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 IC : PTpnrgk01 (1) of (95) Regd. Office: Indore PT centres spread across India ~ Established 1993 Our motto “ Kar Ke Dikhayenge ” is delivered through our unique Technology Driven Process Engine (TDpro engine). Email: pthq@PTeducation. com Web: www.PTeducation.c om    Ó        P       T        E       d      u      c      a       t       i      o      n   ,       A        l        l      r        i      g        h       t      s      r      e      s      e      r      v      e        d   . De  ar PTzen, This is the latest revised 2012-13 edition of the Institute Specific GK-CA required for the following exams : XAT, CMAT, MAT, TISS, IRMA, MANAGE, SNAP, IIFT etc. The booklet is made up of various sections, numbered properly, and each section has focussed content relevant to the concerned examination. We wish you the best for a great preparation ahead. Kar ke dikhayenge! Course Director PTHQ. INSTITUTE SPECIFIC GK BOOK 2012-13

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    Regd.Office:IndorePTcentresspreadacrossIndia~Established1993

    OurmottoKarKeDikhayengeisdeliveredthroughouruniqueTechnologyDrivenProcessEngine(TDproengine).Email:[email protected] Web:www.PTeducation.com

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    Dear PTzen,

    Thisisthelatestrevised201213editionoftheInstituteSpecificGKCArequiredforthefollowingexams:

    XAT, CMAT, MAT, TISS, IRMA, MANAGE, SNAP, IIFT etc.

    Thebooklet ismadeupofvarioussections,numberedproperly,andeachsectionhasfocussedcontentrelevanttotheconcernedexamination.

    Wewishyouthebestforagreatpreparationahead.

    Karkedikhayenge!

    Course DirectorPTHQ.

    INSTITUTE SPECIFIC GK BOOK 201213

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    TOPIC PAGENo.

    CONTENTS

    SpecialGKInputs.................................................................................. 395

    Management Admission Test .................................................................................... 3

    Symbiosis National Aptitude Test............................................................................ 2 1

    IRMA and MANAGE.................................................................................................... 4 0

    Indian Institute of Foreign Trade............................................................................ 6 0

    TISS............................................................................................................................ 8 0

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    ~ MAT ~ SPECIAL GK INPUTS

    DearStudents,

    The section of General Awareness in MAT focuses on a wide range oftopicscurrent affairs, history, geography, appointments, awards,business, corporate, economy, sports,etc.Fromlast45yearsexactly40questionshave beenasked in this section.It coversalmostallareasofgeneralknowledgewithvaryingdifficultylevels.

    RecommendedReadingandPractice :

    1. AlltestsintheGKCABuilderinsidethePTSRC

    2. Previous12issuesofPrepTalk

    3. Samplequestionsforyourreferencestartingfromthenextpage

    4. PenguinYearBook2011/2012

    Ifyouhaveanyqueries,[email protected]

    Best Wishes !

    J

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    DIRECTIONS:Forthefollowingquestions,fouroptionsaregiven.Choosethecorrectoption.

    1. IREDA (Indian Renewable Energy Development AgencyLtd.),anindependentPublicSectorUndertaking(PSU),wasestablishedin(1) 1988 (2) 1985(3) 1987 (4) 1986

    2. SSSNIRE (Sardar Swaran Singh National Inst itute ofRenewable Energy), working in bioenergy, biofuel,syntheticfueletc.,islocatedat(1) Mumbai(2) WadalaKalan,Kapurthala(Punjab)(3) Bangalore(4) Dehradun

    3. The Solar EvapoCooking System (SECS) for controllingexcretionofCO2inatmosphereandtosaveLPGamountduringfoodcookingfor20000peopledailyinShriSaiBabaInstituteNyas,Shirdi(Maharashtra)wasestablishedin(1) June2012 (2) June2009(3) June2011 (4) June2010

    4. Who markets Nutralite, a tablespread, as a healthieralternativetobutter?(1) GSK (2) RuchiSoya(3) Cipla (4) ZydusCadila

    5. FilmmakerMrinalSenisawinnerofwhichofthefollowinghonours?I . LifetimeAchievementAwardatOsian'sCinefestII. PadmaBhushanIII. DadasahebPhalkeAward(1) IandIIonly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) I,IIandIII

    6. Whichofthefollowingfilmswasgiventheawardof"theBestMotionPictureoftheYear"byOscarFoundation?(1) TherewillbeBlood(2) NocountryforOldMen(3) Peter&theWolf(4) Noneofthese

    7. Whichofthefollowingcompanies/commissionsofIndianOriginsignedapactforobtainingoilblocksinLibya?(1) ReliancePetroleum(2) OilIndiaLtd.(3) Oil&NaturalGasCorporation(4) HindustanPetroleumCorporationLimited

    8. WhichofthefollowingcompaniesofIndianOriginhasbecomethefirstIndianCompanytolaunchfinancialservicestoretailinvestorsinChina?(1) BajajFinance(2) SBICapitalMarkets(3) RelianceAnilDhirubhaiAmbaniGroup(4) TataFinance

    9. TataMotorshassignedalongtermpartnershipagreementwithwhichofthefollowingautocompanies?(1) FordMotorCompany(2) MarutiSuzuki(3) ToyotaMotorCorporation(4) MercedesBenz

    10. Whendid the formal ceremony "Casingof Colours" takeplace,markingthewithdrawaloftheUSforcesfromIraq?(1) December2011 (2) October2011(3) November2011 (4) January2012

    11. Whichstategovernmenthaspromulgatedanordinanceunderwhich any uncalled for attack on a doctor or amedicalinstitutioninthestatewillhenceforthattractimprisonmentofthreeto10years?(1) Haryana (2) Kerala(3) TamilNadu (4) MadhyaPradesh

    12. ThereclusiveNorthKoreanleaderKimJongil,whodiedin2011,ruledhiscountryfor(1) 17years (2) 10years(3) 12years (4) 15years

    13. TheMhosscaleisusedtodetermine.....ofsubstances.(1) Ductility (2) Electricalconductivity(3) Density (4) Hardness

    14. Whichcompany'slogocarriesthebaseline"BetterSoundthroughResearch"?(1) Onkyo (2) Sony(3) Bose (4) Bang&Olufsen

    15. WhoinventedtheWorldWideWebin1989?(1) TimBernersLee (2) KenThompson(3) BillGates (4) DougEnglebart

    16. 'YourVision,Our Future' is thebaselineofwhichof thefollowingbrands?(1) Olympus (2) Zeiss(3) Bausch&Lomb (4) Luxotica

    17. FootandMouthdiseaseincattle,anepidemicinsomepartsoftheworld,iscausedby(1) Bacteria (2) Fungus(3) Protozoan (4) Virus

    18. OctaneNumberisusedtodeterminethe(1) Qualityofdrinkingwater(2) Purityofgold(3) Qualityofgasoline(4) Purityofmilk

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    19. WhatwasnamedastheSilverGhost?(1) The Ford car that was launched just after the

    legendaryModelT.(2) ThefirstprototypeoftheMercedes.(3) ThefirstmodeloftheHarleyDavidsonbike.(4) ThefirstRollsRoycecar.

    20. WhichGermantownservedasthebirthplaceoftwosportsgiantsPumaandAdidas?(1) Stuttgart (2) Bochum(3) Herzogenaurach (4) Bayreuth

    21. WhichofthefollowingownedParamountPictureswhenitproducedthemultipleOscarwinningfilmGandhi,in1982?(1) Bertelsmann (2) Sony(3) GE (4) TimeWarner

    22. WhichofthefollowingcarswasoriginallyadaptedfromtheMorrisOxford,a1950Britishmodel?(1) TheAmbassador (2) ThePremierPadmini(3) TheStandardGazelle (4) TheContessa

    23. WhatistheonlyitemofIndianoriginthatcanbeseenattheMetropolitanMuseumofModernArt?(1) TheAjantaMillenniumClock(2) Bajaj'sChetakScooter(3) TheHawkinsFuturaPressureCooker(4) TheCharaghDinShirt

    24. Bleachisausefulhouseholdchemicaloftenreferredtoas"chlorinebleach".Whatisthemaincomponentofhouseholdbleach?(1) Sodiumchloride (2) Sodiumhypochlorite(3) Sodiumhydrochloride (4) Sodiumhydroxide

    25. IgorSikorskyisfamousforinventingthe(1) Helicopter (2) Handglider(3) Hovercraft (4) Rocketlauncher

    26. WhoisthenewnonUSowneroftheiconicChryslerBuildinginNewYork?(1) KuwaitInvestmentAuthority(2) ChinaInvestmentCorporation(3) AbuDhabiInvestmentCompany(4) DubaiInternationalFinancialCentre

    27. Totalfattymatter(TFM)isaparameterusedtojudgethequalityofwhichproduct?(1) Hairdye (2) Skincream(3) Soap (4) Shampoo

    28. Stardust,SocietyandHealtharepopularmagazinesinIndiapublishedbywhichmediagroup?(1) MagnaGroup (2) MediaTransAsiaGroup(3) CondeNastGroup (4) Bennett&Coleman

    29. WhatwaspreviouslyashoedistributioncompanythatwentbythenameBlueRibbonSportsCompany?(1) Puma (2) Nike(3) Asics (4) Reebok

    30. Whodiscoveredthecirculationofblood?(1) WilliamHarvey (2) LouisPasteur(3) HargobindKhorana (4) EdwardJenner

    31. ItwasfirstlaunchedintheUSastheSoundabout.Bywhatnamedoweknowthisproduct?(1) PhilipsCompactDisc (2) BoseSpeakers(3) SonyWalkman (4) MarconiRadio

    32. TheAmericancounterpartofSEBIis(1) SecuritiesandExchangeBoardofUSA(2) AmericanSecuritiesandExchangeCouncil(3) SecuritiesandExchangeCouncil(SEC)(4) NASDAQ

    33. WhichBritishinstitutionbeganatacoffeehouseknownasJonathan's?(1) PrudentialInsuranceCompany(2) Lloyd'sofLondon(3) TheLondonStockExchange(4) TheLondonMetalExchange

    34. Whatis theNativeStockandBrokersAssociationbetterknownastoday?(1) TheBombayStockExchange(2) TheCalcuttaStockExchange(3) TheNewYorkStockExchange(4) TheNationalStockExchange

    35. WhichwasthefirstpublicsectorundertakingtogetlistedontheBSE?(1) MarutiUdyogLtd(2) SteelAuthorityofIndiaLtd.(3) NationalAluminiumCo.(4) HindustanPetroleum

    36. WhichindustrialistalongwithformerPresidentA.P.J.AbdulKalamwasconferredwithanhonorarydegreeofDoctorofScience(HonorisCausa)bytheAligarhMuslimUniversity?(1) AzimPremji (2) ShivNadar(3) BRamalingaRaju (4) SwrajPaul

    37. WhowaspresentedthegovernmentofIndia's"OneTimeAwardforLifeTimeAchievement"incommemorationofthe60thanniversaryofIndia'sIndependence?(1) ShyamBenegal (2) MrinalSen(3) GirishKarnad (4) TapanSinha

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    38. India is coproducing the surfacetoair missiles (SAM)termedMaitri(Friendship)withwhichcountry?(1) France (2) UK(3) Russia (4) Israel

    39. UKbasedfirmMillwardBrownOptimorisfamousforitsannualrankingofwhichofthefollowing?(1) World'stopbrands(2) World'stopattorneysinlegalservices(3) World'stopManagementcolleges(4) World'shighestearningsportspersons

    40. For which IPL team has Aditya Birla Nuvo created anexclusiveformalwearlinePeterEnglandElite?(1) KolkataKnightRaiders(2) ChennaiSuperKings(3) MumbaiIndians(4) RoyalBangaloreChallengers

    41. Amongst the following countries, which is the first towithdrawfromKyotoProtocol?(1) Canada (2) Cuba(3) Mexico (4) Australia

    42. WhichofthefollowingisnotaGreenhousegas?(1) Carbondioxide (2) Methane(3) Nitrousoxide (4) Ozone

    43. WhichUS companyownstheartificial sweetenerbrandsEqualandCanderel?(1) AlbertoCulver (2) Merisant(3) McNeil (4) MidasInternational

    44. Wherewastheoilindustrynationalisedin1971?(1) Russia (2) Iraq(3) Venezuela (4) UAE

    45. 'Sal'isatypeof(1) Evergreentree (2) Mangrove(3) Deciduoustree (4) Coniferoustree

    46. ThewifeofwhichindustrialististheeditorofthemagazineVerve?(1) NandanNilekani (2) AnandMahindra(3) NusliWadia (4) MukeshAmbani

    47. KitplyIndustriesLtd(KIL)belongstowhichcorporategroup?(1) B.K.BirlaGroup (2) R.P.GoenkaGroup(3) A.V.BirlaGroup (4) S.P.GoenkaGroup

    48. "HumanEnergy"isthepunchlineofwhichenergygiant?(1) ChevronTexaco (2) ExxonMobil(3) B.P.Amoco (4) RoyalDutchShell

    49. 'Lifeisoneincrediblejourney'isthebaselineoF(1) Travel&Livingchannel(2) OutlookTravellermagazine(3) DiscoveryChannel(4) NationalGeographicMagazine

    50. Which country testfired the Shahab3 missile that hassufficientrangetohitIsraelicities?(1) Iran (2) Pakistan(3) UAE (4) Kuwait

    51. HiscoxGroupofLondoncontrolsover 60percent of theworld'sbusinessinwhichtypeofinsurance?(1) Sportsinjuries(2) Divorcesettlements(3) Kidnapandransominsurancepolicy(4) Insuranceofsatellites

    52. Mark out the correct statement/statements from thefollowing?I . AmericasignedanagreementwiththeCzechRepublic

    thatwillbaseatrackingradarsystemintheEuropeancountry.

    II. The 'International Criminal Court' indicted LibyanPresident Gaddafi accusing himof war crimes andgenocide.

    III. RussiaandChinavetoedaproposalbyAmericaandBritain in theUNSecurityCouncilthatwouldhaveimposedanarmsembargoonZimbabweandputtravelandfinancialcurbsonPresidentRobertMugabe.

