S8I C GLNLkAL AWAkLNLSS SCLVLD ALk

1 Cn 7Lh May 2008 agnll was LesLflred lL wast"

(A) 8alllsLlc Mlsslle

(8) Surface Lo alr mlsslle

(C) Land Lo sea mlsslle

(u) Alr Lo alr mlsslle

2 Whlch of Lhe followlng Plgh CourLs has recenLly quashed Lhe merlL llsL lssued ln 2006 and 2007 by Lhe
cenLre and Lhe uSCt"

(A) 8hopal Plgh CourL

(8) 8a[asLhan Plgh CourL

(C) Madras Plgh CourL

(u) CuwahaLl Plgh CourL

3 8ecenLly Lhe Acronym S1A81 came lnLo news S1A81 sLands fort"

(A) SLraLeglc AssoclaLlon for 8esLrucLurlng 1rade

(8) SLraLeglc Arms LlmlLaLlon 1reaLy

(C) SysLem 1racklng and 8eprocesslng 1eam

(u) none of Lhe above

4 eoplet`s uemocraLlc arLy emerged second largesL parLy wlLh 3301 ln elecLlons held lnt"

(A) 8huLan

(8) nepal

(C) Zlmbabwe

(u) lLaly

3 Accordlng Lo Lhe World ConservaLlon unlon 8eporL Lhe number of planL specles ln lndla llsLed as
LhreaLened lst"

(A) 247 planL specles

(8) 230 planL specles

(C) 273 planL specles

(u) 233 planL specles

6 Whlch of Lhe followlng sLaLes passed a 8lll ln March 2008 amendlng Lhe 8eglsLraLlon AcL 1908 Lo
prohlblL forelgners from buylng land ln Lhe sLaLet"

(A) kerala

(8) Andhra radesh

(C) Coa

(u) MaharashLra

7 1he renowned sclenLlsL !ohn Wheeler who dled ln Aprll 2008 was orlglnally halled fromt"

(A) AusLralla

(8) uSA

(C) llnland

(u) 8rlLaln

8 Who recelved lndlra Candhl rlze for eace ulsarmanenL and uevelopmenL for 2007t"

(A) 8lll CaLes

(8) nelson Mandela

(C) 8lll and Mellnda CaLes loundaLlon

(u) ArLhur C Clarke

9 1he 2008 unLSCC/Culllermo Cano World ress lreedom rlze awarded Lo t"

(A) Lydla Cacho 8lbelro

(8) Anna ollLkovskaya

(C) May Chldlac

(u) u Wln 1ln

10 Whlch of Lhe followlng lndlan players has noL compleLed 10000 runs ln 1esL crlckeLt"

(A) 8ahul uravld

(8) Sachln 1endulkar

(C) Sunll Cavaskar

(u) vlrendra Sehwag

11 Cn March 26 2008 nASAt`s space shuLLle whlch reLurned safely Lo LarLh afLer compleLlng 16 day
mlsslon Lo lnLernaLlonal Space SLaLlon wast"

(A) ulscovery

(8) Lndeavour

(C) Columbla

(u) none of Lhe above

12 !ules verne ls Luropet`st"

(A) Space shuLLle

(8) Mlsslle shleld sysLem

(C) 8lggesL spacecrafL

(u) Mlsslon Lo AnLarcLlca

13 lndlat`s naLlonal vecLor 8orne ulsease ConLrol rogramme has prepared Lhe counLryt`s flrsLt"

(A) ulrrohoea map

(8) Malarlal map

(C) 8lrd flu map

(u) Cancer map

14 t1he World ls WhaL lL lst` ls Lhe blography oft"

(A) v S nalpal

(8) khushwanL Slngh

(C) AmrlLa reeLam

(u) A! Abdul kalam

13 Accordlng Lo a World 8ank 8eporL lndla goL remlLLances ln 2007 worLht"

(A) $ 30 bllllon

(8) $ 33 bllllon

(C) $ 23 bllllon

(u) $ 27 bllllon

16 1he SummlL of nA1C (nC81P A1LAn1lC 18LA1?) was held ln Aprll lnt"

