Current General Knowledge 2009

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1. The Rs. 12,400 crore manned space mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) is scheduled for launch by—
(A) 2020
(B) 2015
(C) 2030
(D) 2012
Ans : (B)
2. India plans a manned mission to the moon by—

(A) 2020
(B) 2025
(C) 2030
(D) 2012
Ans : (A)
3. A Judge (of a High Court) may be removed from his office by the President in the manner
provided in clause (4) of ……… for the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court.
(A) Article 125
(B) Article 124
(C) Article 126
(D) Article 127
Ans : (B)
4. In order to remove judges of the Supreme Court or High Court through impeachment
proceedings a motion is addressed to the President signed by at least—
(A) 100 members of Lok Sabha or 50 members of Rajya Sabha
(B) 50 members of Rajya Sabha or 150 members of Lok Sabha
(C) 80 members of Lok Sabha or 30 members of Rajya Sabha
(D) 60 members of Lok Sabha or 70 members of Rajya Sabha
Ans : (A)
5. Recently India and US have signed a pact on—

(A) petroleum
(B) biofuels
(C) atomic energy
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
6. According to the UNICEF’s flagship report, ‘State of the World’s Children’ (2009) the number of
women dying every year in India in Child Births is—
(A) 75000
(B) 77000
(C) 70000
(D) 78000
Ans : (D)
7. The Planning Commission has approved an ambitious scheme known as the Van Panchayat
Yojna aiming at achieving the target of covering …………… of India’s geographical area with
trees.
(A) 35%
(B) 40%
(C) 33%
(D) 28%
Ans : (C)
8. The Latest Forest Survey of India says that only ………… of the country’s land was covered
with trees.
(A) 30%
(B) 22%
(C) 23%
(D) 20%
Ans : (C)
9. India has recently signed a pact for supply of reactors with—

(A) Areva
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Russia
(D) Japan
Ans : (A)
10. The last U.S.A. military base in Central Asia which was voted out by Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament
was situated at—
(A) Manas
(B) Astana
(C) Bishkek
(D) Tashkant
Ans : (A)
11. Currently the Prime Minister of Iceland is—

(A) Geir Haarde
(B) Hugo Chavez
(C) Johanna Sigurdardottir
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
12. ……… Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) was organised by The Energy and
Resource Institute (TERI) in New Delhi recently—Fill in the blank with—
(A) Tenth
(B) Ninth
(C) Eleventh
(D) Eighth
Ans : (B)
13. BDR stands for—

(A) Border Development Force
(B) Border District Development
(C) Bangladesh Rifles
(D) Bangladesh Development Rifles
Ans : (C)
14. Zillur Rahman is the new President of—

(A) Malaysia
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Maldives
(D) Kazakhstan
Ans : (B)
15. Slumdog Millionaire won the Oscar Awards in—

(A) Eight categories
(B) Seven categories
(C) Six categories
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
16. The Oscar Award for Best Actress has been bagged by—
(A) Dustin Lance Black
(B) Kate Winslet
(C) Vicky Christina
Ans : (B)
17. Sean Penn has got the Oscar Award 2009 for—
(A) Best Actor
(B) Best Director
(C) Adapted Screenplay
(D) Original Song
Ans : (A)
18. According to a recent report the percentage of all immigrant founded companies in last ten
years founded by Indian immigrant is—
(A) 26%
(B) 30%
(C) 35%
(D) 40%
Ans : (A)
19. STPF stands for—

(A) Special Task Protection Force
(B) Special Tiger Protection Force
(C) Special Tiger Police Force
Ans : (B)
20. According to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) report the country which tops
the World Hunger Chart is—
(A) Sierra Leone
(B) India
(C) Somalia
(D) Pakistan
Ans : (B)
21. ‘Daughters of Shame’ is a book written by—

(A) Jasvinder Sanghera
(B) Mehar Fatima Hussain
(C) Kermit Roosevelt
(D) Shazia Aziz
Ans : (A)
22. Earth Day is observed on—

(A) April 22
(B) April 17
(C) April 30
(D) April 24
Ans : (A)
23. The winner of Chappell-Hadlee Trophy is—

(A) New Zealand
(B) Australia
(C) India
(D) West Indies
Ans : (B)
24. NPs Aulakh has been appointed as the new Chief of—
(A) National Security Guard
(B) Research and Analysis Wing
(C) Central Bureau of Investigation
(D) National Investigation Agency
Ans : (A)
25. According to recent estimates of Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) during 2008-09
India’s national income will grow at—
(A) 8·8%
(B) 10%
(C) 7·1%
(D) 8·5%
Ans : (C)
26. The winner of Australian Open Tennis Women’s Singles Title is—
(A) Dinara Safin
(B) Serena Williams
(C) Sania Mirza
(D) Venus Williams
Ans : (B)
27. Navin Chawla has been appointed as the new—

(A) Director General of Border Security Force
(B) National Security Guards Chief
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57. ‘India and China—A Thousand Years of Cultural Relations’ is the book written by—
(A) Probodh Chandra Bagchi
(B) K. Bikram Singh
(C) Romila Thapar
Ans : (A)
58. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on—

(A) March 12
(B) March 15
(C) March 23
(D) March 24
Ans : (B)
59. The Government of India has declared……as the National Day for the Girl Child.
(A) February 25
(B) January 27
(C) March 22
(D) January 24
Ans : (D)
60. In 2007-08, Enrolment rate for Muslim children increased to—

(A) 8·41%
(B) 10·49%
(C) 9·39%
(D) 7·25%
Ans : (B)
61. The 75th edition of Ranji Trophy was won by—

(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Railways
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (D)
62. Recently, the scientist who came into news is—

(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Newton
(D) Vikram Sarabhai
Ans : (B)
63. In the Interim Budget 2009-10 the Government of India has allocated for its flagship
programmes, the amount of—
(A) Rs. 112,571 crore
(B) Rs. 122, 841 crore
(C) Rs. 131,317 crore
(D) Rs. 451,311 crore
Ans : (C)
64. The new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe is—

(A) Robert Mugabe
(B) Morgan Tsvangirai
(C) Thabo Mbeki
Ans : (B)
65. In recently held elections in Israel, the political party which emerged largest in terms of
number of seats is—
(A) Likud Party
(B) Kadima Party
(C) Labour Party
(D) Yisrael Beiteinu
Ans : (A)
66. 35th National Games will be held in—

(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala
Ans : (D)
67. Prashant Prakash and Kalki Koechlin are the winners of—
(A) Padma Shree
(B) Metro Plus Playwright Award
(C) Assam Ratna
Ans : (B)
68. The winner of Duleep Trophy is—

(A) East Zone
(B) South Zone
(C) West Zone
(D) North Zone
Ans : (C)
69. The Punjab Gold Cup has been won by—

(A) Poland
(B) The Netherlands
(C) England
(D) Norway
Ans : (B)
70. World Social Forum meeting was recently held in—

(A) Paris
(B) Belem
(C) Davos
(D) Moscow
Ans : (B)
71. The controversial Pakistani scientist who was recently in news is—
(A) Abdul Jamal
(B) Shah Mahmood Qureshi
(C) Kazi Hussain
(D) Abdul Qadir Khan
Ans : (D)
72. The new Chairman of Satyam Computer Services is—

(A) Kiran Karnik
(B) Prem Chand Gupta
(C) Habil Khorkiwala
(D) R. N. Mittal
Ans : (A)
73. In Iraqi Parliamentary elections Prime Minister Nouri-Al-Maliki’s candidates have won in—
(A) 14 provinces
(B) 9 provinces
(C) 8 provinces
(D) 7 provinces
Ans : (B)
74. In the latest ICC ODI (Team) ranking, India has occupied—
(A) No. 2 position
(B) No. 3 position
(C) No. 4 position
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
75. The Sustainable Leadership Award has been given to—

(A) R. K. Pachauri
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Ban Ki-Moon
(D) Arundhati Roy
Ans : (C)
76. ‘QUARK 2009’ is—

(A) An exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy
(B) India’s ambitious project to Mars
(C) India-Russia joint noval exercise
(D) Annual-National level technical festival of BITs Pilani
Ans : (D)
77. ‘Best Executive 2008’ by Asia-money magazine has been given to—
(A) S. M. Natrajan
(B) O. P. Bhatt
(C) Ravinder Zutshi
(D) C. B. Bhav
Ans : (B)
78. Twelve new frog species have been found in—

(A) Konkan region
(B) Malwa
(C) Eastern Ghats
(D) Western Ghats
Ans : (D)
79. Sheik Sharif Ahmed is the new President of—

(A) Uganda
(B) Rawanda
(C) Somalia
(D) Morocco
Ans : (C)
80. India’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) landed on Moon’s Surface on—
(A) November 10, 2008
(B) November 11, 2008
(C) November 14, 2008
(D) November 15, 2008
Ans : (C)
81. Stolt Valor which was recently hijacked by sea-pirates belongs to—
(A) Germany
(B) Japan
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Saudi Arabia
Ans : (B)
82. During the Egyptian President’s visit to India in November 2008 five pacts were signed with
Egypt. Which of the following was not signed ?
(A) Pact in the field of health and medicine
(B) Agreement on purchasing petrol at cheaper rate
(C) An extradition treaty
(D) Agreement on abolition of visa for specific categories
Ans : (B)
83. Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President who recently visited India, has been the President of his
country since—
(A) 1971
(B) 1981
(C) 1961
(D) 1990
Ans : (B)
84. On November 12, 2008 India testfired successfully Shourya missile. It is a—

(A) Air to air missile
(B) Air to surface missile
(C) Surface to surface missile
(D) Surface to sea missile
Ans : (C)
113. IBEx is—
(A) NASA’s Probe
(B) EU’s Probe
(C) EU NASA joint Probe
Ans : (A)
114. According to Forbes Magazine the richest lady of India is—

(A) Indira Nooyi
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Savitri Jindal
(D) Teena Ambani
Ans : (C)
115. National Women Excellence Award 2008 has been given to—
(A) Pritika Kalra Gandhi
(B) Sheila Dixit
(C) Sharmila Tagore
(D) Shabana Azmi
Ans : (A)
116. The female Athlete of the Year Award has been conferred on—
(A) Yelena Isinbayeva
(B) Tirunesh Dibaba
(C) Pamela Jelimo
(D) Anne Frazer
Ans : (A)
117. World Junior Badminton Championship (Woman’s title) has been won by—
(A) Sayaka Sato
(B) Fu Mingtian
(C) Saina Nehwal
(D) Xie Jing
Ans : (C)
118. India’s first 3G Technology-based mobile phone service of MTNL was launched on—
(A) December 15, 2008
(B) December 11, 2008
(C) December 10, 2008
(D) December 8, 2008
Ans : (B)
119. The new Chief Minister of Mizoram is—

(A) P. A. Sangma
(B) Mr. Lalthanhawla
(C) R. Lalzirliana
(D) H. Liansailova
Ans : (B)
120. According to National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) the number of farmers who committed
suicides during 2007 is—
(A) 16,632
(B) 4,238
(C) 11,026
(D) 1,21,617
Ans : (A)
121. India–U.S. Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement was signed on—

(A) October 11, 2008
(B) October 20, 2008
(C) October 15, 2008
(D) October 5, 2008
Ans : (A)
122. The IIM Review Committee which recommended higher government control on IIMs is
headed by—
(A) M. K. Prasad
(B) R.C. Bhargava
(C) Ravi Kumar
(D) C. Rangrajan
Ans : (B)
123. India launched its first Moon Mission Chandrayaan-1 on—

(A) October 10, 2008
(B) October 15, 2008
(C) October 20, 2008
(D) October 22, 2008
Ans : (D)
124. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle which put Chandrayaan-1 into its orbit is—
(A) PSLV-C-9
(B) PSLV-C-8
(C) PSLV-C-11
(D) PSLV-C-7
Ans : (C)
125. India is the ……country to send Moon Mission.

(A) Fifth
(B) Fourth
(C) Sixth
(D) Seventh
Ans : (B)
126. The number of instruments which the spacecraft Chandrayaan carried is—
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C)11
(D) 9
Ans : (C)
127. Union Cabinet has cleared Right to Education Bill which is the enabling legislation to notify—
(A) The 91th Constitutional Amendment
(B) The 86th Constitutional Amendment
(C) The 95th Constitutional Amendment
(D) The 93rd Constitutional Amendment
Ans : (B)
128. On October 15, 2008 the……IBSA Summit concluded in New Delhi.

(A) Third
(B) Fourth
(C) Fifth
(D) Sixth
Ans : (A)
129. The IBSA Dialogue Forum was formalised through the adoption of the Brasilia Declaration in
—
(A) 2004
(B) 2003
(C) 2005
(D) 2006
Ans : (B)
130. ACD stands for—

(A) Asian Cooperative Dialogue
(B) Asia Cooperation Dialogue
(C) Asia China Dialogue Forum
(D) Asian-Chinese Dialogue
Ans : (B)
131. The number of member countries who participated in Asia-Europe Meeting Summit held on
October 24-25, 2008 was—
(A) 45
(B) 40
(C) 35
(D) 30
Ans : (A)
132. The new-President of Maldives is—

(A) Abdul Gayoom
(B) Mohammad Anni Nasheed
(C) Mohammad Irshad
(D) Abdul Qadir
Ans : (B)
133. Which of the following states has topped in Governments’ Primary Education Development
Index ?
(A) Delhi
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Kerala
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (C)
134. EDI stands for—

(A) Enforcement Directorate Index
(B) Education Development Infrastructure
(C) Education and Development Identity
(D) Education Development Index
Ans : (D)
135. Which one of the following is not the winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Medicine ?
(A) Professor Herald Zur Hausen
(B) Martin Chalfi
(C) Prof. Luc Montagnier
(D) Francoise Barre-Sinoussi
Ans : (B)
136. Which one of the following is not the winner of 2008 Nobel Prize in Physics ?
(A) Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio
(B) Makoto Kobayashi
(C) Toshihide Maskawa
(D) Yoichiro Nambu
Ans : (A)
137. Which one of the following has not won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ?
(A) Martin Chalfi
(B) Roger Y. Tsien
(C) Osamu Shimomura
(D) Franco Basse Sinoussi
Ans : (D)
138. Traditionally, the first of Nobel Prizes awarded each year in the category of—
(A) Physics
(B) Chemistry
(C) Medicine
(D) Literature
Ans : (C)
139. The Alternative Nobel Prizes are—

(A) Magsaysay Awards
(B) Right to Livelihood Awards
(C) Global Energy Awards
(D) Grammy Awards
Ans : (B)
140. National Consumer Rights Day is observed on—

(A) December 4
(B) December 7
(C) December 24
(D) December 10
Ans : (C)
1. In Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Scheme, government has targeted to
ensure universal access to secondary level education by the year—
(A) 2012
(B) 2015
(C) 2017
(D) 2020
Ans : (C)
2. International Finance Corporation (IFC) has decided to fund an Ultra Mega Power Project in
Gujarat. This project belongs to—
(A) Reliance Group
(B) Tata Group
(C) Birla Group
(D) NTPC
Ans : (B)
3. Which states ranks first and last respectively in Education Development Index (EDI) prepared
to track the progress of states towards providing universal elementary education ?
(A) Kerala and Orissa respectively
(B) Kerala and Bihar repectively
(C) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa respectively
(D) Karnataka and Bihar respectively
Ans : (B)
4. Targeted power capacity addition for 11th plan period is—

(A) 41110 MW
(B) 66463 MW
(C) 68963 MW
(D) 86283 MW
Ans : (B)
5. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09, India gets competitiveness ranking
at—
(A) 46th
(B) 50th
(C) 52nd
(D) 55th
Ans : (B)
6. The Ex-officio Secretary of NDC is—

(A) Secretary of Finance Ministry
(B) General Secretary of Lok Sabha
(C) Secretary of Planning Commission
(D) Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission
Ans : (C)
7. For charters and cargo services, what is the new FDI ceiling announced by the government ?
(A) 100%
(B) 75%
(C) 61%
(D) 51%
Ans : (B)
8. In National Mineral Policy (1993) which mineral was allowed for having investment from private
sector—
(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Gold
(D) Platinum
Ans : (A)
9. The share of road transport in total transport of the country is—

(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 80%
Ans : (D)
10. At the end of December 2008, India’s foreign debt stood at $ 230•8 billion in which share of
long term debt and short term debt stands at—
(A) 79•4 : 20•6
(B) 80 : 20
(C) 77•5 : 22•5
(D) 22•5 : 77•5
Ans : (A)
11. Which percentage of Central Taxes have been recommended by the 12th Finance
Commission to be transferred to States ?
(A) 28•5%
(B) 29•5%
(C) 30•5%
(D) 31•5%
Ans : (C)
12. Which state possesses the maximum percentage of SC population ?

(A) U.P.
(B) M.P.
(C) Kerala
(D) Punjab
Ans : (D)
13. Government has decided to cover all districts of the country in National Rural Employment
Guarantee Programme (NREGP)—
(A) Upto January 1, 2008
(B) Upto March 31, 2008
(C) w.e.f. April 1, 2008
(D) w.e.f. April 1, 2009
Ans : (B)
14. What is ‘NIKKEI’ ?

(A) Share Price Index of Tokyo Share Market
(B) Name of Japanese Central Bank
(C) Japanese name of Country’s Planning Commission
(D) Foreign Exchange Market of Japan
Ans : (A)
15. Which statement is correct for Indian Planning Commission ?