    (1) IandIIonly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) IIonly

    53. Mark out the correct combinations of places that wereincluded in the UNESCO'sWorldHeritage List and theirlocations?I . PreahViheartempleCambodiaII. MelakaandGeorgeTownMalaysiaIII. KukEarlyAgriculturalSitePapuaNewGuinea(1) IandIIonly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) I,IIandIII

    54. WherewasawaxstatueofAdolfHitlerintroducedinMadameTussauds'waxmuseum?(1) Munich (2) Berlin(3) Hamburg (4) Bonn

    55. MarkoutthecorrectstatementaboutOrangeBroadbandPrizeforFiction?I . RoseTremainhaswonthe30,000prizeII. TheawardisgivenonlytowomenwritersIII. Thewinnerwonforthenovel'Amsterdam'(1) IandIIonly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) I,IIandIII

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    56. "It'sthe.....way"istheservicemarkofwhichhospitalitycompany?(1) Marriott (2) Hilton(3) Ramada (4) Hyatt

    57. BiologicalOxygenDemand(BOD)isastandardcriterionfor(1) Measuringoxygenlevelsinanimals(2) Computingoxygenlevelsinforestecosystems(3) Estimatingpollutionlevelsinaquaticsystems(4) Measuringoxygenlevelsinblood

    58. WhichwatchcompanyhastiedupwiththeWorldWildlifeFund(WWFIndia)tospreadawarenessaboutsomeofthemostendangeredspeciesinIndiathroughacollectionofuniquelydesignedwatches?(1) Omega (2) Swatch(3) Timex (4) Titan

    59. WhichmovieproducerwashonouredwiththeprestigiousOfficierdelaLegiond'Honneur(Officerof theLegionofHonour)bytheFrenchgovernment inrecognitionofhiscontributiontoIndiancinemain2008?(1) YashChopra (2) Priyadarshan(3) GovindNihlani (4) AdoorGopalakrishnan

    60. Thesmallestsizeofacellwhichcanbeseenwithunaidedeyeis(1) 100microns (2) 1000microns(3) 1micron (4) 10microns

    61. PearsonPlcofUKownsallofthefollowingpublications/publishingcompanies,except.....(1) FinancialTimes (2) TheEconomist(3) TheTimes (4) Penguin

    62. Whatistheword'pixel'shortfor?(1) Pictureexcel (2) EdwardPixelli(3) Pictureelement (4) Pixelisedpoint

    63. WhichactresswasLuxsoap's firstbrand ambassador inIndia?(1) Madhubala (2) DevikaRani(3) LeelaChitnis (4) Rekha

    64. TheBeigeBookSurveyisperiodicallypublishedbythe.....(1) TheReserveBankofIndia(2) TheBankofEngland(3) TheEuropeanCentralBank(4) TheFederalReserve

    65. WhichPCcomponentwasinventedbyDouglasEnglebart?(1) Harddisc (2) Processor(3) Monitor (4) Mouse

    66.Whatisdryice?(1) Liquidnitrogen (2) Waterice(3) Solidcarbondioxide (4) Frozenethanol

    67. Whichofthefollowingdiscoveriesinelectronicscamefirst?(1) Vacuumtubes (2) Transistor(3) Microprocessor (4) Nanotechnology

    68.Whichbrandhas launched theBouncerangeofshoes inIndia?(1) Nike (2) Bata(3) Adidas (4) Puma

    69.IanWilmutisascientistfamousfor(1) Creatingthefirsttesttubebaby(2) FindingacureforParkinsondisease(3) Creatingthefirstclonedsheep(4) Inventingthebirthcontrolpill

    70.'GlobalDevelopmentFinance'isanannualreportpublishedby the .....(1) AsianDevelopmentBank(2) InternationalMonetaryFund(3) WTO(4) WorldBank

    71.WhichcementcompanywontheGoldenPeacockawardsetupbytheUKbasedWorldEnvironmentFoundationforecoinnovation?Thecompanyusedwasteasasubstituteforhydrocarbon fuels at five of its11 cementplants in thecountry.(1) ACC (2) GujaratAmbuja(3) UltraTech (4) IndiaCements

    72."OurEarth,OurTomorrow"isabaselineofwhichofthese?(1) Thermax (2) Greenpeace(3) Discovery (4) Ricoh

    73. Which corporate group is foraying into the fastmovingconsumergoods(FMCG)segmentwithitsskincarebrand'Kara'(meaningpure),homecarebrand'Prim'andbabycarebrand'Puretta'?(1) SKumars'Group (2) VideoconGroup(3) AdityaBirlaGroup (4) RelianceIndustries

    74.WhowaspresentedwiththeprestigiousUnitedNationsPublicService Award in New York for conceptual is ing andimplementingauniqueprogrammeofcommunitisationofpublicinstitutionsandservicesinNagalandduring200204?(1) ArvindKejriwal (2) NarendarNathVohra(3) S.K.Sinha (4) R.S.Pandey

    75.'LaalJuto'(RedShoes),ashortfilmbytheSatyajitRayFilmandTelevisionInstitute, receivedtheawardfor thebestcreativeideaatthe11th.....InternationalFilmFestival.(1) Berlin (2) Seoul(3) London (4) Shanghai

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    76. WhichIronandSteelPlantiscalled'RuhrofIndia?(1) Rourkela (2) Durgapur(3) Bhilai (4) Jamshedpur

    77. DuncanPassageliesbetween(1) SouthAndamanandLittleAndaman(2) AndamanandNicobarIslands(3) LittleAndamanandNicobar(4) AmindiviandLakshadweepIslands

    78. JesseOwensworethisbrandofshoestothe1936Olympicsandwonfourgoldmedals.Namethebrand.(1) Adidas (2) Nike(3) Reebok (4) Puma

    79. WhichboardgamewascreatedbyAlfredButtsin1930's?(1) Scrabble (2) Lotto(3) Lego (4) Monopoly

    80. ChittaranjaninWestBengaliswellknownforits(1) IronandSteelIndustries(2) LocomotiveWorks(3) CementFactory(4) FertilizerPlant

    81. Atmosphereisessentialfor(1) Winds (2) Cloudformation(3) Weatherphenomena (4) Allofthese

    82. Vinegarcontains,....percentaceticacid.(1) 10 (2) 20(3) 15 (4) 5

    83. KetanParekhandHitenDalalweresentencedtooneyearofrigorousimprisonmentin2008bytheBombayHighCourtfortheircomplicityin.....of1992.(1) Foodsupply(2) Stockmarketscam(3) Exportimportscam(4) Weaponspurchasescam

    84. PromotersofwhichcompanyaretheownersofthefinancialservicesfirmReligareEnterprises?(1) CeatTyres(2) Ranbaxy(3) RelianceIndustriesLtd(4) RPGGroup

    85. Which one of the following plants belongs to familyAnacardiaceae?(1) Papaya (2) Orange(3) Cashewnut (4) Walnut

    86. InIndia,postharvestlossesoffruitandvegetableis...percentofthetotalproduction.(1) 1520 (2) 5050(3) 4045 (4) 2530

    87. WhichautomobilecompanywasfoundedbyMauriceWilksandhisbrotherSpencerWilksin1947?(1) AstonMartin (2) Jaguar(3) LandRover (4) RollsRoyce

    88. For providing inputs like quality seeds, ferti lizers andpesticides, the agency present at the Village PanchayatSamitiLevelis(1) NationalisedBanks (2) CooperativeSociety(3) InsuranceCompanies (4) NABARD

    89. Wheredothefemalemangoleafhopperslaytheireggs?(1) Insidethetissueofleafmargin(2) Onthedorsalsurfaceofleaves(3) Ontheventralsurfaceofleaves(4) Insidethemidribofleaves

    90. Pinkbollwormisapestof(1) Gram (2) Okra(3) Mustard (4) Cotton(5) Fenugreek

    91. Theworld'sfirstelectricshaverbrand,itwasacquiredbyGillettein1967.Nameit.(1) Braun (2) Magnavoc(3) Veltron (4) Excel

    92. Oneoftheleadingwatchmakersintheworld,itisthecompanythatcreatedtheoriginalMickeyMousewatchforDisneyin1914.Namethisbrand.(1) Seiko (2) Swatch(3) Casio (4) Timex

    93. InAugust1995,TheTimesofLondonprinteditsfirstfullysponsorededitioninits307yearhistory.Thesponsorboughtallthe1.5millioncopiesofthenewspaperanddistributeditfreealongwithanadvertisingsupplement.Whowasthesponsor?(1) RollsRoyce (2) Boeing(3) Microsoft (4) IBM

    94. ThiscompanynamedsomeofitsbrandsPhoenixandChicago,afterthecitiesonthehighwayroute66intheUS,whichconnectstheEastCoasttoLosAngeles.Namethecompany.(1) LeeJeans (2) Levi'sJeans(3) Wrangler (4) Reebok

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    95. WhichwasthefirstcommercialsymboltobedisplayedatthefamousMadameTussaudsmuseum?(1) AirIndiaMaharaja(2) TheCokeBottle(3) ThePlayboyBunny(4) TheSingaporeAirlinesGirl

    96. Thetrendofsponsoredprogrammesstartedinthe1960swithaprogrammeonAllIndiaRadio.Whatwasit?(1) BinacaGeetMala(2) SaridonKeSaathi(3) LifebuoyFilmiJharokha(4) LuxSangeetSargam

    97. Kit Kat and Polo are two world famous chocolate andconfectionery brands, nowwith Nestle.Which companyoriginallyownedthesetwobrands?(1) Cadbury(2) RowntreeMackintoshoftheUK(3) HersheyoftheUSA(4) CampcoofIndia

    98. ThomasAlvaEdisonnamedhisfirst lightbulbsaftertheZoroastriandeityassociatedwithlight.Whatwashisbrandname?(1) Persiuslamps (2) Mazdalamps(3) Ahuralamps (4) Dariuslamps

    99. Which of the following offers services such as Flickr, apopularphotosharingwebsite?(1) Yahoo (2) Google(3) Microsoft (4) AOL

    100.WhichistheoldestdomesticpharmaceuticalcompanyinIndia?(1) Alembic (2) Ranbaxy(3) Cipla (4) Wockhardt

    101.Which British automobile company was bought by FordMotorsfor$2.5billionin1989?(1) Jaguar (2) LandRover(3) AstonMartin (4) RollsRoyce

    102. OneofthetwochambersoftheNepalparliamentiscalledPratinidhiSabha.Whatistheothercalled?(1) RajyaParishad (2) PanchayatSabha(3) RajyaSansad (4) RashtriyaSabha

    103.Whichinternationalbeerbrandhasbeenusingtheslogan"Thechampagneofbeers"?(1) Fosters (2) MillerHighlife(3) Kingfisher (4) Budweiser

    104.Whichofthefollowinghasa50:50jointventurewithworld'slargestliquorcompanyDiageofortheIndianmadeforeignliquorsegment?(1) UnitedSpirits (2) JagatjitIndustries(3) RadicoKhaitan (4) MohanMeakins

    105.Wheredoyoufindtheterms,"Thinker","Feeler","Doer",and"Reactor"?(1) IntheBCGMatrix(2) InFCBGrid(3) IntheGENineCellMatrix(4) IntheBlakeandMoutonManagerialGrid

    106.WhichofthefollowingmakesGulfstreambusinessjets?(1) Bombardier (2) GeneralDynamics(3) Boeing (4) AirbusIndustrie

    107.Withthecontextbeingarecentmarketinginitiativeofmobilephones,whatconnects"NextisWhat?"andAamirKhan?(1) Nokia (2) Motorola(3) LG (4) Samsung

    108. ItisheadquarteredintheUSbutownedby21,000financialinstitutionsin187countriesandterritories.Itsgoverningboardandregionalboardaresetup topreventanyonenationfromhaving51percentofthevotes.Whatisit?(1) VisaInternational (2) MasterCard(3) AmericanExpress (4) Iridium

    109. Khairadiseaseofricecanbecontrolledbyspraying(1) Coppersulphate (2) Calciumsulphate(3) Zincsulphate (4) Borax

    110. NametheJapanesecompanysetupbyanAmericaninthe1950sostensiblytoprovidephotoboothsandamusementfacilities for theservicemenoftheUSarmystationed inJapanafterWWII?(1) Casio (2) Sega(3) Nintendo (4) Nissan

    111.WhatdidBerkshireHathaway,thecompanybehindBuffett'sbillions,dobeforehetookcontrolofit?(1) Itpublishedbooks(2) Itwasasmalltowninvestmentfund(3) Itmadetextiles(4) ItmadeTVserials

    112. InIndia,mutualfundsareestablishedunder(1) CompaniesAct,1956(2) IndiaTrustAct(3) SecuritiesContracts(Regulation)Act,1956(4) UnitTrustofIndiaAct,1963

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    113.WhichgroupbrokeintotheForbesbillionaire'slistforthefirsttimein2008?(1) Women (2) Teenagers(3) BlackAfricans (4) Fashiondesigners

    114. ScionsofwhichbusinessfamilyarefightingfortheassetsofJagatjitIndustriesthatmakesAristocratbrandofspirits,afterthedemiseofthefounder?(1) Chhabria (2) Singhania(3) Burman (4) Jaiswal

    115.Which Japanese company is engaged in a tussle formanagementcontroloftractormakerSwarajMazdawithitsIndianpartnerPunjabTractors?(1) Mitsui (2) Sumitomo(3) Mitsubishi (4) Mazda

    116.WhichofthesehasacquiredthebrandsStrepsils,Clearasiland Sweetex that were being marketed in the countrythrough a join t ven ture between Boots Heal thcareInternationalandNicholasPiramal?(1) Proctor&Gamble (2) GlaxoSmithKline(3) ReckittBenckiser (4) WarnerLambert

    117. Which is one of the world's leading companies inwhichbusiness have joinedhands fordeveloping theSymbianoperatingsystem?(1) Mobilephones (2) Banking(3) Medicalequipment (4) Automobiles

    118. LuxurycarsunderthebrandBentleyareproducedby.....(1) BMW (2) Volkswagen(3) Jaguar (4) RollsRoyce

    119.Which pharmaceutical company runs a chain of superspecialtyhospitalsinIndia,inanexclusiveassociationwithHarvard Medical International, the international arm ofHarvardMedicalSchool,US?(1) Ranbaxy (2) DrReddy's(3) Cipla (4) Wockhardt

