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1. India recently ratified United Nations Convention against (A) Drug Trafficking (B) Corruption (C) Terrorism (D) None of the above 2. India recently signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA) with- (A) Colombia (B) Argentina (C) Russia (D) Japan 3. Planning Commission has recently set up Working Group on- (A) Health Reforms (B) School Education (C) Infrastructure development (D) Tribal Welfare 4. By which of the following was 'The Decade of Action for Road Safety ' launched? (A) Indian Government (B) United Nations Organisation (C) SAARC Nations (D) None of the above 5. Which of the nations did Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visit in second week of May 2011? (A) Bangladesh (B) Afghanistan (C) Sri Lanka (D) Pakistan 6. Islam Karimov who recently visited India is the President of (A) Uzbekistan (B) Kazakhstan (C) Mongolia (D) China 7. With reference to a news item related to ISRO setting up several new critical facilities which of the following is not correctly matched? Facility Centre/Location (A) Hypersonic Wind Tunnel - Trivendrum (B) Testing Facility for High Thrust Cryogenics Engines Mahendragiri (C) New Mission Control Centre -New Delhi (D) Advance Research and Development Centre –Chitradurga 8. Consider the following statements-

A. GSA T -8 is the heaviest and largest satellite built by ISRO. B. It was one of the two co-passengers in ISRO's launch carried by Ariane-5 on May 21, 2011. C. The two communications satellites which the 800 tonne Ariane-5 launched Carried weighed 9,000 kg. d. The other and even heavier satellite was from Singapore and Taiwan. (A) Only 1 and 2 (B) Only 3 and 4 (C) Only 1 , 2 and 3 (D) All the four 9. Astra missile which was recently test-fired is a- (A) Surface to-air missile (B) Air to-air missile (C) Surface to surface missile (D) Air to surface missile 10. Rustom 1 UAV is India's (A) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (B) Surface to air missile (C) Air to sea missile (D) A fleet tanker 11. The two main factions of which of the following recently signed a Unity Pact? (A) Palestine (B) Albania (C) Uzbekistan (D) Korea 12. Over 44 million people have been repCfIted without job recently in- (A) SAA RC countries (B) OECD region (C) NATO countries (D) APEC region 13. Recently which island country decided to forge a day and shift to the time zone on its west? (A) Trinidad and Tobago (B) Samoa (C) New Zealand (D) None of the above 14. 2nd Africa-India Summit was recently held in- (A) Sudan (B) Ethiopia (C) South Africa (D) Uganda

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15. During Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh's visit to Africa, India offered to Africa credit line worth- (A) $ 6 billion (B) $ 7 billion (C) $ 5 billion (D) $ 4 billion 16. G-8 Summit was recently held in- (A) Tokyo (B) Rome (C) Deuville (D) Moscow 17. World's Least Dev eloped Countries Summit was held in May 2011 in- (A) Tehran (B) Istanbul (C) Cairo (D) Beijing Answers: 1. b, 2. a,3. b, 4. b, 5. b, 6. a, 7. c, 8. d, 9. b, 10. a ,11 . a, 12. b, 13. b, 14. b, 15. c, 16. C 17 . b Part 2: 1. In recently held assembly elections, in which state, ruling party emerged as victorious party? (a) Assam (b) West Bengal (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala 2. Who is the new Chief Minister of West Bengal, where Communist Party has been badly defeated? (a) ]ayalalithaa (b) Mamata Banerjee (c) Tarun Gogoi (d) Oommen Chandy 3. Which state of USA abolished death penalty recently? (a) Chicago (b) Florida (c) Ilinois (d) None of these .... 4. Consider the following statements: India recently put into orbit its sophisticated remote sensing satellite Resource-sat-2 and two microsatellites. II. The satellites were carried on board its workhorse rocket PSLV -C16 and put into orbit on April 20, 2011. III. It was the 1 8th flight of PSLY. IV. Resourcesat-2 put up by PSLV C-16 expected to sent back huge data on earth's resources.

Which of the above is/are correct? (a) Only I & II (b) Only II & III (c) Only I & III (d) All the four 5. Recently in its judgement on April 18, 2011 the Supreme Court banned the employment of children ill (a) Manufacturing Industrial Units (b) Coal Mines (c) Circuses (d) None of the above 6. India signed an agreement on giving the country access to North Caspian Sea Region with (a) Uzbekistan (b) Kazakhstan (c) Mongolia (d) Russia 7. The largest trade partner of India is (a) China (b) Russia (c) Australia (d) Japan 8. A Central Supervisory Boald has been reconstituted to tackle the declining (a) Child Sex Ratio (b) Literacy Rate (c) Enrolment Ratio (d) None of the above 9. Rajendra Pawar is the new chairman of (a) Flcer (b) NASSCOM (c) ONGC (d) None of the above 10. The number of Indians who have made it to the Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world is (a) Six (b) Five (c) Seven (d) Eight 11. With reference with the Godfrey Philips Zonal Bravery Awards which of the following is not correctly matched? Winner :::: A ward (A) Nilesh Singhal -The Mind of Steel Award (B) RR Trivedi -Social Bravery Award (C) A nuradha Gautarn -Physical Bravery Award (0) Sonia Sharma -Amodhini Award

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12. Who has been crowned Panta-loons Femina Miss India 2011? (a) Ankita Shorey (b) Kanishtha Oankar (c) Hasleen Kaur (d) None of the above Answers: 1 . a 2. b 3. C 4. d 5. c 6. b 7 . a 8. a 9. b 10. b 11 . d 12. b