(A) It is not defined in Indian Constitution
(B) Members and Vice-Chairman of it do not have fixed working duration
(C) Members do not require any minimum education
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)
16. As per the data released by TRAI, the teledensity in India at the end of February 2009 stands
at—
(A) 35•62%
(B) 33•13%
(C) 32•63%
(D) 31•84%
Ans : (A)
17. CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) has decided to allow ‘Navratna’ and ‘Mini
Ratna’ companies to invest in mutual funds upto……per cent of their cash balances.
(A) 25%
(B) 30%
(C) 40%
(D) 50%
Ans : (B)
18. NABARD was established on the recommendation of—

(A) Public Account Committee
(B) Shivaraman Committee
(C) Narsimham Committee
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
19. Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana has been launched from—

(A) 1st April, 2001
(B) 25th Sept., 2001
(C) 30th Sept., 2001
(D) No scheme of such title has yet launched
Ans : (B)
20. Which company is providing mobile service with name ‘Cell One’ to the consumers ?
(A) MTNL
(B) BSNL
(C) Reliance Infocom
(D) Bharti Tele
Ans : (B)
21. VAT is imposed—

(A) Directly on consumer
(B) On final stage of production
(C) On first stage of production
(D) On all stages between production and final sale
Ans : (D)
22. Which city has been identified as the hottest (i.e., first ranking) outsourcing destination in the
world ?
(A) Bangalore (India)
(B) Dublin (Ireland)
(C) Makati City (The Philippines)
(D) Tokyo (Japan)
Ans : (A)
23. Kutir Jyoti scheme is associated with—

(A) Promoting cottage industry in villages
(B) Promoting employment among rural unemployed youth
(C) Providing electricity to rural families living below the poverty line
(D) All of these
Ans : (C)
24. Novelis has been acquired and merged with—

(A) Tata Steels
(B) SAIL
(C) HINDALCO
(D) Jindal Steels
Ans : (C)
1. In which following city, Summit of Foreign Ministers of SAARC nations took place in February
2009 ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Dhaka
(C) Kathmandu
(D) Colombo
Ans : (D)
2. As per RBI released data; India’s foreign exchange reserves at the end-March 2009 stands at
—
(A) $ 252•0 billion
(B) $ 247•64 billion
(C) $ 314•60 billion
(D) $ 318•80 billion
Ans : (A)
3. As per the report on State of Forest released on February 13, 2008, what is the percentage
coverage of forest area in the total geographical area of the country ?
(A) 22•20%
(B) 21•30%
(C) 20•60%
(D) 19•90%
Ans : (C)
4. 13th Finance Commission has been constituted under the Chairmanship of—
(A) Y. S. P. Thorat
(B) Vijai L. Kelkar
(C) T. S. Vijayan
(D) Laxmi Narayan
Ans : (C)
5. SEBI is a—
(A) Statutory body
(B) Advisory body
(C) Constitutional body
(D) Non-statutory body
Ans : (A)
6. Bank Cash Transaction Tax (BCTT) has been withdrawn w.e.f.—

(A) January 1, 2009
(B) March 1, 2009
(C) March 31, 2009
(D) April 1, 2009
Ans : (D)
7. When was the SAARC established ?

(A) On December 8, 1984
(B) On January 1, 1984
(C) On December 8, 1985
(D) On January 1, 1985
Ans : (C)
8. What is the present number of member countries of European Economic Community ?

(A) 15
(B) 12
(C) 25
(D) 20
Ans : (B)
9. Which Committee recommended abolition of tax rebates under section 88 ?

(A) Chelliah Committee
(B) Kelkar Committee
(C) Shome Committee
Ans : (B)
10. Which of the following countries is not the members of European Union ?
(A) Switzerland
(B) Malta
(C) The Czeck Republic
(D) Poland
Ans : (A)
11. Pradhanmantri Bharat Jodo Pariyojna is related to—

(A) Communication
(B) Social Integration
(C) Linking of Rivers
(D) Development of Highways
Ans : (D)
12. ‘Sagarmala’ is a name associated with—

(A) A drilling vessel
(B) A project of port development
(C) Oil well in Indian Ocean
Ans : (B)
13. Tarapore Committee submitted its report on “Full Convertibility on Rupee” in—
(A) Current account
(B) Capital account
(C) Both in current as well as in capital account
(D) Special Drawing Rights (SDR)
Ans : (B)
14. The repo rate w.e.f. April 21, 2009 stands at—
(A) 4•5%
(B) 4•75%
(C) 5•0%
(D) 5•25%
Ans : (B)
15. Airport Development Fees (ADF) has been imposed at Delhi & Mumbai airports to be paid by
passengers w.e.f.—
(A) January 1, 2009
(B) March 1, 2009
(C) April 1, 2009
(D) May 1, 2009
Ans : (C)
16. CENVAT is related to—

(A) Sales Tax
(B) Excise Duty
(C) Custom Duty
(D) Service Tax
Ans : (B)
17. Aam Admi Bima Yojana provides social security to—

(A) All labours in rural areas
(B) All landless labours living below poverty line in rural areas
(C) All labours in urban areas
(D) All labours in both rural as well as urban areas
Ans : (B)
18. According to 2001 census urbanrural population ratio is about—

(A) 35 : 65
(B) 32 : 68
(C) 28 : 72
(D) 25 : 75
Ans : (C)
19. Asian Development Bank has approved an additional $ 71 million loan to the water project
associated with the state—
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Gujarat
Ans : (B)
20. According to 2001 census the state having highest urban population is—
(A) U.P.
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
1. Magsaysay Awards are not given in which of the following categories ?
(A) Literature
(B) Peace and International Understanding
(C) Music
(D) Public Service
(E) Emergent Leadership
Ans : (C)
2. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Colours of the Rainbow’ ?
(A) A.V. Kamath
(B) Anita Nayyar
(C) Pritish Nandy
(D) Sonia Gandhi
(E) None of these
Ans : (E)
3. Which of the following is not the recipient of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2008 ?
(A) Sushil Kumar
(B) Vijendra Singh
(C) Mary Kom
(D) Tania Sachdev
Ans : (D)
4. What do you know of Mr. S.Y. Quereshi ?
(A) He is new Election Commissioner of India
(B) He is the new Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India
(C) He will be our new permanent representative in UNO
(D) His India’s new permanent representative in world trade organization
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
5. Women in which of the following OPEC countries participated in elections for the first time ?
(Elections were held recently)
(A) UAE
(B) Kuwait
(C) Iran
(D) Saudi Arabia
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
6. Who amongst the following is the Author of the book ‘The City of Joy’ ?
(A) Dominique Lapierre
(B) Guentar Grass
(C) Daniel Steele
(D) Graham Green
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
7. Why was Mr. Vijay Nambiar’s name recently in news ?

(A) He has taken over as the new Cabinet Secretary, Govt. of India
(B) He will be our permanent representative in UNO
(C) He has taken over as the under Secretary General in the UNO
(D) He is new Foreign Secretary Govt. of India
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
8. Alan Garcia whose name was recently in news is the—

(A) Prime Minister of Peru
(B) President of Peru
(C) Prime Minister of Italy
(D) President of Italy
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
9. ‘Shequel’ is the currency of—

(A) Israel
(B) Kenya
(C) Iraq
(D) Iran
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
10. The XIIth UNCTAD conference was recently organized in—

(A) New Delhi
(B) Jaipur
(C) Mumbai
(D) Bangalore
(E) Accra
Ans : (E)
11. As per the reports published in the newspaper which of the following countries is first in
production of gold jewellery ?
(A) China
(B) India
(C) Turkey
(D) Italy
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
12. Jagannath Pahadia is the Governor of—

(A) West Bengal
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Punjab
(D) Haryana
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
13. Who amongst the following was adjudged best actress in the 7th IIFA Award Ceremony held
in Dubai ?
(A) Lara Dutta
(B) Priyanka Chopra
(C) Kajal
(D) Rani Mukherjee
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
14. Which of the following countries recently test fired a series of missiles ?
(A) Russia
(B) South Korea
(C) North Korea
(D) France
(E) None of these
Ans : (C)
15. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘Bearders-My Life in Cricket’ ?
(A) Shane Warne
(B) Bill Frindall
(C) Brian Lara
(D) Imran Khan
(E) None of these
Ans : (B)
16. India launched Chandrayaan I in the year—

(A) 2002
(B) 2003
(C) 2005
(D) 2007
(E) 2008
Ans : (E)
17. The sixth D-8 summit of developing Nations was organized recently in—
(A) Malaysia
(B) India
(C) Brazil
(D) Indonesia
(E) None of these
Ans : (A)
18. India recently signed on MOU on military ties with which of the following countries ?
(A) UK
(B) USA
(C) China
(D) Italy
(E) Russia
Ans : (C)
19. Which of the following countries is not one of the four former Soviet states who have jointly
formed a forum, ‘Organization for Democracy and Economic Development GUAM’ ?
(A) Georgia
(B) Ukraine
(C) Croatia
(D) Azerbaijan
(E) Moldova
Ans : (C)
20. Which of the following countries has awarded congressional gold medal to Dalai Lama,
Tenzin Gyatso ?
(A) Britain
(B) France
(C) Italy
(D) USA
(E) None of these
Ans : (D)
21. Mallika Sarabhai is associated which of the following ?

(A) Classical music
(B) Classical dance
(C) Social service
(D) Protection of environment
Ans : (B)
22. The name Pierre Cardian is associated with which of the following fields ?
(A) Pop music
(B) Fashion designing
(C) Painting
(D) Motion picture
Ans : (B)
23. Where was the first Engineering college of India located ?

(A) Bombay
(B) Roorkee
(C) Varanasi
(D) Calcutta
Ans : (B)
24. What facility is provided by ‘CARTOSAT-2A’ launched by ISRO in April 2008 ?

(A) Satellite-based multimedia link
(B) Remote sensing
(C) Intelligence data
(D) Earth observation satellite
Ans : (D)
25. With which musical instrument is Hari Prasad Chaurasia associated ?

(A) Flute
(B) Sarod
(C) Sitar
(D) Veena
Ans : (A) 1. ‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless households
introduced by—
(A) National Insurance Co.
(B) Life Insurance Co.
(C) UTI
(D) ICICI Life Prudential Co.
Ans : (B)
2. Revenue Deficit as a per cent of GDP in Budget 2009-10 has been estimated at—
(A) 2•6%
(B) 2•1%
(C) 2•0%
(D) 4•8%
Ans : (D)
3. Dada Sahib Phalke Ratna Award for 2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Adoor Gopalkrishnan
(C) Dev Anand
(D) B. R. Chopra
Ans : (D)
4. Fiscal deficit as a per cent of GDP in Budget 2009-10 has been estimated at—
(A) 6•8%
(B) 2•9%
(C) 3•1%
(D) 4•5%
Ans : (A)
5. How many new Trains have been introduced in Railway Budget 2009-10 ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 57
Ans : (D)
6. For senior citizens, income tax exemption slab in Budget 2009-10 has been raised from—
(A) Rs. 1•5 lakh to Rs. 1•75 lakh
(B) Rs. 1•75 lakh to Rs. 1•85 lakh
(C) Rs. 2•25 lakh to Rs. 2•40 lakh
(D) Rs. 1•95 lakh to Rs. 2•25 lakh
Ans : (C)
7. Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 will replace—

(A) MRTPC
(B) VAT
(C) Electricity Act, 2003
(D) Securities Contracts (Regulation) Bill, 2005
Ans : (A)
8. The theme for the 21st National Science Day 2007 was—
(A) More Water Drop by Drop
(B) More Crop per Drop
(C) 50 years of DNA and 25 years of IVF
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
9. Bangladesh’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus has launched his political party
named—
(A) Islamic Unity Front
(B) Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
(C) Nagorik Shakti (Citizens’ power)
(D) Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal
Ans : (C)
10. The book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ has been written by—

(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) P. Chidambaram
(C) Zahid Hussain
(D) Scott Ritter
Ans : (A)
11. Which among the following movie was given the Best Picture Award at 81st Oscar Awards-
2008 ?
(A) Slumdog Millionaire
(B) The Last King of Scotland
(C) The Queen
(D) Happy Feet
Ans : (A)
12. The Best Actor Award at the 54th National Filmfare Awards was given to—
(A) Aamir Khan
(B) Soumitra Chatterjee
(C) Saif Ali Khan
(D) Abhishek Bachchan
Ans : (B)
13. The 75th Senior National Snooker Championship Men’s Title has been won by—
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Rupesh Shah
(C) Alok Kumar
(D) Yasin Merchant
Ans : (A)
14. Which among the following statements regarding India’s BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile
test fired in March 2007 is incorrect ?
(A) It was test fired on February 4, 2007
(B) It is named after the river Brahmaputra and Mahanadi
(C) It is a two stage missile with a speed faster than that of sound
(D) It is jointly manufactured by DRDO, India and Russia’s NPO Mashnistroyemia
Ans : (B)
15. ‘Ramadorai Sujatha’ who was recently in news is a—

(A) Writer
(B) Mathematician
(C) Historian
(D) Artist
Ans : (B)
16. Which among the following is the largest Power Station in India ?
(A) NTPC’s Vindhyachal Power Station
(B) NTPC’s Talcher Power Station
(C) BHEL, Haridwar
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
17. The International Polar Year (IPY) 2007-08 is which among the following IPY ?
(A) 2nd
(B) 3rd
(C) 4th
(D) 1st
Ans : (C)
18. The Governor of Jharkhand is—

(A) Ibobi Singh
(B) K. Shankarnarayanan
(C) Prakash Singh Badal
(D) D. D. Lapang
Ans : (B)
19. Which among the following satellite has been successfully launched in October 2008 by ISRO
?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) INSAT-4A
(C) INSAT-3E
(D) INSAT-4C
Ans : (A)
20. Who among the following has been nominated for the Jnanpith Award for 2006 ?
(A) Ravindra Kelekar
(B) Satyavrat Shastri
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) Rajendra Keshavlal Shah
Ans : (C)
21. The XIX Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held at Delhi in—
(A) October 2009
(B) October 2008
(C) October 2010
(D) November 2010
Ans : (C)
22. Which among the following countries hosted the world’s largest tourism fair—International
Tourism Bourse at Berlin ?
(A) India
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans : (C)
23. SAARC car rally began from which among the following countries ?
(A) India
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Pakistan
Ans : (B)
24. Which of the following is the pesent Prime Minister of Pakistan ?

(A) Yusuf Raza Gillani
(B) Justice Rana Bhagwandas
(C) Justice Nazim Siddiqui
(D) Justice Javaid Iqbal
Ans : (A)
25. The death of the cricket coach of which among the following countries during the 2007 world
cup has created a suspicion ?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Pakistan
(C) India
(D) Bangladesh
Ans : (B) 1. Who among the following has been awarded the highest Mexican civilian award, the
Aztec Eagle ?
(A) Lord Swaraj Paul
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Ratan Tata
Ans : (B)
2. Most powerful woman in the world according to the, 2008 published Forbes Magazine list ?
(A) Angela Markel
(B) Condoleeza Rice
(C) Sonia Gandhi
(D) Wu Yi
Ans : (A)
3. ‘Agile’ is—
(A) A mission to Mars
(B) India’s first foreign satellite to be launched from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota
(C) A mission to Saturn
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
4. The present Chairman of Bombay Stock Exchange—

(A) Jagdish Kapoor
(B) Justice S. D. Agarwala
(C) Justice Chittatosh Mookherjee
(D) Mr. Sudhir Narain
Ans : (A)
5. Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar is given by—

(A) Pt. Ravishankar University of Music
(B) Bhatkhande Music University
(C) Indira Kala Sangeet University
(D) Sangeet Natak Akademi
Ans : (D)
6. Morelia-Linares Chess Tournament, 2008 has been won by—

(A) Viswanathan Anand
(B) Vessily Ivanchuk
(C) Alexander Morozevich
(D) Levon Aronian
Ans : (A)
7. After merger, Tata-Corus has become the …… largest steel producer in the World.
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 6th
Ans : (C)
8. ‘Pure Banking, Nothing Else’ is a slogan raised by—

(A) ICICI Bank
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) SBI
(D) UTI Bank
Ans : (C)
9. ‘Smart Money’ is a term used for—

(A) Internet Banking
(B) Credit Card
(C) Cash with Bank
(D) Cash with Public
Ans : (D)
10. Which one of the following stands at first rank in the list of top 10 steel producers in the
world ?
(A) Nippon Steels
(B) Tata-Corus
(C) Arcelor-Mittal
(D) Bao Steel
Ans : (C)
11. Which of the following country has decided not to print its king’s photo on national currency ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Japan
(C) Denmark
Ans : (A)
12. Who is the present Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) ?
(A) Jyoti Krishna Dutt
(B) Kiran Mazumdar
(C) S. S. N. Moorthy
(D) Arun Balkrishnan
Ans : (C)
13. Rastogi Panel was set up by Finance Ministry to review issues related with—
(A) Service tax
(B) Sales tax
(C) Income tax
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
14. What is the title of the seventh book of Harry Potter Series ?
(A) Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
(B) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
(C) Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. ‘India : Issues in Development’ is a book written by—

(A) Judith Rodriguez
(B) Nilanjana S. Roy
(C) M. Guruswamy
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
16. The book ‘Indomitable Spirit’ is written by—

(A) Tushar Gandhi
(B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Dilip Kumar
Ans : (C)
17. The former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was executed in Baghdad on December 30,
2006. He was held guilty of—
(A) The Dujail killings
(B) The Kuwait invasion
(C) Killings of US troops
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
18. Bhopal is being renamed to—

(A) Bhojpal
(B) Bhogpal
(C) Bhupal
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
19. The second woman of Indian origin to go into space after (Kalpana Chawla) is—
(A) Anoushah Ansari
(B) Sunita Williams
(C) Anita Williams
(D) None of them
Ans : (B)
20. The 35th National Games will be organized at—

(A) Imphal
(B) Chennai
(C) Kerala
(D) Pune
Ans : (C)
21. The Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas 2009 was held in—

(A) Jaipur
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Chandigarh
Ans : (C)
22. The PSLV-C12 was successfully launched into space from t h e Satish Dhawan Space Centre
at Sriharikota on 28 April, 2009. PSLV stands for—
(A) Polar Space Light Vehicle
(B) Polar Space Launch Vehicle
(C) Polar Satellite Light Vehicle
(D) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
Ans : (D)
23. ‘SAFMA’ is associated with—

(A) ASEAN
(B) G–8
(C) SAARC
(D) BIMSTEK
Ans : (C)
24. Guantanamo is—

(A) An atomic energy centre of North Korea
(B) A military prison of U.S.A.
(C) A satellite of China
(D) A new agency of Brazil
Ans : (B)
25. Jian-10 is—

(A) Japan’s news agency
(B) China’s home-made fighter aircraft
(C) South Korea’s anti-aircraft gun
(D) Japan’s Tsunami alert system
Ans : (BCurrent Affairs GK Questions 2009
1. Who is the present Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) ?
(A) Justice Shivraj V. Patil
(B) Justice Y. Bhaskar Rao
(C) Justice S. Rajendra Babu
(D) P. C. Sharma
Ans : (C)
2. ‘France 24’ is—

(A) France’s Oil Company
(B) Commerce and Trade Union of France
(C) An Atomic Energy Centre of France
(D) France’s International News Channel
Ans : (D)
3. BrahMos Missile is a joint venture of—

(A) Russia and India
(B) China and India
(C) U.S.A. and India
(D) France and India
Ans : (A)
4. The APEC Summit 2008 was held in Nov. 2008 at—

(A) Peru
(B) Manila
(C) Seoul
(D) Hanoi
Ans : (A)
5. Mullaperiyar dam is a disputable issue between—

(A) Kerala and Tamil Nadu States
(B) Kerala and Karnataka States
(C) Karnataka and Tamil Nadu States
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
6. CARTOSAT-2A is—
(A) A comet
(B) A tank of Indian army
(C) Earth observing satellite in a sunsynchronous orbit
(D) An army communication network
Ans : (C)
7. Margaret Chan was appointed as the Director General of—

(A) World Health Organisation (WHO)
(B) World Trade Organisation (WTO)
(C) Asian Development Bank (ADB)
(D) Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
Ans : (A)
8. Which among the following countries has joined World Trade Organisation as the 153rd
member ?
(A) Nepal
(B) Cape Verde
(C) Singapore
(D) Iran
Ans : (B)
9. At present what is the percentage of Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) ?

