Current Affairs 200 Questions(educationpoint.co.cc)

ffi

re 9. UI}Io has been appointed the nea' rrime Ministe. of Malaysia ?

2.

Which Ameiicd wonan of India! orisin has been eteded a mcinberof Raii.r oh:ma s Fiitn Coxnc '?

tional Peace Resedch Instiflrte (b) Russia (al china (dl Israel tc) USA

\\ftich of tbe lollowns hdians

has

been appoinied Lhe spedal senjor Advisor o d1e Presidentol(tN cen

(al Shashl Tharcor O) Nirupam sen (c) Ronen sen

(;) Cb)

-

will

2009'

Basant

kran

vikamrunse

(a)

coveted 'Hoover Medal for the

(a)

will be Siven to:

14.

Gofe (bl A.P.J. Abdul Kalan

6.

A1

(al saudi Arabia (b) Pakistan (d) Qatar (cl UAE

re-elected

these.

hd

been

lhe nee President ot

(al KimYonslll O) Ktn Jof,g Pill (c) Kin Slns (d) Kin Jons 11 Which of lhe fouowins Bi8 Econo' mies has

ddimum forisn

debq ac

cordins ro a recenl repon teleased by the lMF?

ta) Japd (c)

usA

O) lndia (d)

Getndy

17,

(dl Rone

7so/o cemany (cl Bntain (d) Menco Benjamin N.t )cnoo has recendy b.en ele.led the Prime Mini't€ r o t. tal Philipprnes (]rj lsrael ldl Argentina tcl R!$ia Sou th

roso

24.

mdy colnbres paficipated

in rhF
(a) Ronald K Noble (b) K M chiana (c) David Arthur (dl siitrminai ch Pina 25- who has won th€ presidential elec_ (a) Alvaro lernando Noboa

26, which

of these latin AmericaD Dagovern

tions has/have leftist

!a.i6c

nations recently undetrent a cou!? (a) (c)

Clnlate held recently? (b) ukaiDe ta) UK (d) USA [c) UAE

How

(b) 6sYo (a) 50o/a (d) 85% (c) who chairs L\e G-20 at preseDt? (b) India (al

I'ji

Di

rcctot Gendal of world Ttade

22. wherc uas fie $L]mit uf Majo. Economies Forun on EneryY ard

wan

(b) stockholn

14. wttrch of rhe lollo\ms

Urhd has been re-appointed lhe

(.) Rohit Shetty

percentage of the CLoL'al Elonomi do tneG-20NationsrePre

15, lvhar

16.

21.

& Britain

Pdis (c) Londor

sdARc

(cl MERCOSUR

fta1y &

{a)

I6sim Ali Rashid Ali A1-Bedavi hd oeated history bY b.coming the first eler ond Justice of wlich of the

7. who among

lrdce

tions/D1ocs is a member of G 20 ?

ot

switzerland (c) lrance & swiizerland tdl FGnce & ItalY \ Ihere was the G 20 Sudmit held

O)

tb) Iran

20. l\4lich ol rhe followng orgdiza_

o)

Alpine Glacier due to Global

chira

(cl Saudi Arabia (d) ribya

.ecentlv

define their inremational bomd dies on acco{nt of melting of rhe

be

(a)

(b) s0%

Which two counnies will have to re-

Thapar

Year 2008

4sok

Baiiistic Missile ticBl'l) (a) chlna

ic) larid zalaria rdl G. B. Marrin

5. iie

h

imlosed sanciions on, ror conduc; inithe rcs launch .f its rockeh ? (b) c!'ba (a) lran fcl North Korea (d) Liba 12. iaerodons 2 is the rnterconrinenral

United Nation's Pre$

Awa.d

lol;wins coutries awarded Caprta] Punishment to maximum nu1_

?

tense budqerrn rhe total defeise er the 8loba11y

lenditure incuded

(d) 60% t.l sso/o 11. wli.h .^nntu.lid rh.IIN

(c) Nirolana vashishth (dJ Preeta Binsal

ldl Papua New cuinea 19. Aecoidirs lo a recent.eDorlot An nest! lnrermridnal. which of rhe

10. Accodins m rhe above repon, what wrs rne Delcent shtre of UsAs de

la)

(b) Aniu Bhesav

3.

Deferse, accolding to a recent rc-

pon issled by Srockholn lntema

tal Naleeb Abd!l Razaaq (dl Miian Mohmmad

Which counry spends mdimum on

(b) Bolivia

27. Which courtry has ropped tte Global Ljsr o1160 developins cou! tries fi€rnrs liom dre ourilow ol

and Croaria as N,\TO s newest members, the roial membership of NATO has

huge amolnts ol mone! rhrorgh l

hcirchrrfels'

Arabia fbl Mcnco (d) china 24, with which country India has re

tul

the lield ofagrictlrure, toLrlsn and

29.

(b) spair (d) USA Which of tiese sraremefrs is/.re (c) UK

ain ol thc Major Econonlcs rotum on Inersl, and Clnnate The malr

1.

ro facilitare a candid dialogtrc

aDotr8 kcl deleloped and derloping courtrles, and help g€n€.ate the p olj tical

ie

adershi p a

nece$arr ro achiele

succe$tiLl ourcomc at lhe December UN clinar. .harge coDfere!.e in coperhdgen.