    120. ThecablemakerFinolexgetsitsnamefromtwowords.OneisFine.Whatistheother?(1) Flexible (2) Flex(3) Lexicon (4) Lexis

    121. InwhichcountrywouldyoufindthetownofTequila,alsothenameofafamousliquor?(1) Brazil (2) Mexico(3) Portugal (4) Argentina

    122. Themainstakeholder,aswellthecompany'sCEOandMD,isRajuVegesna.IdentifythecompanyintheITsector?(1) Sify (2) Polaris(3) Impetus (4) Iflex

    123.WhichofthesehasforayedintononfuelretailingthroughitsConvenioStoreslocatedatitsfillingstations?(1) HindustanPetroleum(2) IndianOil(3) BharatPetroleum(4) RelianceIndustries

    124. InwhichcountrydotheWhiteNileandBlueNileconvergetoformthesingleNileRiver?(1) Egypt (2) Libya(3) Sudan (4) Chad

    125.WhichfoodscompanyintroducedtheWhoppersandwichin1957?(1) BurgerKing (2) McDonalds(3) PizzaHut (4) PapaJohn

    126. Pak i s t an ' s f ormer Pr es i den t Per vez Mu shar r a f ' sautobiographyistitled"lntheLineofFire".WhichPakistanidictator'sautobiographyistitled"FriendsNotMasters"?(1) ZiaulHaq (2) AyubKhan(3) YahyaKhan (4) AbdullahKhanNiazi

    127. WhereinAsiacanonevisitDisneythemeparks?(1) ChinaandJapan(2) JapanandHongKong(3) SingaporeandJapan(4) MalaysiaandHongKong

    128. ITwizardRayNoordawashailedas"TheFatherof.....(1) ecommerce (2) Databasemanagement(3) Networkcomputing (4) Artificialintelligence

    129. JimHensoniscreditedwithcreatingwhichfamouscartooncharacters?(1) TheMuppets (2) NinjaTurtles(3) TheSimpsons (4) TheMonsters

    130.Whichbillionaireofanearlieragedevotedhisfortunetobuildingpubliclibraries,amongotherphilanthropicacts?(1) CorneliusVanderbilt (2) HenryFord(3) JohnD.Rockefeller (4) AndrewCarnegie

    131.Which corporate group operates Infiniti Retail to sellconsumergoodsandelectronicsproducts?(1) Tata (2) JKSinghania(3) AVBirla (4) LMThapar

    132. Itwasestablishedin1907asHatsudokiSeizoCotomakeandsellinternalcombustionengines.In1951,thecompany'snamewaschangedtowhichofthefollowing?(1) Daihatsu (2) Isuzu(3) Subaru (4) Mazda

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    133.Whichauthorhasbecomefamous forasixvolumebookretellingtheRamayanainEnglish?(1) AshokBanker (2) AmitavGhosh(3) KiranDesai (4) GitaMehta

    134.WhatistheRelianceAnilDhirubhaiAmbaniGroup's(ADAG)directtohome(DTH)venturecalled?(1) BlueMagic (2) DishTV(3) Pictureperfect (4) Screenscore

    135.WhichIndiancompanyownstheEgyptianhaircarebrandFiancee?(1) Marico (2) HLL(3) Godrej (4) Dabur

    136.Whichapparel companysellsbrandedgarments from itsMegamartstores?(1) ArvindMills (2) MaduraGarments(3) SKumars (4) Raymond

    137.JournalistandhistorianJoachimFestwhopassedawayin2008,isfamousforhisbiographyofwhichdictator?(1) Mao (2) Stalin(3) Hitler (4) SaddamHussein

    138. The founder of wh ich food reta i l chain wrote theautobiography"Dave'sWay"asalsobookssuchas"WellDone!"and"FranchisingForDummies"?(1) BurgerKing (2) McDonalds(3) PizzaHut (4) Wendy's

    139.Whichtoyscompany'smascotis"GeoffreytheGiraffe"?(1) Toys'R'Us (2) Lego(3) FischerPrice (4) MattelInc

    140. UnderwhichbrandhasApple,famousforitsMacintoshPCsandiPodmusicplayers,introducedlaptops?(1) MacNote (2) MacPage(3) MacBook (4) MacStar

    141. InwhichyeardidNorthandSouthKoreabecomeseparatecountries?(1) 1944 (2) 1948(3) 1953 (4) 1957

    142. RichardJoshuaReynoldsfoundedoneoftheworld'slargestcompanies (famousfor itscontroversialbrandCamel) inwhichbusinessin1874?(1) Chocolates (2) Soapsanddetergents(3) Cosmetics (4) Cigarettes

    143. ThisnewspaperwaslaunchedbythenameTheBombayTimesand Journal of Commerce inNovember 3,1838 asa biweeklyedition.TodayitisoneofIndia'sleadingnewspapers.Whatisitcallednow?(1) TheTimesofIndia (2) TheAsianAge(3) HindustanTimes (4) TheIndianExpress

    144.WhichistheonlyIndianairlinetohavea5starratingfromSkytrax, a UKbased consultancy world famous for itsresearchesoncommercialairlines?(1) KingfisherAirlines (2) JetAirways(3) AirIndia (4) SpiceJet

    145.WhichgroupownsAudi,the famousGermanautomobilemanufacturer?(1) BMW (2) VW(3) Ferrari (4) Porsche

    146.Whatis thetermgivento"advertisingatypeofproductratherthantheconcernedbrand"?(1) Umbrellaadvertising(2) Genericadvertising(3) Surrogateadvertising(4) Abovethelineadvertising

    147.Thispersonwassidelinedbytheboardofdirectorsoftheverycompanyhefounded.SohewentonandfoundanothersoftwarecompanybythenameofNeXT.ButasubsequentbuyoutofNeXTbroughtthismanbacktothecompanyhefounded and he has served as the CEO ever since hereturned.Whoishe?(1) LarryEllison (2) BillGates(3) PaulAllen (4) SteveJobs

    148. Hotmail,oneofthefirstwebmailservices,wasfoundedbytwomen.OnewasSabeerBhatia.Who'stheotherone?(1) DouglasEnglebart (2) JackSmith(3) KanwalRekhi (4) RamShriram

    149.Whichcountrynowhasthesecondmostbillionaires,aftertheUSaccordingtoForbesbillionaire'slist?(1) Russia (2) China(3) India (4) Japan

    150. MahashianDiHattiLimitedisawellknownhouseholdbrandinIndia.Whatdoesthecompanymake?(1) Butter (2) Spices(3) Steelutensils (4) Plasticjars

    151.WhichJapaneseconsumerelectronicsgiantisknownforitsVieraplasmaTVsandLumixdigitalcameras?(1) Matsushita (2) Toshiba(3) Sony (4) Hitachi

    152. Findtheoddoneoutamongthefollowingfourteabrands.(1) 3Roses (2) RedLabel(3) Shakti (4) Taaza

    153.Which of these owns topend textile brands like CottonCounty,MonteCarloandCanterbury?(1) Oswal (2) Siyaram(3) Ashima (4) ArvindMills

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    154. AbkhaziaandSouthOssetiaareseparatistregionsin(1) Belarus (2) Georgia(3) Armenia (4) Ukraine

    155.Which of these is known for its Latitude, Inspiron andPrecisionbrandsoflaptops?(1) Toshiba (2) Dell(3) Acer (4) Lenovo

    156.During whose tenure as the Prime Minister were therecommendationsoftheFifthPayCommissionimplemented?(1) VPSingh (2) IKGujral(3) DeveGowda (4) ABVajpayee

    157. Which American technology company was founded bylegendaryinventorThomasAlvaEdison?(1) GeneralElectric (2) 3M(3) Boeing (4) LockheedMartin

    158. India'soldestmutualfundschemeis(1) UnitScheme64 (2) Mastershare(3) Mastergain (4) SBIMagnum

    159.SincethebeginningofthemodernOlympicsin1896,onlytwo countries have participated in every meet. One isGreece.Whichistheothercountry?(1) Australia (2) TheUnitedStates(3) Sweden (4) Russia

    160.WhohasbeenappointedRoyalChallengers'CEOafterthesackingofCharuSharma?(1) GRViswanath (2) SyedKirmani(3) SabaKarim (4) BrijeshPatel

    161.'19EntertainmentLtd.'isthecompanybehindwhichofthesepopularshows?(1) AmericanIdol(2) WhoWantstobeaMillionaire(3) DoubleJeopardy(4) Mastermind

    162.WhichaviationcompanyisownedbyEuropeanAeronauticsDefenceandSpace,orEADS?(1) Boeing (2) Airbus(3) Dassault (4) Embraer

    163.WhichinternationalorganisationisheadedbyPascalLamy?(1) WTO (2) ILO(3) UNESCO (4) WorldBank

    164.CodeJamisorganisedbywhichofthesecompanies?Itisacoding competition in which professional and studentprogrammers are asked to solve complex algorithmicchallengesinalimitedamountoftime.(1) Google (2) Yahoo(3) Microsoft (4) ComputerAssociates

    165.Whichofthesebrands'secondlineiscalledMiuMiu?(1) TommyHilfiger (2) KarlLagerfeld(3) Gucci (4) Prada

    166.WhatisthenameofJackWelch'sbookwrittenalongwithhiswifeSuzyWelch?(1) Winning (2) Success(3) Victory (4) StraightfromtheGut

    167. Which statement regarding the famous FarnboroughInternationalAirshowisnottrue?(1) It i s a biennial internat ional trade fair for the

    aerospacebusiness(2) ItsvenueisNantesinFrance(3) It isorganisedbyasubsidiaryofSocietyofBritish

    AerospaceCompanies(SBAC)(4) Itdemonstratescivilianaswellasmilitaryaircraftsto

    potentialcustomers

    168. Which terrorist organisation is behind the separatistinsurgencyaffectingTurkey?(1) Hizbullah(2) KurdistanWorkers'Party(3) HizbulMujaheeden(4) Alltheabove

    169.IdentifytheLiberianPresidentwhoiswantedbytheICJforsupportingwarcrimesinneighbouringcountry?(1) RobertMugabe (2) CharlesTaylor(3) MuammarGaddafi (4) HosniMubarak

    170.USbrewerAnheuserBusch,whichwasinnewsrecentlyforbeingtakenoverbyarival,ownsallofthefollowingfamousbeerbrandsexcept(1) Budweiser (2) BudLight(3) Michelob (4) Bass

    171.WhichEuropeancountryhasfacedpoliticalstalemateoverdifferences between its French and Flemish speakingpeoples?(1) Netherlands (2) Belgium(3) Denmark (4) Sweden

    172.Whichofthefollowingbecameindependentin1999andfromwhichcountry?(1) TimorLeste,Indonesia (2) Kosovo,Serbia(3) Darfur,Sudan (4) Cyprus,Turkey

    173.Kuomintangpartyisthepartyinpowerin(1) Macau (2) HongKong(3) Taiwan (4) Laos

    174.WhichIndiancompanyreceivedanaidofe180million(aroundRs1,150crore)forsettingupa$1.5billionsemiconductorfacilityinCampaniaregionofItaly?(1) BharatElectronicsLtd (2) Videocon(3) BPL (4) SamtelIndia

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    175.WhathasledtostrainedrelationsbetweenRussiaandCzechRepublic?(1) Refuge granted to Russian fugitives by the Czech

    Republic(2) DenialoftravelvisastoRussiansaccusedofillegal

    immigrationbyCzechRepublic(3) Czech Republic's willingness to host an American

    missiledefenceradar(4) CzechRepublic'sdecisiontoenditsmilitarypactwith

    Russia

    176.WhichcompanywasfoundedbyHasmukhbhaiParekhin1977?(1) ArvindMills (2) HDFC(3) RasnaIndustries (4) TorrentPharma

    177.PravasiBharatiya,theHinditermforNRIs,isbeingpopularlyusedforthelastcoupleofyears.WhooriginallycoinedthetermNRI(NonResidentIndian)?(1) CentralStatisticalOrganisation(2) PranabMukherjee,whenhewasFinanceMinisterin

    1980s(3) TheIncomeTaxDepartment(4) CensusBureau

    178.WhoamongthefollowingwasthefirstwomanPrimeMinisterintheworld?(1) GoldaMeir(2) IndiraGandhi(3) MaryEugeniaCharles(4) ShirimavoBhandaranaike

    179.Theoptimumcardinaltemperaturepointforgerminationofriceseedsis(1) 20C25C (2) 18C22C(3) 30C32C (4) 37C39C

    180."TheWorld'sNetworkingCompany"istheservicemarkofwhichofthese?(1) AT&T (2) Nortel(3) Ericsson (4) CiscoSystems

    181.WhichoftheseisthebestknownbrandofDevanlaySA?(1) Evian (2) Lacoste(3) Garnier (4) Hershey

    182. . . . . . was the fi rst Indian company to raise moneyinternationally,byissuingbondswithamaturityof100yearsin1997.(1) TISCO (2) Grasim(3) RelianceIndustries (4) InfosysTechnologies

    183.WhichwellknownbrandwasonceownedbytheCalcuttaChemicalCo.?(1) Duckback (2) GoodKnight(3) Tortoise (4) Margo

    184.Thepriceofcrudeoilisusuallyquotedintheformof"priceperbarrel".Onebarrelisequaltoapproximately.....litres.(1) 42 (2) 142(3) 59 (4) 160

    185.Thefirstcarbontradingagreementvaluedatover$10millionwassignedbetweenInternationalFinanceCorporation(IFC)andwhichIndiancompany?(1) ITCBhadrachalam(2) BallarpurIndustries(3) SatlujJalVidyutNigamLtd.(4) BalrampurChiniMills

    186.Which law states that "the usefulness of a network isproportional to thesquareof thenumberofnodesonanetwork"?(1) Engelbart'sLaw (2) Metcalfe'sLaw(3) Jacobs'Law (4) Moore'sthirdLaw

    187.WhichcompanyownedtheoncepopularsoftdrinkbrandsSprint,ThrillandRushinIndia?(1) PureDrinks (2) McDowell's(3) ParleExports (4) Duke's

    188.WhichcompanyownstheBorolinebrand?(1) Dey'sMedical (2) BengalChemicals(3) A.Sarkar&Sons (4) G.D.Pharmaceuticals

