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1. When too much money is chasing too few goods, the situation is :
(A) Deflation
(B) Inflation
(C) Recession
(D) Stagflation
Ans : (B)
2. Who won the men’s title in 73rd Senior National Badminton Championship held in February
2009 ?
(A) Chetan Anand
(B) Arvind Bhat
(C) Rupesh Kumar
(D) Ashok Dewalkar
Ans : (B)
3. The necessity for a planning commission for India was first advocated by :
(A) M. Visvesvarayya
(B) Ram Krishna Hegde
(C) Jawaharlal Nehru
(D) K.T. Shah
Ans : (A)
6. In which year was the Imperial Bank of India renamed as State Bank of India ?
(A) 1954
(B) 1955
(C) 1962
(D) 1965
Ans : (B)
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8. Who has been honoured with Raman Magsaysay award 2008 for Journalism, Literature and
Creative Communication Arts?
(A) Mahashweta Devi
(B) Nirmala Desh Pande
(C) Mrinal Pandey
(D) Akio Ishii
Ans : (D)
9. The prestigious Dada Sahib Phalke Award for 2007 was given to :
(A) Ashok Kumar
(B) Manna Day
(C) Raj Kumar
(D) Bhalji Pendharkar
Ans : (B)
14. The Government of India set up a new command—South Western Command—of the Indian
land army in April 2005. Where is its headquarters ?
(A) Jodhpur
(B) Udaipur
(C) Jaipur
(D) Bikaner
Ans : (C)
15. The 29th Olympic Games were held in 2008 in China, where will the 30th Olympic be held
in 2012 ?
(A) Canada
(B) Japan
(C) Germany
(D) U.K.
Ans : (D)
(D) Karnataka
Ans : (A)
23. Who among the following non-Indians was conferred India’s highest national award ‘Bharat
Ratna’ ?
(A) Sam Nujoma
(B) Martin Luther King
(C) Zubin Mehta
(D) Nelson Mandela
Ans : (D)
29. Mumbai was taken by the English East India Company from :
(A) The Portuguese
(B) The Dutch
(C) Charles I
(D) Charles II
Ans : (D)
30. The Ashtapradhan was the Council of Ministers during the reign of :
(A) Krishandev Raya
(B) Tipu Sultan
(C) Shivaji
(D) Akbar
Ans : (C)
34. The Muslim League demanded a separate state for the Muslims in the year :
(A) 1920
(B) 1930
(C) 1940
(D) 1946
Ans : (C)
46. Justice Pathak Enquiry Authority was entrusted with the task of probing into the scandal
relating to :
(A) Telgi Stamp Scam
(B) Fodder case in Bihar
(C) Oil for Food Programme
(D) None of these
Ans : (C)
49. Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the National Investment Commission ?
(A) Mukesh Ambani
(B) Ratan Tata
(C) Azim Prem Ji
(D) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Ans : (B)
56. FIFA World Cup 2006 held in Germany in June/July 2006 was won by Italy. Which country
was placed second ?
(A) Australia
(B) France
(C) Netherland
(D) S. Korea
Ans : (B)
58. ‘Onge’ a tribal community which is at the verge of extinction is the inhabitant of :
(A) Samthal Pargana
(B) Arunachal Pradesh
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(C) Champaran
(D) Andaman Island
Ans : (D)
59. Which country/countries will be host the World Cup Cricket Tournament, 2011 ?
(A) Australia
(B) India
(C) India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
(D) South Africa and Zimbabwe jointly
Ans : (C)
62. The Hindu dynasty in the South (Vijayanagar Kingdom) came to end by the defeat of :
(A) Krishna Deva Raya
(B) Ram Raja
(C) Hari Har
(D) Bukka Raya
Ans : (B)
67. The Kyoto global warming pact imposing limits on emissions of carbon dioxide and other
gases scientists blame for rising world temperatures, melting glaciers and rising oceans came into
force on :
(A) January 15, 2005
(B) December 31, 2004
(C) February 16, 2005
(D) January 31, 2005
Ans : (C)
70. What is the name given to the intermediate range ballistic surface to surface missile
developed in India ?