2. To adlan.e the €xplo..iion of

jojli venrlr€s tirat nrcrease dr sllply ol cleai erergy a'hjlc cuttiD8 greenholse Cls .orcrete initiariles aDd

{al

(a) 2s

Saudi

ccndy signed rhree asreements in

olly

i

36.

lc)

ne,rr,f.l llr€r

I ansllanr offlJrio L

(a).taFn (cl china

\.\

The organisatior for oDcrahor

kan

ib) Pahisrd

lvith wnich

counrry cltina

has

sisned a loan for oil dcal r.cendy?

Gl

rraq

{cl l,ibya

l\l|lch of

l.

(bl lran thcse stat€ments is/are

Ru$iat

has decided to end its decade long colntert.n'onsm oPdation in rh€ wa,{veaw soothc,n,€s,.n of Chechn_v(a)

2. Russia sra.ted irs

Chechan

operarion 20 years a8o.

(al Orlr

1

{b)

onir2

(c)

Province olPakisran,

2. 'lhe Pakistad covernnent

happywith this no!e. (a) onh r (b) only 2

is

nor

2. tran ias l isted rhat

the

luclcar tuel will be used orny lor g€n€mtins electriciry. bur the intemational communirv fea.s that ir could also'be ;sed ro

Lruild

(al only

nlci.ar sdrheads.

1

tb) Only2

which Ar;icaD counE has io shch,e Its oM Curcnct for one year, b€calse drere is nodring to support ta) {c)

zinlabh'. Alsena

ib) Bo$a'ana

(d) zambia The P.ine Minister ol , Abhisit vejjajn'a is hcirs sdff resistan.e

in rhe question abol'e is the foner president of: (ar clrne icl Venezuela (dl Japan The person

Thc nost prestisiors a{ard for ar chitecttr.e. the Pnrzker Prize, has

(c) K.J. sharponji

ldl Anil

lal

(c) Jcan

cladc \an

50. Which nanial art €r"€r and fi1m star has beel naned as coodwil Amba$ador for rhe Ldred Nations wodd He.lrh oryanzalion 0\rHOl ?

(dl

Jer

Damme

Lj

51. who has bccn dwa.d€d the Sir Jehangir M.dal lor the year 2008?

ldl v.N. Dhoot

(cl

Malaysia

(d) Thaiiard

42. uhich coultry is aiming ro crr its

10% Sulflr Dioxid. Emissiof bv

2070 ? (a) India

(b) us

4i}. Who has b€en recentl_v appointcd $e nervChiefolUnired Nationi D€-

2.

bre.l(awar. prorinces oIGeorSla Abldrazia and south oscti(a) N TO hns lrlasied tbepacrs as a breach of .drlieraccords.

Hel.n cladr tcl (im JoDs iL {dl lernard clorias Basintd who is the oltgoirs chielof Urjled Nations De!€lopmelt lroSram

r

44.

Iranhds rec€nrly olened irs lirst plant nn p.oducirg Duclear fuel.

lrlopDeDr Program (L;NDP)?

(b) only 2

seoriry forces dllilg his govemmeDt's battle againsi leftist Srenil by

1. Chira has sisned a deal lor delelopnis friendly reladons uith dre lolidcally volatile Norlh Westeh lrorrier

Rrssia has slsned a.joirtborder

(a) only

(d) France

lormer resideni, has been conlicted oI "dnres agalnst hrhaniqr and senrenced ro 2s y.af in pnsoD for his roie in killirss and kidlappinss

lvhidr ol drese siatemcnts is/a.e

1.

P.ot€ctior pafi iviih the iwo

Japan

Which of lhe follon'irs pesons, a

Econonic

oncblhrs icrreadq

(cl china

34. wliid1 of drese sLat.n.nts is/are

eco-

nomic sLoi{doan. which coht.y.e cendy reponed its fnst €ler Fo.eign Trade Deficit in the lasr 28 yea$? (a) china

Jrd De!e|.. nenr irtFh,;. (al LondoD (b) Parjs (c) Rolre (d) Brussels

Co

{bl sirsaporc {dl lDdia

(cl Kyrsvzstan (dl india

tcjThailand fdl.{nstralia 46. Anidst rhe.ilple effec$ oILhe

Cuba {c) Trinldad & Tobaso

the area alors ivirh Afghaisran?

taj

(a) New zealand (b) chile

ibl

.ece.d!

Which colnry h3s rec€ndr an nour.cd to .lore a ker us ajl base

I

(d) 28

The sth Summit of dre Anericas was held at Poit of spain. Porr of SFin is located in uhich couDtry ?

1. 30, in $'hich of thc follownrs couDries

The rew chiel of the UNDP is a foF mer P.ime MniisLer of which olthe

ib) 26

27

39. Whi.h of tlrese srarernenrs is//are

(bl onLv2

Aslai liist combined

(b) Laray EchoHawk

lvith the joinilg of Albania

t1])

{UNDP]?

The lamofls Econonht Raja chellalr'ah,

slo

eipned

.t.

recentLy,

head€d which ofth€ foLlowins com missioD in rhe early 1990s?

