard to gain the exclusive property rights of the artist who died of brain cancer at the age of 36 in 1981.
a. English
b. African
c. Jamaican
d. Kenyan
Low-cost air carrier Air Asia has made an announcement to extend its operations to Kochi, Trivandrum and Kolkata. Air Asia is based in ….
a. Singapore
b. Malaysia
c. Thailand
d. Bangkok
Who has China accused of sabotaging its ties with India?
a. Dalai Lama
b. SM Krishna
c. Yang Jiechi
d. None of the above
Who has demanded a government job after the person shot up to glory for having killed a terrorist?
a. Amiya Mirza
b. Hafiz Sayeed
c. Rukhsana Kausar
d. Pratim Khullar
Some political parties have come together in Sri Lanka to float a new front opposing corrupt and despotic Rajapaksa family rule. Who is leading the new front?
a. Sri Lanka Freedom Party
b. United National Party
c. Mahajana Eksath Peramuna
d. Up-Country People's Front
Czech President Vaclav Klaus signed the revised Lisbon Treaty with the European Union. How many member countries are there in the EU?
a. 23
b. 25
c. 30
d. 27
Six citizens of … were deported from Sri Lanka and detained in India for allegedly travelling on passports stolen from Goa.
a. Kazakhstan
b. Iran
c. Saudi Arabia
d. Uzbekistan
What is the name of the judge of Supreme Court who withdrew from hearing of gas dispute between the Ambani brothers citing daughter’s partnership in advisory firm?
a. RV Raveendran
b. GS Singhvi
c. KG Balakrishnan
d. Markandey Katju
Which head of a national trade union was detained by the Haryana police as he was heading towards Gurgaon where workers had been agitating for some months?
a. MK Pandhe, CITU
b. Rajendra Prasad Singh, INTUC
c. Girish Awathi, BMS
d. Gurudas Dasgupta, AITUC
Who will host the 2010 Oscars event along with Steve Martin?
a. Bill Mechanic
b. Adam Shankman
c. Alec Baldwin
d. Sandra Bullock
Name the India who has been selected by The European Molecular Biology Organization as one of the young researchers.
a. G Smitha
b. Joseph Diggory
c. M Madan Babu
d. Tapsi mukherjee
Where was the 5th ODI of the seven-match series of the Hero Honda Cup held?
a. Chennai
b. Hyderabad
c. Mumbai
d. Bangalore
Prabhash Joshi, veteran Hindi journalist and cricket fan, who passed away on November 5, had founded the newspaper ….
a. ‘Amar Ujala’
b. ‘Dainik Jagaran’
c. ‘Janasatta’
d. ‘Dainik Bhaskar’
Sachin Tendulkar has scored 17,168 runs in 435 matches, scoring 45 centuries. How many sixes has he scored, as of November 5?
a. 180
b. 181
c. 182
d. 183
“We are not terrorists. Don’t treat us like terrorists,” which Kashmiri made this comment recently?
a. Farooq Abdullah
b. Omar Abdullah
c. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
d. Mahbooba Mufti
“It is really very unacceptable that in the capital city of India, only about 60 per cent of sewage is being treated and that too on paper…” Who has criticised the Delhi Government for its apathy in sewage treatment?
a. Dr RK Pachauri, director-general, TERI
b. Jairam Ramesh, Union environment minister
c. Narendra Modi, chief minister, Gujarat
d. Kapil Sibal, Union HRD minister
This SP leader has now joined back the Congress. Name him/her.
a. Raj Babbar
b. Jaya Bachchan
c. Jayaprada
d. Nafisa Ali
Saying that the issue of Vande Mataram had been resolved 50 years ago, this person wonders why the issue is being reopened. Name him/her.
a. Shabana Azmi
b. Javed Akhtar
c. Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
d. Salman Khurshid
This historian and former UGC chairperson faces FIR for authoring a history textbook with objectionable references to religious icons. Name him/her.
a. Romila Thapar
b. KM Shrimali
c. Satish Chandra
d. Irfan Habib
Nitin Gadkari, who’s in the race for the post of BJP chief, is the state BJP chief of ….
a. Gujarat
b. Maharashtra
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Rajasthan
The 20 years of fall of Berlin wall is being celebrated these days. Which of the following cities was not in East Germany?
a. Liepzig
b. Dresden
c. Hamburg
d. Dessau
While Birlas have wide industry interests, they are entering this domain for the first time. Name this area.
a. Fashion
b. Hospitality
c. Sports
d. Entertainment

Answers

1. c. Kiran Bedi
2. d. Mizoram
3. a. Deriba Merga
4. b. Jharkhand
5. a. Andre Agassi
6. c. Nairobi
7. b. Shah Rukh Khan
8. d. Patna
9. c. Jamaican
10. b. Malaysia
11. a. Dalai Lama
12. c. Rukhsana Kausar
13. b. United National Party
14. d. 27
15. d. Uzbekistan

16. a. RV Raveendran
17. d. Gurudas Dasgupta, AITUC
18. c. Alec Baldwin
19. c. M Madan Babu
20. b. Hyderabad
21. a. Janasatta
22. b. 181
23. a. Farooq Abdullah
24. b. Jairam Ramesh, Union environment minister
25. d. Nafisa Ali
26. d. Salman Khurhid
27. c. Satish Chandra
28. b. Maharashtra
29. c. Hamburg
30. b. Hospitality

November 02, 2009

It seems that Commonwealth organising committee (OC) in India has been able bury the hatchet with CGF chief Michael Fennell, head of the parent body with … claiming recently that the OC has the backing of Fennell. Name the person who claimed so.

MS Gill
Mike Hooper
Suresh Kalmadi
Monty Panesar

This Asian country has set a new rule where the school students will be saluting the cars passing by on their way to and from school. Name this nation which thinks that this will teach the students courtesy and reduce the accidents.

Japan
China
Malaysia
Singapore

Which of these countries recently saw demonstrators protesting against the torching of Koran by western troopers.

Iran
Iraq
Afghanistan
Israel

Name this lady, younger sister of Raul and Fidel Castro who has said that she collaborated with the central intelligence agency in the United States against her brothers’ rule in Cuba. She went into exile in Miami.

Juanita
Maria
Gabrielle
Jean

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister will receive Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama in November. Name him.

Tarun Gogoi
Donkupor Roy
Dorjee Khandu
Pawan Chamling

In a shocking incident, recently, Rajdhani express that runs between … and … was hijacked by Maoists for five hours at Banstala, about 175 kms from Kolkata.

Mumbai, New Delhi
Bhubaneshwar, New Delhi
Patna, New Delhi
Chennai, New Delhi

Name this Hollywood horror flick that has been dubbed as a no-budget film and has been directed by a new director.

‘Amelia’
‘Paranormal Activity’
‘Halloween II’
None of the above

This surname was recently a butt of joke during Indian president’s visit to Britain. It also the second most popular surname in Britain after Singh. Which surname are we talking about?

Patil
Patel
Sharma
Verma

The trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China (RIC) that was held in October took place in ….

New Delhi
Mumbai
Chennai
Bangalore

Name this European shot put champion who went under doping charges and later had to go undergo sex change because of the effects of testosterone hormone abuse.

Andreas Krieger
Heidi Kruger
Tomasz Majewski
Alexander Bagach

In which city of Pakistan one of the deadliest bomb blast killed 90 people on the event of arrival of United States Secretary of state Hillary Clinton in the country?
a. Islamabad
b. Karachi
c. Peshawar
d. Lahore
Which legendary retired tennis player recently admitted in his autobiography to testing positive for hard drugs during his career?
a. Pete Sampras
b. Andre Agassi
c. John Mcenroe
d. Boris Becker
Name the famous Franco-Belgian comic series that recently turned fifty years old.
a. The Adventures of Asterix
b. The Adventures of Tintin
c. The Adventures of Nero
d. The Adventures of Adele Blanc-sec
Former Test match umpire …. best known to fans for his superstitious habit of standing on one leg when the score reached 111 or multiples such as 222, recently succumbed to cancer.
a. Steve Bucknor
b. Daryl Harper
c. David Shepherd
d. Simon Taufel
The movie ‘This is it’ recently released features the last eighty hours of videotape taken of … final days of rehearsals for a series of music concerts.
a. Elvis Presley
b. Michael Jackson
c. Stephen Gately
d. Kurt Cobain
In which city an Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) depot recently caught fire killing five people and injuring over 100 people?
a. Chandigarh
b. Digboi
c. Jaipur
d. Hissar
Which television channel was recently pulled up by the Information and Broadcasting ministry for negative portrayal of a district magistrate in one its soaps?
a. Sony
b. Star Plus
c. Zee
d. Colors
The government of India is contemplating approaching the apex court for fast disposal of cases against this veteran Indian artist, who is on self-imposed exile. Name the artist.
a. Amrita Shergill
b. M F Husain
c. Anjolie Ela Menon
d. Tyeb Mehta
To address serious security concerns, the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to ban pre-paid mobile phone connections in this state. Name the state.
a. Assam
b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Rajasthan
d. Orissa
Which airline having recently suspended a pilot and flight purser for a mid-air scuffle has now filed a charge sheet against all four crewmembers involved?
a. Jet
b. Spicejet
c. Kingfisher
d. Air India
In which troubled state has the Union government banned pre-paid mobile connections as they are prone to misuse?
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Jharkhand
c. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Sikkim
Why has painter-activist MF Hussain has made news recently?
a. He has come back to India
b. The RSS has declared that it will not allow him to be back in any circumstance
c. Government is asking the Supreme Court for fast disposal of cases against him
d. The Supreme Court is moving fast on disposal of the cases
By-elections in Uttar Pradesh will take place on November 7, 2009. Who is the Congress candidate for Firozabad parliamentary constituency?
a. Rahul Gandhi
b. Raj Babbar
c. Pramod Tiwari
b. Rita Bahuguna Joshi
Which Indian Chief Minister has tested positive of swine flu?
a. Neiphiu Rio, Nagaland
b. Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh
c. BS Yeddyurappa, Karnataka
d. Narendra Modi, Gujarat
Where will the new Kerala University of Medical and Allied Science come up?
a. Thrissur
b. Kasargod
c. Idduki
d. Alappuzha

Answers

c. Suresh Kalmadi
b. China
c. Afghanistan
a. Juanita
c. Dorjee Khandu
b. Bhubaneshwar, New Delhi
b. ‘Paranormal Activity’
b. Patel
d. Bangalore
b. Heidi Kruger
c. Peshawar
b. Andre Agassi
a. The Adventures in Asterix

c. David Shepherd
b. Michael Jackson
c. Jaipur
d. Colors
b. M F Husain
b. Jammu and Kashmir
d. Air India
c. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Government is asking the Supreme Court for fast disposal of cases against him
b. Raj Babbar
d. Narendra Modi, Gujarat
a. Thrissur

Oct 09

According to the Prime Ministers Economic Advisory Council, the GDP will grow by … per cent in the financial year ending March 2010.
a. 5.0
b. 5.5
c. 6.0
d. 6.5
A Hollywood film based on the relationship between Nehru and Edwina Mountbatten has been dumped, on account of financial constraints. What was it called?
a. Delhi summer
b. Indian Summer
c. Heat and Dust - II
d. The Saga of 1947
UK’s ‘Esquire magazine’ has labeled this Indian the world’s worst-dressed man.
a. Salman Khan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Akshay Kumar
d. Amitabh Bachchan
This multifaceted Bollywood personality performed for popular band Parikrama.
a. Himesh Reshammiah
b. Prasoon Joshi
c. Arjun rampal
d. Farhan Akhtar
This personality received Dada Saheb Phalke Puraskar from the President on October 21.
a. Bhupen Hazarika
b. Manna Dey
c. Shashi Kapoor
d. AK Hangal
Ranjan Das, who died recently of heart attack, was CEO of… (Indian Subcontinent).
a. SAP
b. Microsoft
c. Adidas
d. LG
This politician’s name will now figure in an Indian lexicon. Name him/her.
a. Narendra Modi
b. Mayawati
c. Lalu Yadav
d. Lal Krishna Advani
The European Space Agency is conducting a simulation exercise of mission to Mars, for which it is inviting applications from interested candidates in the age group 20 to 50, with height less than 185 cms. What is the duration of the mission?
a. 365 days
b. 400 days
c. 520 days
d. 1,000 days
Where will the Winter Olympics 2010 be held?
a. Vancouver
b. Chicago
c. Moscow
d. Oslo
Shah Mehmood Qureshi is in trouble in Pakistan after it emerged that his son is working with US legislator John Kerry, co-author of the controversial legislation pertaining to financial aid to Pakistan. He is Pakistan’s ….
a. Interior minister
b. Foreign minister
c. Finance minister
d. Defence minister
Which international footballer playing for club Real Madrid is set to take over David Bekham as the world’s richest football player. He is set to become the game’s first billionaire pocketing £ 16,000 a minute.
a. Kaka
b. Raul
c. Cristiano Ronaldo
d. Wayne Rooney
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh, while meeting with his Japanese counterpart Sakihito Ozawa, recently announced that India and Japan have decided to set up a new Indian Institute of technology. Name the proposed location.
a. Chandigarh
b. Hyderabad
c. Kolkata
d. Chennai
Name the world formula one champion who became Britain's 10th Formula One world champion recently, following in the footsteps of the likes of Hill, Sir Jackie Stewart and Lewis Hamilton, by finishing fifth in a thrilling Brazilian Grand Prix.
a. Rubens Barichello
b. Fernando Alonso
c. Kimi Raikkonen
d. Jenson Button
After the much talked about detention of actor Shah Rukh Khan at a US airpot, which BJP Lok sabha member from Bihar was unable to get a visa to the US to participate in the 64th session of the UN General Assembly?
a. Ali Anwar Ansari
b. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
c. Afzal Ansari
d. Omar Abdullah
A lock of this famous American singer’s hair was recently auctioned for $18,300. Also know as the ‘King of rock ‘n’ roll’ continues to attract the highest bids at auctions of memorabilia three decades after this death.
a. Jimi Hendrix
b. Jim Morrison
c. Elvis Presley
d. Billy Joel
In which Pakistan city did twin blasts kill 136 people?
a. Karachi
b. Baghdad
c. Muscat
d. Cairo
Which famous author has asked the government and the establishment to hold talks with the Maoists “unconditionally”?
a. Amitav Ghosh
b. Kiran Desai
c. Tarun Tejpal
d. Arundhati Roy
Which corporate hospital came under fire when nine people lost their eyesight following a free eye check-up and subsequent surgery?
a. Max
b. Bollineni Eye Hospital and Research Centre
c. Fortis Healthcare
d. Sankara Netralaya
Who has become the chief minister of Haryana after recent Assembly elections?
a. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
b. Jagannath Pahadia
c. Prithviraj Chavan
d. BK Hariprasad
Who is the new chairperson of the Indian Space research Organisation (ISRO)?
a. MK Narayanan
b. Yashpal
c. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan
d. None of the above

Answers

1. d. 6.5
2. b. Indian Summer
3. c. Akshay Kumar
4. d. Farhan Akhtar
5. b. Manna Dey
6. a. SAP
7. a. Narendra Modi
8. c. 520 days
9. a. Vancouver
10. b. foreign minister

11.c. Cristiano Ronaldo
12. b. Hyderabad
13. d. Jenson Button
14. b. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
15. c. Elvis Presley
16. b. Baghdad
17. d. Arundhati Roy
18. b. Bollineni Eye Hospital and Research Centre
19. a. Bhupinder Singh Hooda
20. c. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

