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March 2011
1. The Integrated Test Range of Indian Armed Forces, which was in news recently, is situated at: (a) Wheeler Island (b) Sri Harikota (c) Chandipur (d) Pokhran 8. 2. The Committee on Autonomy of the IITs is headed by (a) T.V. Mohandas Pai (b) Hari Bhartia (c) Anil Kakodkar (d) Gautam Barua 9. 3. National Centre for Marine Biodiversity was recently inaugurated at (a) Jamnagar (b) Kolkata (c) Chennai (d) Goa N. Ramachandran is the President of (a) World Kabaddi Federation (b) World Wrestling Federation (c) World Squash Federation (d) World Badminton Federation The Co-Chairman of the Indo-US CEO Forum is (a) Ratan Tata (b) Mukesh Ambani (c) Adi Godrej (d) None of the above The Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning Centre is situated in (a) Hawaii Islands (b) Hong Kong (c) North Island, New Zealand (d) None of the above 7. Who is the Co-Chairman of India-Russia CEO Forum? (a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Anil Ambani (c) R.S. Butola (d) None of the above Ministerio Publico, a system of public accountability of officials, is being implemented in which of the following countries? (a) Mexico (b) Brazil (c) Spain (d) None of the above Which of the following organizations has announced a program for the welfare of widows in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka? (a) Red Cross (b) UN Women (c) Amnesty International (d) None of the above. The only centre of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) in Asia is at (a) Singapore (b) New Delhi (c) Tokyo (d) Beijing Which of the following has been appointed as the Director of BARC? (a) R.K. Jain (b) Baldev Raj (c) R.K. Sinha (d) S.C. Chetal Gatifloxacin is an antibiotic used in treatment of ___ and has been recently banned by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. (a) Urinary Tract Infection (b) Irritable Bowel Syndrome (c) Respiratory Tract Infection (d) None of the above
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April 2011
13. Who has won the prestigious 2011 Pulitzer Prize in the general non-fiction category? (a) Meghnad Desai (b) Anita Desai (c) Chetan Bhagat (d) Siddhartha Mukherjee In which of the following cities, Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test(AMCAT), the first employability test of the country will not be held? (a) Delhi (b) Mumbai (c) Chennai (d) Kolkata Who among the following personalities is the first recipient of The Hindu Saregama M.S. Subbulashami Award? (a) Sonal Mansingh (b) Sudha Chandran (c) Nisha P. Rajagopal (d) Yamini Krishnamurti Which of the following crop of North India has been recently affected by Yellow Rust Disease? (a) Sugar Cane (b) Rice (c) Wheat (d) Gram Harley-Davidson, the United States of America-based bike manufacturing company, is setting an assembling unit in which of the following states? (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra (c) Gujarat (d) Haryana Who among the following persons recently took charge of Haldia- a petrochemical brand company of West Bengal? (a) Purnendu Chatterjee (b) Subrata Gupta (c) P.S.Bhattacharya (d) Shivpattam Vittal
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Tata Chemical Ltd. has announced a major rebranding initiative embracing its subsidiaries in some countries. Which one of the following countries is not among them? (a) United States of America (b) Canada (c) United Kingdom (d) Kenya Who is the new Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI)? (a) O. P. Bhatt (b) Pratip Chaudhari (c) Shree Kumar Banarjee (d) K. V. Kamath Who has been appointed as the Head of the Committee constituted for National Sports Development Bill? (a) M. S. Gill (b) Sunil Gavaskar (c) P. Gopichand (d) Justice Mukul Mudgal. Who has been appointed as the Chairperson of Indian Council of Social Science Research? (a) R. A. Mashelkar (b) Sukhadeo Thorat (c) Baldev Raj (d) Arjun Sengupta Which of the following countries was blacked out by India in the Aero India Show, 2011? (a) China (b) Pakistan (c) Sri Lanka (d) Myanmar Which of the following countries is going to impose new curbs on students from India and other non-European Union (EU) nations? (a) France (b) Germany (c) Sweden (d) United Kingdom Sundar Mani passed away recently. She belonged to which of the following fields? (a) Cinema (b) Social Work (c) Classical Dance (d) Politics LST GK Yearly Current Affairs Questions