(:l Adninismtive Relom

(b) Lesal Relom CoDnission (cl Td Refom comn ttee idl lndustrial Refom connlssion The althor of Th€ Aspec$ of the Bladt Econonv in India'is: (a) Raja J. chellail'ah

54. Which of the follorling conniftees has submjued to the govemment, its re.onmerdations on 'ReducinS

l. Go!.rnmem lnrerlere!.c in rhe iducational l$dturions and Drovid ,.s

theni i{ith m ore Artono;v ial Flkcsh Nlohan Conxni cc

{bl (c)

Indrr hrs reL.nrr ir[td r.o r,.Lt. on< Fr.h n thP irclLl t Mcdru.e

conmiftee YashFl connfuree

ld) Patrdcr conniucc \l'iih $t!ch ol rhe follorvins coundy

66.

Defense

Rlssia

svste

!

hJ' rF.eied hhr ronsrSnn!nr ol

(dl

k) I(azalhstan (d) Australia 57. Which.ounha has reDla.ed rndii rti gain the top sDor i; rems of the nrmber ot' lmmljjrarjon E1paniates llvinsinrheUSA?

hat is rhe mne of rlrc

IndiaD

{a)

6a,

proposud

r.

be

70.

\ rhe !restnrA(orDe. cencrnl

lc) lahul

ot

(d) us

Ctrairnan ol

BnJ:rj

who tops rlre lisL ol rhe tuDcri.af CEOS

in te.ns olnrrirnum salaries

lC.r ibl Rayl.dni (.) Sa'iiayJhr {d) f.ikim P.rdiL 79. Nalre th€ lndiaD origjn (:EO ol rhe {dl Robefl

Ancncar relecod gianr N!orohla? {al iidira Noo!l

ldl sanjalJha ao. As per rh. es nares of Cornmr.nn

i

P.J. Narnli {dl c.B. Bhar.

icl

71. l4hn\rllrcp,!FNrup.nr sen \io ha\ bee, Lrn! r,ed !t! il se!,ol addsor ti, rhe Dr.siilefr .r ihF UDled Nations d.ne,nr As.hhn.

72.

Nleere

73.

(dl rarlRruhon

rid -foreisn

(dl l33rd 64. Who ls/was rhe first Indian

(b)

Rajlrsjtri

(d) shram sakn ol these srar.mefrs lch,F

Which

1. lhe Indian sfa.c Org.nisatio!

he

L

4%

th e

llardns oJ th;

gLU\\fr rale

ii,

.rF

,

r

'.

ni

rr(

{d) 4.4r1i

ol ftL,.leDi shatu FLILc\. rh,Lh oi dtr t!lLoNrf .,rn. lLb b€.o!,e l,Ld,r, h,rer i, "* s..r.n baDk, displ,dlq iclcj Brnlt rrd? Ial lNGVrd{€ ahl HsBa

42.

wake

{c) HDfc The number oiprnrre se.ror banl{s ope'arin8 il lndia arpres.nt is:

lbl21

tcl24, {d) 31 83. lLc rumheL of ForLrF brn[\.., rt ns r rdr.r.rt p !\;rf r" (.)

(bl2!

28

84. Whar

(dl 3r

is rhe perccnrrse of

Lonjr

T.ra lloDowinss ln rhe totdl lo. (a)

6sqj

lh) 72%

ldl8sr'.

Gl Pmmb lr'lukherjee

74.

s

\'Vho has authored'chalienses

SmreSy: Rerhinking Indja s Poljcy, released re.erdl bv \,rce Pr€sidcnr Halrid Ansa, i? (al shrshiTharoor

(bl sTth

lo

cruhm

{hl Bisrlajir r,.adha! (cl Hardeep Purl ldl A. ]l. M,nellt Who lras rcdrrlr leen appotnred ih€ new US Amba$adorto tfdirr

!

dirn Ecotrorn\

al. lD drc

IDdi, s Permancnr ReDrescnrad;; tic liN?

G) t i'n Roeme, {b) Ja.kTnnne.

rmo'nr or nrofeJ $r,ush ltar

shankd Daval sharna

CEO

ibl NarlJan Vathul

62, lvho is the rresert.hannie! of

kl

..d

Gl Naina Lal]{id1ai

lrl

lal srh

FISAT 2 h.s b.en desiqrcu bv dre Aerospacc comra!! ofi1'1,ich aorn

ol

{dl shambh! Shiva

Wlar is the.ankolhdia nD sl.L,l list ol160 developi.r coutri;s suf lennE nom rhe otrdlotr i,r truse

onb

77. !\]ro hrs tJ{en ovcr rhe rei{ chan nan ol Conlederdtbn olhdi!n ln

has rftenrry beer drpoirlrcd

(V (amath r.as r.ccntly appointed nie lon-€reclrllc .hrirDra! ol rhe

as

{al Rarikartshulda (b) s s Dela (cl AshokkBharnaSar (d) Nripendm Nlishra

2

76. lhc rervly eled.d N SSCOII isl (bl RiraD (anil

ICICI Bank LLd.1b.ls rhe orr,toil: non exea'Lilc drirman dr.

oilnilir

TRAI?

tlrl

lal sxril\4iLLal

(c) Nnupani sln kl) r,.J. Nayak

at

63.

Thuhridas

{a) clanda Kochhar {b) shilrha Sliah!

{bl slovakia (cl si!8alore (d) Alstralja 60, lvhatis rh. nane of drc ltali.D busl ne$ma who is dr. onil Nn'ivins acclsed in dreBoftrs patroffs rase? [a) ciann] Asnelli tb) ottaio Qratt@cchi

rer.