October 20, 2009

The embarkation points for Haj pilgrims have been increased to 19 in India. Which are the two new places added?
a. Ranchi and Mangalore
b. Patna and Gowahati
c. Aurangabad and Bangalore
d. Thane and Panaji
What is the colour of glove worn by pop legend Michael Jackson which was sold for $66,000 at an auction?
a. Pink
b. Black
c. White
d. Off-white
What is the amount that the Indian government has given to Sri Lanka for rehabilitation of Tamils who have been displaced by the civil war there?
a. Rs 600 cr
b. Rs 350 cr
c. Rs 450 cr
d. Rs 500 cr
In a recent decision by the HRD ministry, from now on the IIM directors will be chosen through an independent collegium. The strength of the board will be not more than….
a. 12
b. 13
c. 10
d. 11
Along with Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Sigh, which actor has been named in a case of corruption filed in Lucknow?
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Salman Khan
c. Md Azharuddin
d. Sanjay Dutt
G Madhavan Nair, eminent scientist who has been behind most of the recent successful space missions of India, is due to retire from his position by month-end. He is the chairman of ….
a. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre ( BARC )
b. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
c. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
d. None of the above
The Supreme Court of which country came into existence recently?
a. Australia
b. France
c. The United Kingdom
d. Brazil
In which state did more than 30 people died owing to fire in a cracker godown?
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Sikkim
d. Jharkhand
At which place in Goa did the Hindu fundamentalist organisation Sanathan Sangsthan planned a major bomb-blast?
a. Mapusa
b. Panaji
c. Quepem
d. Margao
Which island country’s government held world’s first ever underwater cabinet meeting to draw world’s attention towards climate change?
a. Maldives
b. Jamaica
c. Trinidad and Tobago
d. Malta
Amidst match fixing allegations, which cricket team captain recently handed in his resignation?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. South Africa
d. Australia
One of country’s premier business school Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) recently announced the set up of its fifth institute. Where is this campus going to be located?
a. New Delhi
b. Chennai
c. Chandigarh
d. Mangalore
Name the two nuclear-capable, medium range surface-to-surface missiles that were recently successfully test-fired by the armed forces from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur.
a. Agni II
b. Akash II
c. Ghauri II
d. Prithvi II
Who has recently been named as the Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal?
a. Girija Prasad Koirala
b. Manisha Koirala
c. Sujata Koirala
d. Shekhar Koirala
Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, believed to be the mastermind behind last year’s November 26 Mumbai terror attack, was recently let off by the Lahore High Court. Of which organisation is he the founder?
a. Lashkar-e-Tayyeba
b. Al-Qaida
c. Harkatul Mujahideen
d. Al-Badr
This line is a line agreed to by British India and Tibet as part of Simla Accord, a treaty signed in 1914. Although its legal status is disputed, it is the effective boundary between China and India. Name this line.
a. Line of Control
b. McMahon Line
c. Radcliffe Line
d. Wagah Border
Many migratory birds like Northern Pintails and Flamingos come from Yakut in Siberia to Orissa. Which water body of Orissa is their favourite destination?
a. Subarnarekha Copenhegan
b. Chilika
c. Barehipani
d. Hirakud
The shipbreaking yards of Alang has recently been hit by a controversy regarding anchoring of an allegedly contaminated ship from the US. Name the controversial French warship that was headed for Alang but was returned to France after being denied access in 2006.
a. Arrogante
b. Galissonnière
c. Bouledogue
d. Clemenceau
Mother’s Teresa’s remain is recently being claimed by her native country. She left home at 18 and joined the Sisters of Loreto, arriving in India in 1931. Name the country she was born in.
a. Algeria
b. Athens
c. Albania
d. Andorra
A previously unknown painting titled ‘Young Girl in Profile in Renaissance Dress’, believed to be painted by a famous renaissance painter, was recently discovered through a fingerprint on the painting. Name the painter.
a. Titian
b. Georgione
c. Rembrandt
d. Leonardo da Vinci
This city will host the final match of 2011 World Cup. Name it.
a. Delhi
b. Mumbai
c. Bangalore
d. Calcutta
In the recent barrage between India and China, which comment was not made?
a. We have not said anything against their military activities in Tibet. They should say nothing when we build defence capabilities in our areas: Air Marshal PK Barbora
b. Chinese workers can come to India only on employment visas, no more on business visas: Home Minister P Chidambaram
c. We are glad to witness the smooth progress of a number of major cooperative projects under the joint efforts of both sides (China and Pakistan): Chinese President Hu Jintao
d. Worries of China and Pakistan joining hands in Kashmir are ill-founded: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
A UN-backed Tsunami warning exercise was recently conducted, kicking off in Indonesia. How many nations were a part of it?
a. 10
b. 13
c. 15
d. 18
This leader is set to lose his/her front row seat in Lok Sabha.
a. Jaswant Singh
b. Yashwant Sinha
c. Renuka Chowdhary
d. Lalu Yadav
What rank does India occupy in the Global Hunger Index, 2009?
a. 55th
b. 60th
c. 65th
d. 70th
Name the person who has been appointed director of cricket operations of the National Cricket Academy.
a. Karsan Ghavri
b. Sandeep Patil
c. Madan Lal
d. Mohinder Amarnath
Who is the author of the recently-released ‘Nine Lives’?
a. Mark Tully
b. Gurcharan Das
c. William Dalrymple
d. Dr Karan Singh
At the couture week, this person is set to bring together top stars of the industry on the ramp for his charity, Being Human. Name him.
a. Shah Rukh Khan
b. Salman Khan
c. Aamir Khan
d. Saif Ali Khan
This person was recently honoured as the Asian Filmmaker of the Year at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea. Name him.
a. Karan Johar
b. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
c. Vishal Bharadwaj
d. Yash Chopra
India has inked a pact with this Latin American country in civilian nuclear cooperation.
a. Argentina
b. Brazil
c. Chile
d. Peru

Answers

1. a. Ranchi and Mangalore
2. c. White
3. d. Rs 500 cr
4. b. 13
5. a. Amitabh Bachchan
6. b. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
7. c. The United Kingdom
8. b. Tamil Nadu
9. d. Margao
10. a. Maldives
11. b. Pakistan
12. c. Chandigarh
13. d. Prithvi II
14. c. Sujata Koirala
15. a. Lashkar-e-Tayyeba
16. b. McMahon line

17. b. Chilika
18. d. Clemenceau
19. c. Albania
20. d. Leonardo da Vinci
21. b. Mumbai
22. d. Worries of China and Pakistan joining hands in Kashmir are ill-founded: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari
23. d. 18
24. a. Jaswant Singh
25. c. 65th
26. b. Sandeep Patil
27. c. William Dalrymple
28. b. Salman Khan
29. d. Yash Chopra
30. a. Argentina

October 09, 2009

Three Americans - Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle, 85, and George E. Smith - were honoured for their research for developing fibre-optic cable and the sensor that has been an important development for digital cameras with the 2009 Nobel Prize in ….
a. Chemistry
b. Literature
c. Physics
d. Peace
Pakistan lost to Australia in the Champions Trophy following which the parliamentary committee on sports summoned chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), team captain and coach on allegations of deliberate under performance. Name the chief of PCB.
a. Intikhab Alam
b. Ejaz Butt
c. Younus Khan
d. Jamshed Khan Dasti
The armed forces have rescued a large number of people in Andhra Pradesh and where floods have wrecked havoc. Name the other southern state/s facing similar situation.
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Tamil Nadu and Kerala
A contempt notice was issued against Atul Kumar Gupta, UP chief secretary, for not following the court order to stop all construction at the memorial sites in which of these cities?
a. Varanasi
b. Kanpur
c. Allahabad
d. Lucknow
Maoists in … state beheaded a police inspector who was abducted by the naxals demanding release of three of their arrested leaders in exchange for him.
a. Jharkhand
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Chhattisgarh
d. Bihar
It is for the first time two women have been among the winners of the coveted Nobel Prize in the field of …. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider have shared the prize along with Jack W. Szostak for discovering a significant mechanism in the genetic operation of cells that can lead to new research in cancer.
a. Physics
b. Medicine
c. Chemistry
d. None of the above
This chief justice of the High Court in a southern state has corruption charges against him. Which state are we talking about?
a. Kerala
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Tamil Nadu
Steel baron LN Mittal threatened to pull out of two Indian states where the world’s largest steel maker has $20 billion project. Which are these two states?
a. Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan
b. Bihar and Jharkhand
c. Madhya Pradesh and Orissa
d. Orissa and Jharkhand
As per news reports West Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee has an FIR lodged against him on charges of hurting religious sentiments on Sethusamudram during a speech delivered in 2007. The work on the Sethusamudram ship channel was started by the government in ….
a. 2005
b. 2007
c. 2008
d. 2009
India’s apex court, the Supreme Court recently moved the Delhi High Court challenging its order that the office of … came within the realm of the RTI Act.
a. Comptroller and Auditor General
b. Chief Justice of India
c. Central Information Commission
d. Planning Commission
The Kerry-Lugar Bill in the US has highly perturbed the political establishment of this country. Name it.
a. Pakistan
b. Afghanistan
c. Iran
d. Israel
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, who has won Nobel Prize for Chemistry, is an alumnus of…
a. University of Mysore
b. University of Madras, Chennai
c. Andhra University
d. Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
India is looking at nuclear energy tie-ups with…
a. Oman
b. UAE
c. Israel
d. Kenya
A series of irrigation projects started by departed Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy have been blamed for the recent floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, as a case of human folly. Name these projects.
a. Jalaratna
b. Jalavahini
c. Jalayagnam
d. Jalatarangini
This sportswoman has severely criticised the Indian sports establishment for shoddy treatment to her.
a. Anju Bobby George
b. PT Usha
c. Karnam Malleswari
d. Kunjarani Devi
British novelist Hillary Mantel’s novel ‘Wolf Hall’ has won the Man Booker Prize. It’s set in the times of…
a. Queen Victoria
b. Henry VIII
c. Queen Elizabeth I
d. Queen Elizabeth II
Herta Mueller, who has won the Nobel Prize for literature, suffered Communist dictatorship in…
a. Romania
b. Poland
c. Czech Republic
d. Russia
Naxals on October 8 killed 17 policemen in Gadchiroli district, which is in…
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Maharashtra
How many teams are there from South Africa in the Champions League?
a. One
b. Two
c. Three
d. Four
This university occupies the top slot in the Times Higher Education ranking.
a. Harvard
b. Oxford
c. Cambridge
d. Yale
US president Barrack Obama won the Nobel Peace prize for the year 2009. Which former US president won the peace prize in the year 2002?
a. John F. Kennedy
b. George W. Bush
c. Jimmy Carter
d. Richard Nixon
Which popular sport has recently been approved as an Olympic sport?
a. Ice hockey
b. Golf
c. Baseball
d. Cricket
One of the world’s largest cattle fair is held in this sacred place for Hindus, with 400 temples of which the most important is dedicated to Lord Brahma - the creator of the universe. Name the place.
a. Varanasi
b. Badrinath
c. Vrindavan
d. Pushkar
Which famous Indian personality was nominated five times for the Nobel peace prize but was never awarded the prize?
a. Mother Teresa
b. Rabindranath Tagore
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Jawaharlal Nehru
Name the high court chief justice who is facing an inquiry into allegations of illegally amassing huge tracts of land and whose elevation to the Supreme Court triggered the local bar to ask him not to attend court proceedings till he was cleared of the charges.
a. PD Dinakaran
b. KG Balakrishnan
c. YK Sabharwal
d. VN Khare
Which group has claimed responsibility for the recent attack on the Pakistan Army's Headquarters in Rawalpind?
a. Tehreek-e-Taliban
b. Al-Qaida
c. Harakat ul-Mujahidin
d. Jaish-e-Mohammed
The former chief minister of which state has recently been charged by the Enforcement Directorate under Prevention of Money Laundering Act for allegedly amassing assets running into several hundred crores?
a. Chattisgarh
b. Bihar
c. Jharkhand
d. Orrisa
Stephen Gately, member of a very popular Irish boyband recently passed away at the age of 33. Name the popular band.
a. Backstreet Boys
b. Westlife
c. Maroon 5
d. Boyzone
Name this state which went for assembly polls on October 13 along with Arunachal Pradesh and Maharashtra.
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Haryana
c. Karnataka
d. Assam
Matthew Hoggard, the former … bowler has been in news for being upset after Yorkshire refused to renew his contract for monetary reasons.
a. Australian
b. New Zealand
c. England
d. Zimbabwe

Answers

1. c. Physics
2. b. Ejaz Butt
3. a. Karnataka
4. d. Lucknow
5. a. Jharkhand
6. b. Medicine
7. c. Karnataka
8. d. Orissa and Jharkhand
9. a. 2005
10. b. Chief Justice of India
11. a. Pakistan
12. d. Maharaja Sayajirao University, Vadodara
13. b. UAE
14. c. Jalayagnam
15. b. PT Usha

16. b. Henry VIII
17. a. Romania
18. d. Maharashtra
19. b. Two
20. a. Harvard
21. c. Jimmy Carter
22. b. Golf
23. d. Pushkar
24. c. Mahatma Gandhi
25. a. P D Dinakaran
26. a. Tehreek-e-Taliban
27. c. Jharkhand
28. d. Boyzone
29. b. Haryana
30. c. England

October 02, 2009

Which institution turned 50 on October 2 this year?
a. Khadi Gramodyog
b. Panchayati Raj
c. Akashvani
d. Doordarshan
This person has been felicitated with Sawai Jaipur Decoration. Name him.
a. Manoj Vajpayee
b. Rajyavardhan Rathore
c. Irrfan Khan
d. MS Dhoni
This cricketer has been named the ICC test cricketer of the year. Name him.
a. Gautam Gambhir
b. Mitchell Johnson
c. Tillakaratne Dilshan
d. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Which cricketer has been named the ICC ODI cricketer of the year?
a. Harbhajan Singh
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Gautam Gambhir
d. Sachin Tendulkar
In the ICC honours, which country has bagged the Spirit of Cricket Award?
a. India
b. Pakistan
c. Australia
d. New Zealand
Hundreds of fossilized dinosaur eggs have been found in this state. Which state are we talking about?
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Maharashtra
This structure lit up red and yellow in honour of China’s 60 years of independence. Name it.
a. 10, Downing Street, London
b. Empire State Building, New York
c. Eiffel Tower, Paris
d. Opera House
This art form has been recently included as part of world’s “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO. Name it.
a. Bhangra
b. Bihu
c. Shaolin Kungfu
d. Tango
JK Rowling was denied a top Government honour from this country on the grounds that she promoted sorcery, according to a recently-released book. Which country denied her the honour?
a. The US
b. The UK
c. Germany
d. Australia
This city recently hosted world leaders in their bid for the 2016 Olympics. Which city are we talking about?
a. Madrid
b. Atlanta
c. Copenhagen
d. New York
According to a probe in UP and MP, in the utilization of funds for NREGA funds, as much as … per cent of funds have been siphoned off.
a. 25
b. 30
c. 35
d. 40
This personality had a nasty welcome when a student journalist threw a shoe at him/her.
a. IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
b. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
c. Former US President Bill Clinton
d. Former US President George Bush
This country got its first Supreme Court on October 1, this year.
a. Sri Lanka
b. New Zealand
c. Kenya
d. The UK
Oscar-award winning director Roman Polanski was recently arrested on charges of rape of a minor girl three decades ago. In which country was he arrested?
a. France
b. Poland
c. Switzerland
d. The US
This favourite comic character will be back after 80 years, with a new collection of stories.
a. Donald Duck
b. Winnie the Pooh
c. Mickey Mouse
d. None of these
Which country recently test fired long-range missiles including a solid fuelled weapon, which can target several destinations in the region?
a. Iraq
b. Israel
c. Iran
d. India
3500 doctors in this state put in their papers recently demanding parity of pay between doctors of the department of medical education and department of health and family welfare. Name the state.
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerela
c. Karnataka
d. Andhra Pradesh
The infamous Bofors case led to Congress’s Defeat in the 1989 Lok Sobha polls. The government has recently decided to drop proceedings against the key accused. Name him.
a. Gopichand
b. Ottavio Quattrocchi
c. SK Bhatnagar
d. Hinduja brothers
Spain’s two-time Formula One world champion Feranando Alonso has signed a five-year contract worth 25 million euros a season with which formula one team?
a. McLaren
b. Ferrari
c. Renault
d. Force India
Alberto Fujimori, former president of …. was recently convicted and sentences to six years in prison for wiretapping opponents and paying bribes to lawmakers and publishers during his rule from 1990 to 2000.
a. Peru
b. Brazil
c. Argentina
d. Spain

Answers

1. b. Panchayati Raj
2. c. Irrfan Khan
3. a. Gautam Gambhir
4. b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
5. d. New Zealand
6. c. Tamil Nadu
7. b. Empire State Building, New York
8. d. Tango
9. a. The US
10. c. Copenhagen

11. d. 40
12. a. IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn
13. d. The UK
14. c. Switzerland
15. b. Winnie the Pooh
16. c. Iran
17. c. Karnataka
18. b. Ottavio Quattrocchi
19. b. Ferrari
20. a. Peru