(A) 5•50%
(B) 5•25%
(C) 5•0%
(D) 5•75%
Ans : (C)
10. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan, investment level has been estimated to be—
(A) 20% of GDP
(B) 25% of GDP
(C) 30% of GDP
(D) 35% of GDP
Ans : (D)
11. How many companies from India found place in ‘Global-500’ list ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 8
(D) 10
Ans : (C)
12. For 2009, World Bank has projected India’s GDP growth at—
(A) below 7%
(B) 4%
(C) 8•5%
(D) 9•6%
Ans : (B)
13. Which of the following Indian company has been listed at the top in Global-500 list ?
(A) ONGC
(B) Reliance Industries
(C) TCS
(D) Infosys Tech
Ans : (A)
14. “Beyond Scarcity : Power, Poverty and Global Water Crisis” is the theme of—
(A) Human Development Report 2005
(B) Human Development Report 2006
(C) World Development Report 2005
(D) World Development Report 2006
Ans : (B)
15. Koneru Humpy is related with which among the following games ?
(A) Chess
(B) Badminton
(C) Tennis
(D) Table Tennis
Ans : (A)
16. The film that won the Best Film Award at 39th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) is—
(A) Tulpan
(B) A Short Life
(C) Nirontor (Forever Flows)
(D) Sonam
Ans : (A)
17. Report of the Sachar Committee is related with—

(A) Social, economic and educational status of the Muslim community
(B) Status of the Scheduled Castes in India
(C) Economic status of Backward Classes in India
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
18. Who among the following has been named as Impact Person of the year for 2007 by Impact
Magazine ?
(A) Vijay Malya
(B) Anil Ambani
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans : (A)
19. Who among the following has been won the title of Miss Universe 2009 ?
(A) Amruta Patki
(B) Stefania Fernandez
(C) Catherine Untalan
(D) Marianne Puglia
Ans : (B)
20. The present Chief Election Commissioner is—

(A) B. B. Tandon
(B) Navin B. Chawala
(C) S. Y. Quraishi
(D) N. Gopalaswami
Ans : (B)
21. Who among the following won gold medal in shooting at 15th Asian Games ?
(A) Jaspal Rana
(B) Liu Guohui
(C) Jakkrit Panichpatikum
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
22. Delhi University has conferred an honorary doctorate degree for the first time on a film
personality. Who is that film personality ?
(A) Dileep Kumar
(B) Amitabh Bachchan
(C) Shabana Azmi
(D) Dev Anand
Ans : (B)
23. World Golf Championship, 2007 has been won by—

(A) Henrik Stenson
(B) Tigerwoods
(C) Geoff Ogilvy
(D) David Toms
Ans : (B)
24. The ICC Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket-2009 has been won by—
(A) Pakistan
(B) West Indies
(C) South Africa
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)
25. ‘Deep Fritz’ is—

(A) A technique of refrigeration
(B) A commercially available ches computer program
(C) A laptop computer
(D) A car launched by Hyundai
Ans : (B)
Sanskriti Award 2006 for Literature has been awarded to—
(A) Mitul Dutta
(B) Chandrakanta
(C) Vinda Karandikar
(D) Mridula Garg
Ans : (A)
2. The recipient of Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2008 is—
(A) Hamid Karzai
(B) Maha Chakri Sirindhorn
(C) Kofi Annan
(D) Mohamed El Baradei
Ans : (D)
3. Life imprisonment has been awarded to the former Union Minister and Chief of the Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha, Shibu Soren for kidnapping and murder of his secretary—
(A) Madhumita
(B) Shashinath Jha
(C) Nitish Katara
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
4. International Children’s Peace Prize for 2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Mayra Avellar
(B) Nkosi Johnson
(C) Vaclav Jirsa
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
5. The newly formed 21st district of Haryana is—

(A) Mohali
(B) Palwal
(C) Mewat
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
6. According to the Human Development Report 2006, India has acquired 126th place in HDI
ranking which is……than that of last year.
(A) Two ranks up
(B) One rank up
(C) Two ranks down
(D) One rank down
Ans : (B)
7. Which sector of the economy became the largest job recruiter in 2006-07 ?
(A) Private Sector Banks
(B) Garment Exports
(C) Broking Services
(D) Software IT Companies
Ans : (D)
8. ‘Sensitive sector’ as defined by RBI include(s)—

(A) Capital Market
(B) Real Estate
(C) Commodities
(D) All the above
Ans : (D)
9. At what place Indian economy stands in the world on the basis of PPP rating ?
(A) Second
(B) Fourth
(C) Sixth
(D) Tenth
Ans : (B)
10. IRDA in India regulates—

(A) Banking business
(B) Insurance business
(C) Capital business
(D) Public issue of shares
Ans : (B)
11. Which Indian group of business houses has made a space in top 20 global firms in Forbes list
of world’s most reputed companies ?
(A) Tata Group
(B) Maruti Suzuki
(C) Infosys
(D) Hero Honda Motors
Ans : (A)
12. In which fuel, the government has decided to mix ‘marker’ for identifying adulteration ?
(A) Kerosene
(B) Diesel
(C) Petrol
(D) All of these
Ans : (A)
13. Who among the following has started a new enterprise named ‘blogevery where.com’ ?
(A) Ratan Tata
(B) Narayan Murti
(C) Azim Premji
(D) Sabeer Bhatia
Ans : (D)
14. Tata Steel has recently acquired which among the following steel producer company ?
(A) Mittal Steel
(B) Corus
(C) Arcelor
(D) Nippon Steel
Ans : (B)
15. The fourth Asian Film Festival was held in—

(A) Pune
(B) Mumbai
(C) Nagpur
(D) Goa
Ans : (A)
16. Tshwane Declaration has been signed between—

(A) India and China
(B) India and South Africa
(C) India and Nepal
(D) India and Russia
Ans : (B)
17. The book ‘Falling Over Backwards’ is written by—

(A) Arun Shourie
(B) Ninan Koshi
(C) Arundhati Roy
(D) R. K. Narayan
Ans : (A)
18. ‘Sakshat’ is—

(A) An educational website
(B) A missile
(C) An artificial satellite
(D) A railway project
Ans : (A)
19. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2007 has been awarded to—
(A) Archbishop Desmond Tutu
(B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Dalai Lama
(D) Shabana Azmi
Ans : (A)
20. The present Governor of Uttarakhand is—

(A) G. K. Gandhi
(B) Buta Singh
(C) Margaret Alva
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
21. ‘Sabse Pahale Pakistan’ is an Urdu translated version of which among the following books ?
(A) Pakistan Eye of the Storm
(B) In the Line of Fire
(C) Pakistan Today
(D) Passage to Pakistan
Ans : (B)
22. The 2008 C. K. Nayadu Life Time Achievement Award of the year has been won by—
(A) Gundappa Vishwanath
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Mohinder Amarnath
(D) Madan Lal
Ans : (A)
23. ‘Rainbow’ is—

(A) An ice-cream
(B) Prasar Bharti’s FM Channel
(C) A suitcase
(D) A musical group
Ans : (B)
24. The 2007 ICC Women’s Cricketer of the year award has been won by—
(A) Lisa Sthalekar
(B) Claire Taylor
(C) Anju Banerjee
(D) Jhulan Goswami
Ans : (D)
25. ‘Garib Rath’ is—

(A) The first AC train for the poor
(B) A portal
(C) A project launched by Ministry of HRD
(D) A low price car
Ans : (A)
. Which among the following countries has not been elected recently as a non-permanent
member of the Security Council ?
(A) South Africa
(B) Italy
(C) Belgium
(D) Japan
Ans : (D)
2. Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Spain
Ans : (D)
3. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by—

(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) America
Ans : (A)
4. Which among the following national parks is celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2006 ?
(A) Corbett National Park
(B) Kaziranga National Park
(C) Gir National Park
(D) Ghana Wildlife Sanctuary
Ans : (A)
5. Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports ?

(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Chess
(D) Table Tennis
Ans : (A)
6. ‘GLONASS’ is—
(A) Global Navigational Satellite System
(B) Global Navigational Space System
(C) Geostationary Launch of Artificial Space System
(D) Global New Astronomical Space System
Ans : (A)
7. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security with which among the following
countries ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Germany
Ans : (A)
8. Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan has been recently awarded to—
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) King Abdullah
(D) Khuswant Singh
Ans : (A)
9. 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—

(A) Osamu Shimomura
(B) Martin Chalfie
(C) Roger Y. Tsien
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)
10. ‘Miss Universe 2009’ is—

(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor
(C) Sabrina Houssami
(D) Natasha Suri
Ans : (B)
11. The present Prime Minister of Japan is—

(A) Junichiro Koizumi
(B) Mori Yoshiro
(C) Taro Aso
(D) Hashimoto Ryutaro
Ans : (C)
12. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration- 2006 has been awarded to—
(A) J. S. Bandukwalla
(B) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Acharya Mahaprajna
(D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
Ans : (A)
13. Which among the following has been reelected to the United Nations Human Rights
Committee for the fourth time ?
(A) Nisuke Ando
(B) Michael O’ Flaherty
(C) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(D) Ivan Shearer
Ans : (C)
14. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence
has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans : (A)
15. Who among the following is the winner of Wimbledon Open 2009 women’s single title ?
(A) Mary Pierce
(B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(D) Serena Williams
Ans : (D)
16. The present Foreign Secretary of India is—

(A) Romesh Bhandari
(B) Shyam Saran
(C) Nirupama Rao
(D) Shashank
Ans : (C)
17. In China’s EAST fusion reactor, EAST stands for—

(A) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(B) Experimental Advanced Solar Tool
(C) Electronically Advanced Scientific Technology
(D) Experimental Artificial Sun Tokamak
Ans : (A)
18. “A Passage to Hope : Women and International Migration” is—

(A) A book written on the theme of upliftment of women
(B) The theme of the new released ‘State of World Population Report-2006’ by UNFPA
(C) A documentary film on global migration of women
(D) A report on the status of women in the world
Ans : (B)
19. Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development Board situated ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Bangalore
Ans : (B)
20. The book Guiding Souls : Dialogues on the purpose of life of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
has been translated into—
(A) Japanese
(B) Chinese
(C) German
(D) Portuguese
Ans : (B)
21. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans : (A)
22. Swasraya Bharat-2006 week was organised—

(A) In honour of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) In honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
(C) In honour of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(D) For the promotion of religious and cultural unity of India
Ans : (A)
23. Who among the following is the present High Commissioner of India to Pakistan ?
(A) Satyabrata Pal
(B) Shiv Shankar Menon
(C) Vijay K. Nambiar
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
24. Who among the following is the World Chess Champion of 2007 ?
(A) Vishwanathan Anand
(B) Veselin Tapalov
(C) Viktor Kramnik
(D) Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Ans : (A)
25. Which among the following Indian is the first Vice-Chancellor of Westminster University ?
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Subhramaniam Swami
(D) Sujatha Bose
Ans : (A)
Current Affairs Quiz Questions

1. Which among the following countries has not been elected recently as a non-permanent
member of the Security Council ?
(A) South Africa
(B) Italy
(C) Belgium
(D) Japan
Ans : (D)
2. Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?
(A) Belgium
(B) France
(C) England
(D) Spain
Ans : (D)
3. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by—

(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) Russia
(D) America
Ans : (A)
4. Which among the following national parks is celebrated its 70th anniversary in 2006 ?
(A) Corbett National Park
(C) Gir National Park
(D) Ghana Wildlife Sanctuary
Ans : (A)
5. Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports ?

(A) Badminton
(B) Tennis
(C) Chess
(D) Table Tennis
Ans : (A)
6. ‘GLONASS’ is—
(A) Global Navigational Satellite System
(B) Global Navigational Space System
(C) Geostationary Launch of Artificial Space System
(D) Global New Astronomical Space System
Ans : (A)
7. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security with which among the following
countries ?
(A) Belgium
(B) Holland
(C) France
(D) Germany
Ans : (A)
8. Nishan-e-Pakistan, the highest civilian award of Pakistan has been recently awarded to—
(A) Hu Jintao
(B) Dilip Kumar
(C) King Abdullah
(D) Khuswant Singh
Ans : (A)
9. 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—

(A) Osamu Shimomura
(B) Martin Chalfie
(C) Roger Y. Tsien
(D) All of these
Ans : (D)
10. ‘Miss Universe 2009’ is—

(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor
(C) Sabrina Houssami
(D) Natasha Suri
Ans : (B)
11. The present Prime Minister of Japan is—

(A) Junichiro Koizumi
(B) Mori Yoshiro
(C) Taro Aso
(D) Hashimoto Ryutaro
Ans : (C)
12. Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration- 2006 has been awarded to—
(A) J. S. Bandukwalla
(B) President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(C) Acharya Mahaprajna
(D) M.S. Subbulakshmi
Ans : (A)
13. Which among the following has been reelected to the United Nations Human Rights
Committee for the fourth time ?
(A) Nisuke Ando
(B) Michael O’ Flaherty
(C) Justice P.N. Bhagwati
(D) Ivan Shearer
Ans : (C)
14. The UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for 2006 for the promotion of tolerance and nonviolence
has been awarded to—
(A) V. Anandasagree
(B) Taslima Nasreen
(C) Narayan Desai
(D) Pope Shenouda-III
Ans : (A)
15. Who among the following is the winner of Wimbledon Open 2009 women’s single title ?
(A) Mary Pierce
(B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Svetlana Kuznetsova
(D) Serena Williams
Ans : (D)
16. The present Foreign Secretary of India is—

(A) Romesh Bhandari
(B) Shyam Saran
(C) Nirupama Rao
(D) Shashank
Ans : (C)
17. In China’s EAST fusion reactor, EAST stands for—

(A) Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak
(B) Experimental Advanced Solar Tool
(C) Electronically Advanced Scientific Technology
(D) Experimental Artificial Sun Tokamak
Ans : (A)
18. “A Passage to Hope : Women and International Migration” is—

(A) A book written on the theme of upliftment of women
(B) The theme of the new released ‘State of World Population Report-2006’ by UNFPA
(C) A documentary film on global migration of women
(D) A report on the status of women in the world
Ans : (B)
19. Where are the headquarters of National Fisheries Development Board situated ?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Chennai
(D) Bangalore
Ans : (B)
20. The book Guiding Souls : Dialogues on the purpose of life of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
has been translated into—
(A) Japanese
(B) Chinese
(C) German
(D) Portuguese
Ans : (B)
21. Who was the Chairman of the Sixth Central Pay Commission ?
(A) Justice B. N. Srikrishna
(B) Prof. Ravindra Dholakia
(C) J. S. Mathur
(D) Sushma Nath
Ans : (A)
22. Swasraya Bharat-2006 week was organised—

(A) In honour of President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) In honour of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
(C) In honour of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(D) For the promotion of religious and cultural unity of India
Ans : (A)
23. Who among the following is the present High Commissioner of India to Pakistan ?
(A) Satyabrata Pal
(B) Shiv Shankar Menon
(C) Vijay K. Nambiar
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
24. Who among the following is the World Chess Champion of 2007 ?
(A) Vishwanathan Anand
(B) Veselin Tapalov
(C) Viktor Kramnik
(D) Rustam Kasimdzhanov
Ans : (A)
25. Which among the following Indian is the first Vice-Chancellor of Westminster University ?
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Subhramaniam Swami
(D) Sujatha Bose
Ans : (A)
. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been honoured with a degree of Doctor of Law by which
among the following Universities ?
(A) Cambridge University
(B) Oxford University
(C) Westminster University
(D) Havard University
Ans : (A)
2. Nobel Prize for Peace-2008 has been awarded to—

(A) Martti Ahtisaari
(B) World Bank
(C) Urban Bank
(D) NABARD
Ans : (A)
3. Ban Ki-Moon from South Korea has been elected as the Secretary-General of UN. He is the—
(A) Seventh Secretary-General
(B) Eighth Secretary-General
(C) Sixth Secretary-General
(D) Fifth Secretary-General
Ans : (B)
4. The books ‘Snow’ and ‘My Name is Red’ have been written by—
(A) Orhun Pamuk
(B) Harold Pinter
(C) J.M. Coetzee
(D) V.S. Naipaul
Ans : (A)
5. Which among the following match of the book and its year of receiving the Man Booker Prize is
incorrect ?
(A) The Sea-2005
(B) The Gathering-Anne Enright
(C) Vernon God Little-2002
(D) The Inheritance of Loss-2006
Ans : (C)
6. Which among the following Indian women is not included in the Fortune magazine’s list of 50
most powerful business–women?
(A) Chanda Kochar, ICICI Bank
(B) Naina Lal Kidwai, HSBC India
(C) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Biocon India
(D) Shehnaz Hussain, Shehnaz Hussain Herbals
Ans : (D)
7. Which among the following has become the first online District Court in India ?
(A) Jodhpur District Court
(B) Ajmer District Court
(C) Jaipur District Court
(D) Jaisalmer District Court
Ans : (A)
8. G. M. Modi Award for Innovative Science and Technology for the year 2007 has been
conferred upon—
(A) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(B) Dr. K. Kasturirangan
(C) Prof. Goverdhan Mehta
(D) Dr. Y. S. Rajan
Ans : (C)
9. The winner of the 2008 US Open Tennis men’s singles title is—
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Roddick
(D) Novak Djokovic
Ans : (A)
10. Which among the following has been removed from the UNESCO’s list of World Heritage
sites in danger ?
(A) Hampi
(B) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Kathmandu Valley
(D) Fort and Shalamar Gardens
Ans : (A)
11. The Sangeet Ratna Award has been instituted in memory of—
(A) Ustad Rashid Ahmed
(B) Ustad Nissar Hussain Khan
(C) Ustad Bismillah Khan
(D) Pt. Ravishankar
Ans : (C)
12. IBSA is—

(A) India Brazil—South Africa Trilateral
Co-operation Forum
(B) India Brazil South Africa Agreement
(C) India Britain South America Agreement
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 2007 has been won by—
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Mahendra Singh Dhoni
(C) Anju Bobby George
(D) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ans : (B)
14. The 16th NAM summit will be held at ?