    189.WhichstatehasthesecondlargestnumberofseatsinitsLegislativeAssemblythehighestbeingUPwith403seats?(1) MadhyaPradesh (2) AndhraPradesh(3) Maharashtra (4) Karnataka

    190.BobbyJindalisthefirstpersonofIndianorigintobecomeGovernorofaUSstate.Whichstate?(1) Wyoming (2) Texas(3) Louisiana (4) Arkansas

    191.WhereisIndianInstituteofPetroleumlocated?(1) Vishakhapatnam (2) Delhi(3) Dehradun (4) Chennai

    192. India'sfirstinsurancecompanywassetupinCalcuttain1818mainly by Europeans to help the widows of theircommunity.Canyounameit?(1) EastIndiaInsuranceCompany(2) OrientalLifeInsuranceCompany(3) LifeInsuranceCompanyofIndia(4) ImperialInsuranceCompany

    193. NametheinsurancepolicylaunchedbytheGeneralInsuranceCorporationofIndiathatfundsthelegalexpensesofwomenfightingadivorcecase.(1) Rajeshwaree (2) Grihalaxmi(3) JivanMitra (4) Bidhinibesh

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    194. Theabbreviationofwhichcountry'scurrencyiscalledCHF,where CH stands for Confederation of Helvetia (as thecountryiscalledbyitspeople)andFforFrance?(1) Belgium (2) Sweden(3) Germany (4) Switzerland

    195. PonyExpressCourierServiceofUSA,whichhadestablisheditselfinthebusinessoftransportingmaterials,decidedtoventureintotransportingmoney.Itsnewventuregavebirthtoarevolutionaryconcept.Whatisit?(1) Creditcards (2) ATM(3) Visa (4) Travellers'cheques

    196. SwallowSidecarCompany,whichwasfoundedbyWilliamyonsin1930s,isknownas.....today.(1) Jaguar (2) LandRover(3) AstonMartin (4) RollsRoyce

    197. Which Union Finance Minister broke the tradit ion ofpresentingtheUnionBudgetat5:30p.m.?(1) RVenkataraman (2) ManmohanSingh(3) PChidambaram (4) YashwantSinha

    198.WhowasAmerica'ssecondrichesttechbillionaire,behindGatesaccordingtoForbesbillionaire'slist?(1) TimeWarner'sTedTurner(2) Google'sSergeyBrin(3) Microsoft'sSteveBallmer(4) Oracle'sLarryEllison

    199.Whichcompanyhasformedateamcalled"ProjectI"tocreateanewcarformegacities?(1) BMW (2) Honda(3) Ford (4) PeugeotCitroen

    200. Inthemid1950s,astockmarketscandalinvolvingoperatorHaridasMundhracostthethenUnionFinanceMinisterhisjob.Nametheminister.(1) ChintamanraoDeshmukh(2) T.T.Krishnamachari(3) R.K.ShanmukhamChetty(4) JohnMathai

    201. BombayStockExchangeisonDalalStreetinMumbai.WhichinstitutionisfoundonMintStreetinthesamecity?(1) NationalStockExchange(2) OvertheCounterExchangeofIndia(3) UnitTrustofIndia(4) ReserveBankofIndia

    202.Whichofthefollowingisworld'snuclearwatchdog?(1) AtomicEnergyRegulationBoard(2) NuclearSupplier'sGroup(3) InternationalAtomicEnergyAgency(4) NuclearNonproliferationTreaty

    203.RatanTata ison thecorporateboardofwhichEuropeanautomobilecompany?(1) Volkswagen (2) BMW(3) Renault (4) Fiat

    204.Which corporate group is setting up UltraTech BuildingSolutionsretailstoresthatwillprovideallrequirementslikecement,aggregates,bricks,tiles,etc.underoneroofacrossthecountry?(1) AVBirlaGroup (2) RIL(3) FutureGroup (4) ACC

    205.WhichcompanywasdisallowedbytheGujaratHighCourtfrom airing advertisements, which allegedly disparaged"Moov", the pain rel iever brand belonging to ParasPharmaceuticals?(1) DrReddy's (2) Ranbaxy(3) Alembic (4) Torrent

    206. TheDutchbuiltthecityofNewAmsterdamintheUS.Toprotectit,theybuiltastructurearoundit,whichgaveitsnametoafamousstreetinthatcountry.Namethestreet.(1) WallStreet (2) MintStreet(3) FleetStreet (4) MadisonAvenue

    207. Markoutthewrongcombinationofbrandambassadorsandtheirbrands?(1) HrithikRoshanCinthol(2) RoohafzaPriyankaChopra(3) SerenaWilliamsHPlaptops(4) AamirKhanSamsungmobilephones

    208.When was the Bharat Ratna Award (former PresidentSarvepalliRadhakrishnanwasthefirstrecipient)givenforthefirsttime?(1) 1949 (2) 1951(3) 1954 (4) 1959

    209.RulingfamilyinwhichMiddleEasterncountrycomesfromtheAlawitereligiousminority?(1) Yemen (2) Sudan(3) Syria (4) Jordan

    210. TataGrandeisanimprovedversionofwhichbrand?(1) Sumo (2) Safari(3) Sierra (4) Indica

    211.WhereinspaceistheShackletoncrater,namedafterErnestShackleton,anotedexplorer?(1) Mars (2) Moon(3) Venus (4) Mars

    212.Whichcountrywasinthenewsin2008forannouncinga10,000competitionforitsnationalanthem?(1) Kosovo (2) Macedonia(3) Slovenia (4) EastTimor

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    213.Which journalist is among the 17 Indians in theWorldEconomicForum'sannuallistofYoungGlobalLeadersfor2008?(1) ArnabGoswami (2) RajdeepSardesai(3) VirSanghvi (4) BarkhaDutt

    214.Whichauthorwasinthenewsin2008forhis14thnovel,PrisonerofBirth,whichisaboutamanwronglyimprisonedforthemurderofhisbestfriend?(1) Jeffrey Archer (2) JohnGrisham(3) TomClancy (4) PhilipRoth

    215. C K Birla Group's Hindustan Motors (HM) manufacturesAmbassador,Trekker,Porterand.....rangeofmultiutilityvehicles.(1) Udaan (2) Roadster(3) Voyager (4) Pushpak

    216. CassiniHuygensroboticspacecraftisonamissiontowhichplanetanditsmoons?(1) Uranus (2) Saturn(3) Jupiter (4) Mars

    217.RayOzzieistheChiefTechnologyOfficeratwhichlargeITcompany?(1) Oracle (2) Microsoft(3) CiscoSystems (4) Google

    218. NewYorkCityisnicknamedtheBigApple.WhatisBigBoard?(1) WallStreet(2) LondonStockExchange(3) AmericanStockExchange(4) NewYorkStockExchange

    219.Whichfamousmagazine,stillinprinttodaywasfoundedbySirRichardSteeleandJosephAddisonin1711?1) Punch (2) Life(3) TheSpectator (4) TheAtlanticMonthly

    220.Whichofthefollowingisapublicsectoraluminumcompany?(1) NationalAluminiumCompany(2) HindustanAluminiumCompany(3) BharatAluminiumCompany(4) MadrasAluminiumCompany

    221. Mix08wastheannualconferenceofwhichITcompanyinLasVegas?(1) Oracle (2) Microsoft(3) CiscoSystems (4) Google

    222. ApeTruk:PiaggioAce:TataM4:..?...(1) AshokLeyland (2) M&M(3) ForceMotors (4) EicherMotors

    223.WhatisMicrosoft'sanswertoAdobe'sFlashfordisplayofmediacontentforwebsites?(1) Arcadia (2) Silverlight(3) Leopard (4) Flame

    224. Stunninghighdefinitionpicturesandmoviesofwhichofthefollowing was sent by Japanese space probe Selene(Kaguya)in2008?(1) Moon (2) Mars(3) Venus (4) Saturn

    225.Whichofthefollowingcombinationsofcompaniesandtheirwebbrowsersisnotcorrectlymatched?(1) AppleLeopard(2) MozillaFirefox(3) MicrosoftInternetExplorer(4) AOLNetscape

    226. TataAutoCompGYBatteries(TGY)isa50:50JVbetweenTata AutoComp Sys tems (Taco) and which Japanesecompany?(1) Furukawa (2) Yuasa(3) Matsushita (4) DenkiKogyo

    227.Which Caribbean island nation founded by ChristopherColumbusin1498hasStGeorgeasitscapital?(1) Surinam (2) Trinidad(3) Haiti (4) Grenada

    228.Whichcountryhadselectedwomanengineer,YiSoyeon,29, as its first astronaut on a Russian fl ight to theInternationalSpaceStationinApril2008?(1) Singapore (2) Taiwan(3) China (4) SouthKorea

    229.WhichofthefollowinglauncheditsOutlanderSUVinIndiain2008?(1) Hyundai (2) Mitsubishi(3) Honda (4) Volvo

    230. UnderwhichbranddoestheLucknowbasedpublicsectorautomakerScootersIndiaLtd(SIL)sellitsthreewheelers?(1) Vikram (2) Tusker(3) Mayur (4) Arjun

    231.WhoisthecreatorofWikipedia?(1) GeraldineFerraro (2) JimmyWales(3) JeffreyMerkey (4) JayWalsh

    232. Niftyisthe50shareindexofwhichstockexchange?(1) NationalStockExchange,India(2) NewYorkStockExchange(3) OvertheCounterExchangeofIndia(4) TokyoStockExchange

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    233.Whichstategovernment'sofficialvehicles,includingthechiefminister'sTataSafarijeep,arerunonoilfromthewrinkledblacknutofashrubliketreecalledjatropha?(1) Chhattisgarh (2) Jharkhand(3) Orissa (4) AndhraPradesh

    234. Thestateshallendeavor toprovideearlychildhoodcareandeducationforallchildrenuntiltheycompletetheageofsixyearsunderwhichArticledidthe86thAmendmenttotheConstitutionintroducethisprovision?(1) Article45 (2) Article245(3) Article345 (4) Article145

    235. SouthOssetia:Georgia::Transdniestria:.....(1) Belarus (2) Chechnya(3) Ingushetia (4) Moldova

    236.Whichofthefollowingwordprocessorscamefirst?(1) LotusNotes (2) WordPerfect(3) WordStar (4) MSWord

    237. Whatis theequivalentofSensexon theNewYorkStockExchange?(1) FOOTSIE(2) WallStreetIndex(3) NASDAQ(4) DowJonesIndustrialAverage

    238.Whichofthefollowinghasproducedananimatedmovietitled"EternalLove"inEnglishabouttheTajMahal?(1) ToonzAnimation (2) PerceptPictures(3) CompactDiscIndia (4) DisneyIndia

    239. Instockmarketlexicon,whatisagreymarket?(1) Marketforunofficialtradinginsharesaftertheofficial

    tradinghourofthestockexchanges(2) Unofficialmarketrunbydealers,wherenewissuesof

    shares are bought and sold before they becomeofficiallyavailablefortradingonthestockexchange

    (3) Marketforunlistedshares(4) Marketforlowgradeshares

    240.WhichstockexchangeintheUSAwasknownastheCurb(KerbinBritishEnglish)Exchangetill1921?(1) NewYorkStockExchange(2) NASDAQ(3) ChicagoStockExchange(4) AmericanStockExchangeorAMEX

    241.MuslimshrineHaramalSharifisalsoknownas.....inIsrael.(1) TheWailingWall (2) MountSinai(3) DomeoftheRock (4) SermonontheMount

    242.WhoisthescientistotherthanAPJAbdulKalamtohavewontheBharatRatnaAward?(1) HomiSethna (2) SirCVRaman(3) VikramSarabhai (4) RajaRamanna

    243.WhichIndianindustrialistisamemberoftheInternationalInvestmentCouncilsetupbythePresidentofSouthAfrica?(1) KeshubMahindra (2) RatanTata(3) AnilAgrawal (4) MukeshAmbani

    244.WhichwellknownindustrialistholdsaBachelorofChemicalEngineeringfromtheUniversityofMumbaiandanMBAfromStanfordBusinessSchool?(1) KMBirla (2) MukeshAmbani(3) ArvindLalbhai (4) HarshGoenka

    245. ThisgrandnieceofNobel laureate,RabindranathTagorewasthefirstrecipientoftheDadasahebPhalkeaward.Whoarewetalkingabout?(1) SumitraChaudhuri (2) SuchitraSen(3) DevikaRani (4) Madhubala

    246. Joseph Barbara and William Hanna produced all of thefollowingpopularcharactersexcept(1) Tom&Jerry (2) TheFlintstones(3) TheSimpsons (4) ScoobyDoo

    247. WhichprivatesectorbankwasheadedbyPJNayak?(1) IDBIBank (2) AxisBank(3) HDFCBank (4) ICICIBank

    248.Whichcompany'sproductsinNorthAmericaaremarketedunderarangeofnames,includingNorelcorazors,Sonicaretoothbrushes,andMagnavoxaudioandvideosystems?(1) Sony (2) Philips(3) Siemens (4) Samsung

    249.WhichistheonlyproductforwhichsingerKishoreKumarmodelled?(1) Brylcreem (2) HMTWatches(3) BajajChetak (4) CampaCola

    250. ThisbusinessmanwasoneofthecloseassociatesofMahatmaGandhi and Kesoram Cotton Mills was one of his firstventures.Whoishe?(1) GDBirla (2) KasturbhaiLalbhai(3) JamnalalBajaj (4) JRDTata

    251. InwhichindustryaretheFiFiAwardsveryimportant?(1) Fragranceindustry (2) Filmindustry(3) Fitnessindustry (4) Apparelindustry

    252.RajatGupta,founderoftheHyderabadbasedIndianSchoolofBusiness,wasthefirstnonAmericanandthefirstIndiantoheadwhichMNCconsultingfirm?(1) PriceWaterhouseCoopers(2) McKinsey&Company(3) BostonConsultingGroup(4) AndersenConsulting

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    253.WhichworldwiderestaurantchaingetsitsnamefromthesongrecordedbytheRollingStonesin1966andwrittenbyKeithRichards?(1) RedLobster (2) TacoBell(3) RubyTuesday (4) DardenRestaurants

    254.WhichIndiancompanyhasaconsultancyteamcomprisingchildrennotolderthan16yearsforproductdevelopmentandmarketfeedbackanalysis?(1) CartoonNetwork (2) Funskool(3) Gini&Jony (4) Candico

