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Date 24th April 2007 |
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Exclusive Test on – G.S.-Current Events ..................................................... |
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1. Which
of the following States in India
has the lowest sex ratio (females per
thousand males) ? (1)
Haryana (2) Rajasthan (3)
Punjab (4) Bihar (5)
Madhya Pradesh 2. Who
among the following is
the Chairman of the National Commission on Farmers (NCF)?
(1) Sharad Pawar (2) Dr.Manmohan Singh
(3)
Dr.M.S.Swaminathan (4) P.Chidambaram (5)
None of these 3. Which of the following
institutions/Ministries intervenes in the Foreign Exchange Market (FEM), to
check the rise of the rupee against the dollar ? (1) The Securities and Exchange
Board of India (SEBI)
(2) The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) (3) The Finance Ministry (4) The Commerce and Trade
Ministry (5)
None of these 4. Which of the following countries is the
world's largest producer and exporter of sugar ?
(1) Brazil (2) Cuba (3)
Colombia (4)
Paraguay (5) Argentina 5. The Eurozone Stability Pact ceiling for
Budget deficits of its member nations is __________ of the Gross Domestic
Product (GDP). (1)
2 per cent (2) 3 per cent (3) 4 per cent (4)
5 per cent (5) 6 per cent 6. What is India's rank in the world on
the basis of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ? (1)
Third (2) Sixth (3) Fifth (4) Fourth (5) Seventh 7. The Government's vision is to add
1,00,000 MW of power to help realise the dream of 'Power for All' by which of
the following years ?
(1)
2007 (2) 2008 (3) 2009 (4)
2010 (5) 2012 8. As per the decision taken by the Union
Ministry of Finance (MoF) the Government stake in the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) will not be less than
__________ per cent.
(1)
40 (2) 45 (3) 50 (4)
51 (5) 55 9. Who among the following heads the
Delimitation Commission set up to redraw the constituencies according to the
population ? (1) Justice Kuldeep Singh (2) Justice P.N.Bhagwati (3) Justice R.C.Lahoti
(4) Justice
M.N.Venkatachaliah (5) Justice M.Jagannadha Rao 10. Which of the following States has
recently directed all the Government schools in the State to introduce English
from Class III instead of Class VI and to introduce it as medium of instruction
at the primary level in all the residential schools for the children of the
Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and the Backward Classes (BCs) ?
(1)
Tamil Nadu (2) Andhra Pradesh
(3)
Maharashtra (4) Uttar Pradesh (5)
Kerala 11. India is poised to double its share of
foreign trade to __________ per cent of
the world trade by 2009.
(1)
1.5 (2) 1.4 (3) 1.3 (4)
1.2 (5) 1.1 12. Who among the following heads the
National Knowledge Commission set up by the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government ?
(1)
Ratan Tata (2) Sam Pitroda
(3)
N.R.Narayana Murthy (4) M.S.Swaminathan (5)
Kumar Mangalam Birla 13. The poverty line definition in India is
__________ calories in rural areas and __________ calories in urban areas.
(1)
2100/2400 (2) 2200/2400 (3) 2400/2000 (4)
2400/2200 (5) 2400/2100 14. India had edged out China to emerge as
the second largest in terms of the road network (at 3.3 million kms) after which of the following
countries ? (1) Canada (2) Russia (3) The US (4) Australia (5) Brazil 15. The Government has appointed the second
Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC) after
nearly four decades. Who among the following heads the Commission, which will
prepare a detailed blueprint for revamping the public administration system ? (1) Dr.Manmohan Singh (2) Veerappa Moily (3) Atal Behari Vajpayee (4) Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam (5) H.D.Deve Gowda 16. The
name of which of the following
Indian sportsperson was included in the list of 500 Asian Heroes and her
photograph was also published on the cover page of the Time magazine ?
(1)
Anju Bobby George (2) Koneru
Humpy
(3)
Anjali Vedpathak (4) Anita Sood
(5)
Sania Mirza 17. Which of the following Articles of the
Constitution provides for a Uniform Civil Code ? (1)
Article 40 (2) Article 42 (3) Article 44 (4)
Article 46 (5) Article 48 18. Name India's first low-cost airline.