Sept 09

Name the founder leader of the Jamat-ud-Dawa/Lashkar-e-Taiba who is under confinement in his house in Lahore, Pakistan.
a. Ustadz Muktar
b. Hafiz Saeed
c. Chongthang Zou
d. Baitullah Mehsud
… was launched on September 23 to help identify the prospective fishing zones and facilitate costal zone study.
a. Chandrayaan
b. RISAT
c. Oceansat-2
d. Bhaskara-II Satellite
Name this country, which recently witnessed an earthquake of a 6.3 magnitude.
a. Bhutan
b. China
c. Burma
d. Nepal
This scientist is at the forefront of the ongoing controversy on the failure of the 1998 thermonuclear test. Name him.
a. MK Narayanan
b. APJ Abdul Kalam
c. K Santhanam
d. T Ramasami
One million Cubans reportedly gathered for a humungous concert that was held with an aim to unite the natives and expatriates from the diaspora. Name the venue.
a. Santa Clara
b. Matanzas
c. Cardenas
d. Havana
Who is this ex-Prime Minister of France who recently went on trial on charges of plotting against Nicolas Sarkozy?
a. Dominique de Villepin
b. Charles Duclerc
c. Louis Barthou
d. None of the above
Name the Indian-made stealth warship that the Navy will induct by November.
a. INS Viraat
b. INS Shivalik
c. INS Prabal
d. INS Brahmaputra
As per a report from the ministry of urban poverty alleviation which state is home to the largest number of urban poor?
a. Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Chennai
d. Mumbai
Nalini Sriharan, who is serving life imprisonment for her role in the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gansdhi has gone on an indefinite strike asking for early release. Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in the year…
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1992
d. 1989
Name this Hollywood star whose three-year-old daughter has a wardrobe full of designer clothes worth $3 million.
a. Hugh Jackman
b. Hugh Grant
c. Tom Cruise
d. Brad Pitt
The PSLV recently put Oceansat-2 in orbit recently, along with six foreign nano satellites. For ISRO, this was a spectacular moment as it successfully sent 15th PSLV in a row, the first one being in ….
a. 1990
b. 1991
c. 1992
d. 1993
This personality has appreciated India’s efforts at reducing per capita carbon emission.
a. Barack Obama, US President
b. Bill Clinton, former US President
c. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
d. Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State
President Pratibha Patil’s son Rajendra Shekhawat has got Congress ticket from … to contest the assembly elections in Maharashtra.
a. Nashik
b. Amravati
c. Pune
d. Igatpuri
This person, at the retrospective of his/her films in Johannesburg, said it was unfair to equate Islam with terrorism. Name him/her.
a. Dilip Kumar
b. Naseeruddin Shah
c. Shabana Azmi
d. Waheeda Rehman
Twenty persons were killed at an under-construction thermal power plant in Chhattisgarh. With which country’s technical help is it being constructed?
a. China
b. Japan
c. South Korea
d. Germany
This cricket team’s coach’s suggestion, contained in a dossier, that players should have sex for better performance, has left the team quite abashed. Which cricket team is this?
a. Pakistan
b. India
c. Bangladesh
d. Sri Lanka
A joint drill that India was to host with this country has been called off. Which country are we talking about?
a. The US
b. The UK
c. Russia
d. China
Ramesh Chandra Tripathi created a world record along with two Britons, when he jumped off a helicopter at a height of 6000 meter and landed at Gorak Shep, at the height of 5, 167 m. Which organization does he represent?
a. Indian Army
b. Indian Navy
c. Indian Air Force
d. Border Security Force
The municipal corporation of this Indian city has earned Rs 26 crore in carbon credits for closing a dumping ground in a scientific manner. Which city are we talking about?
b. Mumbai
c. Delhi
d. Surat
e. Bangalore
Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar has urged that the Parliament House needs conservation efforts. In which year did the parliament House open?
a. 1919
b. 1921
c. 1925
d. 1927
Following the example of Jet airways pilot’s agitation, which airline pilots recently went on a mass strike?
a. Kingfisher airline
b. Indigo airline
c. Indian Airline
d. Air India
Which city in the USA is the G20 summit, 2009 being held in?
a. Washington
b. Pittsburgh
c. Los Angeles
c. Boston
Name the US Ambassador, nominated by President Barack Obama as the 21st US Ambassador to India who recently visited India.
a. Henry F Grady
b. Chester Bowles
c. Timothy J Roemer
d. George V Allen
Name the first Israeli Prime Minister ever to on a trial on charges of corruption.
a. Ehud Olmert
b. Ehud Barak
c. Shimon Peres
d. Ariel Sharon
Name the elusive tribal leader arrested recently by policemen posing as journalists. He has been spearheading an agitation since November last year against alleged police excesses in West Midnapore’s troubled Lalgarh area.
a. Himadri Sen Roy
b. Chhatradhar Mahato
c. Mallojula Koteswara Rao
d. Ranjit Pal
Name the NRI businessman, an alleged Dawood Ibrahim aide, accused by the US of funding terrorist activities. He has recently been booked by the Enforcement Directorate for running an alleged hawala operation, running into over Rs 5,000 crore.
a. Naresh Chandra Jain
b. Mahesh Patel
c. Kirti Joshi
d. Salim Golawala
Which is the first country from south-asia to declare support for the draft principles and guidelines published by UNHRC for “effective elimination of discrimination based on work and descent” – the UN terminology for caste inequities?
a. India
b. Sri Lanka
c. Bangaladesh
d. Nepal
Name the congress minister recently booked in connection with the murder of BJP activist Sidramappa Patil at an election rally at Shegaon in Akklkot assembly constituency of Solapur district.
a. Patangrao Kadam
b. Siddharam Mhetre
c. Prithviraj Deshmukh
d. Sada Sarvankar
Who won the recently held second annual formula one night race, the Singapore Grand prix?
a. Timo Glock
b. Fernando Alonso
c. Lewis Hamilton
d. Nelson Piquet Jr
Which organisation has taken the credit for detecting water on the lunar surface as early as June, 2009?
a. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
b. National Aerospace Laboratories
c. International Research Organisation
d. Indian Space and Research Organisation

Answers

1. b. Hafiz Saeed
2. c. Oceansat-2
3. a. Bhutan
4. c. K Santhanam
5. d. Havana
6. a. Dominique de Villepin
7. b. INS Shivalik
8. d. Mumbai
9. b. 1991
10. c. Tom Cruise
11. d. 1993
12. c. Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General
13. b. Amravati
14. c. Shabana Azmi
15. a. China

16. b. India
17. d. China
18. c. Indian Air Force
19. a. Mumbai
20. d. 1927
21. d. Air India
22. b. Pittsburgh
23. c. Timothy J Roemer
24. a. Ehud Olmert
25. b. Chhatradhar Mahato
26. a. Naresh Chandra Jain
27. d. Nepal
28. b. Siddharam Mhetre
29. c. Lewis Hamilton
30. d. Indian Space and Research Organisation

Part-2

As per news reports, the United States is circulating a draft UN Security Council resolution asking for all Indian nuclear facilities to be kept under international safeguards and not only those that have been declared “civilian” under the July … Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2005
d. 2002
Name the surprise winner of the 2009 men’s singles winner at the US Open who defeated top-ranked Swiss tennis player Roger Federer.
a. Rafael Nadal
b. Mark Knowles
c. Leander Paes
d. Juan Martin del Potro
The medical college doctors in Kerala are agitated despite the government announcing a revised pay package. Name the health minister of Kerala.
a. PK Sreemathy
b. B Sriramulu
c. Sambani Chandrasekhar
d. None of the above
There has been a fare cut announcement by the airlines following Jet Airways’ fare cut to make up for the Rs 200 crore loss it incurred due to the strike called by the pilots. The Jet Airways has brought down the prices for five days by …
a. 20 per cent
b. 30 per cent
c. 40 per cent
d. 50 per cent
The organising committee head of the Commonwealth Games was recently summoned by the union sports minister to assess the preparations for the 2010 Games. Name the head of the organising committee.
a. MS Gill
b. Suresh Kalmadi
c. Kapil Dev
d. Sharad Pawar
India has signed a civil nuclear agreement with Mangolia for the supply of uranium. Four other pacts were also inked between Indian external affairs minister … and his Mangolian counterpart Sukhbaataryn Batbold.
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. P Chidambaram
c. SM Krishna
d. AK Antony
Tributes were paid to this late … chief minister CN Annadurai at the year long birth centenary celebrations at Madras University in Chennai for his artistic and literary contributions apart from creating a political history of the state.
a. Karnataka
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu
Mek Wok Kundor, a Malaysian, was in news recently after she was said to be looking for her 23rd husband because of insecurity regarding her current husband. How old is Kundor?
a. 100 years
b. 200 years
c. 107 years
d. 110 years
India won the Compaq ODI tournament in … defeating Sri Lanka by 46 runs in the final match.
a. New Delhi
b. Colombo
c. London
d. Canberra
With which nation did India recently signed the mutual legal assistance agreement so as to improve the effectiveness of law enforcement agencies of both the countries.
a. China
b. Hong Kong
c. Japan
d. Singapore
A major sporting event has been cancelleddue to the country’s lack of preparation. Which event is this?
a. Swimming World Cup
b. Athletics World Cup
c. Pistol and Rifle World Cup
d. Archery World Cup
These two political leaders have got by-poll shock, in the contests for assembly seats in their states. Name them.
a. Sheila Dikshit and Nitish Kumar
b. Sheila Dikshit and Narendra Modi
c. Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar
d. Nitish Kumar and Ashok Gehlot
“The time to be anti-India is over.” Which personality has said this?
a. Pervez Musharraf, former President, Pakistan
b. Asif Ali Zardari, President, Pakistan
c. Yousuf Raza Geelani, Pakistan Prime Minister
d. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairperson, All Parties Hurriyat Conference
“I am holding it in my hands and I am still alive.” This person provoked strong protests when he picked up the toxic waste lying around Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, to prove the point that it was time to move on.
a. Jairam Ramesh, Union minister of state for environment and forests
b. Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh chief minister
c. Anand Sharma, Union minister for commerce and industries
d. None of these
Scholar Meenakshi Mukherjee died enroute to Delhi, where she was to launch her new book on historian…
a. DD Kausambi
b. RC Dutt
c. RC Majumdar
d. Irfan habib
The Maharashtra government has cancelled an SEZ project in view of the assembly elections in the state. Which industrial house was developing the SEZ?
a. Videocon
b. LG
c. Dabur
d. Hero Honda
CRPF’s Special Director General Vijay Raman is in news these days. Why?
a. He has been chosen as head of the Task Force against Naxals.
b. He was involved in the fake encounter in Gujarat that killed Ishrat Bano.
c. His name has been selected for deputation to the UN operations in Afghanistan.
d. He has launched an NGO, Prahar, for children orphaned in Jammu & Kashmir.
Indian students will be part of the delegation for negotiations on climate change, which will take place in…
a. Cape Town. South Africa
b. Beijing, China
c. Madrid, Spain
d. Copenhagen, Denmark
This state has banned foreign trips and made economy class travel mandatory till June 2010. Which state is this?
a. Rajasthan
b. Haryana
c. Punjab
d. Himachal Pradesh
This state is planning to start 64 model schools on the lines of Kendriya Vidyalayas.
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Tamil nadu
c. Karnataka
d. Kerala
For the first time since banning of the Lashkar by the Musharraf regime in 2002, Pakistan has invoked its anti-terrorism law by booking the founder-leader of the Lashkar-e-Taiba/Jamat-ud-Dawah. Name the militant group’s leader.
a. Baitullah Mehsud
b. Maulvi Fazlullah
c. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
d. Wali Muhamma
Name India’s first non-stop air-conditioned express train flagged off recently between two metro cities.
e. Duronto Express
f. Dakshin Express
g. Deccan Express
h. Duplicate Express
Name the Indian-American, who has recently been appointed as in-charge of advanced research in the field of energy by U.S. President Barack Obama. It is one of the key posts in his administration.
a. Preeta Bansal
b. Vivek Kundra
c. Sonal Shah
d. Arun Majumdar
Which new airfield was activated recently by landing an AN-32 aircraft in the Ladakh’s border areas? This is the third major airfield to be activated after the 1962 Sino-Indian war.
a. Daulat Beg Oldie airfield
b. Nyoma airfield
c. Fukche airfield
d. Kwanghan Airfield
This youngster from Tripura piloted India into the Davis Cup World Group in Johannesburg after an 11-year gap.
a. Yuki Bhambri
b. Rohan Bopanna
c. Somdev Devvarman
d. Prakash Amritraj
Which film has been selected as India’s official entry to this year’s Oscars?
a. Harishchandrachi Factory
b. Taare Zameen Par
c. Ekalavya
d. Shwaas
Which state in India is facing a protest against uranium mining, with a student body taking the lead?
a. Orissa
b. West Bengal
c. Meghalaya
d. Nagaland
How many new National Insititute of Techonology (NITs) have been approved by the Union Cabinet recently?
a. 5
b. 7
c. 4
d. 9
The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year. It is one of the most famous events and the world's largest fair, with some six million people attending every year, and is an important part of Bavarian culture. Which country is it held in?
a. France
b. Switzerland
c. Norway
d. Germany
Doctors applying for postgraduate entrance examination from the next academic year will be given an additional weightage of … per cent.
a. 5 per cent
b. 10 per cent
c. 15 per cent
d. 20 percent

Answers

1. c. 2005
2. d. Juan Martin del Potro
3. a. PK Sreemathy
4. d. 50 per cent
5. b. Suresh Kalmadi
6. c. SM Krishna
7. d. Tamil Nadu
8. c. 107 years
9. b. Colombo
10 .b. Hong Kong
11. c. Pistol and Rifle World Cup
12. a. Sheila Dikshit and Nitish Kumar
13. d. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chairperson, All Parties Hurriyat Conference
14. c. Anand Sharma, Union minister for commerce and industries
15. b. RC Dutt

16. a. Videocon
17. a. He has been chosen as head of the Task Force against Naxals.
18. d. Copenhagen, Denmark
19. a. Rajasthan
20. c. Karnataka
21. c. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
22. a. Duronto Express
23. d. Arun Majumdar
24. b. Nyoma airfield
25. c. Somdev Devvarman
26. a. Harishchandrachi Factory
27. c. Meghalaya
28. d. 9
29. d. Germany
30. b. 10 per cent

Part -3

A recent test shows that a moon rock, one of those brought to earth by Apollo 11 and Apollo 17, kept in a museum in the Netherlands, is fake. Who was the President of the Unbited States that time?
a. Richard M Nixon
b. Gerald R Ford
c. John F Kennedy
d. Woodrow Wilson
Norman Borlaug, who received the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize, died recently. He was a US….
a. Senator
b. Agricultural scientist
c. Social activist
d. Economist
Jet Airways gave discount on its total fare in economy class for domestic flights. What was the percentage of the discount?
a. 35
b. 70
c. 22
d. 50
Which film has won the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festivel?
a. ‘Lebanon’
b. ‘Zanan Bedoone Mardan’
c. ‘A Single Man’
d. ‘Head On’
Who has won the tennis Women’s singles final at the US Open?
a. Kim Clijsters
b. Venus Williams
c. Serena Williams
d. Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Where did the World Championship in which boxer Vijender win a bronze, take place?
a. Manila
b. Beijing
c. Milan
d. None of the above
Launch vehicle PSLV-C14 will be lift-off from spaceport at Sriharikota. How many satellites will it put in orbit?
a. Eight
b. Eleven
c. Nine
d. Seven
China has objected to visit of spiritual Tibetan leader Dalai Lama to an Indian state. Name the state.
a. Sikkim
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Nagaland
d. Meghalaya
The current Russian prime minister … has hinted that he might run for the country’s president in 2012.
a. Vladimir Putin
b. Dmitry Medvedev
c. Boris Yeltsin
d. Sergei Stepashin
With whom did Leander Paes pair to win the US Open men’s doubles final?
a. Mark Knowles
b. Mahesh Bhupathi
c. Lukas Dlouhy
d. Max Mirnyi
The national mission for female literacy has been launched to make around 60 million women literate by the year ....
a. 2010
b. 2012
c. 2020
d. 2025
This southern state recently announced that it would release water from Krishna from Kandaleru reservoir in Nellore district for Chennai. Name this state.
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Puducherry
Name this 24-year-old Indian billiard champion who has won the world professional billiards itle.
a. Dhruv Sitwala
b. Geet Sethi
c. Arvind Savur
d. Pankaj Advani
According to news reports, Ramalinga Raju, the former chairman of ... , infamous for one of the biggest scams, who was admittd to hospital after he complained of chest pain is also suffering from Hepatitis C.
a. Microsoft
b. Satyam Computers
c. TCS
d. IBM
The apex court rapped ... goverment for constructing memorials and statues, spending huge amount of taxpayer's money.
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Chhattisgarh
c. Bihar
d. Uttar Pradesh
The Ahmedabad metropolitan magistrate SP Tamang ruled that the killing of Ishrat Jahan and three others was a case of 'fake encounter' by the Narendra Modi government. The killings took place in ...
a. June 2004
b. September 2004
c. January 2006
d. October 2008
The West Bengal government recently announced that the state cannot go ahead with the proposed joint sector Kolkata Link IT township project due to land grabbing allegations and arrest of a senior official of a private partner. The project was to come up in near Rajarhat in...
a. Mednipur district
b. Bardhman district
c. North 24 Paraganas district
d. South 24 Paraganas district
Adoor Gopalakrishnan has won the best director award at the 55th natoinal award for the film....
a. ‘Naalu Pennungal’
b. ‘Mukhamukham’
c. ‘Anantaram’
d. ‘Mathilukal’
Which of these films has won the best feature film award at the 55th national awards this year?
a. ‘Chak De! India’
b. ‘Taare Zameen Par’
c. ‘Gandhi My Father
d. ‘Kanchivaram’
As a tribute to Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Rajashekhara Reddy, which of these centrally sponspored schemes has been named after the demised leader?
a. Madhyamika shiksha abhiyan
b. National mission on medicinal plants
c.Arogyasri community health insurance
d. None of the above
Leander Paes played doubles finals in the US Open with Lukas Dlouhy of ... as his partner.
a. Poland
b. Czech Republic
c. Georgia
d. Ukraine
In the UK, the most common name is Jack. The second-most common name is...
a. Tom
b. Peter
c. Amit
d. Mohammed
A reporter from the western media world was rescued recently from the Taliban clutches. WHich media organisation did he cover?
a. Washington Post
b. Der Spiegel
c. New York Times
d. BBC
A gold watch of this former Prime Minister has been stole. Whom are we talking about?
a. Jawaharlal nehru
b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
c. Indira Gandhi
d. Rajiv Gandhi
This person allegedly rigged votes in the Parliamentary elections, according to media recent reports.
a. Prakash Jha
b. Raj Babbar
c. Shatrughn Sinha
d. None of these
This personality will spread the message for education in the US, using TV. We are talking about...
a. Barack Obama
b. Bill Clinton
c. Hillary Clinton
d. Bill Gates
In the latest 'Doing Business' Index prepared by the World Bank, India stands at ... position, way behind Pakistan at 85th, Nepal at 123rd and Bangladesh at 119th rank.
a. 130th
b. 131st
c. 132nd
d. 133rd
"Gandhi belongs to all humanity and it is up to citizens to judge a man who was an original minimalist in life," says this personality, advising against Government trying to acquire every memorablia thatis up for sale.
a. Rajmohan Gandhi
b. Tara Gandhi
c. Ambika Soni
d. SM Krishna
Rahul Gandhi has invited this actor-politician to join the Congress.
a. Rajnikant
b. Jayaprada
c. Hema Malini
d. Dharmendra
Here's one more reason to worry after Swine Flu. Plasmodium Knowlesi Strain of malaria, according to scineitsts in Malaysia, is affecting humans too. This strain was earlier known to affect only...
a. Cows
b. Pigs
c. Dogs
d. Monkeys