{b) RaSh! Nlenon lc) vir{:ndra \,1iLta tdJ -{nnrd Jadhav The recendl appoilr.d CMD otAn hdia has r€Flaced:

69. l\lho

(a) UsA

wlo

1L1pr^sD Lecr!.!l

\

th-" trIaragirs i)ire.ror

hLjlar Th. riJn is. the lnies.l 40l R;,ir.m.;i prrr'.r

61.

ann.I LLtj

3nLl

(b) Rashu Menon k) v. Thulasidas {dl E.(. Bharerbnrshan

(d) INS Vir 59. EiJcctne May 1,2009. a Connolled ldunlhed irL

v

rr.

LrcLn

{al vircndra Mirnl

{a) INs Madtrnr (bl INs Sary! (c) iNS sldr6han

lcn\nr PUn

rrs

RiSAT2 has an all lveallrel to rakc imaEes .r

cal]alilltv

{c) spain

Charopadhvay

Chrirnrrr

{bl !iir,in td) Japa!

Navys ftsr Patrol ve$et, lannctred

B. K.

67. \\hl

bL)

ol UrJni!m ore imporred la) F,arce {b) Rusia rnnre

58.

75,

{c) Madhusudatr shama sreen si{n!l

lclrre tJsAT.2

F: ll

(al vS. sanparh {irl Gu{ sasri

?

fton fiF NudrL sLfpher c ;Lr.

(al chlra

Ehcd;n

n.hed .r ,1,

s.

hl 1 onL (cl BoLh l and 2

loll.u'ing rh. appoirlrmcnt ol \evin chawla as tnc Chiel llccrion con. nissiotrer.llndia. rvho h,s |..n rn c06nissiorer .f lndia?

(biusA

56. lDdia, afr€r receiling

(a) spain (cl Esl pt

Doin.d rhe rhnd

lndia ,ecenrly $ruck lrs bigsesi evcr Deltnse Deal for drc prrchase has

(al

2.

?

Raja ch.llai,rah

ot llissilc

I

hhi.h I$urance C.nrpanl hai rc. .' ctntli l,urched 1ts dedit cxrd in In, , . .. (a)

Research

s!c.essfnlll

LIC

(bl CIc

l.) Ilrlrc sraldard

!suq!!' !_!l,e*e!{E

a6.

Swis teLecon maio.Voicelhas collaboraed Mrh which.f.ne f.ll.wing companies to lauch its Mobile

Seric

Phone

47.

in

l.di.? Ol Brla

(a) rata (c) Jai l,a}]lsni (d) Vid@@n

How rhere

Ddv lndian conDanies zrc n rhi Forbes ltr o? bD.2ooo

49,

(a) (b) (c) (d)

94. Wlich of the followins aie the public sedor undenal
1. Balmer rawrie md L(c)

!&T

99.

(c) Tcs (d) rech ManiDdra has been named the best Amer-

(cl

usA

so!$Aliica

O) Russia

(c) seciurities Ron back opdators id) securities Regulatory

e 4soci whi.h me ofthe folowiq ?

94. Paniciparory Noter (PNt

{a) Consoiidared rmd of hdia (b) Foreisn InstituLioMllnvestois (c) Unired Nations Derelopmert

(a) direct

td

ic) dtect

levied by the Central

td

levied by the Cenrral

td

levled by the State

(b) indired

[d) indirect tax levied by the Stare

96.

Basel

lI relates to which one of

following

conpotlr)

tlr

willims DiEa satrm 106. who hd won the AusFalie cldd (c) venus

(d)

Prix 2009 lonr1ula-1 race? (a) rewis Henillon

O) 1O7.

htemational stdddds for

Ol

safety in civil aviatton Mesues aSainst syber crimes

1

nce?

(c) Rubens B&ikelo (d) Jenson Btrtton

nme of the Fomula 1 rem oMed byVijay Mallla is:

1Oa. The

(c)

(orba

1O9.

(a) Mdk wargh O) Jo!ry snodes {c)

4. Or8anization fo.

Econonic cooperarion and Dev€loptuenr

select the conect

swer

lsing the

1 and 3 only (b) 2 and 4 orly (c) 1, 2 and 3 oily (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4

(a)

1o1. The overall tide at rhe Ambei Blindfold and RaDd crhess toumzmenr 2ooo h"c hJn w^n hu (a) viswdarlm Amild (b) \4adimir Kramnik

Open

rirLe

B.dminton ChmDL

otrship 2009? (a) v. Dij!

O) Tadeek Hidarat tc) Mohm1ned Hashin 1O3. Wllo has won the Women s sineles

ride ar Indian o.en B,dmin:nn

chMpionship 200i?

Mohmed smi

O) clenn Mcclath (cl shane wame (d) tuchdd Hedley

l11.Whom hd 'Wisden chosen the 'leadlng Cricketer of the Yed 2008,?

(al Virender Sehmg

Uz

(b) Dale steln (c) sachin Tendllta. (d) tucky Pontins Who has beer.hosen asrne c2nrnrn of inF re..nn!,nnn,'nrcd wr'(ncn

Drem

(cl t€von Aronian (dl cata Kmaski

ro2. wlo h6 wontheMen\ singles

who holds the world reco for mdimtrm nmber of catches h the

(d) Rallul Dravid 110. vvhich of the folowins Crickerins Legend5 has recendy beeo gNen € plac€ in ICC Hall of Ime?

