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GK TEST 1
1.

Britain's astronomers of the Wide Angle Search for Planets have announced the discovery of three new
planets. These are

2.

(a) WASP-1, WASP-2 and WASP-3

(b) WASP-2, WASP-3 and WASP-4

(c) WASP-3, WASP-4 and WASP-5

(d) WASP-4, WASP-5 and WASP-6

Which among the following bodies recommends MSP (Minimum Support Price) for the crops in India?
(a) FCI (Food Corporation of India)
(b) RBI (Reserve Bank of India)
(c) Ministry of Agriculture
(d) CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices)

3.

Which of the following sectors of Indian Economy contributes highest in the Gross Saving in India?
(a) Public Sector

4.

(b) Private Sector

(c) Household Sector

(d) Services Sector

This sports marketing and celebrity management agency is founded by Mahesh Bhupati. Name the
company.
(a) ICONIX

5.

(b) Percept DMark

(d) Globosports

Carlos Ghosn, who recently visited India, is chairman of

(a) Suzuki Motors

6.

(c) 9 yards

(b) Nissan renault

(c) Fiat Auto

(d) Diamler

Before Independence various plans were prepared for the purpose of long-term economic development
of India. Match the following in relation to it.
List-I
(Plans)
A.

National Planning Committee

Bombay Plan

C.

Gandhian Plan

D.

Peoples Plan

List II
(Propounders)
1.

Indian National Congress

2.

Loading Industrialist

3.

Shriman Narayan

4.

M.N.Roy

Select the code:

A

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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7.

After 25 years in the making, European Space Agencys 2 billion laboratory is set for launch to the
international Space Station. Once operational Europes first permanent base in space is expected to
double the research capacity of the ISS. The name of science aboratory is

8.

(a) British Laboratory

(b) European Laboratory

(c) European union Laboratory

(d) Columbus Laboratory

According to the world conservation union (IUCN) how many tree species have been put

on its Red

List of Threatened Plants Species 2007 as being critically endangered across india?
(a) 14
9.

(b) 24

(c) 45

(d) 55

Famous Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Entertain ment has tied up with which company to co-invest in
Indian movies?
(a) Yash Raj Studio

10.

(c) Eros International

(d) Adlab

(c) GMR

(d) Gujarat Ambuja

KP Singh is the chairman of

(a) DLF

11.

(b) RK Studio

(b) Sanmar

Researches stressed that moderate exposure to sunlight did not significantly raise the risk of the most
serious form of skin cancer, called
(a) Caricinoma

12.

(b) Melanoma

(c) Ceratonoma

(d) Carcoma

Organic Compounds containing carbon and hydrogen form the building blocks of all life on Earth. Now,
scientist have found the same on
(a) Mars

13.

(b) Mercury

(c) Venus

(d) Jupiter

Match the following organisations with their headquarters.

List-I
(Organisations)
(a). WTO

(b) World Bank

(c) ADB

(d) TLO

(2) Geneva

(3) Manila

(4) Rome

List-II
(Headquarters)
(1) Washington

Select the code

14.

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

National Rural Employment Act, 2005, was launched with merging which of the existing scheme?
(a) JRY and Indra Avas Yojna
(b) Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojna and National Food for Work Programme
(c) Swarnjayant Swarozgar Yojna and JRY
(d) JRY and Sidra

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15.

Consider the following:

I.

Parkinson's disease affects around 120,000 people in Britain, with 10,000 new Case diagnosed
each year.

II.

The disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in one part of the brain.

III.

The cells release a chemical called dopamine, which allows messages to be sent to parts of the
brain that coordinate movement.

Select the Code:

16.

(a) Only I and II are correct

(b) Only I and III are correct

(c) Only II and III are correct

(d) All are correct

Zoological Survey of India recently claimed the discovery of a new species of legless amphibian named
Gegeneophis mhadeiensis, from marshy habitat in

17.

(a) Northern Karnataka

(b) Northern Andhra Pradesh

(c) Northern Kerala

(d) Northern Tamil Nadu

Which among the following countries is the largest trading partner of India in the world?
(a) USA

18.

(d) Canada

(b) Future ghroup

(c) Aditya Birla group

(d) Tata group

Which country has adopted the family planing programmes 1952 for the first time in the world?
(a) China

20

(c) China

Retailing chains, Trent and Westside are promoted by

(a) DLF

19

(b) Germany

(b) U.S.A

(c) India

(d) Australia

Who among the following awarded the first K. Subrahmanyam Award for Excellence in Strategic
Studies?
(a) Sudha Mahalingam

21.

(b) Vijay Singh

(c) N.S. Sisodia

(d) Deepak Patel

Which of the following statement is not correct?

(a)

For the first time, no Indian university figures in Britains most authoritative league table of the
worlds top 200 universities.