(A) Durban
(B) Tehran
(C) Cuba
(D) Cartagena
Ans : (B)
15. Which among the following has become the Third Tiger Reserve of Assam ?
(A) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
(C) Nameri National Park
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
16. Who among the following is the most powerful women in the world according to the Forbes
magazine’s list of 100 most powerful women ?
(A) Indra Nooyi
(B) Sonia Gandhi
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Condoleeza Rice
Ans : (C)
17. The statue of which among the following literary luminaries has been unveiled at Shanghai ?
(A) Kalidasa
(B) Kalhana
(C) Bharavi
(D) Vishakha Dutta
Ans : (A)
18. Shijian–8 is—

(A) India’s newly created artificial satellite
(B) China’s seed-breeding satellite
(C) Japan’s seed-breeding satellite
(D) Russia’s remote sensing satellite
Ans : (B)
19. Who among the following has awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom
Award 2009 ?
(A) Maj Chidiac
(B) Raul Rivero
(C) Lasantha Wickrematunga
(D) Amira Hass
Ans : (C)
20. Which among the following tennis players has recently bid his retirement ?
(A) Andre Agassi
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Carlos Moya
(D) Andy Raddick
Ans : (A)
21. The new addition to the Commonwealth Games 2010 is—

(A) Shooting
(B) Hockey
(C) Wrestling
(D) Football
Ans : (C)
22. ‘Deoria to Dadri Nyaya Yatra’ was launched by—

(A) V. P. Singh and Raj Babbar
(B) Chandrashekhar
(C) Raj Babbar and Mulayam Singh
(D) Lalu Prasad Yadav
Ans : (A)
23. ‘Automotive Mission Plan 2006–2016’ aims to—

(A) Make India a global hub of automatic electronic devices
(B) Advance India in the field of technology
(C) Make India a global hub of automobiles and auto-components
(D) Advance India in the field of computers
Ans : (C)
24. Treat, Train, Retain Plan is—

(A) A plan aiming at development of Indian Railway
(B) A plan to retain the high status of Indian Railway
(C) A part of WHO’s work to promote universal access to HIV/AIDS services
(D) A plan to launch several new trains in the next two years
Ans : (C)
25. The 10th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit/meeting will held in 2010 at—
(A) Taskent
(B) Bishkek
(C) Astana
(D) Shanghai
Ans : (A)
Current Affairs Questions
1. The largest sufferer in the Satyam Computer scandal committed by Ramalingam Raju is—
(A) Allahabad Bank
(B) Life Insurance Corporation
(C) Union Bank of India
(D) Punjab National Bank
Ans : (B)
2. RISAT-2 and ANUSAT satellites were successfully launched by—

(A) PSLVC-12
(B) PSLV-C9
(C) PSLVC-11
(D) PSLV-C-8
Ans : (A)
3. Joint Coastal Security Awareness Drive was held at—

(A) Thiruvananthpuram
(B) Bhubaneshwar
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (B)
4. Which of the following countries did Pratibha Patil India’s President visit in April 2, 2009 ?
(A) Spain
(B) Poland
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
5. Integrated Test Range is situated at—

(A) Chandipur
(B) Sriharikota
(C) Chandigarh
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
6. UN Anti-Racism Conference was held in—

(A) Geneva
(B) Paris
(C) London
(D) Moscow
Ans : (A)
7. Johanna Sigurdardottir is the Prime Minister of—

(A) Iceland
(B) Ireland
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (A)
8. In which of the following Pakistan’s regions did Taliban impose Jizia on the Sikh community ?
(A) North West Frontier Province
(B) Swat Valley
(C) Aurakzai Tribal Region
(D) Baluchistan
Ans : (C)
9. In April 2009, ……… Summit of Americas was held in Port of Spain. Fill in the blanks with.
(A) Fifth
(B) Sixth
(C) Seventh
(D) Eighth
Ans : (A)
10. Which of the following is not a member of G-20 ?

(A) Indonesia
(B) Malaysia
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Ans : (B)
11. The new President of South Africa is—

(A) Thabo Mbeki
(B) Nelson Mandela
(C) Jacob Zuma
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. IDP stands for—

(A) International Democratic People
(B) Internal Democratic Persons
(C) Internally Displaced Persons
Ans : (C)
13. Who among the following is not the winner of Miss India Beauty Pageant 2009 ?
(A) Ekta Chaudhary
(B) Pooja Chopra
(C) Shriya Kishore
(D) Parvathy Omnakuttan
Ans : (D)
14. This year the winner of the Pulitzer Prize in the category of Public Service is—
(A) The New York Times
(B) The Washington Post
(C) Las Vegas Sun
(D) The Los Angeles Times
Ans : (C)
15. The 2009 UNESCO World Press Freedom Prize has been won by—
(A) Ranil Vikramsinghe
(B) Rajiv Gandhi
(C) Kuldeep Nayyar
(D) Lasantha Wickrematunge
Ans : (D)
16. Which of the following has been chosen for Prem Bhatia Memorial Award ?
(A) Neerja Chowdhury
(B) Gargi Parsai
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
17. The Indian cricketer whom the ‘Wisden’ has named as the Leading Cricketer in the World
2008 is—
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Zaheer Khan
(C) Saurabh Ganguly
(D) Virender Sehwag
Ans : (D)
18. Rahul Dravid has become the world record holder for most catches in Test Cricket after
beating—
(A) Mark Waugh
(B) Brian Lara
(C) Mark Taylor
(D) Allan Border
Ans : (A)
19. Augusta Masters Golf Title winner is—

(A) Jeev Milkha Singh
(B) Angel Cabrera
(C) Ashok Kumar
(D) Kenny Perry
Ans : (B)
20. The runner-up in 2009 Azlan Shah Hockey Tournament is—

(A) India
(B) Malaysia
(C) Argentina
(D) Indonesia
Ans : (B) Current Events Questions
1. The winner of Bahrain and Malaysian Grand Prix is—
(A) Nikh Heidfeld
(B) Sebastian Vettal
(C) Tenson Button
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
2. Who amongst the following has been given the Goenka Journalist of the Year Award ?
(A) Karan Thapar
(B) P. Sainath
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
3. ‘Injaz’ is world’s first—

(A) Cloned Camel
(B) Cloned Peacock
(C) Cloned Cock
(D) Cloned Elephant
Ans : (A)
4. The number of companies which have found place in Forbes List of Top Global Companies is
—
(A) 50
(B) 47
(C) 45
(D) 40
Ans : (B)
5. The headquarters of ISO is in—

(A) Geneva
(B) Paris
(C) Lyon
(D) New York
Ans : (A)
6. The prestigious Whitley Award has been given to—

(A) M. D. Madhusudan
(B) Sudipto Chatterjee
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
7. The virus which caused outbreak of Swine flu—

(A) H2 B5
(B) A (H1N1)
(C) H3 89
(D) B4 N5
Ans : (B)
8. Nikkei Asia Prize has been given to—

(A) Indira Nooyi
(B) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans : (B)
9. NSZ which recently came into news is—

(A) New Special Zone
(B) New Safety Zone
(C) Non-Security Zone
(D) New Security Zone
Ans : (B)
10. The new Chief of National Agro Foundation is—

(A) R. K. Pachauri
(B) M. S. Swaminathan
(C) Sompal
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
11. Supreme Court ordered setting up of Fast Track Courts to try the cases of—
(A) Bhagalpur Riots
(B) 1984 riots
(C) Post Godhra riots
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. The Law Commission has recommended the setting up of—

(A) Four Regional SC Benches
(B) Three Regional SC Benches
(C) Five Regional SC Benches
(D) Six Regional SC Benches
Ans : (B)
13. The World Championship Snooker 2009 winner is—

(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Ronnie O Sulivan
(C) John Higgins
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
14. The winner of the Chappell Trophy is—

(A) Pakistan
(B) Australia
(C) New Zealand
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. TULF stands—

(A) Tamil United Liberal Front
(B) Tamil Unity Liberate Front
(C) Tamil United National Front
(D) Tamil United Liberated Front
Ans : (C)
16. SRE-2 is a—
(A) European future Jupiter Mission
(B) NASA future Mission to Saturn
(C) ISRO’s future biological Mission to Space
Ans : (C)
17. NASA’s high impact probe to the Moon include—

(A) LRO
(B) LCROSS
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
18. The Ministry of Finance has—

(A) Six Departments
(B) Five Departments
(C) Seven Departments
(D) Eight Departments
Ans : (B)
19. Under the new series of index numbers of wholesale prices introduced from April 1, 2000 the
number of price quotations is—
(A) 2,371
(B) 1,918
(C) 2,281
(D) 357
Ans : (B)
20. According to the final results of Economic Census 2005 released in May 2008 the number of
establishments in India is—
(A) 418•27 lakh
(B) 315•8 lakh
(C) 415•25 lakh General Awareness Questions 2009
1. In the World’s Green Index Indians have been judged as—
(A) The Second Greenest people
(B) The Third Greenest people
(C) The Greenest people
Ans : (C)
2. Nikkei Asia Prize has been won by—

(A) Shabana Azmi
(B) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
Ans : (B)
3. The 2009 SEED Awards have been recognised in the field of—
(A) Communication
(B) Entrepreneurship
(C) Energy
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
4. Who is the winner of the 2009 Commonwealth Writer’s Prize?

(A) Mohammad Hanif
(B) Christos Tsiolkas
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
5. Alice Munro who has won the Man Booker International Prize this year belongs to—
(A) Canada
(B) Hungary
(C) Argentina
(D) Austria
Ans : (A)
6. In reference to the 62nd Cannes Festival Awards/Prizes which of the following statements is
incorrect ?
(A) The Best Actor award was won by Christoph Waltz for Inglorious Bastard
(B) Best Actress went to Angelina Jolie
(C) Grand Prize was bagged by ‘A Prophet’ by Jaques Andiard
(D) The White Ribbon won the Palm d’Or
Ans : (B)
7. Dune Kossatze who has been declared Bollywood South Africa in Johannesburg in May 2009
belongs to—
(A) South Africa
(B) England
(C) Ireland
(D) The Netherlands
Ans : (B)
8. M.D. Madhusudan—the well-known biologist has recently won—

(A) Leontief Award
(B) Mahatma Gandhi Peace Award
(C) Booker International Prize
(D) Whitley Award
Ans : (D)
9. According to IUCN (The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened
Species, the Kerala bird which is facing survival threat is—
(A) The Nilgiri Laughing Thrush
(B) Peacock
(C) Black bird
Ans : (A)
10. The number of critically endangered birds of India as listed by the International Union for
Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red list is—
(A) 20
(B) 14
(C) 25
(D) 10
Ans : (B)
11. Which of the following matches is incorrect—

Chief Minister — State
(A) Navin Patnaik — Orissa
(B) P.K. Chamling — Sikkim
(C) P.A. Sangma — Meghalaya
(D) Y.S. Rajshekhar Reddy — Andhra Pradesh
Ans : (C)
12. Roman Amphora sherds have been found in excavations from—

(A) Nellore
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Kanyakumari
(D) Pattanam
Ans : (D)
13. In reference to the IPL II Awards and Prizes, which of the following is incorrect ?
Winner Award/Prize
(A) Adam Gilchrist —Golden Player of the League
(B) Rohit Sharma —Success of the Tournament
(C) Matthew Hayden —Orange Cup
(D) M.S. Dhoni —Man of the Final
Ans : (D)
14. In the context of the recently held various football championships which of the following is not
correct—
Winner Team — Championship
(A) Inter Milan — Italian Series title
(B) Manchester United — English League Title
(C) Barcelona — UEFA Cup
(D) Punjab Team — Dutta Ray Trophy
Ans : (C)
15. Who among the following has won the French Grand Prix recently ?
(A) Valentino Rossi
(B) Jorge Lorenzo
(C) Tenson Button
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
16. Surya Shekhar Ganguly has recently won the—

(A) Indian Chess Championship
(B) Asian Chess Championship
(C) Commonwealth Chess Championship
Ans : (B)
17. Yelena Isinbayeva who has recently won her second Laureus World Sportswoman of the
Year award is from—
(A) Germany
(B) Russia
(C) England
(D) Japan
Ans : (B)
18. Which among the following is the winner of Asia Cup Hockey Title this year ?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Pakistan
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (A)
19. The country which recently came into news for attacks on Indian students is—
(A) Canada
(B) England
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Ans : (C)
20. The new Indian Navy Chief is—

(A) Nirmal Kumar Verma
(B) Pradeep Vasant Naik
(C) P.K. Barbora
Ans : (A)
(D) 315•9 lakhGeneral Knowledge Questions Answers
1. High Level Committee on Coastal Security is headed by—
(A) Anil Chopra
(B) Chandrashekhar
(C) Vijay Singh
(D) R. P. Suthan
Ans : (A)
2. In order to upgrade AN-32 India has recently signed an agreement with—

(A) Russia
(B) Kazakhasthan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Ukraine
Ans : (D)
3. India, very soon, will get New Nuclear Submarine from—

(A) U.S.A.
(B) Japan
(C) France
(D) Russia
Ans : (D)
4. Tipaimukh Dam is being constructed in—

(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Tripura
Ans : (B)
5. Which of the following was recently appointed Privy Councillor in Britain ?

(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Salman Rushdie
(C) Lord Swaraj Paul
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
6. At BRIC recently held at Yekaterinburg (Russia) the leaders issued—

(A) 20 point joint statement
(B) 15 point joint statement
(C) 16 point joint statement
(D) 10 point joint statement
Ans : (C)
7. Which of the following countries have decided to trade in their respective National Currencies ?
(A) India and China
(B) Russia and China
(C) China and South Korea
(D) Japan and U.S.A.
Ans : (B)
8. European Parliament is based in—

(A) Strasbourg
(B) Paris
(C) Geneva
(D) London
Ans : (A)
9. The Inter-governmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network came into force
on—
(A) July 11, 2009
(B) July 20, 2009
(C) June 20, 2009
(D) June 11, 2009
Ans : (D)
10. Which of the following countries is not the member/members of Shanghai Cooperation
Organization ?
(A) Turkemenistan
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Kazakhastan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (A)
11. NASA Successfully launched two Moon Probes on—

(A) June 18, 2009
(B) June 19, 2009
(C) June 22, 2009
(D) June 25, 2009
Ans : (A)
12. Which of the Central American countries recently experienced military coup ?
(A) Mexico
(B) Cuba
(C) Honduras
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
13. The new Solicitor General of India is—

(A) Goolan E. Vahanavati
(B) Gopal Subramaniam
(C) Harish Khare
(D) Nirmal Kumar Verma
Ans : (B)
14. Anil Kumar Verma is the new—

(A) Naval Chief
(B) Army Chief
(C) Air Force Chief
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
15. The new Home Secretary of India is—

(A) Rahul Khullar
(B) G. K. Pillai
(C) Nirupama Rao
(D) Indira Jai Singh
Ans : (B)
16. The new Additional Solicitor General of India is—

(A) Ahmed Kasim
(B) Harish Khare
(C) Indira Jai Singh
(D) Rahul Khullar
Ans : (C)
17. Recently Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta got—

(A) The 2009 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
(B) The 2009 World Food Prize
(C) Global Award for Mathematics
(D) Golden Peacock Environment Award
Ans : (B)
18. Laxmipat Singhania Award has been given to—

(A) B. K. Das
(B) Shabana Azmi
(C) Nestle India
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
19. UN Public Service Award 2009 has recently been conferred on—
(A) Rajasthan’s Sanitation Body
(B) Karnataka’s Sanitation Body
(C) Gujarat’s Sanitation Body
(D) Punjab’s Sanitation Body
Ans : (C)
20. Who among the following has not been inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame ?
(A) Bishen Singh Bedi
(B) Navjot Singh Siddhu
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Kapil Dev
Ans : (B) 1. The 2009 Laureus Team of the Year Award has been given to—
(A) S. Korean Team
(B) Australian Team
(C) Chinese Team
(D) American Team
Ans : (C)
2. After whom among the following has a recently launched New Global Award for Mathematics
been named ?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Chen-Chern
(C) Newton
(D) Mikhail Gromov
Ans : (B)
3. According to a recent Food and Agriculture Organization Report the number of people whom
hunger crisis in the world is affecting is—
(A) One-fourth of the world’s population
(B) One third of the world’s population
(C) One Sixth of the world’s population
(D) One fifth of the world’s population
Ans : (C)
4. The 230 year old India’s Botanical Gardens are situated in—
(A) Dehradun
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hubli
(D) Thiruvananthpuram
Ans : (B)
5. From which among the following cities have 5th Century Artefacts recently been discovered ?
(A) Muradabad
(B) Nellore
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Guwahati
Ans : (C)
6. Which of the following states has recently signed MoU with Red Cross to set up Blood Blanks
in seventeen district hospitals ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
Ans : (D)
7. The winner of the Santosh Trophy in the 63rd edition of the National Football Championship is
—
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (B)
8. Confederations Cup has been bagged by—

(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Brazil
(D) Paraguay
Ans : (C)
9. The runners-up in the ICC Women’s World Cup Twenty-20 and Men’s World Cup Twenty-20
tournaments were respectively—
(A) Australia and Sri Lanka
(B) New Zealand and Sri Lanka
(C) New Zealand and Zimbabwe
(D) Kenya and Australia
Ans : (B)
10. The runner up in Men’s Single French Open Tennis Championship 2009 was—
(A) Rafael of Spain
(B) Lucas Dlouhy of Czech Republic
(C) Roger Federer of Switzerland
(D) Robin Soderling of Sweden
Ans : (D)
11. Who has recently been ranked as Asia’s top golfer ?