Asian Development Bant Asia-PacificEcoDomic

(oEcDl

vijay lndia

(d) Unired tndia

Hirantrd 2. Koraptrt 4. Renutoot ABCD ABCD la)3 t 42 O)2413 (c) 3 41,2 ld)21 4 3 i.

atlndi

(d) JamoT lli ' who has won tie Malaysim crand Prix 2009 Fomula (a) Ni& Heidfeld

3.

1. 2-

F€1ipe Massa

(c) Jenson Bltton

Aluminiw comldy

?

(a)

**^,**rurl*t

O) serena winiams

(b) HTNDALCO (c) tndian

Op€n 2009?

(al victolia Azdenka

1oo.1ndia is a nember df which of the

(dl Australia

(al self Regdatory Organisations O) SmaI Revenue OperatoF

95.

List- I (Alminium (a) BArcO

List- (Lo.dtiott)

93. Tl'e acronln sRO, beins used in rhe capiEl mrrlet for vdious mdker paniciPants, stands for which one of

ared widr

Midi

Company

India Lt[c) Select the conect ffiwer lsing the code given below {a) l and 2 oily (b) 2 dd 3 onry {c) r dd 3only (dl 1, 2 dd 3 March d'e foilowing.

Mun€y

(d) Rafa€1 Nadal lO5, Of the followinS has on rhe tide at

(d) NArco

tb) J I Molgd (d) Bill cates

92. wirh which of r1le following counhies. EuroDean airdaft-naker Airbi,s las sjsied a deal for Tita (a)

(c) Andy

2. Dredging corporation oflndia 3. Edlcational Consultants of

NTPC

HdryFord StqeJobs

(b) Roser ledqer

Statistical

OrSaization

Relimce lndustries sBI

(b) cognizentTechnologies

(a) (c)

The C6$aI

Ericsson

open Tennis Chmpionsliip 2009? (a) Nol?k Djokovic

[c) P]min8 ComnissioD

oNGc

91, who

lO4. iqho has won the Sonv

Eco-

rhi

(d)

Yds

a

(a) DeDarfdent of Exoetrdirure (b) Narional $mpLe Suoey

Lecenriv bousht majonry stale in SaryamCompur

(a)

(c) Jin Ya

udenate drc country-wide

90. lvhici companyhas a

tdl Intemational sr.andards fo. 97. with refeace to Union covmment, which one of the fouowins

(a) 47

88.

(a) P. Hons

mesuing the adequacy of

comPanies of the wodd?

(b) 4s (c) 48 (d) 41 wodd's second biSgest Petloleum Company Euon Mobil belongs to: (a) UsA (b) Russia tc) venezuela (d) china which compary leads the tndid companies included id the rorbes list of top-2000 ompdies of the

(c) Measures agaist dtug abuse by

Test

fl;vd' tem?

ta) Riclq Ponting tb) Gnene snith [c) (evin Pietersen (d) M-s. Dhoni

t13.Who h$ been elected the P.esidenf of Nati6nzl Rifl e Associriion? (a) K.P.S. cill. O) Manavjeet sodhu (c) Di8vijay sinsl (d) Barjeet Sinsh sethi ll4.Where was the World Archeru Champio.ship 2009 held recently?' (a) Madrid

126. (d)

Ns

Delhi

1ls. wtom did india defeat in the finals ro lift tie Azlar shah c p 2009? (a)

Malaysia

(}) Pakjsta

(cl New ze.lMd (d) Ausftlia

116.wlo ws adiudsed lhe Man of the Toumment in the lecody concluded Azlan Shah Hockey tourna (a) Isnaes Tirkey (b) Prabhjot sinsh

{c) Sedeep singh {d) A4!n Halappa

1U. How mdy

rimes has india won ihe

Azian Shal cup? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) (d) 6 11a. wto won the tide at the US MasteF colJ toum;iment 2009? . (a) Ansela caberera (b) Tisei woods (c) Phil Mickelson (d) vijay sinsh 119. The lootball Club owned by Mittal, oMer ol the worldt biSgest

5

ti]ei

steel

compdt

is:

.

Resds

medah ;t 5y ISSF Shooting World cup, is: (a) Gasan Narans (b) Abhinav Bindra (c) Rajyavardhan singh Radrore (d) Vivek Toma. 121. Who has set a woild record in the

womens 50m breaststroke

sim

(d) Olivid zaleski 122. who is &e chief decutive of tnter nationai cricker coucil? (a) David Mo.san O) naroon l,orsat (c) sharad Pawar (d) Eiu Butt 123. whi(fr counny wotrld host the open-

ins ceremony of the 2011

iCC

?

(c)

Nemdja vidic

(d) Ryan cisss 12a. who has won the Japanese Grand Prix mororcycie Ece 2009? (a) JorSe lrrenzo (b) valemino Rosi (c) cdey stoner (d) Andrea Dovizioso

129.wto has won the chiflese crand Prix Fomula One car race 2009? (a) Sebasrian Vettel t1'l Jenson Button tc) Rubens Bmichello (d) Mdk webber 130. The name of the company that holds the excl'isive audio vbual riShts (in

India) to all the 59 natches of the se.ond edition ofthe IPI, is:

lfrka

124.The final of the 2011 Icc cricker world cup wil be played in which of the foilowinS coln$ies ? (b) Besladesh (a) lndia (c) (d) sri Lanka

Palbrd

125.lvho has wor this yeais Batuain

crdd Prii Fomula

(a) sebastid vettel

tb) Jenson Button

Jdno Trulli

(d) Klmi RaiHonen

One

(b) TI cydes

13a. How many coutries are membeN

of the N{cled supplies

Group (NSG) ? (a) 40 (b) 43 (c) (dl48 139. The headqlanere of the NsG is at: (b) vienna (a)

4s Bonn tc) London

(d) NewYork lzlo. who holds the Chat of ihe NSC lor the year 200a 09?