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Which state has been selected as the best in the North-eastern region and the third-best performing state in the country for progress recorded by Panchayati Raj for the year 201011? (a) Asom (b) Megahalaya (c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim Asian Development Bank (ADB) scaled down Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India in its forecast for 2011-12. What is that rate of growth estimated by ADB? (a) 6.2% (b) 7.2% (c) 8.2% (d) 9.2% Luxury car maker company Maserati, which was in news recently belongs to which of the following countries? (a) Japan (b) Italy (c) South Korea (d) Spain
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The engineering student who along with his Chinese friend has discovered an asteroid by the name of Main belt Asteroid 2010 RR52 belongs to which of the following universities? (a) Delhi Technological University (b) Karunya University (c) National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (d) IIIT Bangalore Concerned over the sharp decline in the child sex ratio as reflected in the provisional Census figures, the Centre has reconstituted the Central Supervisory Board. Who will be acting as its Chairperson? (a) K. Chandramouli (b) R.K. Srivastava (c) Sharad Pawar (d) Ghulam Nabi Azad What is the name of the first all-India president of the Students Federation of India (SFI) and editor of the Chintha Publishers of the CPI(M) in Kerala who died recently? (a) Ritabrata Banerjee (b) C. Bhaskaran (c) P.K. Biju (d) Anirban Hazra Who among the following has been elected as the president of WAN-IFRA at its annual general meeting held in Dublin, Ireland. (a) Jacob Mathew (b) Seok Hyun Hong (c) Tomas Brunegard (d) Gavin K OReilly Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Jaipal Reddy dedicated the 218-km ChainsaSultanpur- Neemrana pipeline to the nation. This pipeline has been built by which company? (a) ONGC (b) GAIL (c) Bharat Petroleum (d) Hindustan Petroleum
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For the first time in India, which state government has directly deposited over Rs. 1,000 crore in the bank accounts of farmers against procurement of wheat in the last 25 days? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Punjab (d) Madhya Pradesh Which country, though home to Europes biggest Muslim population, has officially banned women from wearing full-face veils in public places? (a) Germany (b) Albania (c) France (d) Turkey Despite the recent massive slump in FDI inflows, India remains the second hottest investment destination in the world. Which country is the number one in attracting FDI? (a) USA (b) China (c) Germany (d) Japan Who was the winner of the Malaysian F1 Grand Prix ? (a) Sebastien Vettel (b) Jenson Button (c) Nick Heidfeld (d) Adrian Sutil. Waking up to the fact that Haryana has become the shame of the country when it comes to skewed sex ratio, various social organizations had recently organized a twoday national Save the girl child summit. What was the venue of the summit? (a) Sonepat (b) Panipat (c) Hissar (d) Chandigarh In a break with tradition in a country which never gives names to its spacecraft (unlike the practice followed by the U.S. space agency NASA), Moscow has named a Soyuz spaceship after : (a) Yuri Baturin (b) Vyacheslav Zudov (c) Valentina Terheskova (d) Yuri Gagarin
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43. On which day is the World press freedom day observed? (a) May 1 (b) May 3 (c) May 6 (d) May 10. Who won the world Snooker Championship for the fourth time in May, 2011? (a) Stephen Hendry (b) Steve Davis (c) John Higgins (d) Peter Russell. Kudankulam nuclear power plant is being constructed in Tamil Nadu with the help of which country? (a) Russia (b) France. (c) Germany (d) Great Britain. Who was elected as the new Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, immediately after the death of Dorjee Khandu? (a) Agatha Sangma (b) Nabam Tuki (c) Jarbom Gamlin (d) Lalthanhawla. Which country released a postal stamp in the memory of Rabindranath Tagore? (a) Bangladesh (b) Nepal (c) India (d) Sri Lanka. Who was appointed as the new Chairman of Infosys? (a) Nanadan Nilekani (b) Shibu Joseph (c) K.V Kamath (d) Sam Pitroda. Recently, ISRO developed Indias fastest supercomputer. What is the name of that Supercomputer? (a) SAGA-221 (b) SAGA-220 (c) SAGA-222 (d) SAGA-223. With which Organization would you associate Biz Stone? (a) Yahoo (b) Twitter (c) Facebook (d) Orkut.