(1)
Air Deccan (2) Spicejet (3) Go Airlines (4)
Kingfisher Airlines (5)
Alliance Air 19. Which of the following cities was
officially approved as the host of the 2010 Asian Games by the Olympic Council
of Asia (OCA) ?
(1)
New Delhi, India (2) Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia
(3)
Doha, Qatar (4) Guangzhou,
China (5)
Jakarta, Indonesia 20. Article _________ (Directive Principles
of State Policy) of the Constitution provides that the educational and economic
interests of the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) be
safeguarded.
(1)
42 (2) 44 (3) 46 (4)
48 (5) 50 21. Who among the following has written the
latest book, 'Development and Nationhood: An Indian Perspective' ?
(1)
Shashi Tharoor (2) Vir Sanghvi
(3)
Vikram Chandra (4) Jagdish
Bhagwati
(5)
C.K.Prahalad
22. Which of the following has become the
permanent venue for the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) ?
(1)
New Delhi (2) Hyderabad (3) Goa (4)
Mumbai (5) Bangalore 23. In which of the following countries is
Cadarache located, which will be the site of the $10 billion, International
Thermo-nuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER), the world's first large-scale
sustainable nuclear fusion reactor ? (1) France (2) Germany (3) The UK (4) Belgium
(5) The Netherlands 24. What is India's rank in the world in
terms of foreign exchange (forex) reserves ?
(1)
third (2) fourth (3) fifth
(4)
sixth (5) seventh 25. India’s defence spending has hovered at
around __________ per cent of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the past
decade.
(1)
1.5 to 2 (2) 2 to 2.5 (3) 2.5 to 3 (4)
3 to 3.5 (5) 3.5 to 4 26. Which of the following countries has been
in the news for its nuclear standoff with key Western countries for its adamant
stand to develop a peaceful nuclear programme, which includes Uranium
enrichment ? (1) Iran (2) Russia (3) Pakistan (4) North Korea (5) Iraq 27. Jacques Diouf was re-elected to a
third six-year term as the Director General of which of the following
organisations ? (1) United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (2) United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (3) International Labour Organisation (ILO) (4) Food and Agricultural
Organisation (FAO) (5)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development (OECD) 28. Which of the following countries
population is greying at an unprecedented rate ?
(1)
Japan (2) The United Kingdom (UK)
(3)
The United States (US) (4) Germany
(5)
France 29. The Ministry for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will provide
Rs. __________ crore from the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) to set
up the Village Public Telephones (VPTs) in 66,822 villages under the Bharat
Nirman programme.
(1)
200 (2) 255 (3) 302 (4)
376 (5) 451 30. The United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Government is planning to set the ambitious target of bringing down the number
of poor in the country (Below Poverty Line (BPL)) to less than __________ per
cent of the total population by the end of the Eleventh Plan (2007-2012).
(1)
19.3 (2) 15.2 (3) 13.4 (4)
10 (5) 9.5 31. Who among the following holds the world
record for the highest-ever individual score in an innings (400) by a batsman ? (1) Sunil Gavaskar (2) Adam Gilchrist (3) Brian Lara
(4)
Sir.Don Bradman (5) Virendra
Sehwag 32. Which of the following States does the
Prime Minister, Dr.Manmohan Singh represent in the Rajya Sabha ?
(1)
Punjab (2) Mizoram (3) Tripura (4)
Meghalaya (5) Assam 33. The country's first Auto Cluster
Development and Research Institute has been set up in which of the following
places ? (1) Navi Mumbai (2) Pune (3) Noida
(4) Gurgaon (5) Vijaywada 34. The 1989 Basel Convention deals with
which of the following issues ? (1) bans the trans-boundary
movement of toxic waste (2) global warming (3) disaster mitigation (4) nuclear fuel research (5)
air pollution 35. On which of the following days is the
Army Day celebrated ?