Answers

1. a. Richard M Nixon
2. b. Agricultural scientist
3. d. 50
4. a. ‘Lebanon’
5. a. Kim Clijsters
6. c. Milan
7. d. Seven
8. b. Arunachal Pradesh
9. a. Vladimir Putin
10. c. Lukas Dlouhy
11. b. 2012
12. c. Andhra Pradesh
13. d. Pankaj Advani
14. b. Satyam Computers
15. d. Uttar Pradesh

16. a. June 2004
17. c. North 24 Paraganas district
18. a. ‘Naalu Pennungal’
19. d. ‘Kanchivaram’
20. a. Madhyamika shiksha abhiyan
21. b. Czech Republic
22. d. Mohammed
23. c. New York Times
24. b. Lal Bahadur Shastri
25. a. Prakash Jha
26. d. Bill Gates
27. d. 133rd
28. b. Tara Gandhi
29. a. Rajnikant
30. d. Monkeys

Part -4

Which Indian is the world’s top earning cricketer according to magazine ‘Forbes’?
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
c. Rahul Dravid
d. Yuvraj Singh
Which championship did Pankaj Advani win recently which has made him only the second Indian after Geet Sethi to have achieved this?
a. World Professional Billiards Championship
b. IBSF World Billiards Championship
c. US Open Billiard Championship
d. None of the above
Which Indian has received the Nelson Mandela Award in recognition of the person’s efforts for promoting minority rights?
a. Salman Khurshid
b. Salman Rushdie
c. Oscar Fernandes
d. George Fernandes
Chennai Corporation is planning to use Effective Micro-organisms in dump yards of Kodungaiyur and Perungudi. In which category does this solution fall?
a. Bio
b. Chemical
c. Bio-chemical
d. Physical
In which neighbouring country were Indian priests attacked?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Bangladesh
c. Pakistan
d. Nepal
Engineering colleges of which state have come under CBI scanner for inadequate infrastructure and manpower?
a. Karnataka
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Rajasthan
d. Orissa
Which country has issued amendments to ease travel to Cuba?
a. The UK
b. China
c. Australia
d. The US
An Air India flight’s left engine caught fire at the Mumbai airport. The passengers and crew members had a narrow escape. Where was the flight going?
a. London
b. Hamburg
c. Riyadh
d. Muscat
The Uttar Pradesh government was constructing a park which has raised eye brows of environmentalists. Where is the park located?
a. Ghaziabad
b. Noida
c. Lucknow
d. Allahabad
An important meeting was held in Delhi recently where ministers of developing countries gathered where they asked for more representation in international bodies like the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. What was this meeting?
a. World Trade Organisation
b. World Economic Forum
c. G 5
d. BRIC
Name the new navy chief of India who took over as the head in the beginning of September.
a. Nirmal Kumar Verma
b. Sureesh Mehta
c. Ram Dass Katari
d. Sushil Kumar
Which of these states will go for assembly polls on October 13 along with Maharashtra and Haryana?
a. Sikkim
b. Assam
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Tripura
The ruling ... in West Bengal recently organised a huge rally on the 50th anniversary of a mass movement that battled food shortages in 1959 in the state. The rally was to raise voice against the increasing food prices.
a. Bhartiya Janata Party
b. Congress
c. Samajwadi Party
d. Left Front
In the theft of eight rare monkeys from the Alipore zoological garden, the Brazilian Common Mormosets were recovered from Chhattisgarh. Where is Alipore Zoological garden situated?
a. Ranchi
b. Kolkata
c. Bhopal
d. Delhi
JS Tissainayagam, a journalist from ... was sentenced to 20 years of prison for his alleged involved in terrorist activities.
a. Nepal
b. Sri Lanka
c. Japan
d. Pakistan
Name this fashion designer who has been sentenced to 59 years of life imprisonment for sexually assaulting aspiring models in Los Angeles.
a. Marc Jacobs
b. Anand Jon
c. Jason Crawford
d. None of the above
Ratan Tata has said that the Tata group will not sit on the Singur land provided the company is paid the compensation for the investment made. Name West Bengal's industry minister.
a. Nirupam Sen
b. Jyoti Basu
c. Mamta Banerjee
d. Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Name the new vice-chief of army staff who has been recently appointed.
a. BS Jaiswal
b. Arvinder Singh
c. VK Singh
d. PK Bhardwaj
... has been appointed as the new scientific advisor to the defence minister and director general of defence organisation.
a. VK Saraswat
b. M Natrajan
c. G Elangovan
d. W Selvamurthy
Name this nation which has been suspended from the Commonwealth after it failed to bring along any progress in establishing democracy.
a. Myanmar
b. Fiji
c. Bangladesh
d. Pakistan
Who has claimed that Pakistan has gone beyond deterrence in expanding its nuclear arsenal very considerably?
a. Defence minister AK Antony
b. Foreign affairs minister SM Krishna
c. Home minister P Chidambaram
d. Army chief Deepak Kapoor
Andhra Pradesh chief minister YSR Reddy died in a helicopter crash on September 2. Which of the other eminent personalities earlier perished in a crash in Andhra Pradesh?
a. Scientist Homi Bhabha, 1966
b. Industrialist Ashok Birla, 1990
c. Madhavrao Scindia, 2001
d. Lok Sabha speaker GMC Balayogi, 2002
A 10-day-old baby, with its heart protruding out, was operated upon recently in ... in a rare medical procedure.
a. New Delhi
b. Bangalore
c. Mumbai
d. Chennai
According to The UN World Economic and Social Survey Report 2009, develop world consumes ... per cent of global carbon budget.
a. 44 per cent
b. 46 per cent
c. 48 per cent
d. 50 per cent
This European country's judiciary has permitted a couple to name its child Djehad, a variant of Jihad. Name the country.
a. France
b. Germany
c. Poland
d. Denmark
YSR Reddy, who died in helicopter crash, was by profession a ...
a. Doctor
b. Lawyer
c. Civil servant
d. Scientist
This comic is in the dock on charges of racism. Name it.
a. Archies
b. Tintin
c. Superman
d. Garfield
This politician from Bihar has been summoned by a court to appear before it for his/her alleged involvement in a murder case.
a. Nitish Kumar
b. Ram Vilas Paswan
c. Rabri Devi
d. Lalu Yadav
About a thousand people have been stabbed with syringes in this country.
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. China
d. North Korea
In which region has hand-holding been banned?
a. Daarjeeling Hills
b Jammu & Kashmir
c. Kangra Valley
d. None of the above

Answers

1. b. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
2. a. World Professional Billiards Championship
3. c. Oscar Fernandes
4. a. Bio
5. d. Nepal
6. b. Tamil Nadu
7. d. The US
8. c. Riyadh
9. b. Noida
10. a. World Trade Organisation
11. a. Nirmal Kumar Verma
12. c. Arunachal Pradesh
13. d. Left Front
14. b. Kolkata
15. b. Sri Lanka

16. b. Anand Jon
17. a. Nirupam Sen
18. d. PK Bhardwaj
19. a. VK Saraswat
20. b. Fiji
21. d. Army chief Deepak Kapoor
22. d. Lok Sabha speaker GMC Balayogi, 2002
23. a. New Delhi
24. c. 48 per cent
25. b. Germany
26. a. Doctor
27. b. Tintin
28. a. Lalu Yadav
29. c. China
30. a. Daarjeeling Hills

Aug 09
1. Robert Mugabe, president of Zimbabwe, recently addressed the US assistant secretary of state for African affairs as “an idiot”, with a condescending attitude. Name the person.
a. Johnnie Carson
b. Hillary Clinton
c. Robert McNamara
d. None of the above
2. Name this region in China which faced ethnic clashes that claimed more than 150 lives.
a. Xinjiang
b. Yunnan
c. Guizhou
d. Guangxi

3 . Exiled Tibetan leader, the Dalai Lama, scelebrated his … birthday on July 6.
a. 71st
b. 73rd
c. 74th
d. 75th
4. Robert McNamara, a top US official, who is known as the key architect of the US-Vietnam war, died at his home in Washington, US. Which post did he hold?
a. US secretary of state
b. US assistant secretary of state
c. US deputy secretary of state
d. US secretary of defence
5. This personality, coming out in support of Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, has asserted that good entertainment is the best contraceptive. Name him/her.
a. Mahesh Bhatt
b. Pooja Bhatt
c. Aamir Khan
d. Shah Rukh Khan
6. US President Barack Obama visited Russia to reset ties with the nation during which he met his Russian counterpart. Name the Russian president.
a. William J Burns
b. Mark Medish
c. Vladmir Putin
d. Dmitri A Medvedev
7. Chinese President Hu Jintao had to cut short his G-8 summit tour due to the ethnic clashes back home. Name the host nation for G-8 summit.
a. Japan
b. Russia
c. Italy
d. India
8. Indonesia’s presidential elections were held recently. It was the … direct presidential election since the fall of the dictatorship in 1998.
a. First
b. Second
c. Third
d. Fourth
9. This film personality has been accused of violating the Copyright Act in his venture Shortkut. Name him.
a. Mukesh Bhatt
b. Mahesh Bhatt
c. Anil Kapoor
d. Ram Gopal Verma
10. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is the President of....
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Philippines
d. Fiji
11. This cricket personality has penned the book The Rise of Twenty20, in which he has slammed Sunil Gavaskar.
a. Ricky Ponting
b. Shoaib Akhtar
c. Andrew Flintoff
d. John Buchanan
12. The G5 has urged the G8 to address financial crisis and food security as major issues. The G-5 includes China, India, Mexico, Brazil and....
a. Argentina
b. South Africa
c. Peru
d. Chile
13. This fastfood chain has apologised for an advertisement in Spain that shows Goddess Lakshmi seated atop a meat sandwich. Name it.
a. McDonalds
b. Dominos
c. Burger King
d. Subway
14. Who has said that a blanket ban on plastic bags is a bad idea?
a. Jairam Ramesh
b. Sheila Dixit
c. Narendra Modi
d. Harshpati Singhania
15. According to the railway minister Mamata Banerjee, railways surplus is not Rs 90,000 crore as her predecessor Lalu Yadav claimed, rather it’s....
a. Rs 8,150 crore
b. Rs 8,361 crore
c. Rs 9,361 crore
d. Rs 10,150 crore
16. On the sidelines of the G8 meet PM Manmohan Singh got a soccer jersey of this country from the country’s President. Name the country.
a. Italy
b. Spain
c. Argentina
d. Brazil
17. This politician is now under CID scanner for bungling of UTI funds by the company Auto Riders that he headed in 1993-1999.
a. Praful Patel
b. Kamal Nath
c. Suresh Kalmadi
d. None of these
18. Two Lashkar-e-Taiba militants arrested in Kupwara revealed that a power project in Jammu is at the militants’ target. Name the project?
a. Baglihar
b. Rampur
c. Chamera
d. Dagacchu
19. Who has been made the new chief of defence staff of Sri Lanka?
a. Vasantha Karannagoda
b. Thisara Samarasinghe
c. Sarath Fonseka
d. GA Chandrasiri
20. The leaders of opposing parties of this country came together to play football to help volleyball player Dinesh Baniya, who is in dire need of kidney transplant. Which country is it?
a. Sri Lanka
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal

21. The first women battalion of a security force of India was inducted for combat duties in July end. Which force is this?
a. National Security Guards
b. Border Security Force
c. COBRA
d. Police
22. A high-level cabinet committee has been constituted by the
government that aims to provide a thrust to infrastructure. Who will be heading the committee?
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Dr Manmohan Singh
c. Sharad Pawar
d. Farooq Abdullah
23. A teenage tribal girl Sanjukta Pangi from the Indian state of ... participated in the junior 8 (J8) international youth summit which was held along with the G8 conclave in Italy.
a. Manipur
b. Jharkhand
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Orissa

24. Hamish Hamilton will be launched in India soon with the publication of a collection of political essays called Listening to Grasshoppers by …
a. Jhumpa Lahiri
b. Kunal Basu
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Ali Seth
25. The Catholic church in this state is aiming to launch medical schemes for reversal of tubectomy and remedial support for infertile couples.
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Orissa
c. Kerala
d. Mizoram
26. A much-talked-about documentary of Dan Reed, recently telecast on UK’s Channel 4, is about....
a. The Al-Qaeda and Taliban offensive in Swat Valley
b. Ajmal Amir Kasab
c. The inhuman treatment to women in Afghanistan and adjoining parts of Pakistan
d. The Lok Sabha elections in India, 2009
27. Tyeb Mehta, who died in Mumbai on July 2, was a noted….
a. Journalist
b. Writer
c. Theatre director
d. Artist
28. The remuneration for serving in difficult and inaccessible areas for this body of professionals would be double of their urban counterparts.
a. Teachers
b. Doctors
c. Civil servants
d. Armymen
29. Roger Federer made history during 123rd Wimbledon Championship by surpassing Pete Sampras’s record of maximum Grand Slam victories till then. How many Grand Slams does Federer have in his kitty now?
a. 13
b. 15
c. 14
d. 16
30. What is the trophy for women’s singles winner of the Wimbledon Championships commonly known as?
a. Queen’s Award
b. Centre Court Champion
c. Venus Rosewater Dish
d. Rosemary Plate
31. At which place in MP did the blasts occur in two private factories manufacturing explosives used for coal mining in the Bairhan Industrial Area?
a. Sanchi
b. Bhimbetkar
c. Ujjain
d. Singrauli
32. Andhra Pradesh MLA TV Rama Rao has been accused of
molestation by students of Spruha College of Nursing. Which political party does he belong to?
a. Congress
b. BJP
c. Praja Rajyam
d. Telugu Desam
33. “If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two impostors just the same”. At which famous entrance do you find this quote?
a. Gateway of India, Mumbai
b. Botanical Garden, San Fran cisco
c. Centre Court, London
d. Empire State Building, New York
34. Who has received the MP Birla Memorial Award 2009?
a. Shabana Azmi
b. Shiv Shankar Menon
c. Asha Bhonsle
d. G Madhavan Nair
35. United Nations has begun inquiry into the assassination of former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto. Who is heading the inquiry?
a. Heraldo Munoz, Chile’s ambassador to the UN
b. Marzuki Darusman, a former Indonesian attorney-general
c. Rehman Malik, Pakistan's interior minister
d. Hussain Haroon, Pakistan ambassador to the UN
36. Which city of a middle eastern country was elected as headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA)?
a. Ankara, Turkey
b. Tehran, Iran
c. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
d. None of the above
37. Name the commission, which submitted its report on the sequence of events that led to the Babri Masjid demolition in Ayodhya in December 1992.
a. Nanavati Commision
b. UC Banerjee Commission
c. MS Swaminathan Commision
d. Liberhan Commission
38. Who succeeded Shiv Shankar Menon as the foreign secretary when he retired at the end of July? The person served as India’s ambassador to China, before the new stint.
a. KM Meena
b. Ronen Sen
c. Nirupama Rao
d. Prabhat Prakash Shukla
39. This web messenger will be scrapped to be replaced with the company’s new web-based instant messaging available in Windows Live Hotmail worldwide.
a. Yahoo messenger
b. Google talk
c. MSN web messenger
d. Mebo
40. Pop icon Michael Jackson’s mother was granted a limited control over her son’s property. Name his mother.
a. Katherine Jackson
b. Janet Jackson
c. Paris Michael
d. None of the above
41. An airliner belonging to Yemen’s state carrier crashed in the … near the archipelago of Comoros, killing 153 people onboard.
a. Pacific Ocean
b. Bay of Bengal
c. Arabian Sea
d. Indian Ocean

42. The first bridge to be built over the sea has been set in the city of....
a. Mumbai
b. Chennai
c. Kolkata
d. Guwahati
43. Yukiya Amano, the new chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, is a … diplomat.
a. Chinese
b. Japanese
c. Russian
d. British
44. The United Nations secretary general … has demanded the release of the democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
a. Ban Ki Moon
b. Trygve Halvdan Lie
c. Hubert Miles
d. Dag Hjalmar
45. New release Kambhakkt Ishq features which Hollywood
actor?
a. Hugh Grant
b. Sylvester Stalone
c. Michael Douglas
d. Antonio Banderas

46. Under which act has the naxal group Communist Party of India (Maoist) been banned by the Central government?
a. Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act
b. Prevention of Terrorism Act
c. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
d. None of the above
47. Where will the extension centre of IIT-Kanpur be opened?
a. Noida
b. Ghaziabad
c. Gurgaon
d. Faridabad

48. Who won the US Open for Golf recently?
a. Jeev Milkha Singh
b. Lucas Glover
c. Jyoti Randhawa
d. Tiger Woods
49. Who has become the new CM of Uttrakhand as the outgoing CM stepped down owning moral responsibility for the BJP losing all five Lok Sabha seats from the state in the recent general elections?
a. Prakash Pant
b. Bachi Singh Rawat
c. BC Khanduri
d. Ramesh Pokhriyal

50. Margaret Alva has been made the Governor of....
a. Punjab
b. Haryana
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Uttarakhand

Answers

1. a. Johnnie Carson
2. a. Xinjiang
3. c. 74th
4. d. US secretary of defence
5. a. Mahesh Bhatt
6. d. Dmitri A Medvedev
7. c. Italy
8. b. Second
9. c. Anil Kapoor
10. a. Indonesia
11. d. John Buchanan
12. b. South Africa
13. c. Burger King
14. a. Jairam Ramesh
15. b. 8,361 crore
16. d. Brazil
17. a. Praful Patel
18. a. Baglihar
19. c. Sarath Fonseka
20. d. Nepal
21. b. Border Security Force
22. b. Dr Manmohan Singh
23. d. Orissa
24 c. Arundhati Roy
25. c. Kerala