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The alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings was recently arrested in Pakistan. What is his name? (a) Umar Amin (b) Ayman Al- Zawahari (c) Umar Patek (d) Abu Zubaida. This alleged underworld gangster and former independent MLA, popularly known asGodmother, died of a heart attack in Porbandar. What is her name? (a) Suhasini Jadeja (b) Illa Arun (c) Zaheera Shiekh (d) Santokben Jadeja. The European Parliament (EP) recently passed two declarations against an Asian country condemning it for its support to Taliban and instructed the European Commission to re-evaluate the size of financial packages provided to them to eradicate terrorists from its soil. What is the name of that country? (a) Pakistan (b) Afghanistan (c) Iran (d) Tajikistan. Which film has won the Golden Palm award 2011 at the Mexico International Film Festival (May 20 and 21, 2011)? (a) Violet (b) Flags from our fathers (c) The man from nowhere (d) Viola. According to the annual global wellbeing survey from Gallup, which country finished first in the rankings for the happiest country? (a) Sweden (b) Canada (c) Denmark (d) Norway. The convention held in which city has decided to ban endosulfan globally and agreed to list endosulfan in Annexure A with exemptions? (a) Copenhagen (b) Oslo (c) Munich (d) Stockholm.
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June 2011
58. According to which of the following agencies greenhouse gas emissions are increasing instead of decreasing? (a) Environment Protection Training and Research Institute (EPTRI) (b) International Energy Agency(IEA) (c) Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) (d) U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram has been launched by the central government in which state: (a) Maharashtra (b) Haryana (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh World Environment Day is observed on: (a) April 22 (b) March 22 (c) June 5 (d) September 5 Recently the Maharashtra government has raised the minimum age for consumption of hard liquor from: (a) 18 to 21 years (b) 21 to 25 Years (c) 25 to 30 years (d) 20 to 25 years The Ministry of Environment and Forests has proposed to develop Indias first bio-culture park in which of the following cities? (a) Lucknow (b) Kolkata (c) Bhubaneswar (d) Bhopal Who of the following has been appointed as the head of UNs Change Management Team (CMT) by UN chief Ban Ki-moon? (a) Sanjeev Dixit (b) Dipanjan Mukerjee (c) Nirmal Sen (d) Atul Khare Page : 5
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Which telecom company has bagged a $400 million order from Bharti Airtel for modernizing and expanding its 2G and 3G network infrastructure in African countries? (a) Hawaii Telecom (China) (b) Orange Telecom (France) (c) SK Telecom (S.Korea) (d) Nippon Telecom (Japan) Who among the following has been re-elected the head of world footballs governing body FIFA? (a) Sir Stanley Rous (b) Joo Havelange (c) Arthur Drewry (d) Joseph S. Blatter Which of the following personal computer making company has launched the worlds slimmest laptop? (a) Toshiba (b) Dell (c) Lenovo (d) Acer Recently which of the following Oil Products companies has joined hands with Lucas Indian Service for sale and distribution of lubricants in the Indian market? (a) Castrol (b) TOP1 (c) Rosneft (d) Lukoil India has decided to purchase C-17 Globemaster III heavy-lift transport aircraft for the Indian Air Force from which of the following countries? (a) Israel (b) France (c) USA (d) Germany The 11th Global Biodiversity meet (2012) will be held in which of the following cities? (a) Hyderabad (b) New Delhi (c) Pune (d) Bangalore
