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May 1: 1. World Press Freedom Day was observed on... (a) May 3 (b) May 2 (c) May 4 (d) May 1 (e) none of these 2. National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in (a) Bihar (b) Chhattisgarh (c) UP (d) Bhopal (e) Orissa 3. Recently passed New Foreign Contribution Act will ban donations to... (a) political parties (b) NGO (c) Self funded schools (d) Religious organisations (e) none of these 4. which country is showing very keen interest to share its expertise in the field of Dairy farming with India? (a) USA (b) Australia (c) Israel (d) Nepal (e) none of these 5. Orit Noked, who recently visited Indian is.. (a) foreign minister of Austria (b) Israel Agriculture Minister (c) Ukrain sports minister (d) United Nations diplomat (e) none of these 6. The Centre has set a target of __ roads for 2011 -12? (a) seven thousand three hundred kilometres (b) nine thousand three hundred kilometres (c) seven thousand nine hundred kilometres (d) ten thousand kilometres (e) none of these Answers: 1 .a, 2.b, 3.a, 4.c, 5.b, 6.a May2: 1. HENRY COOPER who died recently was a famous Butterflys
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(a) boxer (b) Social worker (c) diplomat (d) writer (e) scientist 2. What does FCRA stands for, which has just come into force? (a) Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (b) Foreign Contribution Regulation Amendment (c) Foreign Countries Regulation Act (d) Foreign Contribution Remittance Act (e) none of these 3. Wheat procurement has been in 2011 12 Rabi season? (a) 1 crore 85 lakh tonne (b) 2 crore tonne (c) 85 lakh tonne (d) 1 crore 75 lakh tonne (e) none of these 4. Japan has passed how much amount emergency budget to fund reconstruction work after the devastating earthquake and tsunami (a) $50 billion (b) $60 billion (c) $70 billion (d) $75 billion (e) none of these 5. As per a survey ASSOCHAM the household saving rates has declined by how much per cent in last six years? (a) 45 (b) 35 (c) 50 (d) 35 (e) none of these 6. The World's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden was shot dead at... (a) Afghanistan (b) Yemen (c) Pakistan (d) Iraq (e) none of these Answers: 1 . a, 2.a, 3.a, 4.a, 5.a, 6.b

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May 3&4: 1. Recently, where US shut down its embassy and consulates Pakistan general public? (a) Iraq (b) Pakistan (c) Afganistan (d) Kuwait (e) none of these (c) Diplomat (d) player (e) none of these 3. Bhatta Parsaul village, which was in news recently is in... (a) Bihar (b) Delhi (c) UP (d) Assam (e) none of these 4. Shailendra Kumar Upadhayay , who died while trying to scale Mount Everest in an attempt to become the oldest man to scale the worlds highest peak? He was from... (a) Nepal (b) Bhutan (c) India (d) Malaysia (e) none of these 5. As per Export Promotion Council Ex orts from special economic zones (SEZs) grew by how much per cent to in 2010-11? (a) 43.11 (b) 25.75 (c) 33 (d) 17 .85 (e) none of these 6. Mary Kom clinched gold in Asian Cup Women's Boxing, where was this cup held? (a) Haikou (b) Tokyo (c) Yuan (d) Hyderabad (e) none of these 7. Witch which city you will associate 26/11? (a) Delhi (b) Kolkata (c) Mumbai (d) Meerut (e) none of these 8. Which is the latest country to limit the entry of un-skilled workers from abroad and to encourage the employment of skilled workers from within the country? (a) UAE (b) UK (c) China (d) Russia (e) none of these Answers: 1 .a, 2.a, 3. c, 4.a, 5. a, 6.a, 7 .c, 8. A May12-15: 1. New CM of Puducherry is... (a) N. Rangasamy (b) KR Goswami (c) K. Ranarajan (d) V NK Murty (e) none of these
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2. As per a latest UN report India will achieve growth rate of....in 2011 -12? (a) 8.7 percent (b) 9.7 percent (c) 8.5 percent (d) 8.25 percent (e) none of these 3. A UN report say s that India's population will peak at 1 .7 bn by the year (a) 2060 (b) 2050 (c) 2075 (d) 2045 (e) none of these 4. Ipoh, which was in news recently, is in... (a) Bhutan (b) Pakistan (c) Malasyia (d) India (e) none of these 5. Who was Dorjee Khandu? (a) politician (b) sports person (c) diplomat (d) writer (e) poet 6. On whose 150th Birth Anniversary Year long commemorations would be staged? (a) C.V . Raman (b) Rabindranath Tagore (c) M.K. Gandhi (d) J.N Nehru (e) none of these Answers: 1 .b, 2.a, 3.a, 4.c, 5.a, 6.b May 7-9: 1. Winner of 2009 Jawahar Lal Nehru Award is... (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Angela Markel (c) Robert Denero (d) Victor Banerjee (e) none of these 2. M S Gurupadaswamy, who died recently was a,.... (a) freedom fighter (b) Writer Butterflys