26. b. Ajmal Amir Kasab
27. d. Artist
28. b. Doctors
29. b. 15
30. c. Venus Rosewater Dish
31. d. Singrauli
32. d. Telugu Desam
33. c. Centre Court, London
34. d. G Madhavan Nair
35. a. Heraldo Munoz, Chile’s ambassador to the UN
36. c. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
37. d. Liberhan Commission
38. c. Nirupama Rao
39. c. MSN web messenger
40. a. Katherine Jackson
41. d. Indian Ocean
42. a. Mumbai
43. b. Japanese
44. a. Ban Ki Moon
45. b. Sylvester Stalone
46. c. Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
47. a. Noida
48. b. Lucas Glover
49. d. Ramesh Pokhriyal
50. d. Uttarakhand

July, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. Which of these films grabbed the maximum number of awards at the International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) function?
a. Jodhaa Akbar
b. Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na
c. Dostana
d. Ghajini

2. Massive protests were reported from ..., where the defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for the annulment of the election results.
a. Iraq
b. Iran
c. Afghanistan
d. none of the above

3. India was knocked out of the ICC Twenty20 by ....
a. Bangladesh
b. England
c. Australia
d South Africa

4. Name the new deputy speaker elected for the Lok Sabha?
a. Meira Kumar
b. Karia Munda
c. Pawan Kumar Bansal
d. none of the above

5. Eminent playwright Habib Ahmed Khan, who died recently following a brief illness, had the pen name ....
a. Raja
b. Gulab
c. Tanvir
d. none of the above

6. Peter Varghese is the next … High Commissioner to India.
a. Australian
b. Canadian
c. New Zealand’s
d. West Indies’

7. … is the new attorney-general for the next three years.
a. Gaurav Banerjee
b. M Chandrasekhar
c. S Prabhakaran
d. GE Vahanvati

8. Name the leader of the pro-Western alliance that won the parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
a. Saad Hariri
b. Nabih Berri
c. Rafik Hariri
d. none of the above

9. Leander Paes has won the French Opens Doubles title along with Lukas Dlouhy. This is his … Grand Slam doubles.
a. 9th
b. 10th
c. 11th
d. 12th

10. Padamsinh Patil, NCP leader who has been arrested in connection with murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, is an MP from …
a. Sholapur
b. Kolhapur
c. Nashik
d. Osmanabad

11. In the Outlook-GfK Mode Survey of top professional colleges, this institute tops the chart in engineering colleges. Name it.
a. IIT-Kanpur
b. IIT-Kharagpur
c. IIT-Delhi
d. IIT-Mumbai

12. Noted theatre personality Habib Tanvir, who died recently, wrote this popular play.
a. Tughlaq
b. Agra Bazaar
c. Anju Mallige
d. Ghasiram Kotwal

13. This personality is the subject of a documentary titled Yes Madam, Sir, that was screened in New York recently.
a. Sonia Gandhi
b. Pratibha Patil
c. Kiran Bedi
d. Brinda Karat

14. Which state has achieved ‘elimination of leprosy’ status according to the Union health ministry?
a. Haryana
b. Himachal Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Nagaland

15. Real Madrid shelled out a record transfer fee to get the services of football legend Kaka. Who did they buy him from?
a. AC Milan
b. Chelsea
c. Arseler
d. Manchester United

16. The stand-off between United Producers and Distributors Forum and multiplexes has ended. Who was the chairperson of UPDF?
a. Shabana Azmi
b. Mukesh Bhatt
c. Prakash Jha
d. Sanjay Leela Bhansali

17. Japan’s first lunar satellite, launched in 2007, was made to crash onto the moon as the mission ended. Name the satellite.
a. Chang'e 1
b. Smart-1
c. Kaguya
d. Lunar Reconnaissance

18. The Ganga: People’s Mandate, a book analysing Congress’s victory in UP and Uttarakhand, is written by ..., a Magsaysay Award winner.
a. Aruna Roy
b. P Sainath
c. Rajendra Singh
d. TN Seshan

19. Who has replaced Hasan Gafoor as the Mumbai Police Commissioner?
a. Swami Pradhan
b. D Sivanandan
c. Rajendra Sonawane
d. YS Dadwal

20. Aishwarya Rai and ... have landed in trouble over purchase of tribal land in Nandurbar, Maharashtra.
a. Sushmita Sen
b. Twinkle Khanna
c. Priyanka Chopra
d. Rani Mukherjee

21. MS Swaminathan, responsible for the Green Revolution in India, has now presented an agricultural revival plan to ....
a. Kenya
b. Afghanistan
c. Sri Lanka
d. Ethiopia

22. Following media reports on malpractices in deemed universities, the ministry of HRD has ordered a review of all these universities. How many deemed universities are there in India?
a. 110
b. 120
c. 124
d. 125

23. Roger Federer won the French Open ’09 for the first time in his distinguished career, thus becoming only the … player in the world to have claimed all the four major Grand Slam titles.
a. 5th
b. 7th
c. 6th
d. 8th

24. Name the author of the book Monster that is based on psychopath Josef Fritzl of Austria.
a. Steve Alten
b. Walter Dean Myers
c. Michael McCarty
d. none of the above

25. Name this cricketer who made his entry into the Parliament as a member of the Congress party.
a. Kapil Dev
b. Srikant
c. Sunil Gavaskar
d. Mohd Azharuddin

26. The chief of Jamaat-ud-Dawa, known as the front organisation of Lashkar-e-Taiba, was released by the Lahore high court on technical grounds. Name him.
a. Hafiz Saeed
b. Nazeer Ahmed
c. Ejaz Chaudhary
d. Zakir Rehman Lakhvi

27. The Air France flight, which went missing and all its 228 members on board feared dead, was going from … to Paris, France.
a. Sao Paulo, Brazil
b. Buenos Aires, Argentina
c. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
d. La Pampa, Argentina

28. Famous Carnatic musician and composer, grandchild of the legendry Mysore Vasudevachar, died recently. Name the person.
a. S Rajaram
b. Sankara Menon
c. Veena Padmanabhiah
d. G Srinivas

29. Who is the latest star son entrant in Bollywood with the movie Kal Kissne Dekha?
a. Vivek Sharma
b. Swapan Desai
c. Arun Kohli
d. Jackky Bhagnani

30. Which of the statements is not true about Meira Kumar, India’s first woman speaker.
a. She is a five-time MP
b. She started her career with Bahujan Samajwadi Party
c. She started her career as a diplomat
d. She was the social justice and empowerment minister in the previous UPA government

31. Who has been appointed as the new leader of Opposition in
Rajya Sabha?
a. Jaswant Singh
b. Vijay Goel
c. Jagmohan
d. Arun Jaitley

32. This US state assembly has passed Kirpan Education Bill, that aims at sensitising authorities about the religious beliefs.
a. California
b. Texas
c. Florida
d. Utah

33. Who is the president of the newly-formed Hockey India, formed as a result of merger of men’s and women’s hockey bodies?
a. KPS Gill
b. Vikas Mattoo
c. Dhanraj Pillai
d. Vidya Stokes

34. Koraput, which has passed into the hands of Maoists, is in the state of ....
a. Orissa
b. West Bengal
c. Assam
d. Jharkhand

35. Indian scientists are going to the Arctic to study climate change. What is the Indian station in the Arctic called?
a. Himadri
b. Kohinoor
c. Ganga
d. Nilgiri

36. Which Union minister has penned a book called Unleashing India.
a. Kamal Nath
b. Kapil Sibal
c. CP Joshi
d. M Veerappa Moily

37. In the President’s
address to both houses of Parliament, … per cent reservation for women in Panchayats and urban local bodies has been promised.
a. 20 per cent
b. 30 per cent
c. 40 per cent
d. 50 per cent

38. The President’s address has promised … kg rice or wheat per month for below-poverty-line families.
a. 20 kg
b. 25 kg
c. 30 kg
d. 35 kg

39. Who won the women’s final at French Open?
a. Svetlana Kuznetsova
b. Dinara Safina
c. Venus Williams
d. Serena Williams

40. The member nations of the International Labour Conference meet every June to discuss labour issues and rights. In which city does the conference take place every year?
a. Geneva, Switzerland
b. Capetown, South Africa
c. Austin, US
d. Canberra, Australia

41. Who will take over as the director of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune from September 1, 2009?
a. N Mukunda
b. Ajit Keshav Kembhavi
c. CNR Rao
d. Anil K Pradhan

42. North Korea jailed two US journalists on grounds of hostile acts and illegal entry in the state. Names of the journalists are Euna Lee and ….
a. Samuel Cross
b. Robert Thomson
c. Loretta Chao
d. Laura Ling

43. This noted Malayalam writer, who belonged to a family of writers, passed away in Pune at the age of 75. The author was popular for her unorthodox views. Name her.
a. Kamala Suraiya
b. Balamani Amma
c. Nalapat Narayana
d. none of the above

44. The first ever RTI awards have been instituted by the Public Cause Research Foundation (PCRF) to be given away to those who have shown commitment to RTI. Who is the forerunner of the RTI Act.
a. Manish Sisodia
b. Arvind Kejriwal
c. Abhinandan Sekri
d. none of the above

45. Agatha Sangma, daughter of PA Sangma and the youngest member of the newly formed government has been named minister of state for…
a. Rural development
b. Shipping
c. Tourism
d. Information and broadcasting

46. Rafael Nadal, four-time champion, was knocked out in the forth round of French Open. Who defeated him?
a. Roger Federer
b. Paul-Henri Mathieu
c. Tommy Haas
d. Robin Soderling

47. Who is the oldest member of Team Manmohan for the 15th Lok Sabha?
a. CP Joshi
b. SM Krishna
c. Vilasrao Deshmukh
d. M Veerappa Moily

48. Man Booker International Prize is awarded once every two years to a living author for his/her lifetime achievement. Who has won the award this time?
a. Alice Munro
b. VS Naipaul
c. Mario Vargas Llosa
d. Peter Clarke

49. The Indian Air Force is shoring up its facilities in the north-east of India. A Sukhoi frontline fighter base has been moved to....
a. Dibrugarh
b. Longleng
c. Mokokchung
d. Tezpur

50. Who has won the European Champions League title for 2009?
a. Barcelona
b. Manchester United
c. Chelsea
d. Real Madrid

Answers

1. a. Jodhaa Akbar
2. b. Iran
3. b. England
4. b. Karia Munda
5. c. Tanvir
6. a. Australian
7. d. GE Vahanvati
8. a. Saad Hariri
9. a. 9th
10. d. Osmanabad
11. b. IIT-Kharagpur
12. b. Agra Bazaar
13. c. Kiran Bedi
14. a. Haryana
15. a. AC Milan
16. b. Mukesh Bhatt
17. c. Kaguya
18. c. Rajendra Singh
19. b. D Sivanandan
20. b. Aishwarya Rai and Twinkle Khanna
21. c. Sri Lanka
22. d. 125
23. c. 6th
24. b. Walter Dean Myers
25. d. Mohd Azharuddin

26. a. Hafiz Saeed
27. c. Rio de Janeiro
28. a. S Rajaram
29. d. Jackky Bhagnani
30. b. She started her career with Bahu jan Samajwadi Party
31. d. Arun Jaitley
32. a. California
33. b. Vikas Mattoo
34. a. Orissa
35. a. Himadri
36.d. M Veerappa Moily
37. d. 50 per cent
38. b. 25 kg
39. c. 2006
40. a. Geneva, Switzerland
41. b. Ajit Keshav Kembhavi
42. d. Laura Ling
43. a. Kamala Suraiya
44. b. Arvind Kejriwal
45. a. Rural development
46. d. Robin Soderling
47. b. SM Krishna
48. a. Alice Munro
49. d. Tezpur
50. a. Barcelona

June, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. Asia Cup hockey tournament recently concluded in …
a. Kuantan, Malaysia
b. Beijing, China
c. Dhaka, Bangladesh
d. Hiroshima, Japan

2. This country will host the first women's world twenty20 tournament in June 2009.
a. England
b. India
c. Australia
d. New Zealand

3. Who won the Spanish Grand Prix Formula One
championship?
a. Mark Webber
b. Fernando Alonso
c. Felipe Massa
d. Jenson Button

4. Arvind Jadhav is the new …
a. Air India chief
b. Air Force
c. Army
d. Navy

5. The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha envisaged by the Constitution is …
a. 552
b. 545
c. 535
d. 530

6. How many members of Lok Sabha represent the states?
a. 530
b. 520
c. 510
d. 500

7. The number of members representing the Union Territories in the Lok Sabha is …
a. 30
b. 20
c. 10
d. None of these

8. The two members of the Anglo-Indian community in Lok Sabha are nominated by …
a. President
b. Prime minister
c. Governor
d. None of these

9. Find out the odd.
a. Kolleru
b. Pulicut
c. Chilka Lake
d. Majauli

10. Which of these are matched correctly?
a. Prithvi I - inducted in the Army
b. Prithvi V- interceptor missile of India
c. Dhanush - air force version of Prithvi
d. All the above

11. Chaurayya is the folk dance of …
a. Arunachal Pradesh
b. Assam
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Tamil Nadu

12. To fulfil the financial needs of the states giving substantial grants by the way of plan assistance is called …
a. Nehru Award
b. Desai Award
c. Shastri Award
d. Gandhi Award

13. This personality has been arrested in a Rs 8.5cr fraud.
a. Abhinav Bindra
b. AS Bindra c. Kunjarani Devi
d. None of the above

14. Which schedule of the Indian Constitution talks about the languages?
a. VIth
b. VIIth
c. VIIIth
d. IXth

15. Vice President's letter of resignation is addressed to …
a. President
b. Prime minister
c. Chief Justice
d. None of these

16. A person can be appointed as … of more than one state.
a. Governor
b. Chief minister
c. Both of these
d. None of these

17. Privileges enjoyed by ... members are subject to judicial review?
a. Lok Sabha
b. Rajya Sabha
c. Both of these
d. None of these

18. Which of the following amendments need state ratification?
a. Provision affecting president election
b. Provision affecting union judiciary
c. Both a and b
d. None of these

19. English has been permitted for official use …
a. till 2010
b. till 2015
c. till 2020
d. indefinitely

20. Chap Char Kut, Mimkut and Thaltavang Kut are famous festivals in ...
a. Manipur
b. Mizoram
c. Assam
d. Arunachal Pradesh

21. Kankeri & Karle caves are in
a. Maharashtra
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Haryana
d. Andhra Pradesh

22. Indian Board of wild life is headed by …
a. Prime minister
b. President
c. Home minister
d. None of these

23. Headquarters of Wild Life Institute of India is in ...
a. Dehradun
b. Lucknow
c. Jaipur
d. Ahmedabad

24. Bandhavgarh is a famous tiger reserve in …
a. Maharashtra
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Karnataka
d. Assam

25. … has largest number of Remote Sensing Satellite in the world
a. India
b. USA
c. Pakistan
d. Russia

26. Liquid Propulsion centre is located at …
a. Bangalore
b. Valiamala
c. Ahmedabad
d. Hyderabad

27. Udwada is famous for...
a. Sun temple
b. Fire temple
c. Shiva temple
d. Vishnu temple

28. India's largest cattle fair is held at
a. Surajkund
b. Nagour
c. Andhiyur
d. Gurgaon

29. Tul Bul navigation project is in …
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Kashmir
c. Himachal Pradesh
d. Assam

30. Nathula Pass is between India and …
a. Pakistan
b. China
c. Nepal
d. Bhutan

31. The functions of the Reserve Bank of India are ...
a. Acting as agent of Govern ment with respect to India's membership of the IMF
b. Distributing all notes and coins
c. Formulating monetary policy
d. All the above

32. The foreign exchange reserves of India include …
a. Gold
b. SDRs
c. Foreign currencies
d. All these

33. Which of the following is NOT the target of Bharat Nirman?
a. Road
b. Education
c. Health
d. Both b and c

34. Dampgha Tiger Reserve is in …
a. Madhya Pradesh
b. Mizoram
c. Meghalaya
d. Maharashtra

35. Former Haryana CM Bansi Lal's granddaughter Shruti CHoudhry (33) has won Lok Sabha seat of...
a. Rohtak
b. Karnal
c. Meham
d. Bhiwani-Mahendragarh

36. This country is the epicenter of recent outbreak of Swine flu.
a. Mexico
b. USA
c. UK
d. Russia

37. A new museum charting the story of the Titanic is all set to open in …
a. France
b. Russia
c. Canada
d. UK

38. Spain's master coach Jose Brasa has been appointed the new chief coach of the Indian...
a. Men's hockey team
b. Women's hockey team
c. Men's football team
d. None of these

39. BCCI recently nominated him/her for Arjuna award.
a. Gautam Gambhir
b. Jhulan Goswami
c. Both a and b
d. None of these

40. A book, titled If Cricket Is a Religion, Sachin is God is authored by ...
a. Vijay Santhanam
b. Shyam Balasubramaniam
c. Both a and b
d. None of these

41. Indian Space Research Organisation recently successfully launched RISAT-2. It is spy satellite of …
a. Israel
b. Denmark
c. Cuba
d. Spain