(A) Shiv Kapoor
(B) Jyoti Randhawa
(C) Jeev Milkha Singh
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. NCHER stands for—

(A) National Capital for Higher Education and Research
(B) National Committee for Higher Education and Research
(C) Non-Capitalisation of Higher Education and Research
(D) National Commission for Higher Education and Research
Ans : (D)
13. The second Commission on Centre-State Relations is headed by—

(A) Vijay Kelkar
(B) B. P. Singh
(C) M. M. Punchi
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
14. The Indian city where this year, the International Festival of Films on Tribal Art and Culture
was organised, is—
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chennai
Ans : (B)
15. ‘Varuna’ is—

(A) India-France joint naval exercise
(B) India-Russia joint naval exercise
(C) India-Germany joint naval exercise
(D) India-Myanmar joint naval exercise
Ans : (A)
16. The new Madhya Pradesh and Bihar Governors respectively are—
(A) Hans Raj Bhardwaj and R. Thakur
(B) Rameshwar Thakur and Naval Kishore Sharma
(C) Rameshwar Thakur and Devanand Konwar
Ans : (C)
17. The Economic Survey for 2008-09 has projected this fiscal year—
(A) 8•5% growth
(B) 7•75% growth
(C) 9% growth
(D) 7% growth
Ans : (B)
18. Which of the following places came into news for the eruption of ethnic riots ?
(A) Paris
(B) Vienna
(C) Sydney
(D) Urumqi
Ans : (D)
19. According to the Union Budget 2009-10, the total increase in expenditure in 2009-10 over
2008-09 is—
(A) 40%
(B) 36%
(C) 30%
(D) 25%
Ans : (B)
20. According to the Union Budget 2009-10, growth rate of GDP dipped from an average of 9% in
the previous three fiscal years to—
(A) 6•7% during 2008-09
(B) 7% during 2008-09
(C) 8•5% during 2008-09
(D) 5% during 2008-09
Ans : (A)
GK Qbjective Questions 2009
1. The 2009 Laureus Team of the Year Award has been given to—
(A) S. Korean Team
(B) Australian Team
(C) Chinese Team
(D) American Team
Ans : (C)
been named ?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Chen-Chern
(C) Newton
(D) Mikhail Gromov
Ans : (B)
Ans : (C)
(A) Dehradun
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hubli
Ans : (B)
(A) Muradabad
(B) Nellore
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Guwahati
Ans : (C)
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
Ans : (D)
—
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (B)

(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Brazil
(D) Paraguay
Ans : (C)
Ans : (B)
(A) Rafael of Spain
Ans : (D)

(A) Shiv Kapoor
(B) Jyoti Randhawa
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

Ans : (D)

(A) Vijay Kelkar
(B) B. P. Singh
(C) M. M. Punchi
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chennai
Ans : (B)

Ans : (A)
Ans : (C)
(A) 8•5% growth
(B) 7•75% growth
(C) 9% growth
(D) 7% growth
Ans : (B)
(A) Paris
(B) Vienna
(C) Sydney
(D) Urumqi
Ans : (D)
2008-09 is—
(A) 40%
(B) 36%
(C) 30%
(D) 25%
Ans : (B)
(A) 6•7% during 2008-09
(B) 7% during 2008-09
(C) 8•5% during 2008-09
(D) 5% during 2008-09
Ans : (A) 1. In Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Scheme, government has targeted
to ensure universal access to secondary level education by the year—
(A) 2012
(B) 2015
(C) 2017
(D) 2020
Ans : (C)
2. International Finance Corporation (IFC) has decided to fund an Ultra Mega Power Project in
Gujarat. This project belongs to—
(A) Reliance Group
(B) Tata Group
(C) Birla Group
(D) NTPC
Ans : (B)
3. Which states ranks first and last respectively in Education Development Index (EDI) prepared
to track the progress of states towards providing universal elementary education ?
(A) Kerala and Orissa respectively
(B) Kerala and Bihar repectively
(C) Andhra Pradesh and Orissa respectively
(D) Karnataka and Bihar respectively
Ans : (B)
4. Targeted power capacity addition for 11th plan period is—

(A) 41110 MW
(B) 66463 MW
(C) 68963 MW
(D) 86283 MW
Ans : (B)
5. According to the Global Competitiveness Report 2008-09, India gets competitiveness ranking
at—
(A) 46th
(B) 50th
(C) 52nd
(D) 55th
Ans : (B)

(D) Vice-Chairman of Planning Commission
Ans : (C)
(A) 100%
(B) 75%
(C) 61%
(D) 51%
Ans : (B)
8. In National Mineral Policy (1993) which mineral was allowed for having investment from private
sector—
(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Gold
(D) Platinum
Ans : (A)

(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 80%
Ans : (D)
10. At the end of December 2008, India’s foreign debt stood at $ 230•8 billion in which share of
long term debt and short term debt stands at—
(A) 79•4 : 20•6
(B) 80 : 20
(C) 77•5 : 22•5
(D) 22•5 : 77•5
Ans : (A)
(A) 28•5%
(B) 29•5%
(C) 30•5%
(D) 31•5%
Ans : (C)

(A) U.P.
(B) M.P.
(C) Kerala
(D) Punjab
Ans : (D)
(C) w.e.f. April 1, 2008
(D) w.e.f. April 1, 2009
Ans : (B)

Ans : (A)

(D) All of these
Ans : (D)
16. As per the data released by TRAI, the teledensity in India at the end of February 2009 stands
at—
(A) 35•62%
(B) 33•13%
(C) 32•63%
(D) 31•84%
Ans : (A)
17. CCEA (Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs) has decided to allow ‘Navratna’ and ‘Mini
Ratna’ companies to invest in mutual funds upto……per cent of their cash balances.
(A) 25%
(B) 30%
(C) 40%
(D) 50%
Ans : (B)

(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
19. Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana has been launched from—

(A) 1st April, 2001
(B) 25th Sept., 2001
(C) 30th Sept., 2001
Ans : (B)
(A) MTNL
(B) BSNL
(D) Bharti Tele
Ans : (B)

Ans : (D)
22. Which city has been identified as the hottest (i.e., first ranking) outsourcing destination in the
world ?
(A) Bangalore (India)
(B) Dublin (Ireland)
(C) Makati City (The Philippines)
(D) Tokyo (Japan)
Ans : (A)

(D) All of these
Ans : (C)

(A) Tata Steels
(B) SAIL
(C) HINDALCO
(D) Jindal Steels
Ans : (C)
1. The 2009 Laureus Team of the Year Award has been given to—
(A) S. Korean Team
(B) Australian Team
(C) Chinese Team
(D) American Team
Ans : (C)
been named ?
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Chen-Chern
(C) Newton
(D) Mikhail Gromov
Ans : (B)
Ans : (C)
(A) Dehradun
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hubli
Ans : (B)
(A) Muradabad
(B) Nellore
(C) Murshidabad
(D) Guwahati
Ans : (C)
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) West Bengal
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Bihar
Ans : (D)
—
(A) Madhya Pradesh
(B) Goa
(C) Karnataka
(D) Tamil Nadu
Ans : (B)

(A) Argentina
(B) Chile
(C) Brazil
(D) Paraguay
Ans : (C)
Ans : (B)
(A) Rafael of Spain
Ans : (D)

(A) Shiv Kapoor
(B) Jyoti Randhawa
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)

Ans : (D)

(A) Vijay Kelkar
(B) B. P. Singh
(C) M. M. Punchi
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Bhopal
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chennai
Ans : (B)

Ans : (A)
Ans : (C)
(A) 8•5% growth
(B) 7•75% growth
(C) 9% growth
(D) 7% growth
Ans : (B)
(A) Paris
(B) Vienna
(C) Sydney
(D) Urumqi
Ans : (D)
2008-09 is—
(A) 40%
(B) 36%
(C) 30%
(D) 25%
Ans : (B)
(A) 6•7% during 2008-09
(B) 7% during 2008-09
(C) 8•5% during 2008-09
(D) 5% during 2008-09
Ans : (A)
1. Which of the following pacts were not signed between the U.S.A. and India during recent
Hillary Clinton’s visit ?
(A) Military User Agreement
(B) The Technology Safeguards Agreement
(C) The Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
(D) Agreement on Transfer of Space Technology
Ans : (D)
2. Delingha came recently in news ? What is this ?

(A) It is an endangered species of an Indian bird
(B) It is place in Europe which was struck by an earthquake
(C) China recently deployed missiles in the Delingha near Tibet sending alarming signals across
political establishment in India
Ans : (C)
3. India recently obtained nuclear fuel from—

(A) Russia
(B) France
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
4. On July 14, 2004, French National Bastille Day was celebrated marking—
(A) The 200th anniversary of the French Revolution
(B) The 220th anniversary of the French Revolution
(C) The 225th anniversary of the French Revolution
(D) The 210th anniversary of the French Revolution
Ans : (B)
5. In total Second Administrative Reforms Commission submitted—

(A) Fifteen Reports
(B) Twenty Reports
(C) Twelve Reports
(D) Eighteen Reports
Ans : (A)
6. Including India, the number of countries which now possess Nuclear Powered Submarines are
—
(A) Seven
(B) Six
(C) Eight
(D) Nine
Ans : (B)
7. U.S.A. Budget deficit has crossed—

(A) $ 2 trillion
(B) $ 1 trillion
(C) $ 100 billion
(D) $ 50 billion
Ans : (B)
8. Russia proposes to open its second military base in—

(A) Kyrgystan
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Kazakhstan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (A)
9. Which of the following countries is not a part of G-5 developing nations grouping ?
(A) Mexico
(B) Indonesia
(C) India
(D) Brazil
Ans : (B)
10. The ……of Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was recently held in Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt). Fill
in the blank with.
(A) 15th Summit
(B) 14th Summit
(C) 13th Summit
(D) 10th Summit
Ans : (A)
11. ASEAN Regional Forum Meeting was recently held at—

(A) Jakarta
(B) Singapore
(C) Phuket
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
12. In which of the following Asian countries have snap elections been called ?
(A) North Korea
(B) Malaysia
(C) Japan
(D) Indonesia
Ans : (C)
13. Octopus is an anti-terror agency of—

(A) Kerala
(B) Andhra Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Gujarat
Ans : (B)
14. JOC stands for—

(A) Joint Operative Cooperation
(B) Joint Operation Centre
(C) Joint Organisation for Cooperation
Ans : (B)
15. Desert National Park which has been put in the UNESCO’s latest Tentative List of National
Heritage Properties is situated in—
(A) Bharatpur
(B) Jodhpur
(C) Kota
(D) Udaipur
Ans : (B)
16. Russia and China organised recently Peace Mission 2009 (joint military exercise) at—
(A) Khabarovsk
(B) Taonan
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
17. Alberto Fujimori belongs to—

(A) Argentina
(B) Bolivia
(C) Japan
(D) Peru
Ans : (D)
18. On July 15, 2009, NASA launched for the sixth time—
(A) Endeavour
(B) Columbia
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
19. In Cricket Bangladesh recently registered a historic test win over—

(A) Australia
(B) Zimbabwe
(C) West Indies
(D) Kenya
Ans : (C)
20. The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon Men’s Singles was—

(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Roddick
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
GK Qbjective Questions Test
1. The runner up in 2009 Wimbledon women’s singles is—
(A) Venus William
(B) Serena William
(C) Dinara Safina
(D) Svetlana Kuznetsova
Ans : (A)
2. According to the latest official ranking the number one football team of the world is—
(A) Spain
(B) Brazil
(C) Netherlands
(D) Germany
Ans : (B)
3. The Asian Tour Title (Indonesia’s President Invitational Title of Golf) has been won by—
(A) Jeev Milkha Singh
(B) Tiger Woods
(C) Gaganjeet Bhullar
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
4. German Grand Prix winner is—

(A) Lewis Hamilton
(B) Mark Webber
(C) Valentino Rossi
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
5. Which of the following is incorrectly matched ?

Governor — State
(A) Kateekal Sankarnarayanan — Jharkhand
(B) Devendra Nath Dwivedi — Gujarat
(C) Banwari Lal Joshi — Uttar Pradesh
(D) Margaret Alva — Uttarakhand
(E) Jagannath Pahadia —Haryana
Ans : (B)
6. Yukiya Amano is the new chief of—

(A) UNESCO
(B) IAEA
(C) WTO
(D) WHO
Ans : (B)
7. Who has not been given the Akademi Ratna (Akademi Fellows) ?
(A) Sitara Devi (Dance)
(B) R.C. Mehta (Music)
(C) Khaled Chaudh (Theatre)
(D) Ustad Zakir Hussain (Tabla)
Ans : (D)
8. Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development has recently been conferred on
—
(A) Bill Gates
(B) Jacob Zuma
(C) Asma Jahangir
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
9. The re-appointed Chairman of Economic Advisory Council to Prime Minister is—

(A) Dr. Bimal Jalan
(B) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(C) Dr. C. Rangrajan
Ans : (C)
10. Who of the following has been honoured with Ashok Chakra—the peace time highest
gallantry award ?
(A) Major D. Shri Ram Kumar (Assam Rifles)
(B) Major Rohit Sharma (Para Special Forces)
Ans : (C)
11. India’s Deep Joshi has recently been honoured with—

(A) Magsaysay Award
(B) Whitley Prize
(C) Right to Livelihood Award
Ans : (A)
12. ‘The Idea of Justice’ is the book authored by—

(A) Murtaza Rizvi
(B) Amartya Sen
(C) Dharmendra Bhandari
(D) A.R. Laxman
Ans : (B)
13. AFT stands for—

(A) Anti-Foreign Trade Practice
(B) Armed Forces Training
(C) Armed Forces Tribunal
Ans : (C)
14. The dreaded terrorist who was recently killed in the U.S. led drone attack in Afghanistan is—
(A) Osama Bin Laden
(B) Baitullah Mehsud
(C) Fazlullah
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
15. The new chairperson of Children Film Society of India is—

(A) Nafisa Ali
(B) Shabana Azmi
(C) Nandita Das
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
16. The third Twenty-20 Cricket World will be organized in—

(A) West Indies
(B) Kenya
(C) South Africa
(D) Australia
Ans : (A)
17. The 2010 Hero Honda World Cup of Hockey will be held in—
(A) Bangkok
(B) New Delhi
(C) Tokyo
(D) Kuala-Lumpur
Ans : (B)
18. The number one tennis player of the world, according to latest ranking, is—
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Rafael Nadal
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Andy Roddick
Ans : (A)
19. The number of districts which have been declared drought hit by State governments in the
country is—
(A) 200
(B) 281
(C) 246
(D) 150
Ans : (C)
20. The top three countries in winning medals in World Swimming Championship held in Rome
(in descending order) are—
(A) China, U.S.A. and India
(B) U.S.A., Japan and Germany
(C) U.S.A., Germany and Canada
(D) U.S.A., Australia and China
Ans : (D)
1. On August 15, 2009, India celebrated its—

(A) 62nd Independence Day
(B) 64th Independence Day
(C) 63rd Independence Day
(D) 65th Independence Day
Ans : (C)
2. AFT stands for—

(A) Air Fitness Training Centre
(B) Armed Forces Tribunal
(C) Army’s Financial Team
Ans : (B)
3. India-China recently held on border dispute—

(A) 14th round of representative talks
(B) 13th round of representative talks
(C) 12th round of representative talks
(D) 11th round of representative talks
Ans : (B)
4. In Chief Minister’s Conference on Internal Security recently held Home Minister identified three
major challenges to internal security of India. Which one among the following is not a challenge
according to him ?
(A) Chinese threat to Arunanchal Pradesh
(B) Terrorism
(C) Insurgency in the North-east
(D) Naxalism
Ans : (A)
5. ASEAN—a regional bloc—with which India has signed Free Trade Agreement—is now India’s
—
(A) Third largest trading partner
(B) Second largest trading partner
(C) Fourth largest trading partner
(D) Fifth largest trading partner
Ans : (C)
6. Under the trade pact with ASEAN the number of items India has included from agriculture,
textiles and chemicals in negative list (which will be kept out of the duty reduction) is—
(A) 450
(B) 489
(C) 525
(D) 333
Ans : (B)
7. The Central Government has decided to grant land patta and occupancy rights of dwelling
units in the name of woman member of the beneficiary household under—
(A) The Indira Awas Yojana
(B) The Rajiv Awas Yojana
(C) Bharat Nirman Project
(D) JNURM
Ans : (B)
8. ICWF is a fund for—

(A) Senior Citizens and disabled persons
(B) To help the women from OBCs and Minorities to run their employment
(C) To help Overseas Indians in times of distress
Ans : (C)
9. ISRO and NASA’s joint endeavour ‘Bi-State’ experiment to locate water-ice on Moon involved
—
(A) Miniature Synthetic Aperture Radar
(B) Miniature Radio Frequency
Ans : (C)
10. India has signed a pact with which of the following countries to help her in developing a
National Police Academy at Rs. 320 crore ?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Maldives
(C) Afghanistan
(D) Nepal
Ans : (D)
11. Which of the following Bills were recently approved by Parliament ?

