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December 1 week: 1. Dashrath Patel, who died recently, was the founder of (a) NID (b) NIFT (c) IIFT (d) IIT (e) None of these 2. The Bengali movie "Moner Manush" directed by Gautam Ghose has won which award for the best film in the 41 st International film festival in Goa.. (a) Golden Peacock (b) Derby A ward (c) Asian Movie of the year award (d) Rajiv Gandhi National film award (e) None of these 3. The Unique Identification Authority plans to provide identification number known as Aadhar to how many residents by March, 2014. (a) five hundred million (b) six hundred million (c) ten hundred million (d) 1 billion (e) None o these 4. Samuel Cohen who died recently in California at the age of 89 was... (a) He was the first person to cross English channel by taking only two halts (b) He dropped atomic bomb on Japan during world was 2 (c) He was he first person to reach south pole without ox y gen (d) The man who invented the neutron bomb (e) None of these 5. United Arab Emirates (UAE) which celebrating its 39th national day, federation includes how many emirates (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 11 (e) 15 6. Which country will host 2018 football world cup? (a) Brazil (b) Qatar (c) Russia (d) England (e) None of these 7. India is likely to have nuclear triad by .. (a) 2014 (b) 2020 (c) 2012
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(d) 2013 (e) 2016 8. Thousands of employees of which PSU went on strike recently... (a) BSNL (b) MTNL (c) Railways (d) SA IL (e) None of these 9. On December 3, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has completed how many y ears of its existence? (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) 7 (d) 4 (e) 10 10. Recently, one of the worst wildfires blazed through the Carmel forest, these forest are in... (a) Iran (b) Siberia (c) Israel (d) Norway (e) None of these 11. The Election Commission of India has decided to celebrate which day as Voters' Day (a) Nov . 25 (b) January 25 (c) December 1 (d) October 31 (e) None of these 12. The United Nations Climate Change Conference 2010 is being held in... (a) Cancun (b) Okinawa (c) Ohio (d) Sudan (e) None of these 13. United Nations has launched how many US dollars humanitarian appeal for Afghanistan, saying that about a quarter of the population goes hungry? (a) 678 million (b) 1000 million (c). 1200 million (d) 2000 million (e) None of these 14. ISRO has signed how much rupee agreement with European Space Agency Ariane space for launch of commercial satellites? (a) 750 crore rupee (b) 500 crore rupee (c) 1277 crore rupee (d) 700 crore rupee (e) None of these 15. Who is the new Telecom Minister of India? (a) Pranab Mukherjee (b) P Chimadaram (c) Kapil Sibal (d) A .K. Tiwary (e) None
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16. CBSE has decided to start Mandarin in CBSE syllabus, with this total no. Of foreign languages in CBSE syllabus has gone up to... (a) 13 (b) 12 (c) 15 (d) 9 (e) None of these 17. Who has been crowned as Miss Earth 2010? (a) Anna Smith (b) Nicole Faria (c) Deepak Rana (d) Sweta Gopikar (e) None of these 18. Which Indian website was recently hacked by so-called Pakistan Cyber Army? (a) CBI (b) RBI (c) SBI (d) IDBI (e) None of these Answers: 1 .a 2.a 3. b 4.d, 5.b, 6. c, 7 . c, 8. a, 9. a 10.c,11 .b 12. a, 13. a, 14.b, 15.c, 16.a, 17 .a, 1 8. a. December 2 week: 1. A food scam worth rupee 2 lakh crore has been unearthed in which of the following states (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Orissa (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Delhi (e) None of these 2. Which of the following statement is incorrect regarding INS Vagil? 1. It has been taken off from services after serving Indian Navy for 36 years 2. Now India has only 14 sub marines 3. It was a special boat to launch torpedoes (a) Only 1 is incorrect (b) Only 2 is incorrect (c) Only 3 is incorrect (d) a and b is incorrect (e) None of these 3. Scrapped IPL team has been asked to pay how much money to BCCI as security to play IPL 4 in 2011 (a) $30 million (b) $25 million (c) $21 .5 million (d) $ 3 billion (e) None of these 4. With which of the following countries has India recently agreed to establish hotline between the two countries' commerce and industries ministries? (A) Poland (B) Germany (C) England (D) Japan (E) None of these 5. Which of the following provisions is not incorporated in the Judicial Accountability Bill recently approved by the Cabinet? (A) The Bill will mandate judges to declare assets and