(1)
7th October (2) 19th November
(3)
5th December (4) 15th January (5)
26th January 36. The Union Cabinet has given its assent to
accord classical language status to which of the following languages ? (1)
Telugu (2) Kannada (3) Sanskrit (4) Urdu (5) None of these 37. Under the National Programme of
Nutritional support to Primary Education, foodgrains are provided at __________ grams per
child per school day from the nearest Food Corporation of India (FCI) godown. (1) 50 (2) 100 (3) 150 (4) 200 (5) 250 38. 'Touchplay', authored by Dev
Sukumar, is the biography of which of the following sports personalities ? (1) Kapil Dev (2) Rahul Dravid (3) M.L.Jaisimha
(4)
Steve Waugh (5) None of these 39. The
world's largest ship-breaking yard is situated at Alang in ________ . (1)
Kerala (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Gujarat (4) West
Bengal (5) Tamil Nadu 40. The Centre has given permission to open
six border trade points along the International Border (IB) in which of the following States as part of
its 'Look East' policy ? (1) Meghalaya (2) Arunachal Pradesh (3) Mizoram
(4) Manipur (5) Assam 41. The per capita availability of
agricultural land in the country has declined from 0.33 hectare in 1951 to 0.14
hectare in 2001-02 and is likely to decline to about __________ hectare in
2035, according to the Union Agriculture Ministry.
(1)
0.11 (2) 0.09 (3) 0.08 (4)
0.06 (5) 0.05 42. The International Cricket Council's
(ICC's) new headquarters will be located at which of the following cities ?
(1)
Paris (2) Berlin (3) Geneva (4)
London (5) None of these 43. At which of the following places is the
Serum Biopharma Park, the country's first biotech Special Economic Zone (SEZ),
coming up ?
(1)
Mumbai (2) Bangalore (3) Pune (4)
Hyderabad (5) Chennai 44. Which of the following will soon become
the first State in the country to make child labour a non-bailable offence ? (1) Maharashtra (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Tamil Nadu (4)
Uttar Pradesh (5) West Bengal 45. Which of the following Articles of the
Constitution assures the provision of free and compulsory education for all
children till the age of 14 years ?
(1)
25 (2) 30 (3) 35 (4)
40 (5) 45 46. Who has launched the new, 'Chalo Gaon Ki
Ore' programme, which seeks to empower women in rural India ? (1) National Commission for Women
(NCW) (2) Ministry of Human Resource
Development (HRD) (3) Ministry of Panchayati Raj (4) Ministry of Rural Development (5)
Ministry of Women and Child Development 47. Which of the following countries has
decided to open its markets to Indian mangoes after a gap of 17 years ?
(1)
China (2) Japan (3) France
(4)
The UK (5) The US 48. Which of the following is an anti-Taliban
operation launched by Afghanistan in its Southern region ? (1) Operation Red Code (2) Operation Medusa
(3) Operation Mountain Thrust (4) Operation Desert Shield (5)
None of these 49. How many languages are inscribed on an
Indian currency note ?
(1)
15 (2) 16 (3) 17 (4)
18 (5) 19 50. As of December 2005, the Government has
defined a person with an income of less than Rs.__________ in rural areas and
Rs.__________ in urban areas as living Below the Poverty Line (BPL).
(1)
360/550 (2) 365/554 (3) 368/559 (4)
372/565 (5) 380/570 51. Against
which of the
following teams did Anil Kumble
make his Test debut and also claimed his 500th wicket to become the first
Indian and only the fifth bowler to reach this landmark ? (1)
England (2) South Africa (3) Australia (4)
Pakistan (5) The West Indies 52. Which of the following Universities are
celebrating their 150th anniversary in 2007 ? (A) University of Mumbai (B) University of Punjab (C) University of Calcutta (D) University of Madras
(1)
Both (A) and (C) (2) Both (A) and
(D)
(3)
(A), (B) and (C) (4) (A), (C)
and (D) (5)
(B), (C) and (D) 53. 52 per cent of resident Indians are less
than 23 years of age. How many million Indians constitute India's youth ?
(1)
515 (2) 525 (3) 552 (4)
572 (5) 597 54. The Indian History Congress (IHC) has
proposed to hold a special session to mark the 400th death anniversary of which
of the following 16th century Mughal Emperors ?
(1)
Akbar (2) Babur (3) Humayun
(4)
Shah Jehan (5) Jehangir 55. The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget
Management (FRBM) Act requires the Government to reduce the fiscal deficit by
0.3 percentage points annually and the revenue deficit by 0.5 percentage points
to bring down the fiscal deficit to 3 per cent and to eliminate the revenue
deficit by which of the following years ?
