1. Surya Shekhar Ganguly has recently won the—
(A) Indian Chess Championship
(B) Asian Chess Championship
(C) Commonwealth Chess Championship
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)
2. Yelena Isinbayeva who has recently won her second Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award is from—
(A) Germany
(B) Russia
(C) England
(D) Japan
Ans : (B)
3. Which among the following is the winner of Asia Cup Hockey Title this year ?
(A) South Korea
(B) North Korea
(C) Pakistan
(D) Malaysia
Ans : (A)
4. The country which recently came into news for attacks on Indian students is—
(A) Canada
(B) England
(C) Australia
(D) Germany
Ans : (C)
5. The new Indian Navy Chief is—
(A) Nirmal Kumar Verma
(B) Pradeep Vasant Naik
(C) P.K. Barbora
(D) None of the above
Ans : (A)
6. High Level Committee on Coastal Security is headed by—
(A) Anil Chopra
(B5) Chandrashekhar
(C) Vijay Singh
(D) R. P. Suthan
Ans : (A)
7. In order to upgrade AN-32 India has recently signed an agreement with—
(A) Russia
(B) Kazakhasthan
(C) Uzbekistan
(D) Ukraine
Ans : (D)
8. India, very soon, will get New Nuclear Submarine from—
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Japan
(C) France
(D) Russia
Ans : (D)
9. Tipaimukh Dam is being constructed in—
(A) Nagaland
(B) Manipur
(C) Mizoram
(D) Tripura
Ans : (B)
10. Which of the following was recently appointed Privy Councillor in Britain ?
(A) Vikram Seth
(B) Salman Rushdie
(C) Lord Swaraj Paul
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
11. At BRIC recently held at Yekaterinburg (Russia) the leaders issued—
(A) 20 point joint statement
(B) 15 point joint statement
(C) 16 point joint statement
(D) 10 point joint statement
Ans : (C)
12. Which of the following countries have decided to trade in their respective National Currencies ?
(A) India and China
(B) Russia and China
(C) China and South Korea
(D) Japan and U.S.A.
Ans : (B)
13. European Parliament is based in—
(A) Strasbourg
(B) Paris
(C) Geneva
(D) London
Ans : (A)
14. The Inter-governmental Agreement on the Trans-Asian Railway (TAR) network came into force on—
(A) July 11, 2009
(B) July 20, 2009
(C) June 20, 2009
(D) June 11, 2009
Ans : (D)
15. Which of the following countries is not the member/members of Shanghai Cooperation Organization ?
(A) Turkemenistan
(B) Uzbekistan
(C) Kazakhastan
(D) Tajikistan
Ans : (A)
16. NASA Successfully launched two Moon Probes on—
(A) June 18, 2009
(B) June 19, 2009
(C) June 22, 2009
(D) June 25, 2009
Ans : (A)
17. Which of the Central American countries recently experienced military coup ?
(A) Mexico
(B) Cuba
(C) Honduras
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
18. The new Solicitor General of India is—
(A) Goolan E. Vahanavati
(B) Gopal Subramaniam
(C) Harish Khare
(D) Nirmal Kumar Verma
Ans : (B)
19. Anil Kumar Verma is the new—
(A) Naval Chief
(B) Army Chief
(C) Air Force Chief
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
20. The new Home Secretary of India is—
(A) Rahul Khullar
(B) G. K. Pillai
(C) Nirupama Rao
(D) Indira Jai Singh
Ans : (B)
21. The new Additional Solicitor General of India is—
(A) Ahmed Kasim
(B) Harish Khare
(C) Indira Jai Singh
(D) Rahul Khullar
Ans : (C)
22. Recently Ethiopian scientist Gebisa Ejeta got—
(A) The 2009 Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar
(B) The 2009 World Food Prize
(C) Global Award for Mathematics
(D) Golden Peacock Environment Award
Ans : (B)
23. Laxmipat Singhania Award has been given to—
(A) B. K. Das
(B) Shabana Azmi
(C) Nestle India
(D) None of these
Ans : (A)
24. UN Public Service Award 2009 has recently been conferred on—
(A) Rajasthan’s Sanitation Body
(B) Karnataka’s Sanitation Body
(C) Gujarat’s Sanitation Body
(D) Punjab’s Sanitation Body
Ans : (C)
25. Who among the following has not been inducted in the ICC Hall of Fame ?
(A) Bishen Singh Bedi
(B) Navjot Singh Siddhu
(C) Sunil Gavaskar
(D) Kapil Dev
Ans : (B)
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