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2. Jayalalithaa has been sworn in as... (a) CM of Andhra Pradesh (b) CM of Tamilnadu (c) CM of West Bengal (d) Governor of TN (e) none of these 3. Sriganganagar, which was in news recently for having maximum temperature, is in.. (a) UP (b) Rajasthan (c) Bihar (d) NCR (e) none of these 4. which state recently celebrated its 37th State Day ? (a) Sikkim (b) Uttarakhand (c) Assam (d) Jharkhand (e) none of these 5. Which political part recently staged dharna against petrol price hike? (a) UDK (b) Left (c) BJP (d) Congress (e) none of these 6. 2011 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey title winner is... (a) Australia (b) South Korea (c) Pakistan (d) New Zealand (e) none of these 7. Mahendra Singh Tikait, who died recently was a.. (a) Bharatiya Kisan Union President (b) Farmers' representative in Lok Sabha (c) Veteran Congress MP from Mzaffarnagar (d) Longest serving IAS from UP (e) none of these 8. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who was in news recently for harassing a maid, was the chief of... (a) WTO (b) IMF (c) WHO (d) NATO (e) none of these 9. Which of the following statements are true about the Constitution Amendment Bill regarding the implementation of GST? 1. The bill aims to cut business costs and boast tax revenues. Butterflys II. The bill needs approval of twothirds of parliament and half of India's 28 states to become law. III. The bill provides for a creation of a GST Council to be headed by Union Finance Minister. (a) I and II (b) II and III (c) I and III (d) I, II, III 10. After Supreme Court, President Pratibha Patil has also recently squashed the appointment of P.J. Thomas as Central Yigilance Commissioner (CYC). The appointment was made by high powered committee comprismg (a) Dr. Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Sushma Swaraj (b) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Pranab Mukherjee, Sonia Gandhi (c) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sharad Powar, P. Chidambaram (d) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar 11. Who is new owner of Union Carbide Corporation. Which is related to Bhopal gas tragedy ? (a) Eveready Industries (b) McLeod Russel India (c) Dow Chemicals (d) None of these Answers: 1 . a, 2.b, 3.a, 4. b, 5. c, 6. a 7 . a, 8. b, 9. d, 10. a, 11 . c May 16: 1. On May 17, 2011, no... Buddha Purnima was celebrated? (a) 2,555 (b) 2600 (c) 3100 (d) 2750 (e) none of these 2. Terminal year of 11th Five-Year Plan is... (a) 2010 (b) 2012 (c) 2013 (d) 2014 (e) 2011 3. Recently India had dialogue to strengthen anti-terror cooperation with... (a) Russia (b) Pakistan (c) USA (d) Norway (e) none of these
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4. Recently, India has signed numerous agreements like oil and gas, minerals and metals, pharmaceuticals, information and communication technology, besides hydrocarbon, agriculture, cotton and other fields, with... (a) Uzbekistan (b) China (c) Russia (d) Congo (e) none of these 5. Islam Karimov, who recently visited India is.. (a) Uzbekistan President (b) Uzbekistan PM (c) Uzbekistan Foreign Minister (d) Uzbekistan External Affairs Minister (e) none of these 6. As per World Bank Six nations, India, Brazil, China, Indonesia, South Korea, and Russia will account for more than half of all global growth, will dominate global growth by the year... (a) 2025 (b) 2020 (c) 2040 (d) 2018 (e) none of these 7. Annu Raj Singh is related with.. (a) Chess (b) shooting (c) Tennis (d) Cricket (e) None of these Answers: 1 . a, 2.e, 3.a, 4. a, 5. a, 6. a 7 .b, May 17&18: 1. Union Cabinet has approved how much additional grant to provide drinking water facilities to the Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh? (a) 200 crore rupees (b) 300 crore rupees (c) 250 crore rupees (d) 500 crore rupees (e) none of these 2. Term "Roshni" is related with... (a) electricity (b) environmental initiative (c) girl education (d) empowering rural women (e) none of these 3. With which country India has signed record 34 pacts in May 2011? (a) Poland (b) USA (c) Afghanistan (d) Uzbekistan (e) none of these 4. who amongst the following is the president of Trinamool Congress? (a) Mamata Banerje (b) Oomen Chandy (c) B S Yeddyurappa (d) H R Bhardwaj (e) none of these 5. New ODI captain of Pakistan cricket team is? (a) Shahid Afridi (b) Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Kamram Akmal (d) Aamir Raza (e) none of these 6. Sir Creek issue involves.. (a) USA -Canada (b) India-Pakistan (c) India-Nepal (d) Pakistan-Afghanistan (e) none of these 7. Which state has approved worlds biggest and highest capacity solar projects? (a) Punjab (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Haryana (e) Delhi 8. Which state leads nation in the Consumer Forum Court Disposal Activities? (a) Punjab (b) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Haryana (e) UP Answers: 1. a, 2.b, 3.a, 4. a, 5. b, 6. b, 7. c,8. b May 19-23: 1 . Most valued PSU is... (a) ONGC (b) Coal India (c) NTPC (D) NHPC (E) none of these 2. Civil aviation ministry has cleared setting up of regional aviation hub (a) Guwahati (b) Dispur (c) Srinagar (d) Imphal (e) none of these