(a)

cd

race ?

Gem

y

(c) Ekta

chaldhei

(d) Ha6hiasdena

r42. Misilndia world

(a) Shreya Kishore

sajndi

(b) sonakhi

(c) Deeksha seth

fd) DimDlePatel

144. On wlai day

'

131. The cosdiest city, ac@lding to a re cent slobal suney condocted by ihe global human resolrce codsultancy

Mtrnbai (c) Moscow

ws

132. which of the followils

us

states

has recendy legalized cay Mar-

Producer-Di.e.tor

lile

of the

all

Aradhana, An!raas, Amanushelc, who died Le

rhe

'Eafh Houl. a

rcminder to Enviroment Presera(a) (c)

Md26 Me28

across the globe ?

(b)Matz7 (d) Ma129

r4s. Wlfch orsanjzation intioduced dE concept of'Earh (a) UNDP

UNICB!

(bl shanshai [d) NewYork

time greal films

2009 is:

(al rdishma Kamik (b) Niha.lka Nayat (c) lshita Saka (d) Pooja chop.a 143, Miss lndia Earih 2009 is:

lio4 obsercd

(a)

(bl usA

{d) c}ina 141, Miss India Unive6e 2009 isl (a) Pooja chopra O) shtq? Kshore

(a) Media Entertainer

Hou/?

o) uNEsco

(c) (dl r,4I\4F 146. Which of ihe folowing ountries re' cendy launched ,ts second NaviSa bonrl Sarellite to eqxip itself s id1 cPslike Navigational Systen? (a) t1,l Japan (d) china (c)

.

Israel cemany

147.'Galileo' is a Joint Navigation sys. rem of lhe .ations of which of L\e following region

?

(a) Euope

(d) south Anerica (d) Y6h Chopra

134.Ashrita Foieman, the

fist

t4a. person

to have 100 Guinness Records under his beh belonss to: (a) Jamaica (b) Husary ever

tcl runisia (d) Fr&ce 135. Dr-31 is rhe main Ballistic missile of which of rhe following countries ?

(b) India (c) Bdsladesh

(c)

(a) cristiano Ronaldo O) Rio Ferdined

r$.The

Ydia Yefinova

(d) sri

Iootball A$ociarion's Plale. ol the

O) california

(a) Jtria snit tb) Asliley Yelinek

Cricket world Cup

(a) UsA O) Britain (.1 spain (d) seibia 127.Who has been chosen ?rofessioDal

(c) M'rlti Screen Media (d) Nilnb1ls Television

(d) Real Madnd 12o. The onlv lndian sboote! to win two

(c)

David Fend belonSs

bwni.n.ounrtu?

(b) sET spons

[a) Manchester united (c) Qreensldk

Tmis playd

(a) china

(d) Russia 136. semh En8itre Yalroo has la!nched tr\ M.h'lc wehseni.F in rhe name ofYahoo Mobile'in wtrch of rhe fol (c) IsGel

lowitrg countries?

India (cl usA (al

(b) canada (d) Au ofthese

.

137.which bi.ycle mdufacturer lus

its pr im Bicyde, priced at Rs 2 hl
Scientists of which of lhese

mive6i-

ties recendy developed atr instru

meft

caDable

.arth quake up

of wamins of ro 30 serond

the

betoie

(a) Coltrmbia Unive6ity

O) Seoul Universiry (cl National Taiwd univeBiry (d) Oxford Universiry

l49.world's fiFt-ever floating power t<enention plant for large-scale

electricity generation has been buiit by: (a) (c)

lmnce usA

(b) Russia (d) Japd

15O.The scientist belonsins to N€w York's Alben Einstein Collese of Medicine. oh dperimental basis, fomulated

otic potent

a

combination of antibiL{tiedely Dru8

against

Resistant Tuberculosis. The fomu larion is a embination of: (a) clawlanate & Meiopenem (b) Claqn & Merolen (c) lanate & Ropenem (d) Rewlanate & Mercpenem l5l.According to a recent study, rhe danger of serlins thr@t @ncer inGases upto 8 times, if we co6ume beveraSes hotter

(a) 7s"

ihd: o) 80'

Nosse (cl Genini

(b) Rotrssotr

r53. which Deul h6

. (d)

Gause

rhe sciendsl of Cal

ifomias raurence BerHdy NaLional ribdiatory $ed to prepare a gla$ eEn toughq than Stainless Steel, which

cd be used in the manufac ofAeropl es ?

turinS (a) Nano Tirmitrm (b) Titeim & zirconitrm (o) Nano znconiln (dl Nano TitaDium & Znconium 1s4. sciemists belonging to which orSa nization slcestully slmhesized ar tificial Ribosomes fo. the first tllrle? (a) Columbia Univssity

O) stanford University

(c) Hatuard Medical School

lss.