(A) The Constitution (109 Amendment) Bill 2009
(B) Right to Free Education Bill 2009
(D) Neither (A) nor (B)
Ans : (C)
12. Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change has approved in principle the National Mission
on Enhanced Energy Efficiency which targets—
(A) 10 per cent energy saving by 2012
(B) 5 per cent energy saving by 2015
(C) 9 per cent energy saving by 2012
Ans : (B)
13. Union Cabinet has recently approved quota for women in Panchayat upto—
(A) 45 per cent
(B) 33 per cent
(C) 50 per cent
(D) 75 per cent
Ans : (C)
14. Who has topped the Forbe’s magazine most powerful woman list in the world ?
(A) Indira Nooyi
(B) Michell Bachelet
(C) Angela Merkel
(D) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
Ans : (C)
15. Which of the following states recently set up Evening Courts ?

(A) Gujarat
(B) Maharashtra
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Kerala
Ans : (B)
16. NATM stands for—

(A) National Australian Tunneling Method
(B) National Automatic Teller Machine
(C) New Austrian Tunneling Method
Ans : (C)
17. The new head of DRDO (Defence Research and Development Organization) is—
(A) V. K. Chopra
(B) V. K. Saraswat
(C) S. L. Raina
(D) M. P. Muralidharan
Ans : (B)
18. Who among the following has been given National Communal Harmony Awards 2007 ?
(A) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel
(B) Anjuman Sair-e-Gul Faroshan
(C) Shri Ram Puniyani
Ans : (C)
19. The winner of 17th Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award was—
(A) Gulam Ahmad Bhat
(B) Gautam Bhai of Pawanar
(C) Dr. Dominic Emmanuel
Ans : (B)
20. Which of the following has been conferred on the prestigious UNESCO’s King Sejong Literacy
Prize 2009 ?
(A) Rajasthan Patrika
(B) The Hindu
(C) Khabar Lahariya
Ans : (C)
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1. The Biography of Mohammed Azharuddin, “Azhar” was written by—
(A) Azharuudin
(B) Harsha Bhogle
(C) Harbhajan singh
(D) Azhar’s Mother.
Ans : (B)
2. India played its first one day in—

(A) 1970
(B) 1971
(C) 1972
(D) 1974
Ans : (D)
3. Yuvraj Singh scored his first one-day century against—

(A) Bangladesh.
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Australia
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)
4. India-Srilanka world cup semi final in 1996 played in—

(A) Mumbai
(B) Calcutta
(C) Chennai
(D) Hyderabad
Ans : (B)
5. ________led India in more than 150 one-day matches.

(A) Dravid
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Sachin
(D) Azharddin
Ans : (D)
6. ________opened the bowling in India’s first One-day International.

(A) Kapildev and Abid Ali
(B) Abid Ali and Eknath solkar
(C) Eknath solkar kapildev
(D) None of the above.
Ans : (B)
7. ________won the finals of 2000 ICC Knock out Trophi in Nairobi.

(A) India
(B) New Zealand
(C) Pakistan
(D) Austarlia
Ans : (B) ( New Zealand won against India)
8. Sachin Tendulkar made his One-day debut in—

(A) India
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) Sri Lanka
Ans : (C)
8. ________was the fastest Indian bowler to reach 100 wickets in One-day internationals.
(A) Kapil dev
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Ajit Agarkar
(D) Zaheer Khan
Ans : (C)
9. India has been involved in three tied matches against—

(A) Zimbabwe
(B) West Indies
(C) Australia
(D) Both A and B.
Ans : (D)
10. ________Team won the Titan cup in1996.

(A) Indian
(B) Australian
(C) Pakistan
(D) Australian
Ans : (A)
11. In ________, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath involved in a famous 52-run Partnership at
Bangalore against Australia.
(A) 1994
(B) 1990
(C) 1992
(D) 1996
Ans : (D)
12. Vinod Kambli suffered a freakish ankle injury in a one day match at cuttack against—
(A) Zimbabwe
(B) Australia
(C) New Zealand
(D) Pakistan
Ans : (A)
13. ________won the four consecutive “Man of the Match” award.

(A) Sachin
(B) Gilchrist
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Sourav Ganguly
Ans : (D)
14. ________was kapil dev’s final one day victim.

(A) Adam Gilchrist
(B) Vivian Richards.
(C) Zahid fazal
(D) None of the above.
Ans : (D) (It was Hashan Tillakaratne)
15. Kapil dev played his final One day Match against—
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) Australia
(C) Pakistan
(D) New Zealand
Ans : (A)
16. One-day Hat-trick was registered by—

(A) Chetan sharma
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Both A and B.
(D) Dravid
Ans : (C)
17. Imran Khan was the first one day victim of—
(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Kapil Dev
(C) Parthiv Patel
(D) Vishwanath
Ans : (B)
18. Sunil Gavaskar scored his first one day century against—
(A) Pakistan
(B) England
(C) West Indies
(D) New Zealand.
Ans : (D)
19. ________appointed as an interim coach of the Indian team at Sharjah at 1994.

(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Mohammed Azharuudin
(C) Kapil dev
(D) Vengsarkar
Ans : (A)
20. ________is India’s most successful wicket-keeper in One-day cricket.

(A) Nayan Mongia
(B) Rahul Dravid
(C) MS Dhoni
(D) Kiren More
Ans : (A)
21. Who is India’s present Test captain?

(A) MS Dhoni
(B) Anil Kumble
(C) Rahul Dravid
(D) Virender sehwag.
Ans : (B)
22. ________was the captain of the Under 19 team, which won the world cup.
(A) MS Dhoni
(B) Virot Kholi
(C) Anil Kumble
(D) Rahul Dravid
Ans : (B)
23. India Played its first one-day international match at home in—
(A) 1981 at Ahmedabad.
(B) 1981 at Calcutta
(C) 1982 at Chennai
(D) 1981 at Chennai
Ans : (A)
24. ________was India’s first One-day captain.

(A) Sunil Gavaskar
(B) Kapil dev
(C) Manoj prabhakar
(D) Ajit Wadekar
Ans : (D)
25. Last over of the 1993 world cup semi-finals was bowled by—
(A) Sachin Tendulkar
(B) Ajit wadekar
(C) Kapil Dev
(D) Manoj Prabhakar
Ans : (A)
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1. Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 has replaced—
(A) VAT
(B) MRTPC
(C) Securities Contracts (Regulation) Bill, 2005
(D) Electricity Act, 2003
2. A bill has been introduced in the Parliament to raise SBI authorised capital from Rs. 20 crore to
—
(A) Rs. 50 crore
(B) Rs. 1000 crore
(C) Rs. 2000 crore
(D) Rs. 5000 crore
3. The total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during 2008-09 has been targeted at—
(A) $ 25 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 45 billion
(D) $ 50 billion
4. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of
…… during 10th and 11th plan periods.
(A) 50000 MW
(B) 75000 MW
(C) 100000 MW
(D) 125000 MW
5. ‘Priyadarshini Project’ is related to—

(A) Empowerment of Rural women
(B) Survival of Girl Child
(C) Free Education to all girls
6. ‘Pratibha Kiran Yojana’ is a new scheme to promote higher education among girls introduced
by—
(A) Karnataka
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
7. To which service, the government has notified Service Tax Refund Scheme for exporter ?
(A) Port services
(B) Railway service
(C) Road service
(D) All of these
8. ‘Laadli Laxmi Yojana’ has been launched by………government for supporting girls of all
religion and caste upto their marriage.
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
9. The Contract of Expressway Project in Uttar Pradesh has been awarded to—
(A) JP Associates
(B) JM Infra
(C) Jointly to (A) and (B)
10. 13th ASEAN Summit was held between November 18 to 22, 2007 in—
(A) Thailand
(B) Malaysia
(C) Singapore
(D) Philippines
11. ‘Innovation Lab’ has been launched by—

(A) Tata Consultancy Services
(B) Infosys Tech
(C) Reliance Industries
(D) Anil’s Reliance Communications
12. Dr. Ganesh Natrajan has been appointed Chairman (2008-09) for—
(A) CII
(B) NASSCOM
(C) FICCI
(D) SEBI
13. Which country was honoured at China International Travel Mart 2007 with Best Participating
and Excellent Advertisement Awards ?
(A) Singapore
(B) Thailand
(C) India
(D) Nepal
14. APEC group leaders have decided to take up new membership issue after a few years and as
a result India and other ten countries have to wait for APEC membership till—
(A) 2009
(B) 2010
(C) 2011
(D) 2012
15. Government has extended Mid Day Meal Scheme to cover the students upto class—
(A) 6th
(B) 7th
(C) 8th
(D) 10th
16. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. has been renamed as—

(A) Reliance Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
(B) Tata Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
(C) Tata Communication Ltd.
(D) Bharti Communication Ltd.
17. Government is going to merge Annapurna Scheme with—

(A) Mid Day Meal Scheme
(B) National Old Age Pension Scheme
(C) National Food for Work Programme
(D) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
18. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan (2007-2012), investment level has been
estimated to be—
(A) 34•8% of GDP
(B) 32•4% of GDP
(C) 30•9% of GDP
(D) 36•7% of GDP
19. Government adopted the new funding pattern (Centre State Share) for Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan as—
(A) 50 : 50
(B) 55 : 45
(C) 60 : 40
(D) 65 : 35
20. National Food Security Mission targets to increase the production of wheat, rice and pulses in
next four years to—
(A) 10, 8 and 2 million tonne respectively
(B) 8, 10 and 2 million tonne respectively
(C) 8, 12 and 2 million tonne respectively
(D) 8, 10 and 4 million tonne respectively
21. The most densely populated country in South Asia is—

(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) Maldives
(D) Sri Lanka
(A) 1•0%
(B) 4•0%
(C) 4•4%
(D) 4•8%
23. Which country among the following gets the highest HDI ranking in Human Development
Report 2007 ?
(A) Iceland
(B) USA
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Japan
24. ‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless households introduced by
—
(C) UTI
25. NOAPS has been renamed as Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme with its extended
scope. Now this scheme will include all old age persons—
(A) Living below poverty line
(B) Above 60 years age
(C) Above 65 years age
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answers
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (D) 20. (B)
21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (D)
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(A) 100%
(B) 74%
(C) 26%
(D) 49%
28. In National Mineral Policy (1993) which mineral was allowed for having investment from
private sector—
(A) Coal
(B) Iron
(C) Gold
(D) Platinum
(A) 20%
(B) 40%
(C) 60%
(D) 80%
30. Minimum Support Price is decided by—

(A) ICAR
(B) State Government
(C) Ministry of Agriculture
(D) CACP
(A) 28·5%
(B) 29·5%
(C) 30·5%
(D) 31·5%

(A) U.P.
(B) M.P.
(C) Kerala
(D) Punjab
(C) w.e.f. April 1, 2008
(D) w.e.f. April 1, 2009


(D) All of these
36. Which State of the following has not yet adopted VAT (Value Added Tax) ?
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Uttar Pradesh
(C) Gujarat
37. Service Tax revenue collection for 2008–09 (Budget estimates) was proposed at—
(A) Rs. 64,460 crore
(B) Rs. 52,603 crore
(C) Rs. 50,200 crore
(D) Rs. 74,460 crore

(D) None of these
39. Sampurna Gramin Rojgar Yojana was launched on—

(A) 1st April, 2001
(B) 25th Sept., 2001
(C) 30th Sept., 2001
(A) MTNL
(B) BSNL
(D) Bharti Tele
42. The newly appointed person as Chairman of CBDT is—

(A) S. Sridhar
(B) S. S. N. Moorti
(C) Rajiv Chandrashekhar
(D) Venugopal Dhoot

(D) All of these

(A) Tata Steels
(B) SAIL
(C) HINDALCO
(D) Jindal Steels
45. OTCEI is—

(A) Atomic Submarine of China
(B) Economic Policy of USA
(C) An Indian Share Market
(D) A Defence Research Organisation
46. Foreign Trade Policy 2009-10 document fixes the export target for 2009-10 as—
(A) $ 140 billion
(B) $ 175 billion
(C) $ 150 billion
(D) $ 200 billion
47. Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) for 2008–09 as per document of 11th plan stands at Rs.
2,28,725 crore but in budget proposals for 2008–09 it was raised to—
(A) Rs. 2,23,386 crore
(B) Rs. 2,43,386 crore
(C) Rs. 2,63,386 crore
(D) Rs. 28,456 crore
48. The base year of Industrial Production Index is being shifted from 1993-94 to—
(A) 2004-05
(B) 1999
(C) 2000-01
(D) 1999-2000
49. In Interim Budget proposals for 2009–10, which of the following gives 22% contribution in
revenue collection of union government ?
(A) Income Tax
(B) Excise
(C) Corporation Tax
(D) Non-tax Revenue
50. The base year of present Consumer Price Index (CPI) for Urban Non-Manual Employees
(CPI—UNME) is—
(A) 1980-81
(B) 1981-82
(C) 1982-83
(D) 1984-85
Answers :
26. (C) 27. (B) 28. (A) 29. (D) 30. (D) 31. (C) 32. (D) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (D)
36. (D) 37. (A) 38. (B) 39. (B) 40. (B) 41. (D) 42. (B) 43. (C) 44. (C) 45. (C)
46. (
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51. CAPART is related with—
(A) Assisting and evaluating rural welfare programmes
(B) Computer hardware
(C) Consultant service of export promotion
(D) Controlling pollution in big industries
52. Note issuing deptt. of RBI should always possess the minimum gold stock of worth—
(A) Rs. 85 crore
(B) Rs. 115 crore
(C) Rs. 200 crore
(D) None of these
53. Which of the following does not grant any tax rebate ?
(A) National Saving Certificate
(B) Indira Vikas Patra
(C) National Saving Scheme
(D) Public Providend Fund
54. Ad hoc Treasury Bill System of meeting budget deficit in India was abolished on—
(A) 31 March, 1997
(B) 31 March, 1996
(C) 1 April, 1992
(D) 1 April, 1995
55. SEBI was established in—

(A) 1993
(B) 1992
(C) 1988
(D) 1990
56. The working of SEBI includes—

(A) To regulate the dealings of share market
(B) To check the foul dealings in share market
(C) To control the inside trading of shares
(D) All of these
57. The ‘Ad hoc Treasury Bill System’ of meeting budget deficit in India was replaced by ‘Ways
and Means Advances System’ which has come into force on—
(A) March 31, 1997
(B) April 1, 1996
(C) April 1, 1997
(D) None of these
58. Fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP was 4·0% in 2004–05 which increased in 2009–10
(Budget Estimates) to—
(A) 5·0%
(B) 5·1%
(C) 6·8%
(D) 6·0%
59. Which is the first Export Processing Zone declared as Free Trade Zone in India ?
(A) Kandla
(B) Noida
(C) Santacruz
(D) Falta
60. Which statement of the following is true for IMF ?

(A) It is not an agency of UNO
(B) It can grant loan to any country of the world
(C) It can grant loan to state Govt. of a country
(D) It grants loan only to member nations
61. TRAI has abolished ADC (Access Deficit Charge) on all types of calls w.e.f.—
(A) April 1, 2008
(B) April 30, 2008
(C) August 30, 2008
(D) October 30, 2008
62. Which of the following is public sector organisation ?

(1) FCI Food Corporation of India
(2) FCI Fertilizer Corporation of India
(3) Cotton Corporation of India
(4) Jute Corporation of India
(A) Only 1 and 2
(B) Only 2, 3
(C) Only 3, 4
(D) All of these
63. Which day has been declared as ‘Balika Diwas’ (Girl Day) by the Ministry of Woman and
Children Development ?
(A) April 5, every year
(B) July 9, every year
(C) October 9, every year
(D) December 9, every year
64. For RIDF-XIV, allocation in Union Budget 2008-09 was—

(A) Rs. 16000 crore
(B) Rs. 12000 crore
(C) Rs. 10000 crore
(D) Rs. 14000 crore
65. The birth rate and death rate for the year 2006 have been estimated as—
(A) 26·2 and 8·1 per thousand respectively
(B) 24·8 and 8·0 per thousand respectively
(C) 23·8 and 7·6 per thousand respectively
(D) 23·5 and 7·5 per thousand respectively
66. Central Issue price of foodgrains under TPDS includes price for BPL and APL (below poverty
line and above poverty line). What is the difference between the two ?
(A) Price for APL is double of BPL price
(B) Price for BPL is one-third of APL price
(C) Difference of Rs. 500 per Qt.
(D) Difference of Rs. 250 per Qt.
67. What growth target government has estimated for the domestic crude production for the 11th
Plan (2007–12) ?
(A) 42%
(B) 33%
(C) 29%
(D) 26%
68. Rural women can avail the benefit of Mahila Samriddhi Yojana if they open their account in—
(A) Rural Post Offices
(B) Commercial Banks
(C) Rural Development Bank
(D) Any of the above
69. Agriculture sector registered 4·9% growth in 2007-08 and it is estimated for year 2008-09 at—
(A) Again 4·5%
(B) 4·3%
(C) 3·3%
(D) 1·6%
70. As per the third advanced estimates of Agricultural Production for the year 2008-09 released
by the Ministry of Agriculture, total foodgrain’s production has been estimated at—
(A) 240·78 million tonne
(B) 230·78 million tonne
(C) 227·88 million tonne
(D) 229·85 million tonne
71. Mistry Committee in its final report recommends full capital account convertibility by—
(A) 2008 end
(B) 2009 end
(C) 2010 end
(D) 2011 end
72. Which committee recommended tax on Agriculture Holdings ?

