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1. Who has been selected for the Maharashtra Govt’s Lata Mangeshkar Award for the year 2008 ?

(a) Nitin Mukesh

(b) Alka Yaganik

(c) Mahendra Kapoor

(d) Kumar Sanu

Ans: (c)

2. Indian Government has planned to achieve ……… agriculture growth by the end of 11^th Five year Plan is will be _

(a) 8%

(b) 4%

(c) 6%

(d) 2%

Ans: (b)

3. Which of the following Indian companies sailed past Rs. 4 lakh crore mark in terms of market capitalization ?

(a) Infosys

(b) ONGC

(c) Wipro

(d) RIL

Ans: (d)

4. Which city will be host the Olympic Games in 2012 ?

(a) London

(b) New York

(c) Beijing

(d) Sydney

Ans: (a)

5. GAP is an international brand of _

(a) garment

(b) food-chain

(c) sports goods

(d) IT

Ans: (a)

6. Deepak Parekh is associated with which bank ?

(a) ICICI

(b) ABN AMRO

(c) HDFC

(d) SBI

Ans: (c)

7. Who holds the world record for maximum wicket-keeping dismissals in Test Cricket ?

(a) Mark Boucher

(b) Kumar Sangakkara

(c) Adam Gilchrist

(d) MS Dhoni

Ans: (c)

8. ‘More, for you’ is a retail chain launched by _

(a) Reliance Group

(b) Modi Group

(c) Aditya Birla Group

(d) Tata Group

Ans: (c)

9. Sunita Williams, renowned astronaut of Indian origin, spent a record …… days in space.

(a) 195

(b) 185

(c) 200

(d) 201

Ans: (a)

10. ‘Bullion’ refers to gold, silver or other precious metals in the form of _

(a) Ingots or bars only

(b) Bars as well as coins

(c) Coins only

(d) Jewellery

Ans: (b)

11. Korba is famous for

(a) Fertiliser plant

(b) Aluminium plant

(c) Steel plant

(d) Textile plant

Ans: (b)

12. Which one of the following states has the highest population density ?

(a) West Bengal

(b) Bihar

(c) UP

(d) Kerala

Ans: (a)

13. John Players is an apparel brand launched by which company ?

(a) UB Group

(b) ITC Ltd,

(c) Jindal Group

(d) Select Group

Ans: (b)

14. The largest employer in the world is

(a) Indian Railways

(b) Reliance Industries

(c) General Motors

(d) State Bank of India

Ans: (a)

15. What does “R” in Maruti Suzuki’s small car WagonR stand for ?

(a) Responsible

(b) Remarkable

(c) Reliable

(d) Recreation

Ans: (d)

16. Which of the following types of nutrition is absent in fungi ?

(a) Saprophytism

(b) Symbiosis

(c) parasitism

(d) Autotrophism

Ans: (d)

17. Why was Bobby Fischer in the news recently ?

(a) passed away at the age of 64 on January 18, 2008

(b) the first man to scale Mount Everest

(c) he is an eminent Indian yoga guru and preacher of oriental philosophy

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

18. Why was Edmund Hillary in the news recently ?

(a) passed away at the age of 88 on January 11, 2008

(b) received Padma Vibhushan 2008 award

(c) he is an eminent Indian yoga guru and preacher of oriental philosophy

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

19. ………… was elected as the Chairperson of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) on January 23, 2008.

(a) Indra Nooyi

(b) Ratan Tata

(c) NR Narayana Murthy

(d) JJ Singh

Ans: (a)

20. ………. Attended the Republic Day celebrations 2008 in New Delhi as the Chief Guests

(a) Nicolas Sarkozy

(b) Boris Tadic

(c) Gordon Brown

(d) Samak Sundaravej

Ans: (a)

21. Booker Prize is awarded in the field of

(a) Science

(b) Social Service

(c) Medicine

(d) Literature

Ans: (d)

22. Of the following, whose ideas had influenced Gandhiji ?

(a) Karl Marx

(b) Tolstoy

(c) Lenin

(d) None of these

Ans: (b)

