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1. Twenty-20 World Cup Cricket, 2007 has been won by—
(A) Pakistan
(B) India
(C) Australia
(D) England

2. Who among the following is placed fourth on the Forbes 2007 Midas list including the top 100 tech dealmakers of the world ?
(A) Michael Moritz
(B) L. John Doerr
(C) Ram Shriram
(D) Arjun Gupta

3. The General Assembly of U. N. proclaimed 2008 as a year of—
(A) International Year of Language
(B) International Year of Dolphin
(C) International Year of Culture
(D) International Press Freedom Year

4. Who among the following won the UK reality T.V. show ‘Big Brother’ ?
(A) Shilpa Shetty
(B) Ken Russell
(C) Jade Goody
(D) Dirk Benedict

5. Who is the present Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India ?
(A) Justice Ramesh Chandra Lahoti
(B) Justice V. N. Khare
(C) Justice K. G. Balakrishnan
(D) Justice Y. K. Sabharwal

6. Who among the following is the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir ?
(A) N. N. Vohra
(B) K. Shankaranarayan
(C) K. M. Seth
(D) Shyamal Dutta

7. The book ‘A View from the Outside (Why good economics works for everyone) has been written by—
(A) Prof. Amartya Sen
(B) K. G. Joglekar
(C) P. Chidambaram
(D) Edmund S. Phelps

8. Which of the following satellites has been successfully launched on 22nd October, 2008 ?
(A) CHANDRAYAAN-1
(B) LAPAN-TUBSAT
(C) Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE-1)
(D) HAMSAT

9. India has signed an MoU for Petrochemical in May 2008 with which among the following countries ?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Germany
(C) Iran
(D) China

10. Who among the following won the little of Business India’s Business Man of the Year 2008 ?
(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Prithvi Raj Singh
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) Ajim Premji

11. The UN Deputy Secretary- General is—
(A) Dr. Asha Rose Mtengeti Migiro
(B) Mark Malloch Brown
(C) Shashi Tharoor
(D) Louise Frechette

12. According to the latest Supreme Court decision, Priests and Nuns have been allowed to practise as—
(A) Doctors
(B) Advocates
(C) Scientists
(D) None of these

13. The novel ‘The Second Wife’ is the English translated version of which among the following novels of Premchand ?
(A) Godan
(B) Karma Bhumi
(C) Nirmala
(D) Gaban

14. The Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding for 2007 has been awarded to—
(A) Olafur Ragnar Grimson
(B) Gohchok Tong
(C) Aung San Suu Kyi
(D) Nelson Mandela

15. It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi’s birth day October 2 as the International Nonviolence Day at—
(A) International Indology Conference
(B) Satyagraha Centenary Conference
(C) Congress Foundation Day Celebrations
(D) None of these

16. The 2008-09 Ranji Trophy has been won by—
(A) Mumbai
(B) Bengal
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu

17. On which among the following film actresses was Kalpana Chawla excellence award 2007 for women conferred ?
(A) Shilpa Shetty
(B) Nandita Das
(C) Sushmita Sen
(D) Konkana Sen

18. In May 2009, Shashi Tharoor becomes member of which of the following—
(A) UNESCO
(B) ADB
(C) Lok Sabha, India
(D) None of these

19. The Raghvan Committee is related to looking into the issue of—
(A) Ragging and suggest means of prevention in educational institutions
(B) Status of Muslim community in India
(C) Reservation of OBCs in admissions to higher educational institutions
(D) None of these

20. The 7th Aero India show was held in—
(A) 2008, Bangaluru
(B) 2009, Bangaluru (Yelahanka)
(C) 2008, Delhi
(D) 2009, Delhi

21. The controversial movie ‘Black Friday’ is based on the—
(A) 1993 Mumbai Bomb Blasts
(B) Best Bakery Case
(C) Godhra Train Fire Conspiracy
(D) Fire at Meerut’s Victoria Park

22. ‘THEMIS’ is an acronym for—
(A) Time History of Events and Meteors in Space
(B) Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms
(C) Thermal Interactions in Space
(D) None of these

23. The telecommunication network group Hutchison Essar has been taken over by—
(A) Reliance Communications
(B) Verizon
(C) Vodafone
(D) Hinduja

24. Which among the following tennis players has been recently named as a goodwill ambassador for the UN development agency, UNDP ?
(A) Sania Mirza
(B) Kim Clijsters
(C) Maxim Mirnyi
(D) Maria Sharapova

25. Which among the following tennis players won the 2008 U.S. Open men’s title ?
(A) Juan Carlos Ferrero
(B) Lars Burgsmuller
(C) Roger Federer
(D) Feliciano Lopez

26. ‘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.

27. 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) 4·4%

28. Dada Sahib Phalke Ratna Award for 2008 has been awarded to—
(A) Mrinal Sen
(B) Adoor Gopalkrishnan
(C) Dev Anand
(D) B. R. Chopra

29. Fiscal deficit as a per cent of GDP in Budget 2009-10 has been estimated at—
(A) 5·5%
(B) 2·9%
(C) 3·1%
(D) 4·5%

30. How many new Garib Rath Trains have been introduced in Railway Budget 2008-09 ?
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6
(D) 10

31. For senior citizens, income tax exemption slab in Budget 2008-09 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. 1·95 lakh to Rs. 2·25 lakh
(D) Rs. 1·95 lakh to Rs. 2·25 lakh

32. Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 will replace—
(A) MRTPC
(B) VAT
(C) Electricity Act, 2003
(D) Securities Contracts (Regulation) Bill, 2005

33. 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

34. 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

35. The book ‘Unaccustomed Earth’ has been written by—
(A) Jhumpa Lahiri
(B) P. Chidambaram
(C) Zahid Hussain
(D) Scott Ritter

Answers :

1. (B) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (A) 5. (C) 6. (A) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (A) 12. (B) 13. (C) 14. (A) 15. (B) 16. (A) 17. (B) 18. (C) 19. (A) 20. (B)
21. (A) 22. (B) 23. (C) 24. (D) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (D) 28. (D) 29. (A) 30. (D)
31. (C) 32. (A) 33. (B) 34. (C) 35. (A)