(1)
2007-08 (2) 2008-09 (3) 2009-10 (4)
2010-11 (5) 2011-12 56. Which of the following State Governments
has launched a novel scheme, 'Gaon Ki Beti Yojana', a major initiative to
encourage rural women for higher education? (1) Rajasthan (2) Gujarat (3) Bihar (4) Orissa (5) Madhya Pradesh 57. What is Salwa Judum ? (1) It is a festival celebrated in
North India (2) A type of agriculture farming (3) An arts exhibition (4) A film festival for children (5)
None of these 58. According to the revised definition
by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), a Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) is a unit whose investment in plant and
machinery is Rs.__________ crore.
(1) 1 (2) 5 (3) 10 (4)
15 (5) 20 59. In the first such agreement with an
individual Latin American country, India has signed a Preferential Trade
Agreement (PTA) with which of the following countries ?
(1)
Chile (2) Venezuela (3) Brazil (4)
Bolivia (5) Peru 60. For the first time in the country's
history, __________ will be mandated to declare their assets at the time of
taking oath as well as each successive year until retirement. (1) The Prime Minister (2) The members of the Lok Sabha (3) The members of the Rajya Sabha
(4) The members of the State Legislative Assembly (5)
None of these 61. Which of the following States is
implementing the Jyotir Gram Yojana to provide electricity to domestic and
cottage industries in all villages with a population of more than 3,000 ? (1) Maharashtra (2) Gujarat (3) Rajasthan
(4) Uttar
Pradesh (5) Punjab 62. 2007 marks the 100th birth
anniversary of the
creator of James Bond,
the author __________ .
(1)
Jeffrey Archer (2) Stephen King
(3)
Tom Keating (4) Ian McEwan
(5)
Ian Fleming
63. Which of the following countries has
become the fifth full member of the trade group, Mercosur ? (1) Argentina (2) Brazil (3) Venezuela (4) Paraguay
(5) Uruguay 64. Percy Sonn, who replaced Ehsaan Mani as
the President of the International Cricket Council (ICC), hails from which of
the following countries ?
(1)
England (2) Australia
(3)
The West Indies (4) South
Africa (5)
New Zealand 65. The President, Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
dedicated to the nation a War Memorial, built by private donations under The
Indian Express Citizens' Initiative, at ___________ . (1) Bangalore (2) Pune (3) Hyderabad (4) New Delhi
(5) Chandigarh 66. 'Sacred Games' is the latest book
penned by __________ .
(1)
Vikram Chandra (2) Vikram Seth
(3)
Salman Rushdie (4) Khushwant
Singh (5) Amit Chaudhuri 67. Which of the following companies has the
punch line, 'Beyond a Billion'?
(1)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL)
(2)
Videsh Sanchar Nigam
Limited (VSNL)
(3)
Satyam Computer Services
Limited
(4)
Bharti Teleservices
(5)
Reliance Infocomm 68. What is quasi-fiscal activity ? (1) The use of off-Budget
activities for public-policy purposes that can be duplicated by specific fiscal
measures, such as taxes, subsidies or other direct expenditures. (2) An annual financial statement
of income and expenditure of a Government. (3) The excess of Government
expenditure over Government income, which must be financed either by borrowing
or by printing money. (4) An activity by the Government of India for acquiring funds to
finance economic development. (5)
An activity to specify the desired outcomes of the Budget in quantitative terms
with a time-frame. 69. Which of the following States has
implemented a Rs.750 crore scheme, Tejaswini, that will provide microcredit to
rural women to start their own business
(1)
Tamil Nadu (2) Karnataka
(3)
Andhra Pradesh (4) Gujarat (5)
Maharashtra 70. 'Ghaddar Kon' ('Who is the
Traitor?') is the biography of ___________ . (1) The former Pakistan Prime
Minister, Benazir Bhutto (2) The former Pakistan Prime
Minister, Nawaz Sharif (3) The Pakistan President
General, Pervez Musharraf (4) The Pakistan Prime Minister,
Shaukat Aziz (5)
The husband of Benazir Bhutto, Asif Ali Zardari 71. Which of the following countries has
become the world's largest mobile market ?