    255. ThisRawalpindibornbusinessmanstartedhiscareerasamoneylenderandwentontobuyRanbaxy,apharmaceuticalcompanystartedbyhiscousins.Whowashe?(1) BhaiRaunaqSingh (2) BhaiGurbaxSingh(3) BhaiRanjitSingh (4) BhaiMohanSingh

    256. Instockmarketjargon,whatisthetermgiventotradinginsharesoninformationbeforeitismadepublic?(1) Kerbtrading (2) Outsidertrading(3) Insidertrading (4) Onlinetrading

    257.WhomadehisDavisCupdebutagainstSriLankain1968atthe age of 16, thus becoming the youngest Indian torepresenthiscountry?(1) AnandAmritraj (2) VijayAmritraj(3) RamanathanKrishnan (4) RameshKrishnan

    258.WhichofthefollowingwillpublishanIndiaspecificeditionina l l iance wi th the Ananda Bazaar Pat r ika group ofpublications?(1) Forbes(2) Fortune(3) TheEconomist(4) HarvardBusinessReview

    259. Prabhatisanearlyshortdurationvarietyof(1) Blackgram (2) Redgram(3) Greengram (4) Yellowgram

    260. RedDeliciousisavarietyof(1) Mango (2) Papaya(3) Apple (4) Guava

    261.WhichofthefollowingassociatebanksoftheStateBankofIndia(SBI)becamethefirsttomergewithitsparentSBIin2008?(1) StateBankofSaurashtra(2) StateBankofTravancore(3) StateBankofIndore(4) StateBankofPatiala

    262. DirectedbyDavisGuggenheim,thiseyeopenerhasclimaticchanges,itseffectsandmeasurestostopthecatastropheatthecentreofitsstory.Whichmovie?(1) ATruthSimplified (2) AnInconvenientTruth(3) AnUnheardVoice (4) AnUnsaidTruth

    263. In a stockmarket, what does the Alpha Factor seek tomeasure?(1) Theinherentvolatilityofashare,regardlessofthe

    behaviourofthemarket(2) The performance of a particular share or class of

    shares in relation to the generalmovement of themarket

    (3) Thepopularityofashare(4) Priceappreciationofastock

    264. One of the popular golf events in the world, it sawparticipationfromstalwartslikeVijaySingh,AdamScottandJeevMilkhaSingh.WhatisthiseventheldinDLFGolfandCountryClub,Gurgaonnamed?(1) TheIsleofJuraCupClassic(2) DalmoreClassic(3) JohnnyWalkerClassic(4) CastleLagerClassic

    265. Totestthewatersintheprimarymarket,acompanymaycomeoutwithanexplanatoryprospectusbeforepublishinga statutory prospectus. The purpose of this type ofprospectusistofindoutthemarketresponsetoissueofshares.Whatisthisprospectuscalled?(1) IPO (2) Harbinger(3) Pioneer (4) Redherring

    266.Whichnationalpark,knownastheKrishnagiriNationalParkin thepreindependenceera,houses theKanheriCaves,datingbackto2,400years,besidesarichvarietyoffloraandfauna?(1) JimCorbettNationalPark(2) LalBahadurShastriNationalPark(3) SilentValleyNationalPark(4) SanjayGandhiNationalPark

    267.ProctorandGamblehaspartneredwithwhichofthefollowingforprojectPoshantocombatmalnutritioninIndia?(1) ADB (2) WHO(3) HDFC (4) UNICEF

    268. ThisfirstplanofMountbattenproposedthepartitionofIndia.TheplanwasrejectedbytheCongress.Whatwastheplancalled?(1) PlanReconciliation (2) PlanBalkan(3) PlanSwaraj (4) PlanPakistan

    269.Whichcompany'sAnnualGeneralMeetingheldin1986inCrossMaidan,MumbaiissupposedtohavebeenthelargestcorporateAGMofanycompanyinthewholeworldatthattime?(1) TataSteel (2) BombayDyeing(3) RelianceIndustries (4) Godrej

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    270. Sachin Tendulkar won this trophy in 199697 againstAustralia,whenhecaptainedthenationaltestside,forthefirsttime.Whatwasthenameofthistrophy?(1) BorderGavaskarTrophy(2) BradmanHazareTrophy(3) HughesVengsarkarTrophy(4) ChappellManjrekarTrophy

    271. Thelastofhismajornovels,thisliterarymasterpiecewaswrittenbyNobelLaureateRabindranathTagore in1934.IdentifythisromanticstorysetagainstthebackgroundofIndiannationalmovement?(1) ChokherBali (2) ShesherKobita(3) GhareBaire (4) CharAdhyay

    272.Whichindustrialistiscurrentlybuildinga$1billionresidencenamedAntiliainMumbai?(1) VijayMallya (2) LakshmiMittal(3) MukeshAmbani (4) NusliWadia

    273. The5Csofconvergencemarketing,propoundedbyYoram(Jerry)Wind,VijayMahajanandRobertEGuntherintheirbook"ConvergenceMarketing:StrategiesforReachingtheNewHybrid" are customerisation, community, channels,competitivevalueand.....(1) Choice (2) Customer(3) Career (4) Custom

    274. ThemobilephoneMotorolaROKRwastheproductofajointventurebetweenMotorolaand.....(1) AppleComputers (2) Philips(3) Sony (4) Microsoft

    275. BesidesJawaharlalNehru,whowastheonlypersononwhomShyamBenegalmadeafeaturefilmlengthdocumentary?(1) SatyajitRay (2) MrinalSen(3) RitwikGhatak (4) RituparnoGhosh

    276.Naypyidawisthenewcapitalofwhichcountry?(1) Myanmar (2) Laos(3) Kosovo (4) Cyprus

    277. Name the Indian tea brand that symbolises peace andharmonyandthecomingtogetherofarchenemies.Itwastrademarkedin1934byNarayandasDesaiwhoreturnedtoIndiafromSouthAfricawithaletterofrecommendationfromMahatmaGandhi.(1) WaghBakri (2) Gemini(3) TwoLeaves (4) Parivaar

    278.Majha,DoabaandMalwaareregionsofwhichstate?(1) HimachalPradesh (2) MadhyaPradesh(3) Rajasthan (4) Punjab

    279.Which of the following issetting up a jointventure busassembly plant with Brazilian bus maker Marcopolo atDharwadinKarnataka?(1) Mahindra&Mahindra (2) AshokLeyland(3) ForceMotors (4) TataMotors

    280.WhichofthefollowingisthetyrecompanyownedbyRPGoenkaGroup?(1) VikrantTyres (2) ApolloTyres(3) JKTyres (4) CeatTyres

    281. InwhichIndianlanguageisthehighestnumberofarticlesavailableonWikipedia?(1) Hindi (2) Tamil(3) Telugu (4) Bangla

    282.WhichfamousactoralongwithSMukherji,GyanMukherjeeandRaiBahadurChunilalsetupFilmistanstudioin1943?(1) AshokKumar (2) RajKapoor(3) HimanshuRai (4) KishoreKumar

    283.Graniteisa....rock.(1) Metamorphic (2) Igneous(3) Sedimentary (4) Volcanic

    284.WhoistheonlyindustrialisttohaveeverwontheBharatRatnaAward?(1) DhirubhaiAmbani (2) JRDTata(3) GDBirla (4) JamnalalBajaj

    285.Whichmarketingguruisfamousforbookslike"PurpleCow"and"PermissionMarketing"?(1) MalcolmGladwell (2) SethGodin(3) RosserReeves (4) HarryBeckwith

    286.Which formerChief Election Commissioner of India hasfoundedanNGOknownasDeshbhaktTrust?(1) DrNagendraSingh (2) TNSeshan(3) SLShakdhar (4) JMLyngdoh

    287.WhowasthefirstrecipientoftheRajivGandhiKhelRatnaAwardinstitutedbytheGovernmentofIndiain199293?1) VishwanathanAnand (2) GeetSethi(3) JyotirmoyeeSikdar (4) KarnamMalleshwari

    288.WhichMNCrunsitsfamousLeadershipandLearningcentreatCrotonvilleintheUS?(1) IBM (2) Philips(3) GeneralElectric (4) Microsoft

    289.WhichPCmakerhasdeveloped"ExpressRepair"abuttonthatrecoversacomputersystemwithin60secondsofacrash,essentialincountrieswithanunreliablepowersupply?(1) HewlettPackard (2) Lenovo(3) Acer (4) BenQ

    290. Soilfertilityisreduceddueto(1) Overirrigation(2) Poordrainage(3) Imbalanceduseoffertilizers(4) Continuouscropping

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    291.'Globality'isanewbookfromwhichconsultingfirm?(1) BostonConsultingGroup(2) Accenture(3) McKinsey(4) Ernst&Young

    292. Match the following combination of Nobel Laureate inLiterature&Nationality(i) DorisLessing (a) Hungary(ii) ElfreideJelenik (b) UnitedKingdom(iii) ImreKertesz (c) Ireland(iv) SeamusHeaney (d) Austria(1) (i)(a),(ii)(c),(iii)(b),(iv)d(2) (i)(b),(ii)(d),(iii)(a),(iv)c(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    293. Anemometermeasures(1) Winddirection (2) Relativehumidity(3) Netradiation (4) Windvelocity

    294.BrewinggiantInBevisaBelgian.....conglomerate.(1) Austrian (2) Brazilian(3) Mexican (4) Chilean

    295. Thecolouroftomatoisduetothepresenceof(1) Carotene (2) Lycopin(3) Anthocyanin (4) Xanthomonas

    296. BritonAlanRoslingworksasChiefStrategistforwhichIndianconglomerate?(1) Tata (2) RelianceIndustries(3) AVBirla (4) Essar

    297.TheArcelorMittalUniversitywhich trainsthecompany'smanagersisbasedin(1) Belgium (2) UK(3) Luxembourg (4) India

    298.WithwhichofthefollowingdidRussiasignfriendshiptreatiesthatincludeapromiseofmilitaryassistanceaswell?(1) SouthOssetiaandAbkhazia(2) Georgia(3) Ukraine(4) Both(1)and(3)

    299.WhichChinese companyhad therights touse a famousAmericanbrandforfiveyearsfollowinganacquisitionbutdecidedtodiscontinueasitwasconfidentofthestrengthofitsownbrand?(1) Haier (2) Lenovo(3) ChinaMobile (4) Huawei

    300."Frugalengineering"isatermcoinedby(1) NissanRenault'sCarlosGhosn(2) Toyota'sKatsuakiWatanabe(3) GM'sRichardWagoner(4) Ford'sAlanMulally

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    ObjectivekeyGKQuestionsforManagementAdmissionTest

    1.(3) 2.(2) 3.(4) 4.(4) 5.(4) 6.(2) 7.(2) 8.(3) 9.(1) 10.(1)

    11.(3) 12.(1) 13.(4) 14.(3) 15.(1) 16.(1) 17.(4) 18.(3) 19.(4) 20.(3)

    21.(4) 22.(1) 23.(3) 24.(2) 25.(1) 26.(3) 27.(3) 28.(1) 29.(2) 30.(1)

    31.(3) 32.(3) 33.(3) 34.(1) 35.(4) 36.(1) 37.(4) 38.(1) 39.(1) 40.(2)

    41.(1) 42.(4) 43.(2) 44.(2) 45.(3) 46.(2) 47.(4) 48.(1) 49.(2) 50.(1)

    51.(3) 52.(2) 53.(4) 54.(2) 55.(1) 56.(1) 57.(3) 58.(4) 59.(1) 60.(1)

    61.(3) 62.(3) 63.(3) 64.(4) 65.(4) 66.(3) 67.(1) 68.(3) 69.(3) 70.(4)

    71.(1) 72.(4) 73.(3) 74.(4) 75.(4) 76.(2) 77.(1) 78.(1) 79.(1) 80.(2)

    81.(3) 82.(3) 83.(2) 84.(2) 85.(3) 86.(4) 87.(3) 88.(4) 89.(3) 90.(4)

    91.(1) 92.(4) 93.(3) 94.(1) 95.(4) 96.(2) 97.(2) 98.(2) 99.(1) 100.(1)

    101.(1) 102.(4) 103.(2) 104.(3) 105.(2) 106.(2) 107.(4) 108.(1) 109.(3) 110.(2)

    111.(3) 112.(2) 113.(3) 114.(4) 115.(2) 116.(3) 117.(1) 118.(2) 119.(4) 120.(1)

    121.(2) 122.(1) 123.(2) 124.(3) 125.(1) 126.(2) 127.(2) 128.(3) 129.(1) 130.(4)

    131.(1) 132.(1) 133.(1) 134.(1) 135.(1) 136.(1) 137.(3) 138.(4) 139.(1) 140.(3)

    141.(2) 142.(4) 143.(1) 144.(1) 145.(2) 146.(2) 147.(4) 148.(2) 149.(1) 150.(2)

    151.(1) 152.(3) 153.(1) 154.(2) 155.(2) 156.(3) 157.(1) 158.(1) 159.(1) 160.(4)

    161.(1) 162.(2) 163.(1) 164.(1) 165.(4) 166.(1) 167.(2) 168.(2) 169.(2) 170.(4)

    171.(2) 172.(1) 173.(3) 174.(2) 175.(3) 176.(2) 177.(3) 178.(4) 179.(1) 180.(1)

    181.(2) 182.(3) 183.(4) 184.(4) 185.(4) 186.(2) 187.(2) 188.(4) 189.(2) 190.(3)

    191.(3) 192.(2) 193.(1) 194.(4) 195.(4) 196.(1) 197.(4) 198.(4) 199.(1) 200.(2)

    201.(4) 202.(3) 203.(4) 204.(1) 205.(2) 206.(1) 207.(2) 208.(3) 209.(3) 210.(1)

    211.(2) 212.(1) 213.(4) 214.(1) 215.(4) 216.(2) 217.(2) 218.(4) 219.(3) 220.(1)

    221.(2) 222.(3) 223.(2) 224.(1) 225.(1) 226.(2) 227.(4) 228.(4) 229.(2) 230.(1)

    231.(2) 232.(1) 233.(1) 234.(1) 235.(4) 236.(3) 237.(4) 238.(3) 239.(2) 240.(4)

    241.(3) 242.(2) 243.(2) 244.(2) 245.(3) 246.(3) 247.(2) 248.(2) 249.(1) 250.(1)

    251.(1) 252.(2) 253.(3) 254.(4) 255.(4) 256.(3) 257.(1) 258.(2) 259.(2) 260.(3)

    261.(1) 262.(2) 263.(1) 264.(3) 265.(4) 266.(4) 267.(4) 268.(2) 269.(3) 270.(1)

    271.(4) 272.(3) 273.(1) 274.(1) 275.(1) 276.(1) 277.(1) 278.(4) 279.(4) 280.(4)

    281.(3) 282.(1) 283.(3) 284.(2) 285.(2) 286.(2) 287.(1) 288.(3) 289.(2) 290.(3)

    291.(1) 292.(2) 293.(4) 294.(2) 295.(2) 296.(1) 297.(3) 298.(1) 299.(2) 300.(1)

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    DIRECTIONS:Forthefollowingquestions,fouroptionsaregiven.Choosethecorrectoption.