23. The non-permanent members of the Security Council serve for

(a) one year

(b) two years

(c) three years

(d) four years

Ans: (b)

24. Which of the following is a land-locked country

(a) Brazil

(b) Sudan

(c) Egypt

(d) Afghanistan

Ans: (d)

25. Which of the following is not a capital city

(a) Ankara

(b) Bonn

(c) Canberra

(d) New york

Ans: (d)

26. The language spoken by the largest number of people next to Hindi in the Indian subcontinent is

(a) tamil

(b) Telugu

(c) Bengali

(d) Marathi

Ans: (c)

27. Paul Newman was associated with which of the following fields ?

(a) Actor

(b) Scientist

(c) Social Activist

(d) Politician

Ans: (a)

28. Who has been awarded for ICC Cricketer of the year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) for the year 2007-08 in the month of September 2008 ?

(a) Shiv Narayan Chandra Paul

(b) Sachin Tendulkar

(c) Ricky Ponting

(d) Mahela Jayawardhane

Ans: (a)

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1. Who amongst the following has selected for Udyog Ratna Award for the year 2008?

(a) Bhawanishankar Sharma

(b) Azim Premji

(c) Anil Ambani

(d) Sunil Bharti Mittal

Ans: (a)

2. Who amongst the following has selected Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award forMedical Sciences for the year 2008?

(a) Dr Ravinder Goswami

(b) Dr G P S Raghava

(c) Dr Pradeep Thalappil

(d) Dr Ranjan Kumar Mallik

Ans: (a)

3. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, by the year 2020, the world will face deficit of around 56 million skilled manpower but India would be the only country with a surplus of ……….. youth.

(a) 47 million

(b) 57 million

(c) 45 million

(d) 37 million

Ans: (a)

4. Which of the following is the Union minister of state for labour and employment

(a) Oscar Fernandes

(b) Antony

(c) George Fernandes

(d) Shivraj Patil

Ans: (a)

5. The new policy is ready and will be placed before the Union Cabinet for approval soon. The new policy aims at empowering all individuals through improved skills, knowledge and internationally recognised qualifications to enable them access to decent employment and to promote inclusive national growth. Name the new policy ?

(a) National Skill Development Policy

(b) National Development Policy

(c) Indian Skill Development Policy

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

6. Recently, MOSTLY MEN, were crushed to death and several others injured in a stampede caused by a rush of devotees in the …………………. temple in the 15th century Mehrangarh Fort on a hillock on the first day of Navaratri festival.

(a) Chamunda Devi

(b) Naina Devi

(c) Nanda Devi

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

7. Jagdish Khattar, former Maruti MD, announced his foray into the organised multi-brand car sales and service business with an investment of Rs 1,000 crore over the next five years. The new company, ………………… is backed by Rs 80-crore investment from Wipro chairman Azim Premji’s PremjiInvest and Rs 28 crore from IFCI Venture Capital Funds.

(a) Carnation Auto India Ltd

(b) Carnation Automobile Ltd

(c) Carnation India Ltd

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

8. What is the full form of “NPPA”

(a) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

(b) National Product Pricing Authority

(c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Agency

(d) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Administration

Ans: (a)

9. DRUG price regulator ………………………. has slashed prices of three bulk drugs, including salbutamol sulphate used for the treatment of bronchial asthma.

(a) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority

(b) National Product Pricing Authority

(c) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Agency

(d) National Pharmaceutical Pricing Administration

Ans: (a)

10. Which of the following is used for treatment of malaria ?

(a) sulphamethoxazole

(b) salbutamol sulphate

(c) potassium penicillin V

(d) benzathine penicillin G

Ans: (a)

11. Recently, Mr Fernandes released a Blue Book on ITIs ………………………. and Skill Gap Studies in the key sectors of construction, retail, health, automotive and finance at the CII Global Summit on Skills Development.

