1.Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawathi has proposed to split Uttar Pradesh into four states. Which of the following is not one of them? 1) Purvanchal 2) Bundelkhand 3) Gorkhaland 4) Awadh Pradesh 5) Paschim Pradesh
2.Which of the following days is celebrated as the National Press Day? (The Press Council of India started functioning on this day in 1966) 1) October 16 2) November 16 3) September 16 4) May 11 5) November 11
3. Binita Soren and Sheelarani Mahato have become the first women mountaineers to climb Mount Saser Kangri in the Eastern Karakoram Range of Himalayas in Ladakh. To which state do they belong? 1) Assam 2) Arunachal Pradesh 3) Jharkhand 4) Manipur 5) Tripura
4.KB Kookmin Bank has its headquarters in which of the following countries? 1) Japan 2) Singapore 3) South Korea 4) Philippines 5) North Korea
5.Who has been honored as the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) player of the year for 2011? 1)CarolineWozniacki (Denmark) 2) Petra Kvitova (Czech Republic) 3)Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 4) Maria Sharapova (Russia) 5) Vera Zvonareva (Russia)
6. Name the richest country in the world with per capita income of U.S. $ 90,149 in 2010, according to Global Finance, a leading US business magazine, which has released the list recently.(a) Qatar (b) Luxembourg (c) Norway (d) Singapore
7. Name the virus which was responsible for attacking Google’s social networking site, Orkut on September 25, 2010.1) FIRE Worm 2) Bom Sabado Worm 3) BOBBIT Virus 4) GALLUP Virus 82. 5) LOC Worm
8.Which software company has designed “worldwide telescope” a computer programme, which enables you to study even the universe and zoom the outer space?” 1) IBM 2) Oracle 3) Google 4) Microsoft 5) Mango
9. “Your Place In The Sky” is the slogan of: 1) Air India 2) atar Airways 3) Lufthansa Airlines 4) Air France 5) none of these
10. Which animal has been declared as national heritage animal of India in order to set up measures for its protection? 1) Dolphin 2) Rhinoceros 3) Elephant 4) Lion 5) Peacock
11. Who among the following personalities is the DirectorGeneral of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)?
1) Yukiya Amano 2) Yui Kei 3) Ali Asgar Soltaniyeh 4) Anders Fogh Rasmussen 5) Kamla Prasad Bisesar
12. A New York judge slapped a record $92.8 million fine on Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund manager convicted in May, 2011 on 14 counts of insider trading charges. He is from: 1) India 2) Pakistan 3) Sri Lanka 4) Singapore 5) Nepal
13. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), relaxed its earlier decision asking insurance companies to guarantee a minimum return of what percent on unit-linked pension policies?
1) 3% 2) 4% 3) 4.5% 4) 5% 5) 6%
14. Which of the following Indian cricketers has recently pledged to donate his organs? 1) Virender Sehwag 2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Gautam Gambhir 4) Yuvraj Singh 5) Raina
15. An endeavour to ensure that no person in India dies for want of an organ, supported by the Apollo Transplant Institutes has been launched under the name of: 1) ‘Hand in Hand’ 2) ‘Gift a Life’ 3) ‘Donate a life’ 4) ‘Gift to Nation’ 5) Golden Handshake
16.Which of the following trains covers the largest rail route in the country 4,286 km? 1) Vivek Express (Dibrugarh to Kanya Kumari) 2) Himsagar Express (Jammu Tawi to Kanya Kumari) 3) Dibrugarh-Chennai Express 4) Howrah-Amritsar Express 5) None of these
17.Sukh Ram was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by a special CBI Court in November 2011. He was a Minister of State for Communications in which of the following governments? 1) A.B.Vajpayee 2) P.V.Narasimha Rao 3) Rajiv Gandhi 4) Indira Gandhi 5) None
18.Eurasian Union is an economic body designed to reintegrate the former Soviet economies. Which of the following countries is not a member of this new group? 1) Russia 2) Kazakhstan 3) Belarus 4) Georgia 5) All the above mentioned countries are members
19.Basil D' Oliveira, the South Africa-born English player passed away recently. He was a renowned player in which of the following sports? 1) Football 2) Cricket 3) Rugby 4) Basketball 5) Boxing
20.Which Indian leader was honored by Singapore as a "Friend to our Shores" and a "Visionary" in November 2011? 1) Jawaharlal Nehru 2) Mahatma Gandhi 3) Sardar Vallabhbai Patel 4) Indira Gandhi 5) A.B.Vajpayee
21. BICRA ‘Group 5’ includes: 1) China 2) Portugal 3) Thailand and Turkey 4) All of the above 5) none of these
22. Which one of the following Indian cities would host the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) India Economic Summit for the first time in 26 years of the summit’s history? 1) New Delhi 2) Chennai 3) Mumbai 4) Bengaluru 5) Lucknow
23. Honda’s human-shaped robot (Humanoid robot) has been named as: 1) Sapiens 2) I 3) Asimo 4) AI 5) Chichi
