1.Which country's lower house of Parliament is called Wolesi Jirga? 1) Russia 2) Afghanistan 3) Japan 4) Pakistan 5) Bangladesh
2.Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1)The UNESCO-Madanjeet Si-ngh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence is a prize awarded every two years by UNESCO. 2)This award has been instituted in memory of Mahatma Gandhi.
3)This prize of US $ 1, 00,000 was made possible by the donation of the Indian diplo-mat Madanjeet Singh who is also the Goodwill Ambas-sador of UNESCO. 4) The 2011 awardees are Afgh-anistan's women's rights cam-paigner Anarkali Honaryar and Palestinian peace activist Khaled Abu Awwad. 5) All the above statements are correct.
3.Who among the following was chosen for the UNESCO-Madanjeet Singh Prize for the Promotion of Tolerance and Non-Violence in 2002, but was allowed to accept the prize only in November 2011? 1) Taslima Nasreen (Bangladesh) 2) Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar) 3) Francois Houtart (Belgium) 4) Abdul Sattar Edhi (Pakistan) 5) None of these
4.Which of the following days is observed as the International Day for Tolerance? 1) October 2 2) November 16 3) October 24 4) October 16 5) November 14
5.Scientists have found the best evidence yet for water just beneath the surface of Europa. Europa is the icy moon of which of the following planets? 1) Mars 2) Saturn 3) Jupiter 4) Venus 5) Uranus
6.Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee released a Rs.150 coin to mark 150 years of which of the following institutions in November 2011? 1) Reserve Bank of India 2) State Bank of India 3) Election Commission 4)Union Public Service Commission 5)Comptroller & Auditor General
7.The United States of America signed a security agreement with which of the following countries in November 2011? (Under this agreement 250 U.S. Marines would be stationed in that country) 1) Australia 2) Indonesia 3) Singapore 4) Malaysia 5) China
8.Global energy, healthcare, technological and industrial products major Siemens is plan-ning to invest about Rs.1700 crore in India. Siemens belongs to which of the following countries? 1) Canada 2) Germany 3) Sweden 4) Norway 5) USA
9.The Union Cabinet has agreed for what per cent of Foreign Direct Investment in the pension sector?
1) 20% 2) 49% 3) 26% 4) 100% 5) None of these
10.The Presidents Cup is held once in every two years. It is related to which of the following sports/ games?
1) Cricket 2) Horse Racing 3) Golf 4) Soccer 5) None of these
11.What is the disinvestment target for the current financial year i.e. 2011-12? 1) Rs.25, 000 crore 2) Rs.30, 000 crore 3) Rs.40, 000crore 4) Rs.50, 000 crore 5) None
12.Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was arrested for electoral fraud recently. She was the President of which of the following countries from 2001 to 2010? 1) Singapore 2) Philippines 3) Venezuela 4) Honduras 5) Vietnam
13.Sarath Fonseka was sentenced to spend three more years in prison in November 2011. He is the former army chief of which of the following countries? 1) Nepal 2) Mauritius 3) Sri Lanka 4) Pakistan 5) Myanmar
14.Which of the following badmi-nton tournaments was won by Saina Nehwal in the year 2011? 1) Singapore Super Series 2) Indonesia Super Series 3) Hong Kong Super Series 4) All England Badminton Championship 5) None
15.Guru Saidutt excelled in which of the following sports? 1) Table Tennis 2) Badminton 3) Lawn Tennis 4) Volleyball 5) Basketball
16. Which of the following indust-ries is/are owned by the Hinduja Group? 1) Ashok Leyland 2) Hindalco 3) Suzlon Energy 4) Wipro 5) All the above
17. Who is the author of the books 'The Structure of the Universe' and 'Current Issues in Cosmology'? 1) Stephen Hawking 2) Jayant Narlikar 3) Albert Einstein 4) S.Chandrasekar 5) None of these
18. Which of the following terms is not associated with Global Warming? 1) CFCs 2) Carbon di Oxide emission 3) Sub prime crisis 4) Ozone depletion 5) Greenhouse effect
19.Who is the author of the book 'The Golden Gate'? 1) Anita Desai 2) Amitav Ghosh 3) Kiran Desai 4) Vikram Seth 5) None of these
20. Which of the following is not associated with the financial/ banking sector in India? 1) NSE 2) SEBI 3) ISRO 4) NABARD 5) SIDBI
21.Which of the following groups/ organizations has funded a sports centre in Ramallah, Palestine? 1) BRICS 2) BASIC 3) IBSA 4) SAARC 5) APEC
22.Which was the first non-Arab state to recognize the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in 1975? 1) India 2) Israel 3) China 4) USA 5) France
23.The Bar Council of India (BCI) was formed in 1961 as a regulatory body for the legal profession governed by the Indian Advocates Act. It is celebrating its golden jubilee. Who is its present Chairman? 1) Satish Abarao Deshmukh 2) Ashok K. Parija 3) S.Prabakaran 4) T.S.Ajith 5) None of theses