(a) Getting Started, Unleashing Skilled India: Transforming ITIs together

(b) India: Transforming ITIs together

(c) Unleashing Skilled India: Transforming ITIs together

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

12. Which of the following is the MD of SBI Life Insurance

(a) Uday Shankar Roy

(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal

(c) Shivshankar Menon

(d) JM Panchal

Ans: (a)

13. According to the recent ET-Brand Finance India’s Top 50 Most Valuable (Company) Brands 2008 study, ……………………….. emerged as the most valuable financial services brand value at Rs 16,595 crore.

(a) State Bank of India

(b) Allahabad Bank

(c) Union Bank of India

(d) United Bank of India

Ans: (a)

14. HOURS after issuing an advisory to which of the following states asking them to contain the anti-Christian violence, the Centre recently dashed off a separate and far sterner advisory describing the communal developments there as a ‘breach of the Constitution and law of the country’ and directing the state to ‘urgently’ take necessary steps to restore peace and normalcy.

(a) Karnataka and Orissa

(b) Jharkhand and Orissa

(c) Karnataka and Jharkhand

(d) West Bengal and Maharashtra

Ans: (a)

15. Who is the foreign secretary of India.

(a) Uday Shankar Roy

(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal

(c) Shivshankar Menon

(d) JM Panchal

Ans: (c)

16. Who is the US secretary of state

(a) Condoleezza Rice

(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal

(c) Shivshankar Menon

(d) JM Panchal

Ans: (a)

17. What is the full form of “NHRC”

(a) National Human Rights Commission

(b) National Human Role Commission

(c) National Home Rule Commission

(d) National Human Rights Consideration

Ans: (a)

18. EXPRESSING concern over the National Human Rights Commission’s (NHRC) report over the atrocities committed by the counter-Naxalite Salwa Judum movement in ………………, the Supreme Court recently asked the state government to come up with its stand on the remedial measures.

(a) Chhattisgarh

(b) West Bengal

(c) Madhya Pradesh

(d) Andhra Pradesh

Ans: (a)

19. …………. will start mobile operations in the North East recently. It will initiate its Rs 200-crore rollout in a phased manner, starting with Assam.

(a) Tata Teleservices

(b) Reliance Communication

(c) BSNL

(d) MTNL

Ans: (a)

20. Which of the following telecom operator has around 3 million subscribers in the East and enjoys around 10% market share ?

(a) Tata Teleservices

(b) Reliance Communication

(c) BSNL

(d) MTNL

Ans: (a)

21. In the Kolkata circle, Tata Teleservices enjoys ……… market share of subscribers.

(a) 15.5%

(b) 16%

(c) 10%

(d) 10.5%

Ans; (a)

22. Name the America’s fourth-largest i-bank which filed for bankruptcy recently.

(a) Lehman Brothers

(b) World Bank

(c) Bank of America

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

23. Who is the CHIEF minister of West Bengal ?

(a) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

(b) Jyoti Basu

(c) Mamata Banerjee

(d) Somen Mitra

Ans: (a)

24. Recently, the CHIEF minister of West Bengal exercised the provisions of “Rule 25(4)(b) in Para III of Rules of Business of the Government” to direct that the licence of ……………….. under the West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act, 1972 be renewed immediately.

(a) Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd

(b) Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd

(c) Big Bazaar

(d) Kolkata Bazaar

Ans: (a)

25. Who is the principal issuing authority of licence under Rule 6 (1) of the West Bengal Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Rules, 1982 to Metro Cash & Carry India Pvt Ltd?

(a) the secretary, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee

(b) the president, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee

(c) the chairman, South 24-Parganas Regulated Market Committee

(d) None of these

Ans: (a)

26. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, which of the following country will be the only country to have surplus skill power?

(a) India

(b) China

(c) USA

(d) Germany

Ans: (a)

27. Who is the present Governor of Reserve Bank of India ?

(a) Bimal Jalan

(b) Sriprakash Jaiswal

(c) D. Subbarao

(d) Y.V.Reddy

Ans: (c)

28. As per the recent study conducted by the US Census Bureau and Boston Consulting Group, by the year ………., the world will face deficit of around 56 million skilled manpower but India would be the only country with a surplus of manpower.