42. India has signed a civil nuclear pact with
a. Kazakhstan
b. France
c. Russia
d. All the above

43. Mullaittivu, Kilinochchi were under the control of …
a. LTTE
b. Taliban
c. Lashkar-e-Toiba
d. None of these

44. This year has been announced to be celebrated as 'International Year of Astronomy'?
a. 2009
b. 2010
c. 2011
d. 2012

45. This bowler took hattrick in the season 2 of IPL.
a. Yuvraaj Singh
b. Suresh Raina
c. Both a and b
d. None of these

46. In the 2009 edition of IPL, which of these are NOT correctly matched?
a. Kumara Sanghkara—Ban- galore Royal Challengers
b. Andrew Flintoff—Chennai Super Kings
c. Sanath Jayasuriya– Mum- bai Indians
d. Greame Smith—Rajasthan Royals

47. You will associate Duleep Trophy with …
a. Cricket
b. Tennis
c. Hockey
d. Football

48. Paper currency not backed by gold or silver is called ...
a. Standard money
b. Gold Standard
c. Fiduciary issue
d. Bimetallism

49. Prof DB Deodhar trophy is associated with …
a. Football
b. Hockey
c. Cricket
d. Badminton

50. Central Vigilance Commission was set up on the recommendation of ...
a. Administrative Reforms Commission of India
b. Gorwala Report
c. Kripalani Committee
d. Santhanam Committee

Answers

1. a. Kuantan, Malaysia
2. a. England
3. d. Jenson Button
4. a. Air India chief
5. a. 552
6. a. 530
7. b. 20
8. a. President
9. d. Majauli
10. d. All the above
11. a. Arunachal Pradesh
12. b. Desai Award
13. b. AS Bindra
14. c. VIIIth
15. c. Chief Justice
16. a. Governor
17. d. None of these
18. c. Both a and b
19. d. indefinitely
20. b. Mizoram
21. a. Maharashtra
22. a. Prime minister
23. a. Dehradun
24. b. Madhya Pradesh
25. a. India

26. b. Valiamala
27. b. Fire temple
28. b. Nagour
29. b. Kashmir
30. b. China
31. d. All the above
32. d. All these
33. d. Both b and c
34. b. Mizoram
35. d. Bhiwani-Mahendragarh
36. a. Mexico
37. d. UK
38. a. Men's hockey team
39. c. Both a and b
40. c. Both a and b
41. a. Israel
42. d. All the above
43. a. LTTE
44. a. 2009
45. c. Both a and b
46. a. Kumar Snaghkara—Bangalore Royal Challengers
47. a. Cricket
48. d. Bimetallism
49. a. Football
50. d. Santhanam Committee

May, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. The final of Azlan Shah Hockey tournament was played between India and .…
a. Malaysia
b. Pakistan
c. Indonesia
d. Kazakhstan

2. Who is the newly appointed prime minister of Malaysia?
a. Najib Abdul Razak
b. Abdullah Badawi
c. Najib Razak Altantuya
d. none of these

3. Bangladesh’s former military dictator HM Ershad has recently been cleared of charges of usurping power in a bloodless 1982 coup. This ex-military ruler is now the chief of ….
a. Jatiya Party
b. Awami League
c. Samajtantrik Dal
d. none of these

4. ‘Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Change’ was recently launched to reach an international pact on global warming. How many member are there?
a. 17
b. 20
c. 45
d. 64

5. The next UN climate change meet, scheduled to happen this December, will be convened in .…
a. Copenhagen
b. Paris
c. Geneva
d. Bali

6. The next G20 Summit will be held in ….
a. New York
b. Washington
c. Tokyo
d. London

7. India recently signed its biggest defence deal for the purchase of a state-of-the-art air defence system at a whopping cost of USD 1.4 billion with this country.
a. Israel
b. Canada
c. France
d. Germany

8. This New Zealand’s former premier has been appointed as the new administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for a four year term.
a. Halen Clark
b. Kemal Dervis
c. Michele Montas
d. Noureen DeWulf

9. This Indian-American actor has been appointed to the White House with the task of connecting Obama administration with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities and arts and entertainment groups.
a. Kalpen Suresh Modi
b. Jay Chandrasekhar
c. Roshan Seth
d. Sendhil Ramamurthy

10. ... has been chosen for the prestigious 2008 Hoover Medal for outstanding public service.
a. APJ Abdul Kalam
b. Shashi Tharoor
c. Arvind Kejriwal
d. Shabana Aazmi

11. India recently renewed an existing inland water transit and trade protocol for two years with ....
a. Bangladesh
b. Nepal
c. Bhutan
d. China

12. This country recently fired a long-range rocket Taepodong-2, drawing strong rebuke from the US.
a. North Korea
b. Iran
c. Cuba
d. Venezuela

13. Which of the following matches are NOT true?
a. Baisakhi - Punjab
b. Mesadi - Bihar
c. Bihu - Assam
d. Vishu - Kerala

14. You will associate Potala Palace with ….
a. Dalai Lama
b. Mughal emperors
c. British viceroys
d. none of these

15. Which of these films are associated with renowned filmmaker, producer and director Shakti Samanta, who died recently?
a. Howrah Bridge
b. Aradhana
c. Kati Patang
d. all the above

16. Which of the following profiles has been served by renowned economist Raja J Chelliah?
a. Chairperson of the tax reforms committee
b. Founded National Institute of Public Finance and Policy(NIPFP)
c. Chairperson of NIPFP
d. all the above

17. In Ramnath Goenka Excellence in Journalism awards, journalists of the year award in print & broadcast was given to P Sainath and ....
a. Suhasini Haider
b. Neelesh Mishra
c. Karan Thapar
d. Prannoy Roy

18. Which country is NOT a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
a. Indonesia
b. Malaysia
c. Myanmar
d. India

19. The total number of members of East Asia Summit is ….
a. 10
b. 13
c. 16
d. 24

20. Kunwar Narayan got the Gyanpith award for ….
a. Hindi
b. Urdu
c. Sanskrit
d. Bengali

21. World Development Report is released by ….
a. UNESCO
b. UN
c. ILO
d. WHO

22. World Investment Report is released by .…
a. UNCTAD
b. WTO
c. IMF
d. none of these

23. Kgalema Motlanthe is the president of ….
a. South Africa
b. Zimbabwe
c. Kenya
d. New zealand

24. World Health Day is observed on ….
a. April 7
b. April 11
c. April 30
d. May 1

25. Apart from hunger and poverty, Zimbabwe is latest hit by ….
a. Cholera
b. Epizootic
c. Anthrax
d. none of these

26. Which country witnessed first communal riots because of recession and slowdown?
a. Argentina
b. Armenia
c. Belgium
d. Greece

27. Incredible India is a project on ….
a. Tourism
b. Education
c. Transport
d. Culture

28. The TAPI project, involving Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India, is associated with ….
a. Gas pipeline
b. Free trade agreement
c. Joint military exercise
d. none of these

29. Which of these French cities hosted the 60th anniversary summit of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)?
a. Paris
b. La Défense
c. Strasbourg
d. Zurich

30. River Rhine separates France from ….
a. Germany
b. Belgium
c. Luxembourg
d. Spain

31. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the newly announced secretary general of NATO, is the national of ....
a. Denmark
b. the Netherlands
c. Canada
d. Turkey

32. The 2010 NATO summit will be held in ….
a. Lisbon, Portugal
b. Istanbul, Turkey
c. Brussels, Belgium
d. Riga, Latvia

33. ... was the ‘player of the tournament’ in the recently concluded India’s three test match series against New Zealand.
a. Gautam Gambhir
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Zaheer Khan
d. Harbhajan Singh

34. This Indian state holds the minimum number of Lok Sabha seats (two).
a. Sikkim
b. Assam
c. Nagaland
d. Mizoram

35. You will associate CBM IV and NELP VIII with .…
a. Oil & gas exploration
b. Metals exploration
c. Nuclear energy
d. none of these

36. Pakistan’s Swat Valley is located in ….
a. North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
b. Sindh
c. Balochistan
d. Punjab

37. Besides Mahindra Singh Dhoni and Virender Sehwag, which of the following Indian cricketer featured in Wisden’s Dream Test XI team.
a. Sachin Tendulkar
b. Harbhajan Singh
c. Zaheer Khan
d. all the above

38. Which of these are matched correctly?
a. Kimi RaiKKonnen - Ferrari
b. Sebastian Vettel - Red Bull
c. Lewis Hemilton - McLaren
d. all the above

39. Pottu Amman is the new chief of ….
a. LTTE
b. Hamas
c. Saviour Sect
d. Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen

40. India is, for the second time, all set to launch this Israeli spy satellite.
a. TechSAR
b. Shavit
c. RISAT
d. none of these

41. This Indian cricketer bagged the honour of Wisdon’s leading cricketer in the world.
a. Sunil Gavaskar
b. Anil Kumble
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Virender Sehwag

42. He is the new election commissioner of India.
a. VS Sampath
b. N Gopalswamy
c. PL Darbar
d. Sudhakar Rao

43. L’Aquila, recently hit by a massive earthquake taking hundreds of lives, is in ….
a. Germany
b. France
c. Italy
d. Brazil

44. This transport system is the first in the world to qualify for UN carbon credits.
a. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
b. Delhi Transport Services
c. Konkan Railways
d. none of these

45. Which of these are matched correctly?
a. A Stranger to History - Atish Tasir
b. The Impossible Journey - James A Koghalan
c. Walk With Me - PR Kedia
d. all the above

46. A new museum charting the story of the Titanic has been planned to be built in … ahead of the 100th anniversary of the ill-fated liner’s sinking.
a. Britain
b. the US
c. Ireland
d. France

47. India recently authored its Test series victory in New Zealand after 41 years. Earlier, Indian cricket team achieved this milestone in 1967-68 under the captaincy of ….
a. Nawab of Pataudi Jr
b. Sunil Gavaskar
c. Ajit Wadekar
d. Kapil Dev

48. Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan is the former coach of ….
a. Australia
b. England
c. South Africa
d. West Indies

49. The inaugural match of second season of Indian Premier League in South Africa was played between Rajasthan Royals and ….
a. Royal Challengers Bangalore
b. Delhi Daredevils
c. Kings XI Punjab
d. Mumbai Indians

50. The first shooting world cup tournament, popularly called ISSF World Cup, recently concluded in ….
a. Chongwon, Korea
b. Seoul, Korea
c. Beijing, China
d. Tokyo, Japan

Answers

1.         a. Malaysia
2.         a. Najib Abdul Razak
3.         a. Jatiya Party
4.         a. 17
5.         a. Copenhagen
6.         a. New York
7.         a. Israel
8.         a. Halen Clark
9.         a. Kalpen Suresh Modi
10.       a. APJ Abdul Kalam
11.       a. Bangladesh
12.       a. North Korea
13.       b. Mesadi-Bihar
14.       a. Dalai Lama
15.       d. all the above
16.       d. all the above
17.       c. Karan Thapar
18.       d. India
19.       c. 16
20.       a. Hindi
21.       a. UNESCO
22.       a. UNCTAD
23.       a. South Africa
24.       a. April 7
25.       a. Cholera

26.       d. Greece
27.       a. Tourism
28.       a. Gas pipeline
29.       c. Strasbourg
30.       a. Germany
31.       a. Denmark
32.       a. Lisbon, Portugal
33.       a. Gautam Gambhir
34.       a. Sikkim
35.       a. Oil & gas exploration
36.       a. North-West Frontier Province (NWFP)
37.     d. all the above
38.       d. all the above
39.       a. LTTE
40.       c. RISAT
41.       d. Virender Sehwag
42.       a. VS Sampath
43.       c. Italy
44.       a. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
45.       d. all the above
46.       a. Britain
47.       a. Nawab of Pataudi Jr
48.       a. Australia
49.       a. Royal Challengers Bangalore
50.       a. Chongwon, Korea

April, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. Who has won the recently concluded Indian idol, a signing talent hunt competition organised by Sony entertainment? She has made a record by becoming the first ever female winner.
a. Torsha Sarkar
b. Sourabhee Debbarama
c. Anamika Choudhury
d. Savithri B

2. The dates for the forthcoming general elections have already been announced. The … Lok Sabha was dissolved on February 26, 2008.
a. 11th
b. 12th
c. 13th
d. 14th

3. Name this person who shared the coveted Oscar Awards for the best sound mixing for Slumdog Millionaire with two other winners and also won the BAFTA awards.
a. Richard Pryke
b. Ian Tapp
c. Resul Pookutty
d. none of these

4. Which film bagged the most number of Filmfare Awards including best film, best actor and best director this time?
a. Fashion
b. Rock On
c. Ghajini
d. Jodha Akbar

5. India recently lifted ban on import of toys from a country. The ban was imposed for six months on grounds of public health and safety. Name the country in question.
a. Russia
b. Maldives
c. China
d. South Korea

6. In the recent terrorist strike in Lahore, Pakistan on March 3, 2009 many Sri Lankan cricketers sustained injuries. Their assistant coach also received shrapnel wound in the arm. Name him.
a. Paul Farbrace
b. Trevor Penney
c. Duncan Fletcher
d. Trevor Bayliss

7. Who is the author of recently released book on parenting titled 100 Questions from My Child. The same author also penned 100 Promises to My Baby.
a. Madhusree Chatterjee
b. Nikhil Shrivastava
c. Mallika Chopra
d. V Ramanathan

8. A team of archaeologists has discovered a habitation site and a graveyard belonging to the Harappan civilisation. Name the place where the discovery has been made after three years of consistent efforts.
a. Pune
b. Rohtak
c. Bikaner
d. Meerut

9. Many Indian personalities find a place in Madame Tussauds, England including Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Who is going to be the first ever Indian sportsperson to be portrayed in the internationally renowned wax museum?
a. MS Dhoni
b. Abhinav Bindra
c. Sachin Tendulkar
d. Sania Mirza

10. As almost 43 million more electors will choose the Lok Sabha this time, the number of electors for the ensuing Lok Sabha polls has increased about … per cent from the last Parliamentary elections in 2004.
a. 7.2
b. 6.4
c. 5.7
d. 8.1

11. Which Indian actor has topped the Filmfare power list this year? The actor did not appear at all in the list last year.
a. Aamir Khan
b. Shah Rukh Khan
c. Farhan Akhtar
d. Hrithik Roshan

12. Who has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of Central Bank of India?
a. HA Daruwalla
b. Dr Dalbir Singh
c. D Subbarao
d. S Sridhar

13. Which university has won the performance award instituted by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) for best agricultural university in the country?
a. Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University
b. Govind Ballabh Pant University
c. Kerala Agricultural University
d. Allahabad Agricultural Institute

14. Which neighbouring country of India faced a bloody mutiny recently in which many army officers were killed?
a. Bangladesh
b. Sri lanka
c. Nepal
d. Bhutan

15. Which Hindu revivalist sect recently announced the launch of its political party which would induct people with a clean past and healthy mind?
a. Brahma Samaj
b. Ramakrishna Mission
c. Arya Samaj
d. none of these

16. Who took over as the new AIIMS director at a recent change of hands?
a. TD Dogra
b. RC Deka
c. Naresh Dayal
d. none of these

17. Which among the following is one of the two new venues that were announced by the IPL recently?
a. Jaipur
b. Delhi
c. Ahmedabad
d. Hyderabad

18. Which Indian business tycoon, who ranked sixth last year, has fallen to rank 34 in this year’s Forbes’ list of billionaires?
a. Mukesh Ambani
b. Anil Ambani
c. Aziz Premji
d. Lakshmi Mittal

19. The archaeologists have found gold jeweleries recently at a dig out. Where were they found?
a. Europe
b. Egypt
c. India
d. none of these

20. The co-director of the Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire Loveleen Tandan belongs to which institute of mass communication?
a. Asian College of Journalism
b. Jamia Millia Islamia
c. Indian Institute of Mass Communication
d. none of these

21. Which technology giant recently announced the rolling out of its talking iPod shuffle?
a. Dell
b. Sony
c. Apple
d. none of these

22. What is Tarun Tejpal’s debut novel called?
a. The Story of my assassins
b. Alchemy of Desire
c. Tehelka as Metaphor
d. Solo

23. Name the director of Oscar winner The Reader.
a. Stephen Daldry
b. David Fincher
c. Andrew Stanton
d. Jim Reardon

24. Name the director of the film Gulaal which is about grassroot politics in Rajasthan.
a. Abhishek Kapoor
b. Anurag Kashyap
c. Zoya Akhtar
d. Subhash Ghai

25. Who won the critics’ award for best actress at the 54th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008?
a. Prachi Desai for Rock On
b. Soha Ali Khan for Mumbai Meri Jaan
c. Kangana Ranaut for Fashion
d. Shahana Goswami for Rock On

26. Who was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the 54th Idea Filmfare Awards 2008?
a. Dilip Kumar
b. Paritosh Sen
c. Bhanu Athaiya
d. Udai Pareek

27. Which political organisation had to seek a trust vote for the state assembly after it broke 11-year-old relations with the Bhartiya Janta Party? The organisation in question won the trust vote.
a. Janta Dal (united)
b. Samta Party
c. Shiv Sena
d. Biju Janta Dal

28. The Pakistan government recently restored the deposed chief justice ...
a. Iftikhar Chaudhary
b. Asif Ali Zardari
c. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
d. Farahtullah Babar

29. Who was removed from the National Commission for Women for failing to conduct an unbiased enquiry into the Mangalore pub-attack on girls?
a. Malini Bhattacharya
b. Girija Vyas
c. Nirmala Venkatesh
d. Yasmeen Abrar