(dl Califomia Uni@rsity The proces in whicL diseases like

Parkinson's arc tried to be con troled by giving light electdc shock in the spine is called: (a) Spinal Cord Renulation (b) Spinal Cord Pronulation (c) Brain sdmulation

(d) spinal cord stimldation 1s6. which of the noons of *re Jupiter is . dlected to lDuse morc water tlan (a)

Euopa

O) cuinenede

worldwide swey of ciries by global HR constdtancy Mer cer, which is the be$ Indian cjty in rdm ofbetter quality of iviDg? aa) NewDelhi (b) Mumbai (c) Bansalorc (d) chenmi

157. Accordiq to

lsa. A(ords8to

a

a

(c)

sanslns GE

O) rc (d) sony

l6o.wlich compey hs

Nokia t,G

gffi#rr"!**

AmenG's top 100 Fi

(d) Botb

162. What

a

and b

is the

nue

rus responsible

H5Ns (c) HlNs

U5.

comon vifor trine fltr ?

U6.

O) HsNl

(a) c

(d) H1N1

(a) Windows 2010 (bJ windom Globe (c) lYindows)ql

{b) Shym sharm

(c) Rajendra Pachauri (d) Sunita Nealaa 164. Eanh Day is celebmted on(a) 22 O) 22M^y (c) 22 (d) 22 J{ty

April Jme

UN orsan h6 reendy

launched the wo d DiSital Library? fA] UNICEF IO) UNESCO (c) td) wMo 156.lvho is rhe presenr Direcror ceneral

FAo

ofuNEsco?

(a) Haruhiko Kuroda

Rotterdon

(d) (oichib Matlur.a 167. wrlut was the l'me of dr joint m' val erelcLe l'eld recddy by rhe tuvies of US and 11 other countries at llorida s Atlantic coast? {a) Aqua 2OO9

(b) uNrTAs Gold (c) Minimum Risk (d) Malabar 2009 164. What nde has been given to the rc @dy discovered ligXtest exoplanet? (a) cliese s81b

{b) Gliese s81c {c) Gliese 582 d (d) Gliese s81e 169. Europed sotrthem obse atory ra Silla is situated in which corntry?

(b) chne . (d) usA 170. G.enoble Obsemtorr is situated in (c)

Jmai.a

ta)

Irdae

(bl U(

(c) UsA td) cdada 171. which news paper/magazine

has won fire Pulilzer awads this year? (a) NYTimes [b) lasVesas Sun (c) Miami Herald td) Times

u2. when were lhe

Pulitzer Almds

sivcn away for the fjrst time? (a) (b) 1910 (d) 1922 lc) 1917 Who has authored the 'Better lndia,

1906

U3.

(b) N R Ndalana Murhy [c) Neda Ni]e]ai

U4.

\44ich co ntry is the largest pro ducer of dimoDds? (a) BotsMna (b) cha,a (c) sorthAfrica (d) canbia Rafale Fishter Jets belongs to which

dows OperariM Svsrem beins de sisned bY N4 r@soft E:

?

(c) David

coeva

(d) viema

(d) usA 177. The nane of the new veNion Win

Pdsnjd

165. Which

London

O) Iiary

Ministels Special Enrcy for climare Change

(c)

of the

163. which of these i! the Indian ?rime

developed

(b) Motdrola (d) I(DDI

?

(al Washinston (b)

(b) Raj Bhatia

world's first solar powered mobile (a) (c)

is 6mong

nancElMvisors

LatesrwoLldwjde suF

vey of cities by slobal HR .ons!] tancy Mercer, which is the besl .ity in rhe world in tems of beter qual ity ol livins? (a) Viema O) Zurich (c) censa id) vancouver 1s9. Wiich company has dseloped an optical disc lhat @ store 500 CB (a)

cds

ial

(cl 6s' (d) 40' 152. The name of the European satellite recently LaDcied to leep a watch on rhe movement of Fafths Tecroni. plate!, is: (a)

161. which of the following lndo-Ameri-

{d) Kotek Manindra where was ihe UN Racisn Sumnit

t7a.

The world Digital ribrary ladahed IINESCO is the brainchild ofl (a) James Billington (bl James child

bt

(c) William w@dstock

(d) carole Hurer 179. who among the following has been

the captain of the lndian tean ii Cricket Test Matches for the naximum number oftimes?

(a) smil Gavska Ol Mmsur A! (hm Paraudi

Gms y MohMad Azhmddin 1ao.wltch o.e of the followins cities has been the voue of the Asian (c) sauav

fd)

cmes for

the

mdinum

fiom ihe yed 20061 times

(a) Delhi (c) rol
ntrmber of

19s 1 to the

(b)

ye&

Bdskok

(d) Beijing

1a1. Sciotists ofwhich countr

veloped

a hishly efdcient plas eI dEr cd mimic

tic.based power

the photo'photovoltaic activiries of (a) south Korea (b) Japan

1a2. ScienGts of which nation have suc cesstuIy prcduced rhe tust sd

.lon.d mmel 6f (a) china (c)

Esr"t

tne world?

ib) uAr (d) Brazil

1a3.The bollwood star of the yester yeds, leroze Khan died of cance. re@ndy. wlrich is the lasr film in which he appeaied in? (a)

Yalsaar

(b) Deewana

(d) 4aar. Ishq aur Mohabbar

144. which one of the following pairs is nor corecdy marched ?

well - knoan coflpdy : Major Area of work (a) Mobe Slstems

tndia

:

softmre

: comuni@tion technoloSy (c)cedlact: Powdgdemrion (d) suthite: Export of spices O) sasken '

145. who among the folowinS is nor a Dada saheb Phal&e awardee

(a)

sh'an

Beneszl

O) Adoor Gopabrcishnd

?