(a) 2020

(b) 2011

(c) 2019

(d) 2015

Ans: (a)

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1. Who has authored the book “To A Hunger Free World “ ?
(a) Amartya Sen
(b) C.Rangrajan
(c) M.S. Swaminathan
(d) Manmohan Singh
Ans: (c)

2. The First Five Year Plan in India was launched in the year __
(a) 1947
(b) 1948
(c) 1950
(d) 1951
Ans: (d)

3. ………….. received the National Award for the Best Performing Bank in North East Region under REGP Scheme of KVIC for the year 2007-08.
(a) State Bank of India
(b) United Bank of India
(c) Allahabad Bank
(d) Corporation Bank
Ans: (b)

4. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of United Bank of India ?
(a) P. K. Gupta
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

5. The National Award for the Best Performing Bank in North East Region under REGP Scheme of KVIC for the year 2007-08 is organized by which of the following ministries ?
(a) Ministry of Micro Small & Medium Enterprises
(b) Ministry of Commerce
(c) Ministry of Finance
(d) Central Government
Ans : (a)

6. P.Chidambaram Hon`ble Minister of Finance, Govt. of India recently launched the ……………………… for BPL population with reduced premium and enhanced benefits at Karaikudi. The families of Shankarapuram Village were issued the new policy, in the function held at Alagappa University.
(a) Revised Universal Health Insurance Scheme
(b) Central Health Insurance Scheme
(c) National Health Insurance Scheme
(d) Indira Gandhi Health Insurance Scheme
Ans: (a)

7. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Punjab National Bank?
(a) P. K. Gupta
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (c)

8. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of BSNL?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K R Periya Karuppan
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

9. Punjab National Bank and BSNL jointly launched BSNL bill payment facility recently through ……….. at Corporate Office of BSNL, New Delhi.
(a) PNB ATMs
(b) SBI ATMs
(c) ICICI ATMs
(d) e-banking
Ans: (a)

10. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of Allahabad Bank?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

11. Which of the following bank recently unveiled the book on “Banking Principles & Operations “?
(a) ICICI Bank
(b) HDFC Bank
(c) HSBC Bank
(d) Axis Bank
Ans: (a)

12. Who is the Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Bank?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) K.V.Kamath
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (c)

13. Who has authored the book “Banking Principles & Operations “
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) K.R. Kamath
(c) K.V.Kamath
(d) M. N. Gopinath
Ans: (d)

14. The book “Banking Principles & Operations “focuses on which of the following ?
(a) the various aspects of banking and prepares the student for a career in banking
(b) the various aspects of marketing of banking industries.
(c) the deposit rates of various banks in recent times.
(d) None of these.
Ans: (a)

15. Which of the following bank recently has sanctioned credit limits of Rs.14.35 Crores to the city based nonprofit NGO Annapurna Pariwar for lending to urban poor from slums of Pune & Mumbai.
(a) Indian Overseas Bank
(b) United Bank of India
(c) Allahabad Bank
(d) Corporation Bank
Ans: (a)

16. Who is the Chairman and Managing Director of IOB?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) Suhas Bhat
(c) KC Chakrabarty
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

17. WITH credit growth of 71% (estimates for FY09), the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli’s Silvassa town is top in market size growth at …………
(a) 23%.
(b) 24%
(c) 25%
(d) 26%
Ans: (a)

18. Recently OVER a dozen churches and prayer halls of different Christian sects were simultaneously attacks allegedly by Bajrang Dal activists in ………… injuring at least half a dozen people.
(a) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Chikmagalur
(b) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Mysore
(c) districts of Mangalore, Udupi and Gulbarga
(d) districts of Gulbarga, Mysore and Chikmagalur
Ans: (a)

19. Who is the MD & CEO of Hero Honda Motors?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) PAWAN MUNJAL
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