(A) 8omanla

(8) Morocco

(C) aklsLan

(u) lndonesla

17 Accordlng Lo laLesL WPC reporL Lhe number of esLlmaLed 18 cases found every year ln lndla lst"

(A) 22 mllllon

(8) 19 mllllon

(C) 13 mllllon

(u) 17 mllllon

18 1aLa purchased !aguar and 8over fromt"

(A) Pyundal

(8) MaruLl Suzukl

(C) lord MoLor

(u) none of Lhe above

19 Accordlng Lo a survey Lhe counLry whlch has Lhe hlghesL number of lnLerneL users lst"

(A) uSA

(8) Chlna

(C) !apan

(u) Cermany

20 Whlch counLry has won Lhe Womens Asla Cup CrlckeL 2008 whlch was held ln Colombo ln Lhe
monLhe of May 2008 ?

(A) 8rlsbane

(8) Melbourne

(C) Sydney

(u) erLh

21 Accordlng Lo rlme MlnlsLert`s Lconomlc Advlsory Councll (LAC) headed by C 8angra[an Lhe
economlc growLh raLe for 200809 wlll remaln aLt"

(A) 8

(8) 83

(C) 9

(u) 89

22 1he rlLzkar ArchlLecLure rlze has been won byt"

(A) 8lll CaLes loundaLlon

(8) Wllllam Parvey

(C) !ea nouvel

(u) none of Lhe above

23 Whlch of Lhe followlng crlckeL players has been banned for vlolaLlng Lhe playert`s code of conducL
by C8 ?

(A) uanlsh kanerla

(8) Shoalb Mallk

(C) Mohammad ?ousuf

(u) Shoalb AkhLar

24 1he naLlonal 8ural LmploymenL CuaranLee Scheme has now been exLended Lo all 604 dlsLrlcLs of Lhe
counLry wlLh a LoLal budgeL ouLlay oft"

(A) 18000 crore

(8) 16000 crore

(C) 13000 crore

(u) 14000 crore

23 lnflaLlon whlch soared above 7 ln Lhe monLh of Aprll ls measured byt"

(A) Consumer rlce lndex

(8) 8eLall rlce lndex

(C) Whole Sale rlce lndex

(u) lndusLrlal rlce lndex

26 1he wlnner of 8ahraln Crand rlx lst"

(A) Lewls PamllLon

(8) karLlkeyan

(C) lellpe Massa

(u) 8oberL kublca

27 1he wlnner of Mlss lndla LarLh 2008 lst"

(A) 1anvl vyas

(8) Suman kaur

(C) 8ashml Sehgal

(u) 8anl Sharma

28 ln face of rlslng prlces CenLral CovernmenL has declded Lo seL sLraLeglc 8eserve of foodgralns over
and above buffer sLock 1he llmlL of Lhe reserve lst"

(A) 10 mllllon Lonnes

(8) 7 mllllon Lonnes

(C) 6 mllllon Lonnes

(u) 3 mllllon Lonnes

29 Whlch of followlng newspapers/magazlnes won slx ullLzer prlzest"

(A) 1he new ?ork 1lmes

(8) 1he 1lmes Magazlne

(C) 1he WashlngLon osL

(u) 1he Cuardlan

30 tLefLlsm ln lndla 19171947t` ls a book wrlLLen byt"

(A) S 8 Chaudhurl

(8) k kanwar

(C) 8 nagaswamy

(u) SudlpLo ChaLLer[ee

31 8ecenLly resldenL raLlbha aLll vlslLed Lhree counLrles Whlch of Lhe followlng was noL Lhe parL of
her Lrlpt"