(b)

While China is in with six universities revealing a wide gap in higher educational standards
between the two competing Asian giants.

(c)

Other Asian countries with world-class universities are Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
and South

(d)
22.

The survey covers 50 countries of the world.

The Government had set up an Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness in wake of farmers suicide
in cotton growing areas in the country under the chairmanship of -

23.

(a) Dr. Bimal Jalan

(b) Dr. R. Radhakrishnan

(c) Dr. C. Ranyrajan

(d) Rakesh mohan

Who among the following Indian Entrepreneurs has been named as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of
the year 2007?
(a) Azim Premji

24.

(b) Mukesh Ambani

(c) B. Ramalinga Raju

(d) Ratan Tata

Vedanta the Alminium major company of India was earlier known as (a) Nalco

(b) Hindalco

(c) Sail

(d) Balco

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25.

Match the following:

Column-I

Column-ii

A.

Logitech

i.

India

B.

Wockhard

ii.

Switzerland

C.

Blackstone

iii.

US

D.

HSBC

iv

UK

Choose the answer from the choices given below:

(a) A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii
26.

(b) A-I, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv

(c) A-ii, B-I, C-iii, D-iv

(d) A-iv, B-I, C-ii, D-iii

USbased Gap Inc, the worlds largest speciality retail chain, owns some of the most recognized
apparel brand in the world. The brands owned by it are
(a) GAP

(b) Banana Republic

(c) Burberry

(d) Old Navy

(e) Piperlime

(f) Gas

Choose the answer from the choices given below:

(a) (a), (b) and (c)
27.

(b) (a), (b) and (f)

(c) (a), (b), (e)

(d) (a), (b), (d), (e)

This Indian businessman has recently made it to the Forbes list of richest Americans. He happens to be
the founder director of Google. Who is he?

28.

(a) Shantanu Narayen

(b) Kavitark Ram Shriram

(c) Bharat Desai

(d) Vinod Khosla

Laffer curve is related to

(a) Tax collection

29.

(b) Employment

(c) Consumption

(d) National Income

Which of the following statement is correct about Red Ribbon Express?

(a)

It is the worlds largest Mobilization drive and marks a significant step forward in the fight against
the HIV epidemic in India.

(b)

It is the worlds largest mass mobilization drive and marks a significant step forward in the fight
against the Polio epidemic in India.

30.

(c)

It marks a significant step forward in the fight against the HIV epidemic in the world.

(d)

It marks a significant step forward in the fight against the Polio epidemic in the world.

Which one of the following Estimates the National Income of India?

(a) RBI

31.

(b) Finance Commission (c) CSO

(d) Planning Commission

He was the commercial operations head of Hong Kong- headquartered PepsiCo Asia-pacific. He
recently quit the company. Till a year ago, he was the chairman of PepsiCos ndia opertions. The man
in the qetin is
(a) Rajeev Bakshi

32.

(c) S. Gopalkrishnan

(d) Raj Singh

Promethean India, a private equity firms, is manged by the Burmans family of

(a) Dabur

33.

(b) PM Sinha

(b) Essar

(c) Merico

(d) Nirma

Consider the followings:

I.

India is down to 128 on the HDI in 2007 after sliding two notches.

II.

India ranked 62 among 108 developing countries on poverty index.

III.

Indias present HDI of 0.619 is above South Asia average (0.611) and below developing counties
average (0.691)

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Select the Code:

34.

35.

(a) Only I and II are correct

(b) Only I and III are correct

(c) Only II and III are correct

(d) All are correct

Who among the following won the Miss World 2007 title, held recently in Hainan Province of China?
(a) Miss China Zhang Zhi Li

(b) Miss Angola Michaela Reis

(c) Miss Mexico Carolina Moran Gordillo

(d) Miss Peru Maria Julia Mantilla

Which of the following countries has hosted one of the biggest events of energy-rich African nations
two day summit?
(a) Egypt

36.

37..

(b) India

(c) Cuba

(d) Nigeria

Who among the following has been formally sworn in as caretaker prime minister of Pakistan?
(a) Shaukat Aziz

(b) Mohammedmian Soomro

(c) Nawaz Sharif

(d) Pervez musharraf

Match the following:

List-I
(Awards)
(A)

Dayawati Modi Award

(B)

Tech Award for Innovation.

(c)

International Council of Jurists Awards, 2007

(D)

IMSA Honorary Fellowship.

List-II
(Winner)
I.

Akbar Padmsee

II.

D.R. Mehta

III.

Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers

IV.

Justice K. Narayan Kurup

Select the Code:

A

(a)

II

III

IV

(b)

II

IV

III

(c)

IV

III

II

(d)

III

IV

II

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ANSWER
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(c)

2.

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(c)

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(b)

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(a)

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