20. Who is the CEO of Genpact?
(a) Kuldeep Goyal
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (b)

21. Who is the chairman of Dabur India?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) J.M. Garg
Ans: (a)

22. Who is the chairman of Maruti?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) VENU SRINIVASAN
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (d)

23. Who is the MD of Bharti Enterprises?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) MD RAJAN MITTAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (c)

24. Who is the MD of JSW Steel?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) PRAMOD BHASIN
(c) SAJJAN JINDAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (c)

25. Who is the MD of TVS Motor?
(a) ANAND BURMAN
(b) VENU SRINIVASAN
(c) SAJJAN JINDAL
(d) R C BHARGAVA
Ans: (b)

26. Who has been appointed as the new Indian Hockey Coach (Men's) in the month of September 2008 ?
(a) Pargat Singh
(b) Dhanraj Pillai
(c) Maharaj Kishan Kaushik
(d) Ashok Kumar
Ans: (b)

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1. Who amongst the following has been appointed as Governor of Reserve Bank of India on 2^nd September , 2008 ?

(a) Y.V.Reddy

(b) Bimal Jalan

(c) Duvvuri Subbarao

(d) Amartya Sen

Ans (c)

2. Which of the following city is very recently renamed?

(a) Puducherry

(b) Kolkata

(c) Gaya

(d) Bangaluru

Ans (d)

3. Which of the following is not recognized by UNO as an International Year of 2008?

(a) Planet Earth

(b) Aids

(c) Potato

(d) Sanitation

Ans (b)

4. Who is the winner of Slaka Samman for the year 2008?

(a) Prabhash Joshi

(b) Nazma Hepthullah

(c) Ashok Chakradhar

(d) Rehman Rahi

Ans (a)

5. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Awards are given for the person who shown exemplary performance in the field of __________

(a) Sports

(b) Politics

(c) Science & Technology

(d) Literature

Ans (c)

6. What was the controversial issue for getting the confidence of Lok Sabha by the U.P.A. Government on 22nd July, 2008?

(a) Increase of prices

(b) Fall of Share Market

(c) Increase of inflation

(d) Nuclear Treaty with US

Ans (d)

7. Who amongst following is not named for one time Life Time Achievement Awards on the occasion of 60th Anniversary of India’s Independence?

(a) Dilip Kumar

(b) Dev Anand

(c) Saroja Devi

(d) Tapan Sinha

Ans (b)

8. What is the estimated G.D.P. rate in 11th Five Year Plan?

(a) 8.8%

(b) 8.9%

(c) 9.0%

(d) 9.5%

Ans (c)

9. What is the range of Agni-3 Ballistic Missile which was launched by DRDA on 7th May, 2008?

(a) 1500

(b) 2000

(c) 3000

(d) 4500

Ans (c)

10. The agricultural growth rate in 2006-07 was -

(a) 1.75%

(b) 2.00%

(c) 2.6%

(d) 3.6%

Ans (c)

11. Who is the present Chief Minister of Bihar?

(a) R.L.Bhatia

(b) Rabri Devi

(c) Nitish Kumar

(d) Ram Vilash Paswan

Ans (c)

12. Who won the First Gold Medal in Beijing 2008 Olympic games For India in the individual category 10 metre rifle shooting ?

(a) Vijyendra Kumar

(b) Sushil Kumar

(c) Abhinav Bindra

(d) Anju Bobby George

Ans (c)

13. What was the major issue for the Left Parties (CPI and CPM) to withdraw support to UPA Government?

(a) To protect the secularism

(b) To protect the interest of the left parties

(c) Against the Nuclear Treaty with USA

(d)All the above

Ans (c)

14. Where was held the WTO (World Trade Organization) Ministerial Conference in July 2008 ?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Jakarta

(c) Beijing

(d) Jeneva

Ans (d)

15. Who is the chairman of U.P.A..?

(a) Sonia Gandhi

(b) Manmohan Singh

(c) Pranav Mukherjee

(d) Shivraj Patil

Ans (a)

