106. 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
107. 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
108. ‘Sensitive sector’ as defined by RBI include(s)—
(A) Capital Market (B) Real Estate
(C) Commodities (D) All the above
109. At what place Indian economy stands in the world on the basis of PPP rating ?
(A) Second (B) Fourth
(C) Sixth (D) Tenth
110. IRDA in India regulates—
(A) Banking business (B) Insurance business
(C) Capital business (D) Public issue of shares
111. 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
112. In which fuel, the government has decided to mix ‘marker’ for identifying adulteration ?
(A) Kerosene (B) Diesel
(C) Petrol (D) All of these
113. 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
114. Tata Steel has recently acquired which among the following steel producer company ?
(A) Mittal Steel (B) Corus
(C) Arcelor (D) Nippon Steel
115. The fourth Asian Film Festival was held in—
(A) Pune (B) Mumbai
(C) Nagpur (D) Goa
116. Tshwane Declaration has been signed between—
(A) India and China (B) India and South Africa
(C) India and Nepal (D) India and Russia
117. The book ‘Falling Over Backwards’ is written by—
(A) Arun Shourie (B) Ninan Koshi
(C) Arundhati Roy (D) R. K. Narayan
118. ‘Sakshat’ is—
(A) An educational website (B) A missile
(C) An artificial satellite (D) A railway project
119. Gandhi Peace Prize for 2007 has been awarded to—
(A) Archbishop Desmond Tutu (B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Dalai Lama (D) Shabana Azmi
120. The present Governor of Bihar is—
(A) G. K. Gandhi (B) Buta Singh
(C) Dr. D. Y. Patil (D) None of these
121. ‘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
122. 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
123. ‘Rainbow’ is—
(A) An ice-cream (B) Prasar Bharti’s FM Channel
(C) A suitcase (D) A musical group
124. 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
125. ‘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
126. 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
127. Who among the following won the UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship 2008 ?
(A) Belgium (B) France
(C) England (D) Spain
128. Solar-B satellite to study the sun was launched by—
(A) Japan (B) China
(C) Russia (D) America
129. 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
130. Saina Nehwal is related with which among the following sports ?
(A) Badminton (B) Tennis
(C) Chess (D) Table Tennis
131. ‘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
132. India has signed first bilateral agreement on social security with which among the following countries ?
(A) Belgium (B) Holland
(C) France (D) Germany
133. 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
134. 2008 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to—
(A) Osamu Shimomura (B) Martin Chalfie
(C) Roger Y. Tsien (D) All of these
135. ‘Miss Universe 2008’ is—
(A) Ioana Valentina Boitor (B) Dayana Mendoza
(C) Sabrina Houssami (D) Natasha Suri
136. The present Prime Minister of Japan is—
(A) Junichiro Koizumi (B) Mori Yoshiro
(C) Taro Aso (D) Hashimoto Ryutaro
137. 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
138. 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
139. 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
140. Who among the following is the winner of US Open 2008 women’s single title ?
(A) Mary Pierce (B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Svetlana Kuznetsova (D) Serena Williams
Answers :
106. (B) 107. (D) 108. (D) 109. (B) 110. (B) 111. (A) 112. (A) 113. (D) 114. (B) 115. (A)
116. (B) 117. (A) 118. (A) 119. (A) 120. (C) 121. (B) 122 (A) 123. (B) 124. (D) 125. (A)
126. (D) 127. (D) 128. (A) 129. (A) 130. (A)
131. (A) 132. (A) 133. (A) 134. (D) 135. (B) 136. (C) 137. (A) 138. (C) 139. (A) 140. (D)
116. (B) 117. (A) 118. (A) 119. (A) 120. (C) 121. (B) 122 (A) 123. (B) 124. (D) 125. (A)
126. (D) 127. (D) 128. (A) 129. (A) 130. (A)
131. (A) 132. (A) 133. (A) 134. (D) 135. (B) 136. (C) 137. (A) 138. (C) 139. (A) 140. (D)
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