30. Who has been named as the next chief election commissioner who will take over the office on April 20?
a. N Gopalaswami
b. Navin Chawla
c. Shiv Shankar Menon
d. Arun Ramanathan

31. Which country recently said it would pull out of next year’s Commonwealth Games in New Delhi if the security concerns do not get addressed?
a. Malaysia
b. Singapore
c. Australia
d. Bahamas

32. Archaeologists say they have found the skeletons of the younger sister of Cleopatra who was murdered over 2,000 years ago. Identify her name:
a. Arsinoe
b. Dido
c. Electra
d. none of them

33. Which of these led thousands of party workers and lawyers in a long march in Pakistan, defying house arrest?
a. Pervez Musharraf
b. Nawaz Sharif
c. Iftikhar Chaudhary
d. none of these

34. A Hindutva group allegedly protested when the director of Housefull spoke of his plans to install a 67-foot statue of Charlie Chaplin saying Chaplin was a Christian. The film is in which regional language?
a. Tamil
b. Telugu
c. Kannada
d. none of these

35. This famous temple in south India might soon get Intellectual Property Right for its laddus as the managing trust is seeking ‘geographical exclusivity’ for the holy offering. Name this temple.
a. Meenakshi temple
b. Tirupati temple
c. Jagannath temple
d. none of these

36. The 5th World Water Forum (WWF) on creating more awareness about significant water resources was held in...
a. Yemen
b. Istanbul
c. Kabul
d. none of these

37. Josef Fritzl who has been accused of keeping his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering seven children with her belongs to ...
a. Austria
b. USA
c. England
d. Australia

38. Tata Motors have applied for patent protections for its ... car.
a. Nano
b. Safari Dicor
c. Indica
d. none of these

39. Two Indian cricket players feature in the top 10 of ODI rankings in the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI player rankings. Name them.
a. Mohammad Kaif and Irfan Patel
b. MS Dhoni and Rahul Dravid
c. Virendra Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar
d. none of these

40. The IPL has been taken to courts by ... tv over broadcasting rights.
a. Zee
b. Doordarshan
c. Sony
d. none of these

41. The two Election Commissioners of India are Navin Chawla and …
a. R Balakarishnan
b. SY Quraishi
c. BB Tandon
d. AM Sethna

42. From which constituency is Bollywood actor and Samajwadi Party nominee, Sanjay Dutt, contesting Lok Sabha elections?
a. Lucknow
b. Amethi
c. Allahabad
d. Bilgram

43. Which of the following is part of the third front?
a. Lok Jan Shakti Party
b. Bahujan Samaj Party
c. Telugu Desam Party
d. none of these

44. The Indian cricket team registered victory in ODIs in New Zealand. Who led the Kiwis?
a. John Bracewell
b. Brendon McCullum
c. Graeme Smith
d. Daniel Vettori

45. Which Indian received the International Young Design Entrepreneur - 2008 Award in London?
a. Siddhartha Das
b. R Sriram
c. Ashish Rajpal
d. none of these

46. This woman of Indian origin won the prestigious “women of courage” award from Hillary Rodham Clinton in US. Name her.
a. Seema Ahaluwalia
b. Ambiga Sreenevasan
c. Lakshmi Moorthy
d. Shashi Bacheta

47. Who has co-authored Madhavrao Scindia: A Life with Namita Bhandare?
a. Vir Sanghvi
b. Rajdeep Sardesai
c. Vinod Dua
d. Prannoy Roy

48. Where is Kennedy Space Center, from where NASA’s space shuttle Discovery took off, located?
a. California
b. Los Angeles
c. Florida
d. New York

49. Who is the new president of Rajasthan Cricket Association?
a. Sanjay Dixit
b. Lalit Modi
c. Sharad Pawar
d. MS Gill

50. The general elections will be held from …
a. April 10 to May 10
b. April 5 to May 16
c. April 11 to May 7
d. April 16 to May 13

Answers

1.         b. Sourabhee Debbarama
2.         d. 14th
3.         c. Resul Pookutty
4.         d. Jodha Akbar
5          c. China
6.         a. Paul Farbrace
7.         c. Mallika Chopra
8.         b. Rohtak
9.         c. Sachin Tendulkar
10.       a. 7.2
11.       a. Aamir Khan
12.       d. S Sridhar
13.       c. Kerala Agricultural University
14.       a. Bangladesh
15.       c. Arya Samaj
16.       b. RC Deka
17.       c. Ahmedabad
18.       b. Anil Ambani
19.       b. Egypt
20.       b. Jamia Millia Islamia
21.       c. Apple
22.       b. Alchemy of Desire
23.       a. Stephen Daldry
24.       b. Anurag Kashyap
25.       d. Shahana Goswami for Rock On

26.       c. Bhanu Athaiya
27.       d. Biju Janta Dal
28.       a. Iftikhar Chaudhary
29.       c. Nirmala Venkatesh
30.       b. Navin Chawla
31.      c. Australia
32.       a. Arsinoe
33.       b. Nawaz Sharif
34.       c. Kannada
35.       c. Jagannath temple
36.       b. Istanbul
37.       a. Austria
38.       a. Nano
39.       c. Virendra Sehwag and Sachin
              Tendulkar
40.       c. Sony
41.       b. SY Quraishi
42.       a. Lucknow
43.       c. Telugu Desam Party
44.       d. Daniel Vettori
45.       a. Siddhartha Das
46.       b. Ambiga Sreenevasan
47.       a. Vir Sanghvi
48.       c. Florida
49.       a. Sanjay Dixit
50.       d. April 16 to May 13

March, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. India recently signed a civil nuclear pact with this uranium-rich Central Asian country.
a. Kazakhstan
b. Uzbekistan
c. Turkmenistan
d. None of these

2. Mullaittivu and Kilinochchi were recently in news. They are located in …
a. Bhutan
b. Afghanistan
c. Sri Lanka
d. Myanmar

3. Indian Workers Association (IWA), one of the oldest organisations set up in Britain by Indian migrants in 1938, has said that it admired ... for stabilising India’s economy.
a. BJP
b. Congress
c. Left
d. None of these

4. Cell phones and SIM cards were recently recovered from Alipore Central jail. This jail is located in…
a. Jharkhand
b. Orissa
c. West Bengal
d. Bihar

5. Which year has/had been announced to be celebrated as ‘International Year of Astronomy’?
a. 2008
b. 2009
c. 2010
d. 2011

6. Which of these are correctly matched?
a. Sagarika - underwater launched missile
b. Agni - surface to surface missile
c. Pritivi - surface to surface missile
d. all of these

7. Sania Mirza and Mahesh Bhupati won the mixed doubles title at Australian Open after thrashing Andy Ram and Nathalie Dechy. Ram and Dechy are nationals of … respectively.
a. Israel and France
b. Spain and France
c. Israel and Spain
d. Spain and the US

8. ICC women’s World Cup, scheduled in March, will be held in …
a. England
b. Australia
c. New Zealand
d. South Africa

9. Which of these are NOT correctly matched about the 2009 edition of Twenty20 Indian Premier League?
a. Kevin Pietersen - Bangalore Royal Challengers
b. Andrew Flintoff - Chennai Super Kings
c. JP Duminy - Mumbai Indians
d. Paul Collingwood - Rajasthan Royals

10. Chief election commissioner of India N Gopalaswami was in news for his decision to suo motu recommend the removal of Navin Chawla as election commissioner. Election
commission of India consists of a chief election commissioner and … election commissioners.
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five

11. Project Arrow is associated with…
a. department of post
b. department of space
c. department of IT
d. department of agriculture

12. The gas, which is a potential source of non-polluting energy gas, is available in abundance on Moon. Name the gas.
a. Helium 3
b. Argon
c. Neon
d. Methane

13. This political party in India recently introduced planned mechanism to monitor its members’ assets.
a. CPI(M)
b. BSP
c. RJD
d. BJP

14. The ‘Ambikatanayadatta National Award,’ instituted by the DR Bendre National Memorial Trust, was recently conferred on president of the Sahitya Academy and Bengali writer …
a. Sunil Gangopadhyaya
b. Amitabh Ghosh
c. Arundhati Roy
d. Shankha Ghosh

15. This Bollywood actor has been honoured with World Economic Forum’s Crystal Award in Davos for contribution to the world of cinema.
a. Amitabh Bachchan
b. Aamir Khan
c. Nandita Das
d. Arjun Rampal

16. This legendary Australian cricketer has been inducted into the Australian cricket hall of fame at the 2008 Allan Border Medal.
a. Steve Waugh
b. Andrew Symonds
c. Mark Waugh
d. Brett Lee

17. You will find Madhesi Party in …
a. Nepal
b. Tibet
c. Assam
d. Bhutan

18. This country successfully launched its CORONAS-Photon spacecraft with Indian payload to study solar activity and its impact on the upper atmosphere of Earth. Name the country.
a. Russia
b. Israel
c. Argentina
d. France

19. Ending 34 years of nuclear isolation, India signed its first commercial contract to build atomic power plants with Areva. Areva is headquarted in …
a. France
b. the US
c. Australia
d. Russia

20. Which of these are correctly matched?
a. Mashrafe Mortaza - Kolkata Knight Riders
b. Shaun Tait - Rajasthan Royals
c. Ravi Bopara - King’s XI Punjab
d. All of these

21. After a crashing series win over Sri Lanka, India stood second in ICC’s one-day international rankings. The country first in the list is...
a. Australia
b. New Zealand
c. South Africa
d. England

22. The Supreme Court of India has appointed ... to examine the feasibility of construction of basketball and squash courts for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the Capital’s Siri Fort area.
a. Charles Correa
b. Harish Salve
c. Only a
d. Both a and b

23. You will associate the controversial domestic made space satellite Safir-2 with …
a. Iran
b. North Korea
c. Venezuela
d. Cuba

24. Yuki Bhambri enjoyed headlines after his victory in Australian Open junior champion. Bhambri is from …
a. Delhi
b. Kolkata
c. Mumbai
d. Bangalore

25. This non-political outfit was responsible for recent attack on young women at a Mangalore pub in Karnataka.
a. Sri Ram Sene
b. Bajrang Dal
c. SIMI
d. None of these

26. Muttiah Muralitharan has become the highest wicket-taker in one-day international cricket surpassing the 502 wickets record of …
a. Courtney Walsh
b. Glenn McGrath
c. Shane Warne
d. Wasim Akram

27. Forest Survey of India (FSI) recently announced a survey on trees in...
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Kerala
d. Karnataka

28. You will associate Duleep Trophy with …
a. Cricket
b. Tennis
c. Hockey
d. Football

29. Union cabinet has approved two more AIIMS-like medical institutions, which will be set up in Uttar Pradesh and …
a. West Bengal
b. Jharkhand
c. Maharashtra
d. Punjab

30. This Bollywood star was in news for sharing his 20 years of experience in the film industry in a lecture to IIM-Ahmedabad students.
a. Aamir Khan
b. Anil Kapoor
c. Shahrukh Khan
d. Shekhar Kapoor

31. President Pratibha Devisingh Patil has been conferred the doctor of letters (D Litt) degree by the first women’s university in the country — SNDT. The university is located in …
a. Hyderabad
b. New Delhi
c. Pune
d. None of these

32. Which of these are correctly matched?
a. Tejas - light combat aircraft
b. Rustom - unmanned aerial vehicle programme
c. Shorya -surface to surface missile
d. all of these

33. This country will host the first stand alone summit of the BRIC nations.
a. Brazil
b. Russia
c. India
d. China

34. The 2009 edition of G-20 meet will be held in April in...
a. London
b. Paris
c. Tokyo
d. New York

35. Naseem-al-Bahar is the name of India’s joint naval exercise with…
a. Qatar
b. Oman
c. Iran
d. Egypt

36. Harry Potter series author JK Rowling was recently bestowed with the honorary title of ‘knight’ by...
a. the US
b. the UK
c. Germany
d. France

37. The recipient of national communal harmony award 2008 is...
a. Dominic Emmanuel
b. Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan
c. both a and b
d. none of these

38. Ramaswamy Venkataraman, serving from 1987 to 1992, was the … President of India.
a. 7th
b. 8th
c. 9th
d. 10th

39. Before his election as the President of India,
R Venkataraman served as …
a. governor, International Monetary Fund
b. Union minister of defence
c. vice-president of India
d. all the above

40. R Venkataraman was also appointed Union minister of finance in the government headed by …
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Rajiv Gandhi
c. VP Singh
d. PV Narasimha Rao

41. Which of the Obama Cabinet pairs are matched correctly?
a. vice president- Joe Biden
b. secretary of state-Hillary Clinton
c. Secretary of treasury- Timothy Geithner
d. all of these

42. India recently signed a key safeguards agreement with IAEA. India, earlier, allowed inspection by the IAEA in its … civilian nuclear reactors under safeguards agreements concluded between 1971 and 1994.
a. six
b. eight
c. nine
d. none

43. G Madhavan Nair and
team Chandrayaan-I were recently honoured with the CNN-IBN Indian of the Year 2008 title. Nair is the chairman of …
a. ISRO
b. DRDO
c. department of space
d. India’s space mission

44. India is the sixth country to send spacecraft to Moon. The other five are the US, Russia, China, European Space Agency and ...
a. Germany
b. France
c. Japan
d. Israel

45. The newly appointed chief of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), is...
a. KC Verma
b. P K Tharakan
c. Ashok Chaturvedi
d. none of these

46. Which of these IPL teams is associated with Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty?
a. Rajasthan Royals
b. Chennai Super Kings
c. Bangalore Royal Challengers
d. Mumbai Indians

47. World’s largest women only university is proposed to be built in …
a. Saudi Arabia
b. India
c. the US
d. France

48. This Indian state is the maximum producer of organic silk in India.
a. Jharkhand
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Assam
d. Madhya Pradesh

49. According to United Nations Population Fund’s report, this country will have the highest population in the world by 2050.
a. India
b. China
c. Russia
d. none of these

50. Pusa 1121 is the name of hybridised form of …
a. rice
b. wheat
c. potato
d. peas

Answers

1.         a. Kazakhstan
2.         c. Sri Lanka
3.         c. Left
4.         c. West Bengal
5.         b. 2009
6.         d. all of these
7.         a. Israel and France
8.         b. Australia
9.         d. Paul Collingwood-Rajasthan Royals
10.       a. two
11.       a. department of post
12.       a. Helium 3
13.       a. CPI (M)
14.       a. Sunil Gangopadhyaya
15.       a. Amitabh Bachchan
16.       a. Steve Waugh
17.       a. Nepal
18.       a. Russia
19.       a. France
20.       d. All of these
21.       c. South Africa
22.       a. Charles Correa
23.       a. Iran
24.       a. Delhi
25.       a. Sri Ram Sene

26.       d. Wasim Akram
27.       a. Tamil Nadu
28.       a. Cricket
29.       a. West Bengal
30.       a. Aamir Khan
31.       d. None of these
32.       d. all of these
33.       b. Russia
34.       a. London
35.       b. Oman
36.       d. France
37.       c. both a and b
38.       b. 8th
39.       d. all the above
40.       a. Indira Gandhi
41.       d. all of these
42.       a. six
43.       a. ISRO
44.       c. Japan
45.       a. KC Verma
46.       a. Rajasthan Royals
47.       a. Saudi Arabia
48.       a. Jharkhand
49.       a. India
50.       a. rice

February, 2009 | back to current quiz

1. Rajasthan Tourism Development Corporation and Indian Railways have joined hands again to launch this new luxury train…
a. Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
b. Rajasthan Express
c. Rajasthan Heritage on Wheels
d. None of these

2. In the recently-concluded Test series against England, Sachin Tendulker scored his … Test century.
a. 35th
b. 37th
c. 41st
d. 45th

3. Time magazine has honoured him with ‘Person of The Year 2008’ award.
a. Barack Obama
b. Bill Gates
c. George W Bush
d. Ratan Tata

4. Sheikh Hasina, who secured a massive mandate in the recently held Bangladesh national elections, belongs to ...
a. Bangladesh Nationalist Party
b. Awami League
c. Muslim League
d. Jatiya Party

5. Indian Maritime University has recently been inaugurated in …
a. Chennai
b. Bengaluru
c. Kochi
d. Hyderabad

6. Melanmai Ponnusamy, who is among 21 litterateur chosen for the Sahitya Academy awards 2008, is a …
a. Tamil Poet
b. Tamil writer
c. Painter
d. Actor

7. The National Conference Party, which has emerged as the single largest party in Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, has formed the government under Omar Abdullah, with the support from …
a. Congress
b. BJP
c. PDP
d. BSP

8. Which of these demands was/were at the core of transporters’ strike in the country, called by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC)?
a. National Permit system
b. Rationalisation of motor vehicle taxes
c. Toll rates on government- funded national highway projects
d. All the above

9. Indian National Science Academy that recently celebrated its platinum jubilee is located in …
a. Pune
b. Mumbai
c. Nagpur
d. New Delhi

10. TPDS stands for …
a. Targeted Public Delivery System
b. True Public Delivery System
c. Targeted Public Distribution System
d. True Public Distribution System

11. This state has been selected for the fourth JRD Tata Memorial Awards for the best performing states on population and reproductive health programmes.
a. Chhattisgarh
b. Sikkim
c. Uttar Pradesh
d. Both a and b

12. The Central Universities Bill, 2008, aims at the conversion of this/these universities into Central universities.
a. Goa University
b. Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
c. Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
d. All the above