16. What is the objective of eleventh Five Year plan (2007-12) ?

(a) Removal of Unemployment

(b) Inclusive growth

(c) Growth with social- justice

(d) Development of minorities

ANS (b)

17. Where will be held the first Youth Olympic Games in 2010 ?

(a) Beijing

(b) New Delhi

(c) Singapore

(d) London

Ans (c)

18. Where will be held the 30th Olympic Games in 2012 ?

(a) Beijing

(b) Kualalumpur

(c) Singapore

(d) London

Ans (d)

19. The name of Thaksin Shinawatra's is associated with which of the follwing countries ?

(a) USSR

(b) Kazakistan

(c) Thailand

(d) Soth Korea

Ans (c)

20. Who amongst the following is the author of the book ‘The Enchantress of Florence’ ?

(a) Benajir Bhutto

(b) Salman Rushdie

(c) Laxmi Sehgal

(d) L.K.Advani

Ans (b)

21. Who amongst the following is the recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award given away in August 2008 ?

(a) Sanjeev Singh

(b) Prabhjot Singh

(c) Mahendra Singh Dhoni

(d) Rahul Dravid

Ans (c)

22. Rafael Nadal who won Wimbledon Open 2008 Tennis Championship is a citizen of—

(a) Spain

(b) France

(c) Russia

(d) USA

Ans (a)

23. The Hiroshima Day was observed on which of the following days ?

(a) 6th August

(b) 14th November

(c) 19th September

(d) 2nd October

Ans (a)

24. Who amongst the following is NOT a recipient of the Dhyan Chand Award given away in August 2008 ?

(a) Sanjeeva Kumar Singh

(b) Mukh Bain Singh

(c) Hokam Singh

(d) Gyan Singh

Ans (a)

25. Who amongst the following is NOT a recipient of the Dronacharya Awards for the year 2007 given away in August 2008 ?

(a) Sanjeeva Kumar Singh

(b) GE Sridharan

(c) Jagdish Singh

(d) Prabhjot Singh

Ans (d)

26. Who amongst the following is a recipient of V.V.Giri Memorial Award for the year 2008?

(a) K.P.Kannan

(b) Megha Patekar

(c) Depak Chawla

(d) B.B.Tondon

Ans (a)

Current Events 2008 objective questions

Current Events 2008 objective questions

1. Who is the present Governor of the Maharashtra ? ______

(A) S.K.Singh

(B) S.S.Sidhu

(C) R.L.Bhatia

(D) S.C.jamir

Ans (D)

2. Who is selected for Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership for the year 2008?

(A) Kiran Desai

(B) Akio Ishii

(C) Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation

(D) Dr. Prakash Amte and Dr. Mandakini Amte

Ans (D)

3. The global summit of women 2008 concluded in June 2008 at -

(A) Cairo

(B) Vienna

(C) Tokyo

(D) Hanoi

Ans (D)

4. Who among the following has been selected for The Best Parliamentarian Award for 2007?

(A) Shri Man Mohan Singh

(B) Shri Mani Sankar Ayer

(C) P. Chidambaram

(D) Priyaranjan Das Munshi

Ans (D)

5. Who among the following will host 5th CISM World Military games 2011?

(A) Russia

(B) China

(C) Italy

(D) Brazil

Ans (D)

6. Who among the following was honored with "Mahatma Gandhi International Award for Reconciliation?

(A) Nelson Mandela

(B) Desmond Titu

(C) Olafur Ragnar

(D) Javed Akhtar

Ans (A)

7. G8 is a group of _____________

(A) Nuclear Supplying Countries.

(B) countries to look security of Globe.

(C) countries to have nuclear weapons.

(D) Un official forum of richest industrialized countries.