liabilities (B) Oversight committee to be headed by a retired Chief Justice of India (C) Public can lodge complaints against judges with a national oversight committee (D) The Bill also requires the judges to have close association with any member of the bar (E) None of these 6. On January 26, 2011, the foreign dignitary who will be the Chief Guest at Republic Day Parade is(A) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (B) Naoto Kan (C) Wen Jiabao (D) None of the above (E) None of these 7. India's medium altitude and longendurance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is(A ) Rustom 1 (B) Lakshya (C) Arjun (D) None of the above (E) None of these 8. As per the draft of LokPal Bill recently finalised by the Union Government, the LokPal would be a(A) Four Member Body (B) Three Member Body (C) Five Member Body (D) Six Member Body (E) None of these 9. India has recently signed Social Security Agreement with(A) Japan (B) South Korea (C) Germany (D) Italy (E) None of these
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10. Enemy Property Law recently amended by the Union Government is related to(A) Properties of those who Migrated to Pakistan after partition (B) Properties captured by India during wars with Pakistan and China (C) Properties owned by those Indians indulging in terrorist and disruptive activities (D) None of the above (E) None of these 11. India recently signed cultural accord with(A) Germany (B) Australia (C) Malaysia (D) Indonesia (E) None of these 12. BA SIC group does not include? (A) Brazil (B) South Africa (C) India (D) Cambodia (E) None of these 13. Which country recently completed its 20 years of unity? (A) France (B) Germany (C) Belgium (D) Japan (E) None of these 14. US has announced one of the largest weapons sales in its history worth nearly $60 billion to-(A) Kuwait (B) Saudi Arabia (C) Pakistan (D) Afghanistan (E) None of these 15. CSC which recently was in news stands for(A) Convention on Supplementary Compensation (B) Conference on Supply of Commandos (C) Committee on Supplementary Competition (D) None of the above (E) None of these Answers: 1 .c, 2.c, 3.c,4.b, 5.d, 6. a, 7 .a, 8.b, 9. b, 1 0 a, 1 1 .a, 1 2.d, 1 3. b, 1 4.b,1 5. a December 3 week: 1. Next CoP (Conference of Parties) better known as Climate change summit, will take place in...
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(a) Hong Kong (b) Durban (c) Perth (d) London (e) Beijing 2. Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency has decided to provide comprehensive technical assistance in developing its first nuclear power plant project. The name of that country is: (a) Bangladesh (b) Kenya (c) Ghana (d) Denmark (e) None of these 3. Wen Jiabao, who recently visited India is? (a) Chinese Prime Minister (b) Chinese President (c) Taiwan President (d) Singapore Premier (e) None of these 4. Saina Nehwal recently won (a) Hong Kong Super Series Badminton Tournament. (b) Singapore Super Six Series (c) Taipai Open (d) Asian Shuttlers Series 2010 (e) None of these 5. Recently, CJI has asked courts to put which cases on fast track... (a) Dowary (b) Corruption (c) Rape (d) Child Marriage (e) None of these 6. Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, was arrested in... (a) USA 1 (b) Japan (c) Sweden (d) UK (e) None of these 7. Recently, Over 470 crore rupees has been sanctioned for implementation of several road projects in the State of (a) Uttarakhand (b) Assam (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Sikkim (e) None of these 8. C.K. Nayudu Under 22 trophy 2010 won by... (a) Mumbai (b) UP (c) Delhi (d) Tamil Nadu (e) None of these

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9. During Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visit to India, one of India's key concerns was on stapled visas which China issues to the residents of which Indian state.. (a) Arunchal Pradesh (b) Jammu and Kashmir (c) Uttarakhad (d) Gujarat (e) None of these 10. Which Indian state has declared 2011 as the 'Y ear for Water Conservation' (a) Delhi (b) Maharastra (c) Haryana (d) Uttar Pradesh (e) None of these 11. Who was known as 'Washington's favourite last-ditch diplomat'? who died recently? (a) Richard Nix en (b) Richard Holbrooke (c) Chris Demon (d) Richard Ford Senior (e) None of these 12. India Posts has issued a set of two commemorative postage stamps to commemorate the completion of 60 years of Diplomatic relations between India and ... (a) China (b) Mexico (c) USA (d) Japan (e) South Africa 13. Sino-Indian trade target set at 100 billion US dollars by... (a) 2015 (b) 2020 (c) 2014 (d) 2025 (e) None of these 14. On December 16 which country celebrated 40th Anniversary of Victory Day (a) Bangladesh (b) Sri Lanka (c) Afganistan (d) UA E (e) None of these 15. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology has decided to ex amine various aspects related to 'Paid News. The Committee is headed by ... (a) Vikram Chauhan (b) P.S. Sethi