13. Recently, Oil Sector Officer’s Association (OSOA) had gone on strike. The strike was in regard to issues of ...
a. Oil bonds
b. Market determined oil prices
c. Pay revision
d. Reduction in oil prices

14. The 2nd Pay Revision Committee, was constituted under the chairmanship of …
a. Retired Justice M Jagannadha Rao
b. Retired Justice RC Chopra
c. Retired Justice YV Chandrachud
d. Retired Justice Choor Singh

15. ‘Retired Employees Liberalised Health Service’ is an initiative of …
a. Ministry of health and family welfare
b. Ministry of finance
c. Ministry of railways
d. Ministry of defence

16. The total number of members of Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation is …
a. 20
b. 30
c. 45
c. 60

17. The Government of India has proposed plans for setting up three new universities for the benefit of the children of NRIs and PIOs. The first of these universities, to be located at …, is expected to be operational by the year 2010.
a. Bangaluru
b. New Delhi
c. Lucknow
d. Ahmedabad

18. The global Indian Knowledge Network (Global-INK), was launched at the 7th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai. Global-INK has been designed and developed by …
a. Wipro
b. Tata Consultancy Service
c. Infosys
d. Polaris

19. Which of these Pravasi Bharatiyas are matched correctly?
a. Dave Sukhdip Singh Hayer - Canada
b. Sir Moti Tikaram - Fiji
c. Nirmal K Sinha -USA
d. All the above

20. A new Naval Academy has recently been inaugurated at Ezhimala in …
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Karnataka
c. Kerala
d. Tamil Nadu

21. The date has been announced as the ‘National Girl Child Day’.
a. January 5
b. January 12
c. January 24
d. January 31

22. Smart card for migrant Indian workers has been announced to be operational from June 1 this year. This will incorporate ...
a. Passport details
b Address
c. Contact persons in case of emergency
d. All the above

23. A global advisory council has been constituted recently. Who is the chairman if the council?
a. Prime Minister
b. External affairs minister
c. Minister for overseas Indian affairs
d. None of these

24. Australian batsman Matthew Hayden, who recently announced his retirement from international cricket, made his Test debut in 1994 against …
a. England
b. India
c. Pakistan
d. South Africa

25. Bhartendu Harishchandra Awards, instituted in 1983, are given in the field of …
a. Journalism and mass communication
b. National integration
c. Women issues and
children’s literature
d. All the above

26. This country is to chair the Afro-Asian Rural Development Organisation for the next three years (2009-2011).
a. India
b. Syria
c. Nigeria
d. South Africa

27. This football player has been named ‘2008 FIFA World Player of the Year’.
a. Fernando Torres
b. Lionel Messi
c. Cristiano Ronaldo
d. Xavi Hernandez

28. Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren submitted his resignation following a humiliating defeat in the assembly bypolls. Soren is the leader of …
a. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
b. Jharkhand Party
c. Jharkhand Vikash Dal
d. Rashtriya Janata Dal

29. Senior Congress leader Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar recently passed away. He was the former chief minister of …
a. Meghalaya
b. Tripura
c. Sikkim
d. Nagaland

30. This bowler is the fastest to race to the 50-wicket mark in ODIs cricket.
a. Ajantha Mendis
b. Ajit Agarkar
c. DK Lillee
d. Ishant Sharma

31. India and … recently signed an agreement for improvement of conditions of recruitment and employment of their workers in each other’s
country.
a. Malaysia
b. France
c. Australia
d. Saudi Arabia

32. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for establishment of the Indian Grape Processing Board at …
a. Nagpur
b. Pune
c. Shimla
d. Srinagar

33. This public sector enterprise is the new entrant to the club of India’s Navratna
companies.
a. Coal India Ltd
b. Bharat Coking Coal Ltd
c. NMDC
d. None of these

33. Which of the following political parties is not a national party as recognised by the Election Commission of India?
a. National Congress Party
b. Bahujan Samaj Party
c. Communist Party of India
d. Samajwadi Party of India

34. Maximum strength of Lok Sabha as stipulated in the Constitution of India is……..
a. 547
b. 545
c. 552
d. None of these

35. Which of the following is not included in Human Development Index?
a. Life Expectancy
b. Real per Capita Income
c. Social Inequality
d. Adult Literacy

36. Which of the following is not a style of swimming?
a. Free-style
b. Back stroke
c. Front stroke
d. Butteryfly

37. India’s first atomic power
station is….
a. BARC
b. Tarapur Atomic Power Station
c. Narora Atomic Power Station
d. None of these

38. According to the Article 82 of the Constitution of India, the allocation of seats in Lok Sabha to the states is on the basis of the………….census.
a. 1961
b. 1971
c. 1981
d. 1991

39. Which country was the first, after the ban on India was lifted by the Nuclear Supplier Group, to assign an agreement that would allow the supply of civil nuclear technology to India.
a. USA
b. France
c. Russia
d. Italy

40. Jammu and Kashmir became an integral part of India on…….
a. 26th October, 1948
b. 26th October, 1947
c. 26th November, 1948
d. None of these

41. The first declared war between India and Pakistan was fought in the year…..
a. 1962
b. 1966
c. 1965
d. 1971

42. Baverly Hill in Los Angeles, California has recently come into flash because of….
a. Film Festival Awards Ceremony
b. 66th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony
c. Oscar Awards Ceremony
d. The shooting for the film Lamhe

43. He is the new secretary of ministry of power.
a. VS Sampath
b. Anil Razdan
c. K Mohandas
d. Rekha Bhargava

44. Recently APJ Abdul Kalam resigned from his position as chairman emeritus at this institute.
a. Emergency Management Research Institute (EMRI)
b. IISc
c. IIM Bangalore
d. None of these

45. Who has done the screenplay for the Golden Globes winner Slumdog Millionaire? a. Vikas Swarup
b. Danny Boyle
c. Simon Beaufoy
d. Loveleen Tandan

46. He is now the CM of Jharkhand.
a. Babulal Marandi
b. Arjun Munda
c. Madhu Koda
d. Champai Soren

47. Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Syeed is the founder of …
a. People’s Democratic Party
b. Panther Party
c. Kashmir Liberation Front
d. None of these

48. Raju Narisetti has been named as the new managing editor of …
a. Washington Post
b. Time
c. New York Times
d. BBC

49. Indian chef Anand George has won the overall winner title in the prestigious ‘South Wales Echo Food and Drink Awards’. He belongs
to …
a. Kerala
b. Arunachal Pradesh
c. Andhra Pradesh
d. Karnataka

50. … has topped the SportzPower Money List of 2008.
a. BCCI
b. IPL
c. Cricket Australia
d. FIFA

Answers

1.         a. Royal Rajasthan on Wheels
2.         c. 41st
3.         a. Barrack Obama
4.         b. Awami League
5.         a. Chennai
6.         a. Tamil Poet
7.         a. Congress
8.         d. All the above
9.         d. New Delhi
10.       c. Targeted Public Distribution System
11.       d. Both a and b
12.       d. All the above
13.       c. Pay revision
14.       a. Retired Justice M Jagannadha Rao
15.       c. Ministry of railways
16.       b. 30
17.       a. Bangaluru
18.       b. Tata Consultancy Service
19.       d. All the above
20.       c. Kerala
21.       c. January 24
22.       d. All the above
23.       a. Prime Minister
24.       d. South Africa
25.       d. All the above

26. a. India
27. c. Cristiano Ronaldo
28. a. Jharkhand Mukti Morch
29. b. Tripura
30. a. Ajantha Mendis
31. a. Malaysia
32. b. Pune
33. a. Coal India Ltd
33. a. National Congress Party
34. c. 552
35. c. Social Inequality
36. a. Free-style
37. b. Tarapur Atomic Power Station
38. b. 1971
39. b. France
40. b. 26th October, 1947
41. c. 1965
42. b. 66th Golden Globe Awards Ceremony
43. a. VS Sampath
44. a. Emergency Management Research
Institute (EMRI)
45. c. Simon Beaufoy
46. d. Champai Soren
47. a. People’s Democratic Party
48. a. Washington Post
49. a. Kerala
50. a. BCCI

January, 2009 | back to current quiz

French government recently bestowed the prestigious award ‘Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres’ (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) on this veteran designer.
a. Ritu Kumar
b. Rohit Bahl
c. Manish Malhotra
d. Jattinn Kochhar
Ashok Chavan, before he became the CM of Maharashtra, served as … in the Vilas Rao Deshmukh government.
a. industry minister
b. commerce minister
c. finance minister
d. home minister
Which of the following is correctly matched?
a. Navy chief - Admiral Sureesh Mehta
b. Army chief-Major general JJ Singh
c. Air chief- Marshal Fali Homi Major
d. All the above
After France and the US, this country is the third ink nuclear deal with India.
a. Russia
b. The UK
c. Australia
d. Japan
He was the architect of hotel Taj in Mumbai.
a. DN Mirza
b. Sitaram Vaidya
c. Both a and b
d. none of these
This politician has raised questions about the killing of Hemant Karkare
a. LK Advani
b. AR Antulay
c. Ashok Chavan
d. None of these
He has been appointed to be the next director of Intelligence Bureau.
a. PC Haldar
b. Rajiv Mathur
c. Veena Birbal
d. Ashwini Kumar
Who among the following appoints the judges of the Supreme Court of India after the Supreme Court panel makes its recommendation?
a. President
b. Prime minister
c. Chief justice of India
d. Union cabinet
With the total installed capacity of 1,41,079.90 MW from all the power projects in the country, which of these is generating the most of it?
a. Thermal power
b. Hydro power
c. Nuclear power
d. Wind power
Water CESS is remitted to …
a. Contingency fund of India
b. Consolidated fund of India
c. Public account
d. None of these
January 12 being anniversary of … is observed every year as national youth day.
a. Subhash Chandra Bose
b. Swami Vivekananda
c. Rajiv Gandhi
d. None of these
This city recently hosted the fourteenth national youth festival.
a. New Delhi
b. Chandigarh
c. Amritsar
d. Chennai
19 CW games to be held for the first time in Delhi in 2010 will witness participants from 71 countries in … sports
a. 17
b. 19
c. 22
d. 26
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) recently marked its centenary celebrations. IISc is in …
a. Hyderabad
b. Kochi
c. Bangalore
d. Nagpur
The recently constituted national award Best Braille Press is associated with …
a. Artists
b. Sportsmen
c. Painters
d. Disabled persons
Which of the following short films are matched correctly.
a. Plot Point-Nicolas Provost
b. Good Night-Geetika Narang
c. Monday to Friday-Albert Bayona
d. All the above
Which of the following profiles have never been handled by VP Singh.
a. Prime minister of India
b. Union finance minister
c. Governor of Maharastra
d. Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh
The movie Slumdog Million-aire, also in the list of Oscar nominees, is directed by ….
a. Robert Altman
b. Irwin Allen
c. Danny Boyle
d. Dario Argento
Who is the new CM of Chhattisgarh?
a. Raman Singh
b. Shivraj Singh Chouhan
c. Ravi Shankar Prasad
d. BC Khanduri
Ksenya Sukhinova has been crowned as the new Miss World. She is a national of …
a. Russia
b. South Africa
c. The USA
d. Germany
This city hosted the Pantaloon Miss World pageant 2008.
a. Paris
b. Tokyo
c. Johannesburg
d. Bonn
Twenty one-year-old Parvathy Omanakuttan from India was the runner up Miss World 2008 contest. She belongs to…
a. Karnataka
b. Kerala
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Andhra Pradesh
This is the ... consecutive win for Congress leader Sheila Dixit in the assembly elections of Delhi.
a. Second
b. Third
c. Fourth
d. Fifth
Barack Hussein Obama has been elected as president while the vice president is ...
a. Joe Biden
b. John McCain
c. Condoleezza Rice
d. None of these
This Pakistani politician has claimed that Kasab is a Pakistani.
a. Imran Khan
b Nawaz Sharief
c Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri
d Sahabad Sarif
The name of the political party led by Telugu film actor K Chiranjeevi is …
a. Yuva Rajyam
b. Jana Shakti
c. Praja Rajyam
d. None of these
Leading NRI entrepreneur Lord Swraj Paul has authored the biography of former Indian prime minister …
a. Indira Gandhi
b. Rajiv Gandhi
c. PV Narsimha Rao
d. None of these
You will associate ‘Nature Trail’ with …
a. Rastrapati Bhawan
b. 7 Race Course
c. 10 Janpath
d. Central Secretariat
This south Indian city has now been declared as ‘nano city’.
a. Sriharikota
b. Bangalore
c. Chennai
d. Mangalore
Gulf of Aden is situated in …
a. Arabian Sea
b. Red Sea
c. Indian Ocean
d. Mediterranean Sea
Indian government has signed an agreement with Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), to open its regional facility in the country. PCA is located in …
a. Hague
b. Geneva
c. Vienna
d. Rome
He is the chairman of the Union Law Commission.
a. KG Balakrishnan
b. Dr AR Lakshmanan
c. HR Bhardwaj
d. President of India
Universal Health Insurance Scheme (UHIS) in India has been launched for families …
a. Rural India
b. Under below poverty line
c. Urban population
d. Unorganised sector
The government of India recently announced a bail-out package for …
a. Small and medium industries
b. Central public sector enterprises
c. Non-banking financial companies
d. State public sector enterprises
Airport Authority of India recently installed surface movement radar as a measure of fog preparedness at …
a. Kolkata Airport
b. Hyderabad Airport
c. Mumbai Airport
d. Delhi Airport
Solar Energy Centre, a recently established institute engaged in activities of testing, standardisation and development of solar energy technologies, is located at …
a. Gurgaon
b. New Delhi
c. Faridabad
d. Mohali
The first ever … military exercise on Indian soil “Hand in Hand 2008” concluded recently at Belgaum, Karnataka.
a. India-the US
b. India-Pakistan
c. India-China
d. India-Japan
Government has decided to open generic drug stores in the country under the name ...
a. Janata Dawakhana
b. People Medicos
c. Jan Aushadhi
d. None of these
This new bill passed by the parliament enables professional expertise and entrepreneurial initiative to combine, organise and operate in an innovative and efficient manner.
a. Limited Liability
Partnership Bill 2008
b. Company Bill 2008
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
Who authored the book The Man From Pakistan — The True Story of the World’s Most Dangerous Nuclear Smuggler. It’s about AQ Khan.
a. Douglas Frantz
b. Catherine Collins
c. Both of these
d. None of these
P Chidambaram has been made the Union home minister. He was earlier minister of state for internal security in the home ministry under the prime ministership of …
a. Rajiv Gandhi
b. PV Narsimha Rao
c. VP Singh
d. IK Gujral
K Vijay Kumar has been named to head the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy in …
a. Hyderabad
b. Dehra Dun
c. Mount Abu
d. None of these
After the results of assembly elections, which of these are NOT matched correctly?
a. Rajasthan-Congress
b. Mizoram-BJP
c. Madhya Pradesh-BJP
d. Chhattisgarh-BJP
Which of these are matched correctly?
a. Arc de Triomphe-Paris
b. Trafalgar Square-London
c. Brandenburg Gate-Berlin
d. All the above
A statue of US president-elect Barack Obama has been installed at the wax museum Museo Delle Cere in …
a. Paris
b. London
c. Rome
d. Harare
You will associate Somchai Wongsawat, Thaksin Shina-watra and Samak Sundaravej with …
a. Malaysia
b. Bhutan
c. Thailand
d. Myanmar
This Indian state recently witnessed the outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza.
a. Meghalaya
b. Assam
c. Manipur
d. Sikkim
Mullaperiyar dam is located in …
a. Tamil Nadu
b. Kerala
c. Karnataka
d. none of these
Historian … has won the 2008 Kluge Prize for lifetime achievement in the study of humanity instituted by the US Library of Congress.
a. Sumit Sarkar
b. Ram Chandra Guha
c. Satish Chandra
d. Romila Thapar
This actor recently received the title of ‘Datuk’ from the governor of Malaysia’s southern Malacca State.
a. Shah Rukh Khan
b. Aamir Khan
c. Hritik Roshan
d. Saif Ali Khan

Answers

1.         a. Ritu Kumar
2.         a. Industry minister
3.         d. all the above
4.         a. Russia
5.         c. Both a and b
6.         2. AR Antulay
7.         b. Rajiv Mathur
8.         a. President
9.         a. Thermal power
10.       b. Consolidated fund of India
11.       b. Swami Vivekananda
12.       c. Amritsar
13.       a. 17
14        c. Bangalore
15.       d. Disabled persons
16.       d. All the above
17.       c. Governor of Maharashtra
18.       a. Robert Altman
19.       a. Raman Singh
20.       a. Russia
21.       c. Johannesburg
22.       b. Kerala
23.       b. Third
24.       a. Joe Biden
25.       b. Nawaz Sharief

26.       c. Praja Rajyam
27.       a. Indira Gandhi
28.       a. Rastrapati Bhawan
29.       b. Bangalore
30.       a. Arabian Sea
31.       a. Hague
32.       b. Dr AR Lakshmanan
33.       b. under below poverty line
34.       a. small and medium industries
35.       d. Delhi Airport
36.       a. Gurgaon
37.       c. India -China
38.       c. Jan Aushadhi
39.       a. Limited Liability Partnership Bill 2008
40.       c. both of these
41.       a. Rajiv Gandhi
42.       a. Hyderabad
43.       b. Mizoram - BJP
44.       d. all the above
45.       c. Rome
46.       c. Thailand
47.       b. Assam
48.       b. Kerala
49.       d. Romila Thapar
50.       a. Shah Rukh Khan

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