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3. Anti-terrorism day is observed on... (a) May 20 (b) May 21 (c) May 22 (d) May 23 (e) none of these 4. Winner of The Golden Palm 2011 best movie is... (a) Rio (b) Toy story 3 (c) The Tree of Life (d) Inception (e) none of these 5. Newly appointed general secretary of FICCI is... (a) Dr Rajiv kumar (b) Aparna Verma (c) Sweta Shayed (d) O P Saini (e) none of these 6. Militants recently a Pakistan naval base at... (a) Karachi (b) Islamabad (c) Lahore (d) Peshawar (e) Quetta 7. 2nd Africa India Forum Summit held at (a) Addis Ababa (b) Luanda (c) Porto Novo (d) Kinshasa (e) none of these 8. Dr. Manmohan Singh in May 2011 visited.. (a) Ethiopia and Tanzania (b) Angola and Tanzania (c) Burkina Faso and Angola (d) Ethiopia and Burkina Faso (e) none of these 9. An eruption by Grimsvotn volcano has put airline safety officials on alert as a billowing cloud of ash drifts toward northern Europe. This volcano is in... (a) Iceland (b) UK (c) Netherlands (d) Ireland (e) none of these 10. Recently, European Union has expanded sanctions against ___ fearing that this country continues its nuclear programmes? (a) Iraq (b) North Korea (c) Iran (d) Pakistan (e) none of these Answers: 1 . b, 2.b, 3.a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. a 7 .a, 8.a, 9.a, 10. C May 24&25: 1. Railway s will treat female aged___ or above as senior citizens from June 1 and offer senior citizens benefits? (a) 58 (b) 55 (c) 56 (d) 57 (e) none of these 2. e G-8 summit 2011 held at... (a) UK (b) France (c) Germany (d) Italy 3. Centre is planning to enhance monetary grants for Indira Awas Yojana to BPL families by (a) 30,000 rupees (b) 20,000 rupees (c) 25,000 rupees (d) 15,000 rupees (e) none of these 4. Maritime Summit 2011 held at... (a) New York (b) Beijing (c) Oslo (d) New Delhi (e) none of these 5. In which state Crude oil deposits of around 37 million barrel has been found (a) Rajasthan (b) MP (c) UP (d) Bihar (e) Jharkhand 6. which state health department has sealed three hand pumps after finding traces of uranium beyond permissible limits in the underground water? (a) Delhi (b) Punjab (c) J&K (d) Gujarat (e) none of these 7. Which state has lifted water tax in 127 Municipal Corporation areas? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Karnataka (c) West Bengal (d) Orissa (e) none of these 8. Mumbai terror attacks accused David Headley has been prosecuted at.. (a) Austin (b) Palm Beach (c) Chicago (d) Houston (e) none of these
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9. stad Mehmood Dholpuri, who died recently, was a famous... (a) Harmonium player (b) Sitar player (c) Tabla player (d) Sarangi player (e) none of these 10. India is buying Medium- range MutiRole Combat Aircraft, MMRCA , from (a) Germany (b) Russia (c) France (d) USA (e) none of these Answers: 1 . a, 2.b, 3.a, 4. c, 5. a, 6. b 7 .c, 8.c, 9.a, 10. c May 26-30: 1. Germany has decided to close all its nuclear power plants by ... (a) 2022 (b) 2020 (c) 2032 (d) 2018 (e) none of these 2. Which of the following has decided to agree to common driving licence system? (a) EU (b) GCC (c) SAARC (d) NAM (e) none of these 3. Which country recently filed a protest against China for allegedly damaging its seismic survey ship? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Vietnam (c) Taiwan (d) India (e) none of these 4. Which of the following will be spited into three smaller bodies? (a) Delhi MCD (b) Delhi Jal board (c) PWD (d) NHAI (e) none of these 5. Tata Motors has launched Nano in? (a) England (b) Sri Lanka (c) Nepal (d) Pakistan (e) Bhutan 6. Two-day Defence Secretary -level talks between India and Pakistan on Siachenissue held in (a) New Delhi (b) Karachi (c) Lahore (d) Indore (e) none of these 7. The World's highest railway bridge with a height of 359 metre will come up over river? (a) Chenab (b) Indus (c) Ravi (d) Tawi (e) none of these 8. Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in India's services sector has declined by 22.5 per cent to__ in 2010-11. (a) 3.4 billion dollar (b) 4.4 billion dollar (c) 5.4 billion dollar (d) 5.5 billion dollar (e) none of these Answers: 1 . a, 2.b, 3.b, 4. a, 5. b, 6. a 7 .a, 8.a,

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