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(c) Rao Inderjit Singh (d) V aruna Banarjee (e) None of these 16. Mark Zuckerberg, the Time Magazine's person of the y ear, is the founder of... (a) Twitter (b) Wikileaks (c) Facebook (d) E-papers (e) None 17. Which country recently dubbed homeopathy as a form of witchcraft... (a) China (b) UK (c) Ireland (d) Germany (e) Taiwan 18. Arjun Dev Majboor, who died recently, was a (a) Poet (b) Writer (c) Director (d) Socail Worker (e) None of these 19. India and China have declared the year 2011 as the (a) Year of India-China Ex change (b) Year of India-China Co-operation (c) Year of Tiger and Dragon (d) Year of Sino-Indo Trade (e) Year of Mutual Growth 20. Jalcyclone recently created havoc in which Indian state (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Kerela (d) Himachal Pradesh (e) None of these Answers: 1 .b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.b, 6.d, 7 .b, 8.a, 9.b, 10.a, 11 .b, 12. b, 13. a, 14.a, 15.c, 1 6.c, 17 .b, 18. a, 19. a, 20.b December 4 week: 1. The government has decided to suspend exports of which commodity, in the wake of its sky rocketing prices domestic market (a) Wheat (b) Jute (c) Onion (d) Sugar (e) None of these 2. Which country has won inaugural edition of SA FF Womens Football Championship in Dec 2010 (a) India (b) China (c) Banglades (d) Singapore (e) None

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3. Indian railway s has introduced a new safety system which has replaced the earlier four digit numbering of trains will help monitoring movement of passenger trains more effectively and facilitate management of train information scientifically for public convenience The name of this system is (a) Five digit numbering system (b) Track my train commission (c) Subh Yatra (d) Safety First (e) None of these 4. What is PAC? Which was in news recently? (a) Public Awareness Commission (b) Public Accounts Committee (c) Persecution Accountability Committee (d) Pre Active Channel (e) None of these 5. K. Karunakaran, who died recently was a famous (a) Politician (b) Writer (c) Poet (d) sportperson (e) None of these 6. Recently Gujjars decided to intensify their agitation demanding how much reservation in OBC quota in Rajasthan (a) 5 % (b) 6 % (c) 10 % (d) 33 % (e) None of these 7. Recently, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani rejected a US court's demand asking the ISI chief to appear before it in connection with a lawsuit filed by relatives of victims of the Mumbai attacks. The name of that chief is.. (a) Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha (b) Lt Gen Mirza Ahmed (c) Col. Rustam (d) Hafiz Saeed (e) None of these 8. Bharti Airtel, in association with__ will provide the direct underground link between India and China (a) New Horozon China Co.
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(b) Chian Network Ltd (c) China Telecom Corporation (d) Globally Speaking (e) None of these 9. Dmitry Medvedev, who recently visited India, is... (a) President of Russia (b) P.M. of Russia (c) Foreign Minister of Ukarin (d) Premier of Kazakistan (e) None of these 10. Which of the following countries dignitary has not visited India, recently... (a) USA (b) China (c) France (d) Russia (e) Japan 11. Boxing Day falls on... (a) December 31 (b) December 1 (c) December 15 (d) December 26 (e) None of these 12. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has signed contracts worth how much million for penning his autobiography? (a) $3 (b) $1 .5 (c) $5 (d) $4.5 (e) None of these 13.Aiming to improve the abysmal doctorpatient ratio in India, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has permitted an increase of approx . how many MBBS seats in medical colleges from this y ear. (a) 100,000 (b) 10,000 (c) 2 lakh (d) 75,000 (e) None of these 14. ISRO intended to make a series of launches in 2011 -2012 including a "Youth Satellite" made by students of... (a) Delhi University (b) Singapore University (c) IIT Delhi (d) MT University (e) None of these Answers: 1 .c, 2.a, 3.a, 4.b, 5.a, 6.a, 7 .a, 8. c, 9.a, 1 0.e 11 .d, 12. b, 13. b, 14.b
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