    1. Which Zone of Indian railways has celebrated its 155thanniversaryonAugust16,2009?(1) NorthernRailway (2) EasternRailway(3) WesternRailway (4) SouthernRailway

    2. Whichofthefollowingallowsfreemovementoflabourandcapitalamongmembernations?(1) Customsunion(2) Economicunion(3) Commonmarket(4) Preferentialtradearrangement

    3. Thestatisticaltechniqueusedtodeterminethedegreeofrelationshipbetweentwovariablesiscalled(1) Association (2) IndexNumbers(3) Correlation (4) Dispersion

    4. The first Chairman of newly constituted AERA (AirportEconomicRegulatoryAuthority)is(1) YashwantS.Bhave (2) AlokMishra(3) SubhashPani (4) C.Rangrajan

    5. Thedifferencebetweentheexportandimportofservicesiscalled(1) BalanceofTrade(2) BalanceofCapitalaccount(3) BalanceofCurrentaccount(4) BalanceofInvisible

    6. PassportServiceProjecthasbeengivento(1) TataGroup (2) Reliance(Anil)Group(3) Wipro (4) Infosys

    7. ThefirstIslamicBankisbeingestablishedin(1) UttarPradesh (2) Kerala(3) Maharashtra (4) MadhyaPradesh

    8. Whoamongthefollowinghadissuedthecoinrupeeforthefirsttime?(1) MuhammadbinTughluq (2) AlauddinKhilji(3) SherShah (4) Akbar

    9. TheDeficitBudgetinwhichthedeficitsarecoveredthroughtaxesiscalled(1) UnbalancedBudget (2) BalancedBudget(3) SurplusBudget (4) ZerobaseBudget

    10. WhichoneofthefollowingbookswasnamedaswinneroftheBestoftheBookerAwardin2008?(1) TheEnchantressofFlorence(2) Disgrace(3) Midnight'sChildren(4) TheSiegeofKrishnapur

    11. WhichoneofthefollowingcountrieshasrecentlycarriedoutmilitaryoperationsinGeorgia?(1) USA (2) Poland(3) Russia (4) Kyrgyzstan

    12. Whichoneofthefollowingcommittees/commissionwasformed to study and suggest pricing pattern for oil andnaturalgassectorsinIndia?(1) B.K.ChaturvediCommittee(2) SacharCommittee(3) B.N.SrikrishnaCommission(4) M.VeerapaMoilyCommission

    13. WhichoneofthefollowingcountrieshasrecentlytestedatwostagesatellitelaunchrocketnamedtheSafireOmidortheAmbassadorofPeace?(1) Israel (2) Iran(3) Pakistan (4) Turkey

    14. WhichoneofthefollowingwastheoriginalnameofTansen,thefamousmusicianinthecourtofAkbar?(1) MahanandaPande (2) LalKalwant(3) BazBahadur (4) RamtanuPande

    15. InwhichofthefollowingyearswasthefirstRailwaylinebetweenBombayandThanelaid?(1) 1853 (2) 1854(3) 1856 (4) 1858

    16. Whichoneofthefollowingisusedasamordantindyeingandtanningindustry?(1) Magnesiumoxide (2) Magnesiumcarbonate(3) Magnesiumchloride (4) Magnesiumsulphate

    17. Bywhichoneofthefollowing,anoldwrittenmaterialwhichcannotbereadeasily,canberead?(1) grays (2) Xrays(3) IRrays (4) Radiofrequencywaves

    18. Whichoneofthefollowingcharacteristicsiscommonamongparrot,platypusandkangaroo?(1) Oviparity (2) Toothlessjaws(3) Homothermy (4) FunctionalPostanaltail

    19. FundsnotbelongingtotheGovernmentarecalled(1) ConsolidatedFund (2) ContingencyFund(3) PrivateAccounts (4) PublicAccounts

    20. Whichoneofthefollowingisanexampleofvestigialorganinman?(1) Jawapparatus (2) Earmuscles(3) Canineteeth (4) Humerus

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    21. ConsiderthefollowingregionsofIndiaI . WesternGhatsII. AravaliHillsIII. EasternHimalayasWhichoftheaboveis/arebiodiversityhotspot/hotspots?(1) Ionly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) I,IIandIII

    22. A Forgotten Empire, written by the renowned historianRobertSewellisaboutwhichoneofthefollowingEmpires?(1) KushanEmpire (2) MauryanEmpire(3) VijaynagarEmpire (4) MughalEmpire

    23. Whichoneofthefollowingisconsideredasthedrugoflastresortforhumanbeing?(1) Penicillin (2) Tetracycline(3) Chloramphenicol (4) Streptomycin

    DIRECTIONS:Thefollowingfiveitemsconsistoftwostatements,onelabeledasAssertion(1)andtheotherasReason(R).Youaretoexaminethesetwostatementscarefullyandselectthecorrectanswerstotheseitemsusingthecodegivenbelow

    I BothAandRareindividuallytrueandRisthecorrectexplanationofA.

    II BothAandRareindividually truebutR isnot thecorrectexplanationofA.

    III AistruebutRisfalse.IV AisfalsebutRistrue.

    24. Assertion(A):Venusisthebrightestobjectintheskyafterthesun.Reason(R):Venusisthesecondplanetfromthesuninoursolarsystem.(1) I (2) II(3) III (4) IV

    25. Asser t ion (A): Despi te low evaporat ion and s tablestratificationofatmosphere,salinityishighinpolarregions.Reason(R):Seawaterfreezesleavingtheremainingwatersalinethanbefore.(1) I (2) II(3) III (4) IV

    26. Assert ion (A): Physiological density is preferable toarithmeticdensityasanindexofpopulationdensity.Reason(R):Physiologicaldensityisbasedonarablelandwhilearithmeticdensityisbasedontotalarea.(1) I (2) II(3) III (4) IV

    27. Assertion(A):Waterisanopenpondremainscoolevenonahotsummerday.Reason(R):Wateronheatingevaporatesandheatenergygetsconvertedintolatentheat.(1) I (2) II(3) III (4) IV

    28. Assertion(A):Soapsdonotformlatherwithwatercontainingsaltsofcalciumandmagnesium.Reason(R):Calciumandmagnesiumsaltsoflongchainfattyacidsareinsolubleinwater.(1) I (2) II(3) III (4) IV

    DIRECTIONS:Forthefollowingquestions,fouroptionsaregiven.Choosethecorrectoption.

    29. Whichofthefollowingdiseasesisnotcausedbyviruses?(1) Cholera (2) Chickenpox(3) Hepatitis (4) Measles

    30. WhichoneofthefollowingisthecorrectchronologicalorderofthetenuresofthefollowingPresidentsofIndianNationalCongress?I . JagivanRam II. K.KamrajIII. P.D.Tandon IV. U.N.DhebarSelectthecorrectanswerusingthecodegivenbelow(1) IIIIVIII (2) IIIIIIVI(3) IIIIVIII (4) IIIIVIII

    31. TheBuddhadeliveredhisfirstsermon,knownas'Turningofthewheeloflaw'at(1) Sanchi (2) Sarnath(3) Sravaasti (4) BodhGaya

    32. WhichoneofthefollowingisthelongestNationalHighwayinIndia?(1) NH2 (2) NH7(3) NH8 (4) NH31

    33. Inhumanbeings,theopeningofthestomachintothesmallintestineiscalled(1) Caecum (2) Ileum(3) Oesophagus (4) Pylorus

    34. Whoamongthefollowinghascreatedworldrecordinthemen's100meterssprinteventat2008OlympicGames?(1) UsainBolt (2) ChurandyMartina(3) AsafaPowell (4) WalterDix

    35. ConsiderthefollowingaboutIAEAI . It was set up as the world's 'Atoms for Peace'

    organizationin1957.II. TheIAEA,SecretariatisheadquarteredattheVienna

    InternationalCentreinVienna,Austria.III. IntermsofitsStatue,theIAEAreportsannuallyto

    theUNGeneralAssembly.Whichofthestatementsgivenaboveis/arecorrect?(1) I,IIandIII (2) Ionly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) IIIonly

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    36. WhoamongthefollowinghasbeenawardedtheOfficeroftheLegionofHonour,thehighestciviliandistinctionoftheGovernmentofFrance?(1) N.R.NarayanaMurthy(2) RatanTata(3) K.M.Birla(4) MukeshAmbani

    37. Nailpolishremovercontains(1) Acetone (2) Benzene(3) Petroleumether (4) Aceticacid

    38. Who among the following had moved the object ivesresolutionwhichformedthebasisofthePreambleoftheConstitutionofIndiaintheConstituentAssemblyonDec.13,1946?(1) Dr.B.R.Ambedkar(2) Dr.RajendraPrasad(3) SardarVallabhbhaiPatel(4) Pt.JawaharlalNehru

    39. ConsiderthefollowingstatementswithrespecttoAttorneyGeneralofIndia.I . HeisappointedbythePresident.II. Hemusthavethesamequalificationasarerequired

    bytheJudgeofHighCourt.III. In theperformanceofhis dutiesheshallhave the

    rightofaudienceinallcourtsofIndiaWhichofthestatementsgivenaboveis/arecorrect?(1) Ionly (2) IandIIIonly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) I,IIandIII

    40. InwhichofthefollowingyearswastheAllIndiaTradeUnionCongressformedinBombay?(1) 1918 (2) 1919(3) 1920 (4) 1921

    41. WhoamongthefollowingwasthefirstspeakeroftheLokSabha?(1) M.A.Ayyangar (2) G.V.Mavalankar(3) SardarHukamSingh (4) N.SanjivaReddy

    42. ConsiderthefollowingstatementsXrayI . CanpassthoroughaluminiumII. CanbedeflectedbymagneticfieldIII. Movewithavelocitylessthanthevelocityofultraviolet

    raysinvacuumWhichofthestatementgivenaboveis/arecorrect?(1) I,IIandIII (2) Ionly(3) IIandIIIonly (4) IandIIonly

    43. Ifasmallraindropfallsthroughair(1) Itsvelocitygoesonincreasing(2) Itsvelocitygoesondecreasing(3) Itsvelocitygoesonincreasingforsometimeandthis

    becomesconstant.(4) Itfallswithconstantspeedforsometimeandthenits

    velocityincreases.

    44. Television signal cannot be received generally beyond aparticulardistancedueto(1) Curvatureoftheearth(2) Weaknessofantenna(3) Weaknessofsignal(4) Absorptionofsignalinair

    45. Whichoneofthefollowingisanobjectwithsuchastronggravitational field that even light cannot escape from itsurface?(1) Neutronstart (2) Whitedwarf(3) Blackhole (4) Supernovastar

    46. Which one of the following is the tide produced as aconsequenceofmoonandsunpullingtheearthinthesamedirection?(1) Springtide (2) Neaptide(3) Hightide (4) Lowtide

    47. Aquaregiausedbyalchemiststoseparatesilverandgoldisamixtureof(1) Hydrochlor ic acid (concentrated) and Nitr ic acid

    (concentrated)(2) Hydrochloricacid(concentrated)andSulphuricacid

    (concentrated).(3) Ni t r i c ac id (concent rated) and Su lphur ic ac id

    (concentrated).(4) Hydrochloricacid(dilute)andSulphateacid(dilute).

