1. The prestigious Whitley Award has been given to—
(A) M. D. Madhusudan
(B) Sudipto Chatterjee
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
2. The virus which caused outbreak of Swine flu—
(A) H2 B5
(B) A (H1N1)
(C) H3 89
(D) B4 N5
Ans : (B)
3. Nikkei Asia Prize has been given to—
(A) Indira Nooyi
(B) Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
(C) Ratan Tata
(D) Mukesh Ambani
Ans : (B)
4. NSZ which recently came into news is—
(A) New Special Zone
(B4) New Safety Zone
(C) Non-Security Zone
(D) New Security Zone
Ans : (B)
5. The new Chief of National Agro Foundation is—
(A) R. K. Pachauri
(B) M. S. Swaminathan
(C) Sompal
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
6. Supreme Court ordered setting up of Fast Track Courts to try the cases of—
(A) Bhagalpur Riots
(B) 1984 riots
(C) Post Godhra riots
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
7. The Law Commission has recommended the setting up of—
(A) Four Regional SC Benches
(B) Three Regional SC Benches
(C) Five Regional SC Benches
(D) Six Regional SC Benches
Ans : (B)
8. The World Championship Snooker 2009 winner is—
(A) Pankaj Advani
(B) Ronnie O Sulivan
(C) John Higgins
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
9. The winner of the Chappell Trophy is—
(A) Pakistan
(B) Australia
(C) New Zealand
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
10. TULF stands—
(A) Tamil United Liberal Front
(B) Tamil Unity Liberate Front
(C) Tamil United National Front
(D) Tamil United Liberated Front
Ans : (C)
11. SRE-2 is a—
(A) European future Jupiter Mission
(B) NASA future Mission to Saturn
(C) ISRO’s future biological Mission to Space
(D) None of the above
Ans : (C)
12. NASA’s high impact probe to the Moon include—
(A) LRO
(B) LCROSS
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
13. The Ministry of Finance has—
(A) Six Departments
(B) Five Departments
(C) Seven Departments
(D) Eight Departments
Ans : (B)
14. Under the new series of index numbers of wholesale prices introduced from April 1, 2000 the number of price quotations is—
(A) 2,371
(B) 1,918
(C) 2,281
(D) 357
Ans : (B)
15. According to the final results of Economic Census 2005 released in May 2008 the number of establishments in India is—
(A) 418•27 lakh
(B) 315•8 lakh
(C) 415•25 lakh
(D) 315•9 lakh
Ans : (A)
16. The party which emerged as the third largest party in the 15th Lok Sabha Elections is—
(A) Samajwadi Party
(B) Bahujan Samaj Party
(C) Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(D) Dravid Munnetra Kazhagam
Ans : (A)
17. India has emerged in the world as the—
(A) Second Largest Steel Producer
(B) Third Largest Steel Producer
(C) Fourth Largest Steel Producer
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)
18. Recently India and China had a major face-off at—
(A) The International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(B) The World Bank
(C) The World Trade Organization
(D) Asian Development Bank
Ans : (D)
19. Agni II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile was recently test-fired on—
(A) May 20, 2009
(B) May 19, 2009
(C) May 22, 2009
(D) May 23, 2009
Ans : (B)
20. INS Airavat is India’s—
(A) Naval Ship
(B) Amphibious Ship
(C) Submarine
(D) None of these
Ans : (B)
21. In reference to the recent Ministry formation of the Manmohan Singh Government, which of the following is incorrect ?
Minister — Portfolio
(A) Ghulam Nabi Azad — Health and Welfare
(B) Veerappa Moily — Law and Justice
(C) Anand Sharma — Information and Broadcasting
(D) Kapil Sibal — Human Resource and Development
Ans : (C)
22. The Presidential Task Force for Resettlement, Development and Security was appointed by which one of the following countries ?
(A) Sri Lanka
(B) India
(C) Nepal
(D) Bangladesh
Ans : (A)
23. In which of the following Arab countries were elections held in May 2009 ?
(A) Saudi Arabia
(B) Bahrain
(C) Kuwait
(D) Qatar
Ans : (C)
24. Sejil 2 Missile belongs to—
(A) Iran
(B) North Korea
(C) Pakistan
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
25. Which of the following countries is not the party to the ‘Peace Pipeline Agreement ?
(A) Afghanistan
(B) India
(C) Pakistan
(D) Iran
Ans : (A)
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