(A) Prithvi
(B) Agni
(C) Saras
(D) Naag
Ans : (B)
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71. The youngest woman title holder of Wimbledon Lawn Tennis so far is :
(A) Martina Hingis
(B) Maria Sharapova
(C) Justine Henin Hardeune
(D) Stefi Graf
Ans : (B)
72. Which of the following countries have common national frontiers with India ?
(A) China, Russia and Bangladesh
(B) China, Mayanmar and Nepal
(C) Afghanistan, Nepal and Mayanmar
(D) China, Mayanmar and Afghanistan
Ans : (B)
74. Four Mutts (religious centres) in four corners of India were established by :
(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) Ramakrishna Paramhans
(C) Shankaracharya
(D) Swami Shradhanand
Ans : (C)
77. In 1945 on which city was the first Atom Bomb dropped ?
(A) Nagasaki
(B) Hiroshima
(C) Berlin
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(D) London
Ans : (B)
80. Which newspaper bagged the Pulitzer prize 2009 in the area of national reporting ?
(A) St. Petersburg Times
(B) Associated Press of France
(C) Charlic Savage of the Boston Globe
(D) Los Angeles Times
Ans : (A)
81. The mountain range which forms the Western boundary of the Indian sub-continent is called
:
(A) Aravali
(B) Satpura
(C) Pirpanjal
(D) Hindukush
Ans : (D)
86. Which of the following chemicals is used in the making of photographic films ?
(A) Sodium chloride
(B) Silver bromide
(C) Aluminium hydroxide
(D) None of the above
Ans : (B)
88. Panchayat Raj under 73rd constitutional system came into force in :
(A) 1991
(B) 1993
(C) 1992
(D) 1994
Ans : (D)
89. Which film bagged the Best Film of the 10th International Indian Film Academy Awards
distributed in June 2009 ?
(A) Tare Zameen Par
(B) Jodha Akbar
(C) Gazani
(D) Akasa Kusum
Ans : (B)
90. The Pravasi Bhartiya Sammelan was held on January 7–9, 2009 at :
(A) Bangalore
(B) Hyderabad
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(C) Chennai
(D) Mumbai
Ans : (C)
93. Which planet is in the outer most orbit of the solar system ?
(A) Saturn
(B) Jupiter
(C) Venus
(D) Pluto
Ans : (D)
94. Which constitutional Amendment provides for reservation in admissions in private unaided
institutions for members of scheduled castes/tribes and other backward classes ?
(A) 92nd Constitutional Amendment
(B) 93rd Constitutional Amendment
(C) 91st Constitutional Amendment
(D) 90th Constitutional Amendment
Ans : (B)
95. Which of the following is the headquarters of the newly established railway zone ‘East Coast
Railways’ ?
(A) Vishakhapattnam
(B) Kolkata
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Bhubaneswar
Ans : (D)
(D) Silvassa
Ans : (A)
97. The 29th Olympic Games were played in August 2008 in Beijing. Where will the 30th
Olympic games be played in 2012 ?
(A) Osaka
(B) Toronto
(C) London
(D) Istanbul
Ans : (C)
100. Who won the Miss India world title for 2009 ?
(A) Neha Kapoor
(B) Aarti Thakur
(C) Amrita Pal
(D) Pooja Chopra
Ans : (D)
104. With the enactment of 92nd Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003, how many Indian
languages figure in the 8th schedule of the Constitution of India ?
(A) 21
(B) 18
(C) 22
(D) 19
Ans : (C)
(C) Vitamin K
(D) Vitamin E
Ans : (C)
112. Which one of the following writs is issued by the court in case of illegal detention of a
person ?
(A) Quo Warranto
(B) Mandamus
(C) Habeas Corpus
(D) Certiorari
Ans : (C)
115. The Reserve Bank of India appointed a six-member Committee to set out the framework for
fuller capital account, convertibility (CAC) on March 20, 2006. The committee was headed by—
(A) Mr. Kishore Chandra Deo
(B) Ms. Syeda Hameed
(C) Mr. Ratan Jata
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117. The Rajya Sabha which is the upper house of the Indian Parliament :
(A) Is a permanent body
(B) Has a life of six years
(C) Has a life of five years
(D) Has a life of four years
Ans : (A)
119. Name the Indian person who won the Raman Magsaysay Award 2009 ?
(A) Ek Sonn Chan
(B) Sanduk Ruit
(C) Deep Joshi
(D) Antonio Meloto
Ans : (C)
120. In the Indian Constitution, opportunities for the development of scientific temper,
humanism and spirit of inquiry and reform are found in the :
(A) Fundamental Rights
(B) Fundamental Duties
(C) Directive Principles of State Policy
(D) Preamble
Ans : (B)