    48. Commercialvulcanisationofrubberinvolves(1) Sulphur (2) Carbon(3) Phosphorus (4) Selenium

    49. Inwhichoneofthefollowingishigherpercentageofcarbonfound?(1) Lignite (2) Peatcoal(3) Bituminouscoal (4) Anthracitecoal

    50. Which oneof the followingwhendissolvedinH2Ogiveshissingsound?(1) Limestone (2) Slakedlime(3) Sodalime (4) Quicklme

    51. Therustingofironnail(1) Decreasesitsweight(2) Increasesitsweight(3) Doesnotaffectweightbutironisoxidize(4) Doesnotaffectweightbutironisreduced

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    52. Whichoneofthefollowingisheavywaterusedinnuclearreactor?(1) Waterhavingmolecularweight18amu(2) Waterhavingmolecularweight20amu(3) Waterat40Cbuthavingmolecularweight19amu(4) Waterbelowtheiceinafrozensea

    53. AntonievanAgtamaelisfamousforcoiningwhichtermin1981?(1) EmergingMarkets(2) ThirdWorld(3) BusinessProcessOutsourcing(4) Globalisation

    54.WhichUSbasedIndianacademicianwasinnewsin2008forhisbook"BillionsofEntrepreneurs:HowIndiaandChinaareReshapingTheirFutureandYours"?(1) PankajGhemawat (2) VijayGovindarajan(3) TarunKhanna (4) CKPrahalad

    55."GloballyIntegratedEnterprise"isatermcoinedby(1) CraigBarrett (2) JackWelch(3) SamPalmisano (4) JeffreyImmelt

    56.Ecomaginationisatermtrademarkedby(1) LG (2) Philips(3) GeneralElectric (4) Samsung

    57. German state of Lower Saxony is the second largestshareholderinwhichautomobilecompany?(1) Porsche (2) Volkswagen(3) DaimlerBenz (4) Peugeot

    58.Whatwasthe$700billionrescuepackageforailingfinancialfirmsintheUScalled?(1) FinancialRecapitalizationProgramme(2) SpecialAssistancePackageforDistressedFirms(3) FinancialRescueProgramme(4) TroubledAssetReliefProgramme

    59.KoreangiantSamsungistheofficialsponsorofOlympicsandthe.....footballteam.(1) Chelsea (2) RealMadrid(3) BayernMunich (4) Alltheabove

    60.NancyPelosiisthe(1) FirstwomanSupremeCourtChiefJusticeintheUS(2) F i r s t woman Speaker o f t he US Hous e o f

    Representatives(3) FirstwomanChairpersonofNAFTA(4) FirstwomanChairpersonofCIA

    61. Japan'sMitsubishiUFJFinancialGrouphadagreedtobuya20%stakein(1) GoldmanSachs (2) MerrillLynch(3) LehmanBrothers (4) AIG

    62.Whichmanagementconsultingfirmsplitintotwoseparatecompanies,onefocusingondefence&govt.consultingandtheotheroncorporateconsulting?(1) McKinsey(2) KPMG(3) BostonConsultingGroup(4) Booz,Allen&Hamilton

    63.World'slargestprivateequityfirmBlackstoneispromotedby(1) ChristopherFlowers (2) SanfordBernstein(3) StephenSchwarzman (4) KravisRoberts

    64.WhohascalledthefinancialcrisisintheUS"aneconomicPearlHarbour"?(1) GeorgeSoros (2) WarrenBuffett(3) AlanGreenspan (4) MiltonFriedman

    65.Whichisworld'smostpopularprofessionalnetworkingsitefoundedbyReidHoffman?(1) LinkedIn (2) Facebook(3) Xing (4) Orkut

    66. Richard Branson has dabbled into all of the followingbusinessesexcept(1) Runningtrains (2) Mobileservices(3) Airlines (4) Shipping

    67. Whichofthefollowingis/arecorrectcombinationsofleadingUSfiguresandtheirdesignations,innewsforthefinancialturmoilthere?(1) Christopher CoxChairman of the Securit ies and

    ExchangeCommission(2) HankPaulsonChairmanofFederalReserve(3) BenBernankeTreasurySecretary(4) Alltheabove

    68. Which of the followingbecame the firstmobile servicescompanytoofferservicesbasedonGoogle'sphonein2008?OnwhichsystemistheGooglephonebased?(1) TMobile,Symbian (2) AT&T,Android(3) TMobile,Android (4) AT&T,Symbian

    69. WhichofthefollowingbecamethefirstWesternoilfirmtostrikeajointventuredealwiththegovernmentofIraqafter1972,in2008?(1) ExxonMobil (2) RoyalDutchShell(3) Total (4) BritishPetroleum

    70. GoldmanSachsandMorganStanleyhavenowbecome(1) Nonbankingfinancecompanies(2) Investmentbankingfirms(3) Bankholdingcompanies(4) Stockbrokingfirms

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    71. Which country is home to the three biggest shippingcompaniesintheworld?(1) Japan (2) China(3) Korea (4) India

    72. WhichofthefollowinghascompleteditsintegrationwithElectronicDataSystems,boughtinthefirsthalfof2008?(1) IBM (2) HewlettPackard(3) Intel (4) Google

    73. WhichairportinLondonhasbeenofferedforsale?(1) Gatwick (2) Heathrow(3) Stansted (4) Alltheabove

    74. Whocoinedtheterm'dominotheory'aforeignpolicytheorywhichspeculatedthatifonelandinaregioncameundertheinfluenceofcommunismthen thesurroundingcountrieswouldfollowinadominoeffect?(1) LyndonBJohnson (2) WinstonChurchill(3) DwightD.Eisenhower (4) HenryKissinger

    75. Markoutthewrongcombinationofauthors,theirbooksandtheawardswonbythem.(1) 2005,JohnBanville,'TheSea',ManBookerPrize(2) 2002,YannMartel,'LifeofPi',ManBookerPrize(3) 2008, Rose Tremain, 'The Road Home', Orange

    BroadbandPrize(4) 2007,A.L.Kennedy,'Day',PulitzerPrizeinFiction

    76. Whichfilmfestivalawardsthe'VolpiCups'forbestactorandbestactress?(1) CannesFilmFestival (2) VeniceFilmFestival(3) BerlinFilmFestival (4) ParisFilmFestival

    77. Mark out the wrong combination among the followingMagsaysayawardwinnersfromIndia?(1) 2007,PalagummiSainath,CommunityLeadership(2) 2006,ArvindKejriwal,EmergentLeadership(3) 2000, Jockin Arputham, Peace and International

    Understanding(4) 1959,ChintamanDeshmukh,GovernmentService

    78. WhobecamethesecondIndiantowintheWorldBilliardsChampionshipin1981?(1) WilsonJones (2) GeetSethi(3) PankajAdvani (4) MichaelFerreira

    79. ThenumberofgoldmedalsinIndia'smedalstallywasthelowestinwhichAsianGames?(1) 1954,Manila (2) 1978,Bangkok(3) 1990,Beijing (4) 2002,Busan

    80. Which of the followingcombinations of Indian Railwaysdivisionsandtheirheadquartersisincorrect?(1) NorthernRailway:Delhi(2) EasternRailway:Howrah(3) NorthEasternRailway:Gorakhpur(4) NortheastFrontierRailway:Guwahati

    81.WhichofthefollowingisnotcorrectaboutArvindKejriwal?(1) He is associated with India's Right to Information

    movement(2) HestartedhiscareerintheIndianRevenueService(3) Heisacharteredaccountantbyprofession(4) ParivartanistheNGOfoundedbyhim

    82.Whichofthefollowingcombinationsoffictionaldetectivesandtheircreatorsisnotcorrect?(1) SherlockHolmesSirArthurConanDoyle(2) PhilipMarloweG.K.Chesterton(3) MissMarpleAgathaChristie(4) PerryMasonErleStanleyGardner

    83. Which group represents the interests of the developingcountries?(1) G77 (2) G7(3) G10 (4) G80

    84. Recentlywhichislandcountrydecidedtoforgoadayandshifttothetimezoneonitswest?(1) Samoa (2) NewZealand(3) TrinidadandTobago (4) FijiIslands

    85.MatchthefollowingMineralwaterbrand Company(i) PolandSpring (a) Danone(ii) Evian (b) Starbucks(iii) Dasani (c) CocaCola(iv) Ethos (d) Nestle(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)d(2) (i)(d),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)a(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    86. India has a Comprehens i ve Economic Cooperat ionAgreement(CECA)withwhichcountry/entity?(1) EuropeanUnion (2) ASEAN(3) Mauritius (4) Singapore

    87.Matchthefollowing.State FirstChiefMinister(i) Bihar (a) BhagwatDayalSharma(ii) Haryana (b) SriKrishnaSinha(iii) HimachalPradesh (c) PtRavishankarShukla(iv) MadhyaPradesh (d) YashwantSinghParmar(1) (i)b,(ii)c,(iii)d,(iv)a(2) (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)d,(iv)c(3) (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)c,(iv)d(4) (i)a,(ii)b,(iii)c,(iv)d

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    88. MatchthecorrectcombinationofWesternArtMovements&theirleadingpainters(i) Baroque (ii) Impressionism(iii) Cubism (iv) Symbolism(a) PabloPicasso,GeorgesBraque(b) ClaudeMonet,PierreAugusteRenoir(c) PeterPaulRubens,Caravaggio(d) GustavKlimt,EdvardMunch(1) (i)b,(ii)c,(iii)d,(iv)a(2) (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)d,(iv)c(3) (i)c,(ii)a,(iii)b,(iv)d(4) (i)a,(ii)b,(iii)c,(iv)d

    89. MatchthefollowingBrands&CompaniesCompanies(a) Unilever (b) SaraLee(c) ReckittBenckiser (d) KimberleyClarkBrands(i) Brasso,Mortein,Clearasil(ii) AmbiPur,Kiwi,Sanex(iii) Kleenex,Kotex,Huggies(iv) Ben&Jerry's,Hellmann'smayonnaise,SlimFast(v) BeetleBailey

    (1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)d(2) (i)(d),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)a(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    90. Matchthecorrectcombinationinthefollowing.Cartoon characters(i) WizardofId(ii) BeauPeep(iii) ArchieComics(iv) TintinCreators(a) BrantParker,JohnnyHart(b) RogerKettle,AndrewChristine(c) MortWalker(d) GeorgesRemi(e) JohnL.Goldwater,VicBloom,BobMontana.

    (1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)c,(iv)d,(v)(e)(2) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)e,(iv)d,(v)(c)(3) (i)(e),(ii)(d),(iii)c,(iv)b,(v)(a)(4) (i)(e),(ii)(a),(iii)c,(iv)b,(v)(d)

    91. MatchthecorrectcombinationoftheBestPictureAwardwinningOscarmoviesandtheirdirectors?Movie(i) NoCountryforOldMen(2007)(ii) Crash(2004)(iii) TheLordoftheRingsTheReturnoftheKing(2003)(iv) Chicago(2002)Directors(a) RobMarshall(b) Joel&EthanCoen(c) PaulHaggis(d) PeterJackson(1) (i)b,(ii)c,(iii)d,(iv)a(2) (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)d,(iv)c(3) (i)c,(ii)a,(iii)b,(iv)d(4) (i)a,(ii)b,(iii)c,(iv)d

    92. WhichofthefollowingcoinedthetermBRIC(Brazil,Russia,India,China)?(1) MerrillLynch (2) MorganStanley(3) LehmanBrothers (4) GoldmanSachs

    93. Whichofthefollowingisthecorrectchronologicalorder,inascendingorder,ofhistoricalhappenings?A1896AlfredNobel'swillestablishestheNobelPrizesB1880BeginningoftheconstructionofPanamaCanalC1893NewsZealandbecomesthefirstcountryintheworldtograntwomentherighttovoteD1900:SigmundFreudwrites'TheInterpretationofDreams'E1911ErnestRutherforddiscoversthestructureofatom(1) A,B,C,D,E (2) B,C,A,D,E(3) B,A,C,E,D (4) A,C,B,E,D

    94. WhowasnamedAsianBusinessLeaderoftheYearatthesixthannualCNBCAsiabusinessleaders'awardsceremonyatSeoulinFebruary2008?(1) VikramPandit (2) HarishManwani(3) RatanTata (4) PawanMunjal

    95. Who is the Chairman of the Prime Minister's EconomicAdvisoryCouncil(EAC)?(1) YezdiMalegam (2) RakeshMohan(3) CRangarajan (4) SureshTendulkar

    96. WhichconsultingfirmhasbeenappointedbythegovernmenttosuggestrevampmeasuresforIndiaPostinaninitiativetermedProjectArrow?(1) PwC (2) McKinsey(3) KPMG (4) BCG

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    97. TheMaastrichtTreaty led to the formationwhichof thefollowing?(1) WorldBank(2) EuropeanUnion(3) NorthAtlanticTreatyorganisation(NATO)(4) InternationalLabourOrganisation(ILO)

    98. PulitzerprizesinJournalismareawardedby(1) PrincetonUniversity(2) WashingtonUniversity(3) UniversityofMissouri(4) ColumbiaUniversity

    99. WhichmusicdirectorwasbornA.S.DileepKumar?(1) Khayyam (2) Naushad(3) ARRahman (4) IsmailDarbar

    100.WhichofthefollowingisbasedinDehradun?(1) BotanicalResearchInstituteofIndia(2) IndianMilitaryAcademy(3) SurveyofIndia(4) IndianStatisticalInstitute

    101.Matchthefollowingaboutworld'sbusiestairportsandtheirlocations.Airport Place(i) Hartsfield (a) Amsterdam(ii) SkyHarbor (b) Atlanta(iii) Schiphol (c) Phoenix(iv) Gatwick (d) Chicago(v) O'Hare (e) London(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)c,(iv)d,(v)(e)(2) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)e,(iv)d,(v)(c)(3) (i)(b),(ii)(c),(iii)a,(iv)e,(v)(d)(4) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)e,(iv)a,(v)(d)

    102.Whichofthefollowingcombinationsofworld'slargestlakesandtheirlocationiscorrect?(1) LakeVictoriaCanada,USA(2) LakeSuperiorKenya,Tanzania,Uganda(3) MichiganCanada,USA(4) GreatBearLakeAustralia

    103.BywhichdamisthereservoirGobindSagarformed?(1) Bhakra (2) Hirakud(3) Mettur (4) Paithan

    104.Matchthefollowing.CountryOverseasTerritory/Territories(i) Australia (a) Ascension(ii) Denmark (b) FaeroeIslands(iii) France (c) NewCaledonia(iv) UK (d) ChristmasIsland(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)d(2) (i)(d),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)a(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    105.WhichofthefollowingMicrosoftproductshadthecodenameLonghorn?(1) Windows95 (2) Windows98(3) WindowsXP (4) WindowsXP

    106.MatchthefollowingPerson Achievement/Discovery(i) RobertKoch (a) Calculus(ii) TheodorHerzl (b) Zionistmovement(iii) JosephLister (c) Tuberculosisgerm(iv) GotfriedLeibniz (d) Antisepticsurgery(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)d(2) (i)(d),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)a(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    107.Matchthecorrectcombinationinthefollowing.State Largestdistrict

    (intermsofarea)(i) ArunachalPradesh (a) Lohit(ii) Assam (b) Kamrup(iii) Manipur (c) Mayurbhanj(iv) Nagaland (d) Tuensang(v) Orissa (e) Churachandpur(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)c,(iv)d,(v)(e)(2) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)e,(iv)d,(v)(c)(3) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)d,(iv)e,(v)(c)(4) (i)(e),(ii)(a),(iii)c,(iv)b,(v)(d)

    108.Which of the following is the rightcombination ofhotelbrandsandtheircompanies?HotelCompany Brand(i) IndianHotelsCompany (a) Courtyard(ii) Marriott (b) Novotel(iii) AccorGroup (c) Gateway(iv) Sheraton (d) Aloft(1). (i)b,(ii)c,(iii)d,(iv)a(2). (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)d,(iv)c(3). (i)c,(ii)a,(iii)b,(iv)d(4). (i)c,(ii)b,(iii)a,(iv)d

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    109.WhichofthefollowingistherightcombinationofHollywoodactorsandtheirmovieproductioncompanies?Actor Movieproductioncompany(i) NicolasCage (a) PlaytoneProductions(ii) GeorgeClooney (b) Smokehouse