24.Tipaimukh Dam is a proposed dam on the river Barak in which state of India? (This project has led to a controversy between India and Bangladesh) 1) Assam 2) Nagaland 3) Manipur 4) Tripura 5) Arunachal Pradesh
25.Which team was crowned overall champions at the 65th Senior National Aquatic Championships in Ranchi in November 2011? 1) Karnataka 2) Maharashtra 3) Railways 4) Kerala 5) Gujarat
26. Which of the following terms is used in Banking? 1) Zero Hour 2) Equinox 3) Epicenter 4) Interest Rate Swap 5) Privilege Motion
27.Who is the author of the book 'Half a Life'? 1) V.S.Naipaul 2) Ved Mehta 3) Ved Marwah 4) Mark Tully 5) None of these
28.Which is the largest producer of power in India? 1) Adani Power 2) Tata Power 3) NTPC 4) Reliance Power 5) None of these
29.Parupalli Kashyap is associated with which of the following sports? 1) Athletics 2) Badminton 3) Chess 4) Squash 5) None of these
30.Golden Globe Awards are associated with which of the following fields? 1) Literature 2) Journalism 3) Films 4) Sports 5) None of these
31.Which city will host the 2018 Commonwealth Games? 1) Hambantota (Sri Lanka) 2) Glasgow (Scotland) 3) Gold Coast (Australia) 4) Wellington (New Zealand) 5) London (United Kingdom)
32.Mohammad Zillur Rahman is the President of which of the following countries? 1) Pakistan 2) Bangladesh 3) Iran 4) Afghanistan 5) Syria
33.Which of the following institut-ions decides the Bank rate? 1) SEBI 2) SBI 3) IRDA 4) NABARD 5) RBI
34.Which scientist was conferred with the Ernesto Illy Trieste Science Prize for 2011 in November 2011? (This prize was instituted by the Academy of Sciences of the Developing World. It carries a cash compo-nent of 1,00,000 dollars. It seeks to honor distinguished scientists from developing countries.) 1) Tessy Thomas 2) V.K.Saraswat 3) C.N.R Rao 4) Venkatraman Ramakrishnan 5) None of these
35.National Income Accounting, Conduct of Annual Survey of In-dustries, Economic Census and its follow up surveys, compil-ation of index of industrial prod-uction, etc. are some of the activ-ities of which of the following institutions/organizations? 1) Reserve Bank of India 2) Planning Commission 3) Central Statistics Office 4)National Development Council 5)Unique Identification Authority of India
36.Amar Kant is a renowned writer in which of the following languages? 1) Hindi 2) Kannada 3) Tamil 4) Oriya 5) None
37.J.Harinarayana is the chairman of which of the following institutions? 1) SEBI 2) IRDA 3) CCI 4) CII 5) None of these
38.Vijender Singh is associated with which of the following sports/ games? 1) Athletics 2) Shooting 3) Basketball 4) Archery 5) None of these
39.Which of the following is not a public sector bank? 1) Allahabad Bank 2) Bank of India 3) Bank of Maharashtra 4) South Indian Bank 5) Indian Bank
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. Recently, Indian President Pratibha Patil has laid the foundation stone for the ‘Asian Textiles Museum‘ in which of the following Southeast Asian countries? 1) Thailand 2) Indonesia 3) Vietnam 4) Cambodia
42. Which of the following Indian actors has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd, India’s leading paint manufacturer? 1) Abhishek Bachchyan 2) Amir Khan 3) Shahrukh Khan 4) Akshay Kumar
43. Who among the following personalities has been appointed as the new chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes? 1) Pratyush Sinha 2) C P Jain 3) K Vasudev 4) M C Joshi
44. Which of the following Indian cricket players won the Polly Umrigar Award 2011 for his performance during 2009-2010? 1) Rahul Dravid 2) Sachin Tendulkar 3) Mahendra Singh Dhoni 4)Sehwag
45. For the first time, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has been appointed as external auditor of two major UN organisations. Identify the organizations.
1) World Health Organisation (WHO) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
2) UNESCO an d World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
3) Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO)
4) UNICEF and UNESCO
46.Which of the following schemes provides good healthcare servi-ces in rural areas? 1) MGNREGA 2) IAY 3) ASHA 4) Kutir Jyothi 5) None of these
47.Which of the following is manufactured by POSCO? 1) Cement 2) Nuclear power 3) Steel 4) Textiles 5) None of these
48. Lee Myung-bak is the President of which of the following countries? 1) South Korea 2) Singapore 3) Philippines 4) North Korea 5) None of these
49.Who is the Railway Minister of India? 1) Jaipal Reddy 2) Dinesh Trivedi 3) Mamata Banerjee 4) Ambika Soni
5) None of these
50.Which of the following books is written by Maxim Gorky? 1) The Mother 2) War and Peace 3) As You Like It 4) Hamlet 5) Othello
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