:..:.:E*it!tr]1j., Statement

(cl Mrinat sen

WTO

eswer

191, Statdent 1:

Statdent

d '2'

1: Albdia and crcatia

have rcined

lhe Nonh Addtic

TrearybrsaoLzarion tNATO].

stat€rnent 2: Thishs raised toral menbdshi! countofNATO ro 28

1n7-st3temeni 1: TNESCO in associa_

rion with 32 Darmd inttitutions hd laDnched a n ;nl ine woLld Disita I Li

Stateme.t 2: Tne wodd Library will be avarlable in sewn core lan suages

-

Irench, 1

Arabic Ctsese, Enslish,

Po.tuguese. Rlssran and

rlr. sLftnent 1: Navies {ron

the Us and 11 orher @untries recenrlv took Darr in a Mo week war eretcises'

Llled arMTAs Gold off llorida

s

Statement 2: UNITAS Cold is in ih soth vea and is the uS NalCs longesr-ri n n ins YedlY etercise

las. Statef,ent 1: Sdentists receruy discovered Gliese 581 e, the liShtest

eroDleetknoM

so

far.

Staiemdt 2: The PlanerorbE

19o,

ihe

its

HSBC

hs

siatedent 2: St{art Dalis, cur_ reltlv cEO of HSBC Battr( Australia r.ini;ed. has become CEO of the

197, Statemedt 1: Megha_Tropiqles, the most .dvmced dd complex

w

General

H;,d of HSBClndia.

HsBc B;nk in lndia-

192. Statement

s

1: hrael has recndy the ldse$ sulPlier ol

emerqed defense soods to India

statdant

2: Inda

has

inlcd

an_

oLkr deal with I$aeI, mlued at 240

milion

dol1ars, for the mmufacture

of biomolecular charse slsters to

d munition for alti1lery r 03- iratement 1: Britar ended rG mlrts oDdatjon in lraq on APr l0 be used

state;eint 2:

The pulloljt ends

a

si\ ve& deoloment.hMpioned bY for;e. Prine'Minjster Tonl Blair,

who defied DoPUla opposition bY sendirs 46,obo u]( soldiers ro heIP

the US ousr

drc@tor Saddam

r 94. Statemert 1: lsmel has s'lcce$ tully rested its ami nissile svstem

Siatemdt 2: The Adow Project is berns doeloPed bY lsGel AerosPac ln.l',(ries rtd. ard Chidso baied Boeing co. at a cost of mor€ &an

$ 1

bi ion. l9s. Staternst

1: Accordingro a 1096 IM! esiimate. monev laundeLed an

nually amouts to 6 9ol. of world

Statem;t 1: The world Trade Oreanizadon IWIOI n.s d nounced de re_appoinrnent or par..l l,.mv d its Drecto._Generdl

Staternent 2: Neither the Unired

t.m.

iar ia have appmached lndia for ine sxDDlv of Ele.tronic votins Ma

aP

ho$ srar dose to rhe consreuabon

ror a secon,l +'Year

l96.Statemed 1: sk colnaies l]delv Mauntius, Malaysia, Slnga .^." Iilmibii s.rth Aftica and Sr'

.hinei6be used in the elections. statement 2: rrior to r,\is, tndia

ilrolD

sraremeff'2'b conecr md

145.

johing

l,al Kid\vai as the Manaser d Co6

Doidred Narna

4

'1'

Beroie

la my wd chief ne

ir:aP c6nmissioner.

ta) if o! ystatenent'1 is corect. (b) if onlY staFment'2 is.orect, r.i il neither statenent '1' nor (dl if both th€ statements

2:

t Geneva,

sotiator for ElroPe a\ EuroPean

Directios : In each of rhe follow ins cuestions, markea'l dd '2 de 8iven. cor_ srder the statensts fttully dd give yol1r

a

.

has already suPPlied the EVMS to Nepal and Bhutan.

iroDicdl wearher and climate nooi_

ror;s

sarell ires, has been schedu led

16rlaunch around 2000 10 statem€nt 2: Megha Tropiques is

a ioinr Proied of

ISRO and lhe

Er;nch Space agency-cNES 19a. Shtem€nt r: The health ministiy of one aPex has cleared sems *are of-the alt Toba(o Research r:h wnichw l the frstot $ kind in

!!

statement 2: Tle rerearch will be

set

11P

lab

Chandigeh Ambedlar UnivtF

at PGl,

199. Statement r: siw. Delhi s second state udveFtY

uiii $,rr

tunclioniis from Aux!\t

ihis ved.

Established in JulY 2ooa the umversirv would be Ln-

staiem€nt 2: dras

e! iff uivebri dedicaied rnd

.l,K'verv

to

2oo. Statement

soLlai sciences

1: A

staggering 35

ameri.in banl6 iave been shui rlom in le$ thd lotrr monihs this

!ei,

narchinc dre lotal number nf fit rhe whole of2008

l3nk frilures

statemeat 2: since 2000. a rotal 6f 77 banls have failed in tbe Us-

GDP.

N:nons nor rhe OECDr FATF

(Ii

nancial Adion Task !o.ce) have laid .loM md oublithed afti money lau nderDs sirdard s.

tt*-,,,"LrT#g