(A) Bhootlingam Committee
(B) Wanchoo Committee
(C) Raj Committee
(D) None of these
73. The Present Service Tax rate is—

(A) 8%
(B) 15%
(C) 10%
(D) 12%
74. The cause of deflation is—

(A) Lack of goods and services as compared to money supply
(B) Lack of imports as compared to exports
(C) Lack of money supply as compared to supply of goods and services
(D) None of these
75. Which of the following is a better measure of economic development ?

(A) Employment
(B) Size of exports
(C) Rural consumption
(D) National Income
Answers :
51. (A) 52. (B) 53. (B) 54. (A) 55. (C) 56. (D) 57. (C) 58. (C) 59. (C) 60. (D)
61. (D) 62. (D) 63. (D) 64. (D) 65. (D) 66. (A) 67. (D) 68. (A) 69. (D) 70. (D)
71. (A) 72. (D) 73. (D) 74. (C) 75. (D)
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(A) Central Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Reserve Bank of India
(D) Above (A) and (B)
77. Out of one Rupee expenditure, how much paise have been allotted for subsidy in 2009-10
interim budget proposals ?
(A) 12 paise
(B) 10 paise
(C) 9 paise
(D) 7 paise
78. ‘India Brand Equity Fund’ was established in—

(A) 1996
(B) 1997
(C) 1995
(D) 1992
79. Mixed Economy means—

(A) Co-existence of small and large industries
(B) Promoting both Agriculture and Industries in the economy
(C) Co-existence of public and private sectors
(D) Co-existence of rich and poor
80. Ministry of HRD has announced to hike FDI limit in Education to—
(A) 65%
(B) 70%
(C) 75%
(D) 100%
81. ‘Pure Banking, Nothing Else’ is a slogan raised by—

(A) ICICI Bank
(B) HDFC Bank
(C) SBI
(D) UTI Bank
82. In the end of March 2008, External debt to GDP ratio in India stood at—
(A) 18·8%
(B) 17·4%
(C) 17·8%
(D) 15·8%
83. Indian State having the lowest Infant Mortality Rate is—
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Goa
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala
84. ‘Smart Money’ is a term used for—

(A) Internet Banking
(B) Credit Card
(C) Cash with Bank
(D) Cash with Public
85. Which of the following has the maximum share in GSM Mobile Phone Service Market ?
(A) Vodafone (earlier Hutch)
(B) Airtel
(C) BSNL
(D) Reliance
86. The main objective of TRYSEM was—

(A) To train rural youth for self employment
(B) To train urban youth for self employment
(C) Both of the above
(D) None of these
87. The establishment of IORARC (Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation) was
officially declared on—
(A) March 5, 1996
(B) March 5, 1997
(C) April 1, 1997
(D) August 15, 1947
88. Inside Trading is related to—

(A) Share Market
(B) Horse racing
(C) Taxation
(D) Public Expenditure
89. The largest source of National Income in India is—

(A) Service Sector
(B) Agriculture
(C) Industrial Sector
(D) Trade Sector
90. ‘Public Sector’ means—

(A) Government ownership on commerce and trade
(B) Capitalist ownership on commerce and trade
(C) Private ownership on trade
(D) None of these
91. NABARD is—

(A) A bank
(B) A board
(C) A block
(D) A department
92. Indian Green Revolution is the most successful in—

(A) Wheat and Potato
(B) Jwar and Oil Seeds
(C) Wheat and Rice
(D) Tea and Coffee
93. The period of 10th plan in India was—

(A) 2000-2005
(B) 2001-2006
(C) 2002-2007
(D) 2003-2008
94. Economic Planning is in—

(A) Union list
(B) State list
(C) Concurrent list
(D) Not any specified list
95. Presently (from April 29, 2003) bank rate in India is—
(A) 7·0%
(B) 6·75%
(C) 6.25%
(D) 6·0%
96. Gross domestic savings as a proportion of GDP has been improving. What is the average
percentage of gross domestic savings proposed during the 11th plan ?
(A) 26·4%
(B) 31·9%
(C) 34·8%
(D) 35·2%
97. 12th Finance Commission has recommended to merge and determine one single interest rate
on various outstanding central loans to states having different interest rates. What is this
recommended interest rate ?
(A) 7·0%
(B) 7·5%
(C) 8·0%
(D) 8·5%
98. MRTP is related to—

(A) Monopoly and trade restrictions
(B) Inflation control
(C) Transport control
(D) Foreign Exchange Regulations
99. Interest Rate Policy is a part of—

(A) Fiscal Policy
(B) Industrial Policy
(C) Monetary Policy
(D) None of these
100. The basis of determining dearness allowance to employees in India is—

(A) National Income
(B) Consumer Price Index
(C) Standard of Living
(D) Per Capita Income
Answers :
76. (C) 77. (C) 78. (A) 79. (C) 80. (D) 81. (C) 82. (A) 83. (D) 84. (B) 85. (B)
86. (A) 87. (B) 88. (A) 89. (A) 90. (A) 91. (A) 92. (C) 93. (C) 94. (C) 95. (D)
96. (C) 97. (B) 98. (A) 99. (C) 100. (B)
0. (D)
General Awareness 2009 (Economic and Banking)
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1. Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 has replaced—
(A) VAT
(B) MRTPC
(C) Securities Contracts (Regulation) Bill, 2005
(D) Electricity Act, 2003
2. A bill has been introduced in the Parliament to raise SBI authorised capital from Rs. 20 crore to
—
(A) Rs. 50 crore
(B) Rs. 1000 crore
(C) Rs. 2000 crore
(D) Rs. 5000 crore
3. The total Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) during 2008-09 has been targeted at—
(A) $ 25 billion
(B) $ 35 billion
(C) $ 45 billion
(D) $ 50 billion
4. National Electricity Policy envisages elimination of power shortage by 2012 through addition of
…… during 10th and 11th plan periods.
(A) 50000 MW
(B) 75000 MW
(C) 100000 MW
(D) 125000 MW
5. ‘Priyadarshini Project’ is related to—

(A) Empowerment of Rural women
(B) Survival of Girl Child
(C) Free Education to all girls
6. ‘Pratibha Kiran Yojana’ is a new scheme to promote higher education among girls introduced
by—
(A) Karnataka
(B) Bihar
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Uttar Pradesh
7. To which service, the government has notified Service Tax Refund Scheme for exporter ?
(A) Port services
(B) Railway service
(C) Road service
(D) All of these
8. ‘Laadli Laxmi Yojana’ has been launched by………government for supporting girls of all
religion and caste upto their marriage.
(A) Rajasthan
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Gujarat
9. The Contract of Expressway Project in Uttar Pradesh has been awarded to—
(A) JP Associates
(B) JM Infra
(C) Jointly to (A) and (B)
10. 13th ASEAN Summit was held between November 18 to 22, 2007 in—
(A) Thailand
(B) Malaysia
(C) Singapore
(D) Philippines
11. ‘Innovation Lab’ has been launched by—

(A) Tata Consultancy Services
(B) Infosys Tech
(C) Reliance Industries
(D) Anil’s Reliance Communications
12. Dr. Ganesh Natrajan has been appointed Chairman (2008-09) for—
(A) CII
(B) NASSCOM
(C) FICCI
(D) SEBI
13. Which country was honoured at China International Travel Mart 2007 with Best Participating
and Excellent Advertisement Awards ?
(A) Singapore
(B) Thailand
(C) India
(D) Nepal
14. APEC group leaders have decided to take up new membership issue after a few years and as
a result India and other ten countries have to wait for APEC membership till—
(A) 2009
(B) 2010
(C) 2011
(D) 2012
15. Government has extended Mid Day Meal Scheme to cover the students upto class—
(A) 6th
(B) 7th
(C) 8th
(D) 10th
16. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. has been renamed as—

(A) Reliance Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
(B) Tata Sanchar Nigam Ltd.
(C) Tata Communication Ltd.
(D) Bharti Communication Ltd.
17. Government is going to merge Annapurna Scheme with—

(A) Mid Day Meal Scheme
(B) National Old Age Pension Scheme
(C) National Food for Work Programme
(D) Antyodaya Anna Yojana
18. For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th plan (2007-2012), investment level has been
estimated to be—
(A) 34•8% of GDP
(B) 32•4% of GDP
(C) 30•9% of GDP
(D) 36•7% of GDP
19. Government adopted the new funding pattern (Centre State Share) for Sarva Shiksha
Abhiyan as—
(A) 50 : 50
(B) 55 : 45
(C) 60 : 40
(D) 65 : 35
20. National Food Security Mission targets to increase the production of wheat, rice and pulses in
next four years to—
(A) 10, 8 and 2 million tonne respectively
(B) 8, 10 and 2 million tonne respectively
(C) 8, 12 and 2 million tonne respectively
(D) 8, 10 and 4 million tonne respectively
21. The most densely populated country in South Asia is—

(A) Bangladesh
(B) India
(C) Maldives
(D) Sri Lanka
(A) 1•0%
(B) 4•0%
(C) 4•4%
(D) 4•8%
23. Which country among the following gets the highest HDI ranking in Human Development
Report 2007 ?
(A) Iceland
(B) USA
(C) United Kingdom
(D) Japan
24. ‘Aam Admi Bima Yojana’ is an insurance scheme for rural landless households introduced by
—
(C) UTI
25. NOAPS has been renamed as Indira Gandhi Old Age Pension Scheme with its extended
scope. Now this scheme will include all old age persons—
(A) Living below poverty line
(B) Above 60 years age
(C) Above 65 years age
(D) Both (A) and (C)
Answers
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (B) 4. (C) 5. (A) 6. (C) 7. (D) 8. (B) 9. (A) 10. (C)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (B) 15. (C) 16. (C) 17. (B) 18. (D) 19. (D) 20. (B)
21. (C) 22. (D) 23. (A) 24. (B) 25. (D)
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Cabinet Ministers of India 2009 (Latest)
Council of Ministers
Cabinet Ministers
Dr. Manmohan Singh: Prime Minister and also in-charge of the Ministries/Departments
not specifically allocated to the charge of any Minister viz.: (i) Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances & Pensions; (ii) Ministry of Planning; (iii) Department of Atomic
Energy; (iv) Department of Space and; (v) Ministry of Culture
Mr. Pranab Mukherjee: Finance
Mr. Sharad Pawar: Agriculture; Food & Civil Supplies; Consumer Affairs & Public
Distribution
Mr. A. K. Antony: Defence
Mr. P. Chidambaram : Home Affairs
Ms. Mamata Banerjee: Railways
Mr. S. M. Krishna: External Affairs
Mr: Ghulam Nabi Azad : Health and Family Welfare
Mr. Sushil Kumar Shinde : Power
Mr. M. Veerappa Moily: Law and Justice
Mr. S. Jaipal Reddy: Urban Development
Mr. Kamal Nath : Road Transport and Highways

Mr. Vayalar Ravi : Overseas Indian Affairs
Mr. Murli Deora : Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mr. Kapil Sibal : Human Resource Development .
Ms. Ambika Soni : Information and Broadcasting
Mr. B. K. Handique : Mines; Development of North Eastern Region
Mr. Anand Sharma: Commerce and Industry
Mr. Virbhadra Singh: Steel
Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Mr. C. P. Joshi: Rural Development and Panchayati Raj
Kumari Selja: Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; Tourism
Mr. Subodh Kant Sahay : Food Processing Industries
Dr. M. S. Gill : Youth Affairs and Sports
Mr. G. K. Vasan : Shipping
Mr. Dayanidhi Maran: Textiles
Dr. Farooq Abdullah: New and Renewable Energy
Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge : Labour and Employment
Mr. Pawan K. Bansal: Parliamentary Affairs; Water Resources Development
Mr. Mukul Wasnik : Social Justice and Empowerment
Mr. Kantilal Bhuna : Tribal Affairs
Mr. M. K. Azhagiri : Chemicals and Fertilizers
Mr. A. Raja: Communications and Information Technology
Ministers of State
(Independent Charge)
Mr. Praful Patel: Civil Aviation
Mr. Prithviraj Chavan : Science & Technology; Earth Sciences; Prime Minister's Office;
Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; and Parliamentary Affairs
Mr. Sriprakash Jaiswal : Coal; Statistics and Programme Implementation
Mr. Salman Khursheed : Corporate Affaits and Minority Affairs
Mr. Dinsha J. Patel: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Ms. Krishna Tirath : Women and Child Development
Mr. Jairam Ramesh : Environment and Fotests
Ministers of State
Mr. Srikant Jena : Chemicals and Fertilizers
Mr. E. Ahamed : Railways
Ms. Mullappally Ramachandran : Home Affairs
Mr. V. Narayanasamy : Planning and Parliamentary Affairs
Mr. Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia : Commerce and Industrv
Ms. D. Purandeswari : Human Resource Development
Mr. K. H. Muniyappa : Railways
Mr. Ajay Maken : Home Affaits
Ms. Panabaka Lakshmi : Textiles
Mr. Namo Narain Meena : Finance
Mr. M. M. Pallam Raju : Defence
Mr. Saugata Ray: Urban Development
Mr. S. S. Palanimanickam : Finance
Mr. Jitin Prasada: Petroleum and Natural Gas
Mr. A. Sai Prathap : Steel
Ms. Preneet Kaur : External Affairs
Mr. Gurdas Kamat : Communications and Information Technology
Mr. Harish Rawat : Labour and Employment
Prof. K.V. Thomas: Agriculture; Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Mr. Bharatsinh Solanki : Power
Mr. Mahadev S. Khandela : Road Transport and Highways
Mr. Dinesh Trivedi: Health and Family Welfare
Mr. Sisir Adhikari : Rural Development
Mr. Sultan Ahmed: Tourism
Mr. Mukul Roy: Shipping
Mr. Mohan Jatua : Information and Broadcasting
Mr. D. Napoleon: Social Justice and Empowerment
Dr. S. Jagathrakshakan : Information and Broadcasting
Mr. S. Gandhiselvan : Health and Family Welfare .
Mr. Tusharbhai Chaudhary: Tribal Affairs
Mr. Sachin Pilot: Communications and Information Technology
Mr. Arun Yadav : Youth Affairs and Sports
Mr. Pratik Prakashbapu Patil : Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Mr. R. P. N. Singh: Road Transport and Highways
Mr. Shashi Tharoor : External Affairs
Mr. Vincent Pala : Water Resources
Mr. Pradeep Jain : Rural Development
Ms. Agatha Sangma : Rural Development
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heads of National and UnionTerritories
Chief
Territories Capital Lt. Governor/Administrators
Minister
Ms. Sheila
(1) Delhi Delhi Mr. Tejendra Khanna
Dikshit
(2) Andaman and
Port Blair Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Bhopinder Singh
Nicobar Islands
Gen. (Retd.) S. F. RodriguesCapitals, Lt.
Governors/Administrators and Chief
(3) Chandigarh Chandigarh
Ministers of National/Union Territories
(4) Dadra and

Silvassa Mr. Rajni Kant Verma
Nagar Haveli
(5) Daman and
Daman Mr. Rajni Kant Verma
Diu
(6) Lakshadweep Kavaratti Mr. Parimal Rai
Mr. V.
(7) Puducherry Puducherry
Vaithilingam
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Governors and Chief Ministers of States (India)
Capitals, Governors and Chief Ministers of States
States Capitals Governors Chief Ministers

(1) Andhra Mr.
Hyderabad Sri. K. Rosaiah
Pradesh E.S.L.Narasimhan
(2) Arunachal Gen. (Retd.) J. J.
Itanagar Mr. Dorjee Khandu
Pradesh Singh
Mr. K.
(3) Assam Dispur Mr. Tarun Gogoi
Sankaranarayanan
Mr. Devanand
(4) Bihar Patna Mr. Nitish Kumar
Konwar
Mr. E. S. L.
(5) Chhattisgarh Raipur Dr. Raman Singh
Narasimhan
Mr. Digambar V.
(6) Goa Panaji Mr. S. S. Sidhu
Kamat
Mr. Navalkishore
(7) Gujarat Gandhinagar Mr. Narendra Modi
Sharma
Mr. Bhupinder S.
(8) Haryana Chandigarh Dr. A. R. Kidwai
Hooda
(9) Himachal Mr. Prem Kumar
Shimla Ms. Prabha Rau
Pradesh Dhumal
(10) Jammu and Srinagar (Summer)
Mr. N. N. Vohra Mr. Omar Abdullah
Kashmir Jammu (Winter)
(11) Jharkhand Ranchi Mr. Syed Sibtey Razi President's rule
Mr. Hans Raj Mr. B. S.
(12) Karnataka Bengaluru
Bhardwaj Yeddyurappa
Mr. Ramkrishna S. Mr. V. S.
(13) Kerala Thiruvananthapuram
Gavai Achuthanandan
(14) Madhya Mr. Rameshwar Mr. Shivraj Singh
Bhopal
Pradesh Thakur Chauhan
(15)
Mumbai Mr. S. C. Jameer Mr. Ashok Chavan
Maharashtra
Mr.Okram Ibobi
(16) Manipur Imphal Mr. Gurbachan Jagat
Singh
(17) Meghalaya Shillong Mr. R. S. Mooshahary Mr. D. D. Lapang
Lt Gen. (Retd.) M M.
(18) Mizoram Aizawl Mr.Lalthanhawla
Lakhera
Mr. K.
(19) Nagaland Kohima Mr. Neiphiu Rio
Sankaranarayan
(20) Orissa Bhubaneswar Mr. M. C. Bhandare Mr. Naveen Patnaik
Gen. (Retd.) S. F. Mr. Parkash Singh
(21) Punjab Chandigarh
Rodrigues Badal
Mr. Shilendra Kumar
(22) Rajasthan Jaipur Mr. Ashok Gehlot
Singh
Mr. Balmiki Prasad
(23) Sikkim Gangtok Mr. Pawan Chamling
Singh
(24) Tamil Nadu Chennai Mr. S. S. Barnala Mr. M. Karunanidhi
Mr. Dinesh Nandan
(25) Tripura Agartala Mr. Manik Sarkar
Sahaya
Mr. Ramesh
(26) Uttarakhand Dehradun Mr. B. L. Joshi
Pokhriyal
(27) Uttar Mr. T. V. Rajeshwar
Lucknow Ms. Mayawati
Pradesh Rao
(28) West Mr. Gopal Krishna Mr. Buddhadeb
Kolkata
Bengal Gandhi Bhattacharjee
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List of World Presidents & Prime Ministers
● Afghanistan: President - Hamid Karzai; Capital - Kabul.
● Algeria: President - Abdelaziz Bouteflika; Prime Minister - Ahmed Ouyahia; Capital-

Algiers.
● Argentina: President- Ms. Cristina Fernandez Kirchner; Capital- Buenos Aires.
● Australia: Governor-General- Ms. Quentin Bryce; PRIME MINISTER- Kevin Rudd;

Capital (Federal)- Canberra.
● Austria: President- Heinz Fischer; Chancellor-Heinz Fischer, Capital- Vienna.
● Bahrain: King - Hamad ibn al-Khalifah; Prime Minister - Sheikh Khalifah Sulman al-
Khalifah; Capital- Manama.
● Bangladesh: President - Zillur Rahman; PRIME MINISTER - Ms. Sheikh Hasina;

Capital- Dhaka.
● Belarus: President- Alexander Lukashenko; Prime Minister - Sergei Sidorsky; Capital-

Minsk.
● Belgium: King - Albert II; Prime Minister-Yves Leterrne; Capital- Brussels.
● Bhutan: King - Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuk; Prime Minister-Jigmi Y. Thinley;

Capital – Thimphu
● Bolivia: President- Evo Morales; Capital – La Paz.
● Brazil: President- Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva; Capital - Brasilia.
● Bulgaria: President - Georgi Purvanov; Prime Minister - Sergey Stanishev; Capital-

Sofia.
● Cambodia: King - Norodom Sihamoni; Prime Minister - Hun Sen; Capital – Phnom
Penh.
● Canada: Governor-General Ms. Michaelle Jean; PRIME MINISTER - Stephen Harper;

Capital- Ottawa.
● Chile: President - Ms. Michelle Bachelet; Capital - Santiago.
● China: President- Hu Jintao; Prime Minister-Wen Jiabao; Capital- Beijing.