    Productions(iii) TomHanks' (c) SaturnProductions(iv) JayRoach (d) EverymanPictures(1). (i)b,(ii)c,(iii)d,(iv)a(2). (i)b,(ii)a,(iii)d,(iv)c(3). (i)c,(ii)a,(iii)b,(iv)d(4). (i)c,(ii)b,(iii)a,(iv)d

    110. Matchthefollowing.Year Event(i) 1972 (a) LaunchofIndia'sfirst

    satelliteAryabhatta(ii) 1979 (b) NobelPeacePrizefor

    MotherTeresa(iii) 1982 (c) IntroductionofPIN

    Code(iv) 1975 (d) Formationofthe

    TeluguDesamParty(1) (i)(a),(ii)(b),(iii)(c),(iv)d(2) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(d),(iv)a(3) (i)(c),(ii)(b),(iii)(a),(iv)d(4) (i)(d),(ii)(a),(iii)(c),(iv)b

    111. Realismintheeconomyimpliescoexistenceofthe(1) Oldandthenew(2) backwardandadvanced(3) highlyeducatedfewandtheliteratemasses(4) alloftheabove

    112. Aconsumerissaidtobeinequilibrium,if(1) heisabletofulfilhisneedwithagivenlevelofincome(2) heisabletoliveinfullcomfortwithagivenlevelof

    income(3) hecanfulfilhisneedswithoutconsumptionofcertain

    items(4) heisabletolocatenewsourcesofincome

    113. Aconsumerwithagivenincomewillobtainmaximumutilitywhen(1) themarginalutilityofeachcommodityisequal(2) themarginalutilityofeachcommodityisinthesame

    ratiotoitsprice(3) theutilityderivedfromthefirstunitofeachcommodity

    isequal(4) theutilityderivedfromeachcommodityisunequal

    114. Aproducerundermonopolisticcompetitionadvertiseshisproductsothatitcan(1) reducethemarginalcostoftheproduct(2) increasethedemandforhisproduct(3) reducetheproductioncostoftheproduct(4) meetthedemandinthemarket

    115. Theconsumer'ssurpluscanbedefinedas(1) extraunitsofacommoditybought(2) surpluscommodityleftafterconsumption(3) differencebetweenactualpriceandpotentialprice(4) totalconsumersatisfaction

    116. Thedemandforagoodiselasticif(1) thedemandforthatgoodincreaseswhenpricefalls(2) a decrease in price results in a decrease in total

    expenditure(3) t he quant i t y demanded i n cr eas es le s s t han

    proportionatelywiththedecreaseinpricelevel(4) increaseinpublicexpenditure

    117.Theeffectofafallininvestmentonincomeisnormally(1) greaterthanthefallininvestment(2) equaltothefallininvestmentitself(3) lessthanthefallininvestment(4) equaltothefallininvestmentunlesssavingsincrease

    atthesametime

    118. UnderwhichFiveYearPlandidindustrialgrowthrecordthehighestgrowth?(1) First (2) Second(3) Fifth (4) Third

    119.Which FiveYear Plan accorded highest pr iority to thedevelopmentoftransportandcommunicationintermsofpercentageallocationofplanoutlay?(1) Fifth (2) Fourth(3) Third (4) Second

    120. NationalAgriculturalPolicy2000wasannouncedduringwhichFiveYearPlan?(1) 7th (2) 8th(3) 9th (4) 10th

    121. Rustom1UAVisIndia's(1) Fleettanker(2) UnmannedAerialVehicle(3) Surfacetoairmissile(4) Airtoseamissile

    122. AFTstandsfor(1) AirFitnessTrainingCentre(2) ArmedForcesTribunal(3) Army'sFinancialTeam(4) Noneoftheabove

    123. IndianChinaheldonborderdispute(1) 14throundofrepresentativetalks(2) 13throundofrepresentativetalks(3) 12throundofrepresentativetalks(4) 11throundofrepresentativetalks

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    124. InChiefMinister'sConferenceonInternalSecurityheldHomeMinisteridentifiedthreemajorchallengestointernalsecurityofIndia.Whichoneamongthefollowingisnotachallengeaccordingtohim?(1) ChinesethreattoArunanchalPradesh(2) Terrorism(3) InsurgencyintheNortheast(4) Naxalism

    125. ASEANaregional blocwithwhich Indiahas signedFreeTradeAgreementisnowIndia's(1) Thirdlargesttradingpartner(2) Secondlargesttradingpartner(3) Fourthlargesttradingpartner(4) Fifthlargesttradingpartner

    126.UnderthetradepactwithASEANthenumberofitemsIndiahas included from agriculture, textiles and chemicals innegativelist(whichwillbekeptoutofthedutyreduction)is(1) 450 (2) 489(3) 525 (4) 333

    127. TheCentralGovernmenthasdecidedtogrant landpattaandoccupancyrightsofdwellingmemberofthebeneficiaryhouseholdunder(1) TheIndiraAwasYojana(2) TheRajivAwasYojana(3) BharatNirmanProject(4) JNURM

    128. ICWFisafundfor(1) SeniorCitizenanddisabledperson(2) TohelpthewomenfromOBC'sandMinoritiestorun

    theiremployment(3) TohelpOverseasIndiansintimesofdistress(4) Noneoftheabove

    129. ISROandNASA'sjointendeavour'BiState'experimenttolocatewatericeontheMooninvolved(1) MiniatureSyntheticApertureRadar(2) MiniatureRadioFrequency(3) Both(1)and(2)(4) Noneoftheabove

    130. IndiahassignedapactwithwhichofthefollowingcountriestohelpherindevelopingaNationalPoliceAcademyatRs.320crore?(1) Bhutan (2) Maldives(3) Afghanistan (4) Nepal

    131.MaryKom,whotookpartinLondon2012,representingIndia,hailsfrom(1) WestBengal (2) Manipur(3) Goa (4) Kerala

    132. PrimeMinister'sCouncilonClimateChangehasapprovedinprincipletheNationalMissiononEnhancedEnergyEfficiencywhichtargets(1) 10percentenergysavingby2012(2) 5percentenergysavingby2015(3) 9percentenergysavingby2012(4) Noneofthese

    133.UnionCabinethasrecentlyapprovedquotaforwomeninPanchayatupto(1) 45percent (2) 33percent(3) 50percent (4) 75percent

    134.WhohastoppedtheForbe'smagazinemostpowerfulwomenlistintheworld?(1) IndiraNooyi (2) MichellBachelet(3) AngelaMerkel (4) KiranMazumdarShaw

    135.WhichofthefollowingstatesrecentlysetupEveningCourts?(1) Gujarat (2) Maharashtra(3) TamilNadu (4) Kerala

    136.NATMstandsfor(1) NationalAustralianTunnelingMethod(2) NationalAutomaticTellerMachine(3) NewAustralianTunnelingMethod(4) Noneoftheabove

    137. ThenewheadofDRDO(DefenceResearchandDevelopmentOrganisation)is(1) V.K.Chopra (2) V.K.Saraswat(3) S.L.Raina (4) M.P.Muralidharan

    138. The Government of India has decided to inst itute aninternationalawardinthenameof(1) RabindranathTagore (2) SubhashChandraBose(3) AnnieBesant (4) RajivGandhi

    139. Thewinnerof17thRajivGandhiNationalSadbhavanaAwardwas(1) GulamAhmadBhat(2) GautamBhaiofPawanar(3) Dr.DominicEmmanuel(4) Noneofthese

    140.WhichofthefollowinghasbeenconferredontheprestigiousUNESCO'sKingSejongLiteracyPrize2009?(1) RajasthanPatrika (2) TheHindu(3) KhabarLahariya (4) Noneoftheabove

    141. According to Global Status Report on Road Safety thecountrywhichleadsinroaddeathsis(1) China (2) Bangladesh(3) U.S.A. (4) India

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    142. InternationalDayforEradicationofPovertyisobservedon(1) October16 (2) October17(3) October18 (4) October20

    143. 'India:FromMidnighttotheMillenniumandBeyond'isthebookby(1) AtalBihariVajpayee (2) PrakashKarat(3) ShashiTharoor (4) MonikaChousoria

    144. EnglandclinchedtheAshesSeriesafterdefeating(1) Kenya (2) Pakistan(3) Australia (4) Noneoftheabove

    145. IndiabaggedONGCNehruCuptitle(Football)afterbeating(1) SaudiArabia (2) Syria(3) Argentina (4) Uganda

    146.Whichofthefollowingisnotcorrectlymatched?Winner Competition(1) Ruben'sBarrichello EuropeanGrandPrix(2) ValentinoRossi HungarianGrandPrix(3) KimiRaikkonen BelgianGrandPrix(4) MarkWebber GermanGrandPrix

    147.The ForeignTradePolicy for theperiod 200914aims atachievinganannualgrowthof(1) 10percent (2) 15percent(3) 20percent (4) 8percent

    148. C.RangarajanhasbeenmadeChairmanof(1) NationalAdvisoryCouncil(2) PrimeMinister'sEconomic(3) AsianSocietyofAgriculturalEconomics(4) Noneoftheabove

    149.WhichmoviewontheprestigiousPalmed'Orawardin64thCannesFilmFestival?(1) Malancholia (2) TheKidwithaBike(3) MidnightinParis (4) TheTreeofLife

    150. TheoldestIndianwomantoscaleMt.Everestis(1) TinaMena (2) PrabhaKumari(3) PremlataAgarwal (4) BechendriPal

    151. Theagriculturalcensusisdoneatwhichofthefollowingintervals?(1) Everyyear (2) Onceinthefiveyear(3) Onceinthethreeyear (4) Onceinthetenyear

    152. The11thFiveYearPlanistermedasaplanfor(1) India'shealth(2) India'sEducation(3) DevelopmentofruralIndia(4) EradicationofpovertyfromIndia

    153. Indiarecentlysignedsixnuclearpactswith(1) Vietnam (2) Japan(3) Mongolia (4) N.Korea

    154. BharatNirmanProjectcoversandfocuseson(1) FiveAreas (2) SixAreas(3) SevenAreas (4) TenAreas

    155. Nextzone an in format ion technology SEZ has beenestablishedat(1) PankiinUttarPradesh(2) PanvelinMaharashtra(3) BangaloreinKarnataka(4) SecunderabadinAndhraPradesh

    156. Tohiscredit,LeanderPaesofIndiapresentlyhas(1) TwelveGrandSlamTitles(2) TenGrandSlamTitles(3) SixGrandSlamTitles(4) FiveGrandSlamTitles

    157.Thewinnerin5000and10,000metreracein12thWorldChampionshipinAthleticsis(1) UsainBolt (2) AbelKirni(3) KenenisaBekele (4) Noneoftheabove

    158. TheCommandoBattallionforResolutionAction(COBRA)isthecounterinsurgencyunitof(1) CRPF (2) BSF(3) IndianArmy (4) IndianAirForce

    159. CurrentlyinIndiaOBCsaccountfor(1) 40percentruralpopulace(2) 45percentruralpopulace(3) 60percentruralpopulace(4) 39percentruralpopulace

    160.World'sHighestRailBridgeisbeingbuiltover(1) BrahmaputraRiver (2) BeasRiver(3) ChenabRiver (4) YamunaRiver

    161.WhoamongthefollowingwroteatreatiseonmedicineinancientIndia?(1) Aryabhatta (2) Charaka(3) Nagarjuna (4) Varahamihira

    162. Theauthorof'HindSwaraj'was(1) V.D.Savarkar (2) MahatmaGandhi(3) B.G.Tilak (4) Noneofthese

    163.WhichofthefollowingbookswaswrittenbyGandhiji?(1) DiscoveryofIndia(2) MyExperimentswithTruth(3) IndiaWinsFreedom(4) FreedomatMidnight

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    164.Which of the followingbooks was bannedby allMuslimcountries,includingIndia?(1) Shame (2) FreedomatMidnight(3) SatanicVerses (4) Noneofthese

    165.DauniHumayunwaswrittenby(1) Babur (2) Humayun(3) GulbadanBegum (4) KhanzadaBegum

    166. TheoldestHinduepicis(1) Mahabhashya (2) Ramayana(3) Mahabharata (4) Ashtadhyayi

    167. MatchthefollowingColumnI(Author)

    A . MahatmaGandhiB. RamManoharLohiaC . DrRajendraPrasadD. MaulanaAbulKalamAzad

    ColumnII(Book)1. IndiaDivided2. IndiaWinsFreedom3. HindSwaraj4. TheWheelofHistory

    A B C D(1) 1 2 4 3(2) 2 3 1 4(3) 3 1 2 4(4) 3 4 1 2

    168.Whichofthefollowingpairsiscorrectlymatched?(1) AbulFazalAiniAkbari(2) BadauniAkbarNama(3) AbdulHamidLahoriTabkatiAkbari(4) NizamuddinAhmedBadshahNama

    169. CharakaSamhitaisaworkon(1) Politics (2) Mathematics(3) Economics (4) Medicine

    170.WhowastheauthorofthebookwhichhadbeenbannedbyallMuslimcountries,includingIndia?(1) SalmanRushdie (2) GeorgeOrwell(3) K.AsafAli (4) Noneofthese

    171.WhoisthefounderoftheseparateMuslimstateofPakistan?(1) MohammadbinTughlaq (2) MohammadAHJinnah(3) KublaiKhan (4) Noneofthese

    172.The first Indian actress to havebeennominated to theRajyaSabhawas(1)NargisDutt (2) HemaMalini(3)JayaPrada (4) Noneofthese

    173.Apolishastronomer,NicolausCopernicusisknownfor(1) hisdiscoveryofheavenlybodies(2) his discovery that the sun is the centre of the

    universe.(3) Both(1)and(2)arecorrect(4) Noneofthese

    174. Pythagoras was first to .. .. . the universal validity ofgeometricaltheorem.(1) Give (2) Prove(3) Both (4) Noneofthese

    175.RajaRammohanRoy(1) Wasasocialreformerwho triedtoeradicate 'sati',

    'purdah'andchildmarriage.(2) Advocatedwidowremarriageandwoman'seducation(3) WasthefounderoftheBrahmoSamaj(4) Allarecorrect

    176.Whoinventedmagnifyingglassandgunpowder?(1) RogerBacon (2) RudolfDiesel(3) SigmundFreud (4) RobertBoyle

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