(1)
China (2) Japan (3) The US (4)
India (5) Finland 72. 'Operation Sukoon' was India's
largest __________. (1) Peacekeeping mission in Congo (2) Peacekeeping mission in Sudan (3) Civilian evacuation operations
overseas in Israel (4) Civilian evacuation operations
overseas in Lebanon (5) None of these 73. Who among the following has smashed his
way into the third place in one-day batting rankings (International Cricket
Council (ICC) table), becoming the first Indian batsman to occupy a top three
slot since Sachin Tendulkar in 2004 ?
(1)
Rahul Dravid (2) Yuvraj Singh
(3)
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (4) Irfan
Pathan (5) Mohammad Kaif 74. Which of the following World Heritage
sites is observing its 126th anniversary ?
(1)
Hampi (2) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (3) Ajanta and Ellora Caves (4) Kaziranga National Park (5) Mahabodhi Temple Complex at Bodh Gaya 75. Under the Securities and Exchange Board
of India (SEBI) guidelines for unlisted companies, the size of an Initial
Public Offering (IPO) should be a minimum of __________ per cent of the
post-issue capital.
(1) 5 (2)
10 (3) 15 (4)
20 (5) 25 76. Which of the following States has
implemented the Bal Sanjivani Abhiyan, a scheme aimed at reducing malnutrition
amongst children ?
(1)
Uttar Pradesh (2) Gujarat
(3)
Madhya Pradesh (4) Maharashtra
(5) Tamil Nadu 77. Which country will host the Women's World
Cup cricket in 2013 ? (1) Australia (2) India (3) England (4) New Zealand (5) South Africa 78. The Rs.60,000 crore Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) seeks to connect habitations with a population of more
than __________ .
(1)
500 (2) 1,000 (3) 1,500
(4)
2,000 (5) 2,500 79 .
The sportsman, V.Chandrashekhar, who released his book, 'My
Fightback from Death's Door', is associated with which of the following sports
?
(1)
Cricket (2) Football (3) Hockey (4)
Table Tennis (5) Tennis 80. The Khushab nuclear reactor built with
Chinese assistance is located in __________ . (1)
Pakistan (2) Afghanistan (3) Iran (4) Myanmar (5) Bangladesh 81. Who is the new Chairman of the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) ?
(1)
Dinesh Shankar Mathur (2) S.K.Arora
(3)
Nripendra Mishra (4) Ravi Ruia (5)
None of these 82. The National Rural Employment Guarantee
Scheme (NREGS) was launched on 2nd February 2006 in ___________ districts in
India.
(1)
100 (2) 120 (3) 140 (4)
200 (5) 250 83. India will host the Afro-Asia Cup in June
2007 at __________ . (1) Mohali (2) Hyderabad (3) Chennai (4) Bangalore (5) Mumbai 84. The Tata-Fiat Joint Venture (JV) to
produce the Fiat Grande Punto model in India will be based at ___________ .
(1) Bangalore (2) Pune (3) Chennai (4) Hyderabad
(5) Gurgaon 85. Which of the following is the country's
largest Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) cellular operator ?
(1)
Reliance Infocomm
(2)
Idea Cellular
(3)
Bharti Airtel
(4)
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL)
(5)
None of these 86. The Project INDUS to be implemented in the
five districts of Uttar Pradesh, supported
by the US is a ___________ .
(1)
Child labour project
(2)
Education enhancement
project
(3)
Project for women in
rural areas
(4)
Project to fight
malnutrition in children
(5)
Power generation project 87. The Prime Minister, Jose Zapatero's visit
to India, coincided with the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the
country's diplomatic ties with __________. (1)
Portugal (2) Spain (3) Italy (4) Poland (5) Belgium 88. 'Indian Summers' is the book penned by
__________ . (1) John Wright (2) Greg Chappell (3) Kapil Dev (4) Sunil
Gavaskar (5) Ravi Shastri 89. The World Bank (WB) has ranked India
__________ on the list of 15 wealthiest countries.
(1)
10th (2) 11th (3) 12th (4)
13th (5) 14th 90. In which of the following cities will
India's first Maritime University be set up ? (1) Hyderabad (2) Goa (3) Kolkata (4) Chennai
(5) Mumbai 91. How many countries have won the Football
World Cup since it began in 1930 ?
(1)
Five (2) Six (3) Seven (4)
Eight (5) Nine 92. The President, Kalam has called for
increasing the power generation capacity to 4,00,000 MW by __________ .