● Colombia: President- Alvaro Uribe Velez; Capital - Bogota.
● Croatia: President - Stjepan Mesic; Prime Minister -Dr. Ivo Sanader; Capital-Zagreb.
● Cuba: President- Raul Castro; Capital -Havana.
● Czech Republic: President- Mirek Topolanek; Prime Minister -Jiri Paroubek; Capital-
Prague.
● Denmark: Queen - Margrethe II; Prime Minister- Anders Fogh Rasmussen; Capital -
Copenhagen.
● Egypt: President - Hosni Mubarak; Prime Minister - Ahmed Najief; Capital-Cairo.
● Finland: President - Ms. Tarja Halonen; Prime Minister - Matti Vanhanen; Capital-
Helsinki.
● France: President- Nicolas Sarkozy; Prime Minister - Francois Fillon; Capital- Paris.
● Germany: President - Horst Koehler; Chancellor - Ms. Angela Merkel; Capital-Berlin.
● Guyana: President - Bharrat Jagdeo; Prime Minister - Samuel Hinds; Capital-

Georgetown.
● Greece: President – Constantinos Stephanopoulos; Prime Minister – Kostas

Karamanlis; Capital - Athens.
● Hungary: President- Laszlo Solyom; PRIME MINISTER - Ferenc Gyurscany; Capital-

Budapest.
● Indonesia: President - Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono; Capital- Jakarta.
● Iran: President - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Capital- Teheran.
● Iraq: President -Jalai Talabani; Prime Minister - Nuri al-Maliki, Capital- Baghdad.
● Ireland: President- Ms. Mary McAleese; Prime Minister - Brian Cowen, Capital-
Dublin.
● Israel: President - Shimon Peres; PRIME MINISTER - Benjamin Netanyahu; Capital-

Jerusalem.
● Italy: President - Georgio Napolitano; Prime Minister- Silvio Berlusconi; Capital-

Rome.
● Japan: Emperor- Akihito; Prime Minister: Taro Aso (Acting); Capital- Tokyo.
● Jordan: King - Abdullah II; Prime Minister-Faisal al-Fayez; Capital- Amman.
● Kazakhstan: President - Nursultan A. Nazarbayev; Prime Minister – Karim Masimov;

Capital- Astana.
● Kenya: President - Mwai Kibaki; Prime Minister - Raila Odinga; Capital - Nairobi.
● Korea, North: President – Marshal Kim Jong II; Prime Minister – Hong Song Nam;
Capital- Pyongyang.
● Korea, South: President-, Lee Myung-Bak; Prime Minister - Han Seung-Soo; Capital -
Seoul.
● Kuwait: Emir - Sheikh Sabah ai-Ahmad al-Sabah; Capital - Kuwait.
● Kyrgyzstan: President (Interim) – Kurmanbek Bakiyey; Prime Minister - Azim

Isabekoy
Capital - Bishkek.
● Madagascar: President - Andy Rajoelina; Prime Minister - Monja Roindefo; Capital-

Antananarivo.
● Malaysia: King - T. S. S. Syed Putra Jamalullail; Prime Minister- Najib Tun Razak;
Capital-Kuala Lumpur.
● Maldives: President - Mohammed "Anni" Nasheed; Capital - Male.
● Mauritius: President - Karl A. Offmann; Prime Minister - Navinchandra Ramgoolam;

Capital - Port Louis.
● Mongolia: President - Nambaryn Enkhbayar; PRIME MINISTER - Sanj Bayar; Capital

- Ulan Bator.
● Montenegro: President - Filip Vujanovic; Prime Minister-Milo Dukanovic; Capital –

Podgorica
● Morocco: King - Mohammed VI; Prime Minister - Driss Jettou; Capital - Rabat.
● Myanmar (Burma) : Head of Govt. : Gen. Than Shwe; Capital - Nyapidaw.
● Nepal: President - Dr. Ram Baran Yadav; Capital -Kathmandu.
● Netherlands: Queen - Beatrix; Capital-Amsterdam.
● New Zealand: Governor-General – Anand Satyanand; PrimeMinister - John Key;

Capital-
Wellington.
● Nigeria: President - Umaru Yar'Adua; Capital - Abuja.
● Norway: King - Harald V; Prime Minister – Jens Stoltenberg; Capital - Oslo.
● Pakistan: President - Asif Ali Zardari; Prime Minister - Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani;
Capital -Islamabad. .
● Panama: President - Ricardo Martenelli; Capital - Panama City.
● Paraguay: President - Fernando Lugo; Capital – Asuncion
● Peru: President - Alan Garcia; Prime Minister -Javier Velasquez; Capital- Lima.
● Philippines: President - Ms. Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo; Capital - Manila.
● Poland: President - Lech Kaczynski; Prime Minister- Donald Tusk; Capital- Warsaw.
● Portugal: President - Amibal Cavaco Silva; Prime Minister - Jose Socrates; Capital-
Lisbon.
● Romania: President - Traian Basecue; Prime Minister - Emil Boc; Capital - Bucharest.
● Russia: President - Dmitry Medvedev; Prime Minister - Vladimir Putin; Capital -

Moscow.
● Rwanda: President - Paul Kagame; Prime Minister - Bernard Makuza; Capital -Kigali.
● Saudi Arabia : King - Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz al Saud; Capital- Riyadh.
● Serbia: President - Boris Tadic; Prime Minister - Mirko Cvetkovic; Capital - Belgrade.
● Singapore: President - S. R. Nathan; PRIME MINISTER - Lee Hsien Loong; Capital -

Singapore.
● Slovakia: President - Ivan Gasparovic; Prime Minister - Robert Fico; Capital-

Bratislava.
● South Mrica : President- Jacob Zuma; Capital-Cape Town (Legislative) and Tshwane
(Formerly Pretoria) (Administrative).
● Spain: King - Juan Carlos I; Prime Minister-Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero; Capital
-Madrid.
● Sri Lanka: President - Mahinda Rajapaksa; Prime Minister - Ratnasiri

Wickremanayake; Capital- Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (Colombo).
● Sudan: President - Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir; Capital - Khartoum.

● Sweden: King - Carl XVI Gustaf; PRIME MINISTER – Fredrik Reinfeldt; Capital -
Stockholm.
● Switzerland: President - Pascal Couchepin; Capital – Berne
● Syria: President - Bashar Al-Assad; Prime Minister - Muhammad Naji al-Otari;

Capital- Damascus.
● Taiwan: President - Ma Ying-jeou; Prime Minister -Liu Chao-shiuan; Capital – Taipei.
● Turkey: President - Abdullah Gul; Prime Minister - Recep Tayyip Erdogan; Capital-
Ankara.
● Ukraine: President - Victor Yushchenko; Prime Minister- Yulia Tymoshenko; Capital-

Kiev.
● United Arab Emirates: Prime Minister- Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum;
Capital- Abu Dhabi.
● United Kingdom: Queen - Elizabeth II; Prime Minister - Gordon Brown; Capital -
London.
● United States of America: President – Barack Obama; Secretary of State -Ms. Hillary
Clinton; Capital- Washington, D.C.
● Uzbekistan: President - Islam A. Karimov; Prime Minister - Shavkat Mirziyayev;

Capital- Tashkent.
● Venezuela: President - Hugo Chavez Frias; Capital - Caracas.
● Vietnam: President - Nguyen Minh Triet; Prime Minister - Nguyen Tan Dung; Capital-
Hanoi.
● Zimbabwe: President - Robert G. Mugabe; PRIME MINISTER - Morgan Tsvangirai;

Capital- Harare.
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Heads of Important Offices (World)
Ban Ki-moon : Secretary-General, United Nations Organisation.
● Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro : First Deputy Secretary-General, UN.

● Lt. Gen. Ahmad Shuja Pasha: Military Adviser to UN Department of Peacekeeping
Operations.
● Robert Zoellick : President, World Bank.
● Dominic Strauss-Kahn: Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
● Koichiro Matsuura: Director-General-UNESCO.
● Dr. Margaret Chan: Director-General, WHO.
● Jacques Diouf: Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation.

● Juan Somavia : Director-General, International Labour Organisation.
● Ann M. Veneman: Executive Director, United Nations International Children's
Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
● Antonio Guterres : UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
● Kemal Dervis : Director-General, United Nations Development Programme.
● Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi : Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade
and Development (UNCTAD).
● Angel Gurria : Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD).
● Ms. Rosalyn Higgins: President, International Court of Justice.
● Haruhiko Kuroda: President, Asian Development Bank.
● Donald Kaberuka : President, African Development Bank.
● Jacques Rogge: President, International Olympic Committee.
● Kamalesh Sharma: Secretary-General, Commonwealth. .
● Harshvardhana Singh: Deputy Director-General, WTO.
● Muammar Qaddafi : Chairman, African Union.
● Pascal Lamy : Director-General, WTO.
● Ms. Navanethan Pillay : High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human
Rights.
● David Morgan: President, International Cricket Council.
● Raul Castro: Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement.
● Jose Manuel Durao Barroso: President, European Commission.
● Kandeh K. Yumkella : Director-General, UNIDO.
● Abdul-Rahman bin Hamad Al-Attiyah: Secretary-General, Gulf Co-operation Council.
● Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu : Secretary-General, Organisation of Islamic Conference.
● Abdallah Salem el-Badri: Secretary-General, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC).
● Jose Miguel Insulza Salinas: Secretary-General, Organisation of American States.
● Hifikepunye Pohamba : President, South-West African People's Organisation
(SWAPO).
● Dr. Mohamed El Baradei : Director- General, International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA).
● Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: Secretary-General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
(NATO).
● Dr. Abdul Waheed Khan: Director, Commonwealth of Learning.
● Hashim Abdul Halim : Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
● Ms. Thoraya Ahmed Obaid : Executive Director, UNFPA.
● Dr. Surin Pitsuwan : Secretary-General, ASEAN.
● Q. A. M. A. Rahim : Secretary-General, SAARC
● Lamine Diack : President, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF).
● Michael Griffin : Chief of NASA (USA).
● Ms. Irene Zubaida Khan: Secretary-General, Amnesty International.
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Heads of Important Offices in India
● Dr. Manmohan Singh: Chairman, Planning Commission.
● Ms. Meira Kumar: Speaker, Lok Sabha.
● Mohammad Hamid Ansari: Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
● Mr. K. Rahman Khan: Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha.
● Mr. Karia Munda : Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha.
● Mr. L. K. Advani : Leader of Opposition (Lok Sabha).
● Mr. Arun Jaidey: Leader of Opposition (Rajya Sabha).
● Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia: Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission.
● Mr. Navin Chawla: Chief Election Commissioner
● Mr. V. S. Sampath : Election Commissioner.
● Mr. S. Y. Qiuaishi : Election Commissioner.

● Mr. Vinod Rai : Comptroller and Auditor-General of India.
● Mr. K. M. Chandrasekhar: Cabinet Secretary.
● Mr. T. K. A. Nair : Principal Secretary to Prime Minister.
● Mr. Justice S. Ratnavel Pandian: Chairman, National Commission for Backward
Classes.
● Ms. Shanta Sinha: Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
● Dr. Buta Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes
● Mr. Kunwar Singh: Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes.
● Prof. D. P. Agrawal: Chairman, UPSC.
● Dr. M. S. Swaminathan : Chairman, National Commission on Farmers.
● Mr. M. K. Narayanan: National Security Adviser and Special Adviser to PM (Internal
Security).
● Mr. R.V. Raju : Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA).
● Mr. S. S. Khurana: Chairman, Railway Board.
● Mr. Vivek Kumar Agnihotri: Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha
● Mr. P. D. T. Achary : Secretary-General, Lok Sabha.
● Mr. Rajiv Mathur: Director, IB.
● Mr. Ashwani Kumar: Director, CBI.
● Mr. K. C. Verma: Director, Research and Analysis Wing.
● Mr. N .P. S. Aulakh: Director-General, NSG.
● Mr. A. S. Gill : Director-General, CRPF.
● Mr. M. L. Kumawat : Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF).
● Mr. Niraj Ranjan Das : Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
● Mr. Ranjit Sinha: Director-General, Railway Protection Force.
● Mr. Vikram Srivastava: Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police.
● Mr. Gopal Sharma: Director-General, Sashastra Seema Bal.
● Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra: Director-General, Coast Guard.
● Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh: Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency.
● Mr. Sukhadeo Thorat : Chairman, UGC.
● Mr. M. Natarajan : Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister and Secretary, Defence
Research & Development Organisation.
● Dr. R. Chidambaram : Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government.
● Mr. G. Madhavan Nair: Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO.
● Mr. Anil Kakodkar : Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of
Atomic Energy.
● Mr. N. K. Raghupathy : Chairman, SSC.
● Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal: Chairman, National Forest Commission.
● Dr. Amrita Patel: Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB).
● Lt. Gen. A. K. Nanda: Director-General, Border Roads Organisation.
● Dr. Vishwa Mohan Katoch : Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research.
● Mr. D. K. Sikri : Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner.
● Mr. A. R. Lakshmanan: Chairman, Law Commission.
● Mr. Duvvuri Subbarao : Governor, RBI.
● Mr. Justice G. N. Ray: Chairman, Press Council of India.
● Mr. Ch. Kiron : Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC).
● Mr. N. B. Singh: Chairperson, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).
● Mr. A. K. Singh: Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs.
● Justice Arijit Pasayat : Chairperson, Competition Appellate Tribunal
● Mr. S. K. Garg : CMD, NHPC.
● Mr. R. S. Sharma: CMD, ONGC.
● Mr. U. D. Choubey : CMD, GAIL.
● Mr. S. Behuria : Chairman, IOC.
● Mr. N. M. Borah: CMD, Oil India Ltd.
● Mr. Ashok Ganguly: Chairman, CBSE.
● Mr. C. B. Bhave: Chairman, Securities & Exchange Board of India.
● Mr. Y. S. P. Thorat : Chairman, NABARD.
● Mr. O. P. Bhat : Chairman, SBI.
● Mr. V. P. Shetty : Chairman, IDBI.
● Mr. S. Balasubramanian : Chairman, Company Law Board.
● Mr. Nirupam Sen : India's Permanent Representative to UN.
● Mr. T. S. Vijayan : Chairman, LIC
● Mr. A. K. Bajaj : Chairman, Central Water Commission.
● Ms. Girija Vyas : Chairperson, National Commission for Women.
● Dr. Vijay L. Kelkar: Chairman, 13th Finance Commission.
● Prof. Suresh D. Tendulkar : Chairman, National Statistical Commission.
● Ms. Shafmila Tagore : Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification.
● Ms. Anshu Vaish : Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India.
● Mr. Harsh Pati Singhania : President, FICCI.
● Mr. J. S. Sarma: Chairman, TRAI
● Mr. R. N. Das : Director, Enforcement Directorate.
● Mr. D. Swarup : Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory & Development Authority.
● Mr. Pratyush Sinha: Central Vigilance Commissioner.
● Mr. S. Banerjee: Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
● Mr. Wajahat Habibullah : Information Commissioner.
● Mr. Suresh Kalmadi : President, Indian Olympic Association.
● Prof. Krishan Kumar: Director, NCERT.
● Mr. Venu Srinivasan: President, CII.
● Mr. Sam Pitroda : Chairman, National Knowledge Commission.
● Mr. Arun Bhatnagar : Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board.
● Mr. Ratan Tata : Chairman, Investment Commission.
● Mr. Ganesh Natarajan : Chairman, NASSCOM.
● Mr. Sajjan Jindal: President, ASSOCHAM.
● Mr. Om Puri : Chairman, National Film Development Corporation.
● Mr. Ravindra Kumar: Chairman, United News of India.
● Mr. N. Ravi : Chairman, PTI.
● Mr. Hormusji N. Cama: President, Indian Newspaper Society.
Ans : (A)
Ans : (B)
(C) Central Bureau of Investigation Chief
(D) Chief Election Commissioner
Ans : (D)
28. The winner of Australian Open Tennis Men’s Singles Title is—
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Mahesh Bhupati
(C) Andy Murray
(D) Rafael Nadal
Ans : (D)

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