(A) ArgenLlna

(8) Chlle

(C) Mexlco

(u) 8razll

32 C!M sLands fort"

(A) Ceneral !usLlce MovemenL

(8) Corkha !anmukLl Morcha

(C) Corkhaland !anshakLl Morcha

(u) Corkha !an[agrlLl Morcha

33 1he elecLlons of whlch of Lhe followlng counLrles were marred by conLroversyt"

(A) lLaly

(8) Spaln

(C) Zlmbabwe

(u) nepal

34 Supreme CourL has upheld Lhe law enacLed ln 2006 provldlng 27 for candldaLes belonglng Lot"

(A) SCs

(8) S1s

(C) C8C

(u) MlnorlLles C8C

33 AL whlch of Lhe followlng places have Lhe remalns of early human hlsLory been found ln
excavaLlont"

(A) ChlLLorgarh

(8) 8havnagar

(C) kolkaLa

(u) karalkal

36 tSalwa !udumt` lst"

(A) 1errorlsL organlzaLlon

(8) A branch of naxallLe

(C) name of a pollce force

(u) An anLl naxallLe movemenL

37 When was nepal declared a Secular naLlont"

(A) ln 2003

(8) ln 2007

(C) ln 2008

(u) ln 2006

38 1he ulrecLor Ceneral of un lood and AgrlculLure CrganlsaLlon of presenL lst"

(A) !acques ulouf

(8) kundekeh k ?umkella

(C) !ammel Al Plyllan

(u) Mlchael Crlffln

39 Accordlng Lo a research sLem cells from skln can LreaLt"

(A) Alzhumer

(8) Schlzophrenla

(C) arklnsont`s dlsease

(u) none of Lhe above

40 When dld Lhe Clymplc Lorch relay begln ?

(A) ln 1930

(8) ln 1932

(C) ln 1933

(u) ln 1963


Answers wlLh PlnLs

1 (A) 2 (C)

3 (8) 1he SLraLeglc Arms LlmlLaLlon 1reaLy (S1A81ll) ls a LreaLy beLween 8ussla and uSA for reduclng
Lhelr nuclear arsenals 1he LreaLy ls due Lo explre ln 2009

4 (A) 3 (A) 6 (C) 7 (8) 8 (C) 9 (A) 10 (u) 11 (8) 12 (C)

13 (8) lndlat`s vecLor 8orne ulsease ConLrol rogramme has prepared Lhe counLryt`s flrsL malarlal
map ldenLlfylng lndlat`s 60 mosL malarlal endemlc dlsLrlcLs LhaL reporL over 30 of Lhe counLryt`s
malarlat`s cases

14 (A) 13 (u) 16 (A) 17 (8) 18 (C)

19 (8) 20 (A) lndla won fourLh consecuLlve Llmes ln Womens Asla Cup CrlckeL 21 (8)

22 (C) 1he rlLzkar ArchlLecLure rlze consldered Lo be equlvalenL of nobel rlze for archlLecLure has
been won french archlLecL !ea nouvel for hls creaLlve experlmenLaLlon ln archlLecLure

23 (u) 24 (8) 23 (C) 26 (C) 27 (A) 28 (u)

29 (C) 1he WashlngLon osL has won slx ullLzer rlzes lncludlng ubllc servlce award for lLs reporLlng
on condlLlons of uS War veLerans

30 (A) 31 (A) 32 (8) 33 (C)

34 (C) 1he Supreme CourL on Aprll 10 2008 upheld Lhe law enacLed ln 2006 provldlng a quoLa of 27 per
cenL Lo Lhe oLher 8ackward Classes ln CenLral LducaLlonal lnsLlLuLlons

33 (C)

36 (u) Salva !udam ls an anLlnaxallLe movemenL formed by group of people agalnsL aLLack from
maxallLes 1he movemenL sLarLed from uanLewada dlsLrlcL (ChhaLLlsgarh)

37 (u) 38 (A) 39 (C) 40 (8)