24. Which of the following companies is a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and a leading business process outsourcing (BPO) provider in the U.K.? 1) Genpact 2) Diligenta 3) Aegis 4) Total Solutions 50 none of these
25. Who among the following has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter of the ‘King of Pop’, Michael Jackson? 1) Johansson Murphy 2) Conrad Murray 3) John Pitt 4) Dr. J Koetji 5) Andy Murray
26.Which woman swimmer won 5 gold medals in the 65th Senior National Aquatic Championships held in Ranchi in November 2011? 1) Pooja Alva 2) Richa Mishra 3) Bhoomi Motwani 4) Talasha Prabhu 5) Surabhi Tipre
27.Who won the Men's singles title at the Hong Kong Open badminton championships in November 2011? 1) Lin Dan 2) Chen Jin 3)Cai Yun 4)Fu Haifeng 5)None
28.Which of the following teams won the Presidents Cup golf tournament in November 2011? 1) Internationals 2) USA 3) Europe 4) Australia 5) None
29.Which of the following teams has won both the men's and wo-men's Kabaddi world cup that was held in Ludhiana in November 2011? 1) Canada 2) Pakistan 3) USA 4) India 5) Australia
30.Who has been selected for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2011, an award instituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust? 1) Sheikh Hasina 2) Ela Bhatt 3) Angela Merkel 4) Hillary Clinton 5) Medha Patkar
31.Who is the author of the book 'Goodbye Shahzadi', a biography of Benazir Bhutto? 1) Asif Ali Zardari 2) Shyam Bhatia 3) Fatima Bhutto 4) Javier Moro 5) None of these
32.Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is bestowed on an individ-ual in the movie industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to show business. Who was given this award for the year 2011? 1) Shakira 2) Angelina Jolie 3) Oprah Winfrey 4) Jennifer Lopez 5) Julia Roberts
33.Which of the following is considered as the world's largest social security programme? 1) JNNURM 2) MGNREGA 3) IAY 4) VAMBAY 5) MMS
34.PAKSAT-1R, Pakistan's first communication satellite, was put into orbit by which of the following countries in August 2011? 1) USA 2) Iran 3) Russia 4) China 5) None of these
35.Who was appointed the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India in August 2011? 1) Alok Misra 2) Rajiv Takru 3) Rohit Nandan 4) M.D.Mallya 5) None of these
36.The distribution of Teesta river water is a bone of contention between India and which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Nepal 3)China 4)Bangladesh 5)Bhutan
37.Which of the following organiz-ations/ agencies was set up to boost overall rural development in India? 1) RBI 2) SIDBI 3) NABARD 4) SEBI 5) None of these
38.BR Act controls banking activities in India. What does the letter 'R' denote? 1) Reformation 2) Regulation 3) Reporting 4) Ranking 5) None of these
39.Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha? 1) Meira Kumar 2) Mohammad Hamid Ansari 3) Karia Munda 4) K.Rahman Khan 5) Manmohan Singh
40.Who among the following is not a politician? 1) Omar Abdullah 2) Sachin Pilot 3) Kamal Nath 4) Kapil Sibal 5) K.C.Chakraborty
41.Somdev Devvarman is associated with which of the following sports? 1) Cricket 2) Hockey 3) Tennis 4) Football 5) None of these
42.Which of the following banks headquarters is located in Kolkata? 1) UCO Bank 2) Syndicate Bank 3) Vijaya Bank 4) Canara Bank 5) Corporation Bank
43.Which of the following organizations is working for the welfare of women? 1) CRY 2) SEWA 3) FICCI 4) ASSOCHAM 5) None of these
44. Which of the following countries is not a member of SAARC? 1) India 2) China 3) Pakistan 4) Sri Lanka 5) Nepal
45.Which of the following terms is used in Banking? 1) Cold chain 2) Atomic Number 3) Current Account 4) Derby
5) None of these
46.Which of the following countries is not a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)?
1) USA 2) Australia 3) Canada 4) India 5) France
47.Metro Cash& Carry is planning to invest Rs. 2400 crore in India on new stores in the next four years. To which country does this retailing giant belong? 1) Germany 2) Indonesia 3) Singapore 4) Malaysia 5) USA
48.The renovated Advanced Landing Ground (ALG) of Vijay-nagar, a completely air-mainta-ined and strategically located human settlement, was inaugur-ated recently. In which state is this Vijaynagar airfield located?
1) Assam 2) Nagaland 3) Karnataka 4) Arunachal Pradesh 5) None
49.A delegation from the Unites States Nuclear Regulatory Com-mission (USNRC) visited the nuclear facilities at Kalpakkam. In which state is Kalpakkam situated? 1) Karnataka 2) Kerala 3) Tamil Nadu 4) Maharashtra 5) None of these
50.The United Nations General Ass-embly has re-elected who among the following as a member of the International Law Commission (ILC) for a five- year term? 1) Mota Singh 2) Narinder Singh 3) Swaraj Paul 4) P.Venkat Ram Reddy 5) None
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