(1)
2020 (2) 2025 (3) 2030 (4)
2035 (5) 2040 93. Which of the following countries recently
tested the new missile, Shahab-3 ? (1)
Pakistan (2) Iran (3) Bangladesh (4) Iraq (5) Afghanistan 94. Which country has the highest
concentration of broadband users in the world according to the Organisation of
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ? (1)
Iceland (2) South Korea (3) U.S.A. (4) Holland (5)
Denmark 95. The Lev Yashin Award for the Best
Goalkeeper at the Federation Internationalle De Football Association (FIFA) World Cup 2006
was presented to Gianluigi Buffon of __________ . (1)
France (2) Portugal (3) Germany (4) Brazil (5) Italy 96. Which
steel company plans to increase its capacity to 40 million tonnes (mt) a
year by 2020 ?
(1)
Tata Steel
(2)
Steel Authority of India
Limited (SAIL)
(3)
Essar Steel
(4)
Indian Iron and Steel
Company (IISCO)
(5)
Jindal Steel and Power
Company 97. General Pervez Musharraf's
autobiography is titled __________ . (1) In the line of fire (2) Wings of Fire
(3) First Fire (4) Beyond Lines of Control (5) Beyond a
Boundary 98. Which of the following States has
launched a Rs.600 crore Biju (Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi) Yojana for the
region along with a Rs.600 crore
Goapabandhu Gramin Yojana for 11 coastal districts ? (1) Maharashtra (2) West Bengal (3) Orissa
(4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Tamil Nadu 99. Which State is the worst in the country
in the matter of Dalit atrocities, according to the Union Social Justice and
Empowerment Ministry ? (1)
Bihar (2) Jharkhand (3) Rajasthan (4) Orissa (5) Maharashtra 100. Which Indian city will host the World
Military Games in October 2007 ? (1) Hyderabad (2) Pune (3) Bangalore (4) New Delhi
(5) Kolkata 101. 'My Illustrated Career' is the
autobiography of which of the following cricketers ?
(1)
Steve Waugh (2) Shane Warne
(3)
Glenn McGrath (4) Ricky
Ponting (5)
Allan Border 102. All powers regarding the disqualification
of a Member of Parliament (MP) are to be exercised under Article 103 of the Constitution by the President on the
advice of the __________ . (A) Prime Minister (B) Speaker of the House (C)
Election Commissioner (1)
Only (A) (2) Only (B) (3) Only (C) (4) Both
(A) and (B) (5) Both (B) and (C) 103. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
requires banks to lend a minimum of
__________ per cent of the total credit to agriculture.
(1)
16 (2) 18 (3) 20 (4)
22 (5) 24 104. The book
'The Hungry Tide',
which is to
be made into
a film, is
penned by __________ .
(1)
Vikram Seth (2) Kushwant Singh
(3)
Amitav Ghosh (4) V.S.Naipaul (5)
Vikram Chandra 105. Which of the following institutions is
observing its centenary this year ? (1) Federation of Indian Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) (2) Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII) (3) Associated Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) (4) Indian Merchants' Chamber
(IMC) (5)
None of these 106. In an ambitious plan, SELCO Solar Light
Private Limited will provide solar lighting and cooking systems to two lakh
houses in the economically backward areas by 2010 in which of the following
States ? (1)
Maharashtra (2) Orissa (3) Karnataka (4) Andhra Pradesh (5) Tamil Nadu 107. The Indian novelist, Kiran Desai, the
daughter of Anita Desai, was the winner of he prestigious Man Booker Prize.
Which of the following is the book penned by the author ? (1)
The Night Watch (2) The
Inheritance of Loss (3) The Secret River (4) In the Country of Men (5) Carry Me Down 108. The Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF) has given the go-ahead for six States to notify eight new tiger
reserves. Thus the number of tiger reserves in the country will go up to
__________ .
(1)
28 (2) 30 (3) 32 (4)
34 (5) 36 109. Who recently became the second cricketer
after Sir Garfield Sobers to capture 200 wickets and score over 8,000 runs in
Test cricket ? (1) Sanath Jayasuriya (2) Andrew Flintoff (3) Abdul Razzak
(4)
Jacques Kallis (5) None of these 110. The Rajiv Gandhi Rural Electrification
programme seeks to provide every village with electricity by which of the
following years ?