Ans (D)

8. From which book written by controversial writer Taslima Nasrin, few sentences were withdrawn?

(A) Dwikhanditha

(B) The Crescent and the Pen

(C) My Girlhood

(D) K.A

Ans (A)

9. Who among was selected for B.C.Roy National Award for the year 2006?

(A) Dr. Y.Nayudamma

(B) Dr. Ramesh Babu

(C) Dr. Avinash Chander

(D) Dr. Ghose

Ans (B)

10. Who is the first President of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal?

(A) Girija Prasad Koirala

(B) Ram Baran Yadav

(C) Prachanda

(D) Kul Bahadur Gurung

Ans (B)

11. Who is present Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission?

(A) Y.V.Reddy

(B) Man Mohan Sing

(C) Montek S. Ahluwalia

(D) V. Narayana Swamy

Ans (C)

12. Which of the following country changed as Democratic Federal Republic from Monarchy?

(A) Bhutan

(B) HongkOng

(C) Philippines

(D) Nepal

Ans (C)

13. Which of the following is being constructed to be the largest port in India?

(A) Krishna Patnam

(B) Visakha Patnam

(C) Cochi

(D) Chennai

Ans (A)

14. Who is present secretary for foreign affairs?

(A) Pranab Mukherji

(B) Anand Sharma

(C) Suresh Kalmadi

(D) Shiv Shankar Menon

Ans (D)

15. Who is the captain for Indian Team for Test Series in Sri Lanka?

(A) Mahendra Dhoni

(B) Yuvaraj Singh

(C) Anil Kumble

(D) Rahul Dravid

Ans (C)

16.The Best of Booker prize for 2008 has been won by -

(A) J.M.Kotzee

(B) J.G.Ferrari

(C) Salman Rushdie

(D) Pat Baskers

Ans (C)

17. Who is the winner of Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2006 which was announced in July 2008 ?

(A). Shyam Benegal

(B). B.R.Chopra

(C). Saumitra Chatterjee

(D). Tapan Sinha

Ans (D)

18. Who among the following is the author of the book "Unaccustomed Earth"?

(A). Shobha De

(B). Arundhati Roy

(C). A. P. J. Kalam

(D). Jhumpa Lahiri

Ans (D)

19. Who among the following is the Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)?

(A) . Narendra Bahadur Singh

(B). R.S.Mathoda

(C). Anand Mahindra

(D). P.K.Mishra

Ans (A)

20. The International Film Festival of India in November 2008 will be held in -

(A). Goa

(B). Maharashtra

(C). Karnataka

(D). Kerala

Ans (A)

21. Who among the following won the men’s Wimbledon single title in July 2008 ?

(A). Roger Federer

(B). Andy Roddick

(C). Novak Djokovic

(D). Rafael Nadal

Ans (D)

22. Who among the following is the Miss Universe 2008 is—

(A) Riyo Mori

(B) Dayana Mendoza

(C) Lisa Lazarus

(D) Simaran Kaur MundI

Ans (B)

23. Who among the following is the winner of the Wimbledon open Tennis Tournament 2008 of the Women's Single Title ?

(A)Serena Williams

(B)Venus Wlliams

(C)Maria Sharapova

(D)Ana Ivanovic

Ans (B)

24.Who among the following is the present President of International Cricket of council ?

(A). David Morgan

(B). Haroon Lorgat

(C). Sharad Pawar

(D). Kapil Dev

Ans (A)

25. Who among the following was the selected for Nepal Peace Award for 2008?

(A) Nepal Former King Gyanendra

(B) Nepal Mavoist Chairman Prachanda

(C) Nepal Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala

(D) None of these

ANS (B)

26. Who has been named as NASSCOM,s Global Indian Award for 2008 ?

A). Anil Ambani

(B). Mukesh Ambani

(C). Ratan Tata

(D). Laxmi N.Mittal

Ans (C)

27. Which commercial bank among the following has made a record of opening 101 new branches in a single day ?

A) . Punjab National Bank

(B). State Bank Of India

(C). Bank of India

(D). Union Bank Of India

Ans (B)

28. As per data released by RBI on May 23, 2008 , foreign exchange reserves stood at -

A) . $ 302.52 billion

(B). $ 306.52 billion

(C). $ 316.17 billion

(D). $ 345.65 billion

Ans (C)