(1)
2008 (2) 2010 (3) 2012 (4)
2014 (5) 2016 111. The world's oldest book fair is held at
which of the following places ?
(1)
London, UK (2) Paris, France
(3)
Frankfurt, Germany (4)
Stockholm, Sweden (5)
Dublin, Ireland 112. With which of the following State
Governments has Dell signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for a
Rs.273-crore state-of-the-art manufacturing facility? (1)
Tamil Nadu (2) Andhra Pradesh (3) Karnataka (4) Punjab (5) Haryana 113. Anousheh Ansari, who has become the
world's first female space tourist, hails from which of the following countries
?
(1)
Israel (2) Palestine (3) Iran (4)
Kuwait (5) Saudi Arabia 114. Vikash Dhorasoo, a footballer, became the
first player of Indian origin to play in the soccer World Cup for __________ . (1)
England (2) France (3) Italy (4) Spain (5) Portugal 115. Which of the following recent films has
been acquired by the Oscar library ?
(1)
Lage Raho Munnabhai (2) Rang De
Basanti
(3)
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehnaa (4)
Black (5)
Omkara 116. 1st November 2006 marked the 50th
anniversary of the formation of the State of __________ . (1) Karnataka (2) Kerala (3) Tamil Nadu (4) Andhra Pradesh
(5) West Bengal 117. Which of the following is the venue of the
Commonwealth Youth Games 2008 ? (1) New Delhi (2) Pune (3) Bangalore (4) Hyderabad
(5) Mumbai 118. The M.S.Swaminathan Award was presented to
Dr.Gurdev Khush, an agricultural scientist working in the field of __________
research, by the Prime Minister at the International Rice Conference (IRC) in
New Delhi.
(1)
Rice (2) Wheat (3) Cotton (4)
Sugar (5) Pulses 119. On which country has the 192-member UN unanimously
voted to impose sanctions for its nuclear programme ?
(1)
Iran (2) Libya (3) Iraq
(4)
Israel (5) None of these 120. The World Religious Freedom Day was
observed on ___________ October.
(1)
10th (2) 12th (3) 14th (4)
16th (5) 18th 121. India will be one of the main beneficiaries
of a new funding programme called UNITAID, under which 19 countries will levy
taxes on airline tickets to fight disease in the developing world. At which
place was the UNITAID launched recently ?
(1)
Paris (2) Geneva (3) London
(4)
Berlin (5) Brussels 122. Which of the following books by Salman
Rushdie had won the Booker of Bookers Prize in 1993 ? (1)
The Moor's Last Sigh (2) Midnight's Children (3) Shalimar the Clown (4) Fury (5) The Ground Beneath Her Feet 123. Who among the following was the world's
first space tourist ? (1)
Charles Simonyi (2) Gregory
Olsen (3) Dennis Tito (4) Mark Shuttleworth (5) None
of these 124. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Director, Vijay Shankar has been elected to the Executive Committee of Interpol
at its 75th General Assembly held in __________ . (1) Lyons (2) London (3) Berlin (4) Rio de Janeiro
(5) Caracas 125. Iqbal Ahmed Saradgi, who heads the Joint
Parliamentary Committee (JPC) constituted to suggest a comprehensive definition
for 'office of profit', is a Member of Parliament (MP) from __________ .
(1)
Andhra Pradesh (2) Tamil Nadu (3)
Kerala (4) Goa (5) Karnataka 126. On 17th October 2006, the US became the
world's third most populous nation behind China and India, as its population
crossed the ____________ million mark.
(1)
250 (2) 275 (3) 300 (4)
325 (5) 350 127. Which of the following agencies have called
for sweeping reforms in the country's police
administration ?
(1)
The President (2) The Prime
Minister
(3)
The Home Ministry (4) The
Defence Ministry (5) None of these 128. Which of the following States has signed
Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with 10 Independent Power Producers (IPPs)
for investments worth Rs.45,000 crore in the power sector ? (1) Chhattisgarh (2) Jharkhand (3) Orissa (4) Bihar (5) Uttar Pradesh 129. Which of the following missiles development
programme has been given a one-year extension by the Government ? (1) Prithvi (2) Agni |