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The French Open Womens final was won by? (a) Maria Sharapova (b) Marion Bartoli (c) Francesca Schiavone (d) Li Na The first Indian Tennis player to reach the French Open womens doubles final is: (a) Gayatri Krishnan (b) Nirupama Vaidyanathan (c) Sania Mirza (d) Suneetha Rao Which of the following players won the Golden Player of the IPL award in season 4? (a) Paul Valthaty (b) Chris Gayle (c) M.S Dhoni (d) Michael Hussey Which is the worlds seventh largest steel making company? (a) Posco (S.Korea) (b) Wisco (China) (c) U.S Steel (d) Tata steel Who is the present President of Peru? (a) Ollanta Humala (b) Alejandro Toledo (c) Keiko Fujimori (d) Alan Garcia Recently the Spices Board has launched a campaign to educate farmers, traders and exporters about which of the following toxins? (a) Aflatoxin (b) Diacetyl (c) Benzoic Acid (d) Solanine The committee for the comprehensive review of National Small Saving Fund (NSSF) is headed by: (a) Phalguni Mukherjee (b) Prashant Verma (c) N T Nair (d) Shyamala Gopinath Which of the following is the worlds second biggest Tea Group? (a) Golden Tips Tea (b) Lipton (c) Tata Tea (d) Red Rose LST GK Yearly Current Affairs Questions
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Which among the following has launched CanMobile, a service to conduct banking transactions through mobile handsets? (a) ICICI Bank (b) Canara Bank (c) Canada Bank (d) SBI Suryachakra Power Corporation Ltd is going to set up a 50-MW Wind Power Project in which of the following states? (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu Which among the following countries is OPEC Groups biggest oil producing country? (a) Venezuela (b) Saudi Arabia (c) Nigeria (d) Kuwait Which of the following countries was chosen as the host country for the 2011 World Environment Day? (a) Japan (b) Switzerland (c) India (d) South Africa Who has been selected as the chairman of Indias Competition Commission (CCI) by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs? (a) Ashok Chawla (b) Dhanendra Kumar (c) Anurag Goel (d) Vijay Sharma The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) has said that account details would be available online from: (a) July 15 (b) August 1 (c) August 15 (d) July 1 Union government has announced that the committee being set up under the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to trace tax defaulters, make public their identity and recover taxes, will be headed by: (a) Sunil Jain (b) Anita Kapur (c) Gopal Subramaniam (d) Arun Goyal
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Recently who has been elected the general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association (PWA)? (a) Ali Javed (b) Kamala Prasad (c) Arjumand Ara (d) Khagendra Thakur Which of the following is the most modern all weather deepest port of India? (a) Visakhapatnam (b) Cochin Port (c) Mangalore Port (d) Gangavaram Port Who among the following Padma Vibhushan awardees was a former Rajya Sabha member & Indias highest-paid painters who left India in 2006 and died in London in 2011? (a) Jamini Roy (b) M.F Husain (c) Narayanan Ramachandran (d) Pranava Prakash The dam planned across the Siruvani river is in which of the following states? (a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu (c) Kerala (d) Maharashtra
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90. Which of Indias following two iconic cricketers will fly the Indian Air Force fighter jet, Su-30 MKI, from the Lohegaon Air Force Station? (a) Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (b) Sachin Tendulkar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c) Sachin Tendulkar and Virendra Sehwag (d) Virendra Sehwag and Mahendra Singh Dhoni Which of the following European countries is going to take over the EU presidency for the first time since it joined the EU in the year 2004? (a) Germany (b) Italy (c) Poland (d) Austria
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China has opened the worlds longest sea bridge that connects which of the following two cities? (a) Qingdao and Huangdao (b) Shanghai and Guangzhou (c) Hong Kong and Macau (d) Zhejiang and Fuzhou Which countrys parliament has set to approve an exit from nuclear energy by 2022? (a) France (b) England (c) North Korea (d) Germany Who has been appointed as the new chief of the Railway Board? (a) Prateep Chaudhary (b) Ashok K Chaudhary (c) Vinay Mittal (d) Vivek Sahai This state has recently got its own elite commando team. Name the state? (a) Maharashtra (b) Karnataka (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
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The Supreme Court appointed high-level Special Investigation Team (SIT) to monitor the investigation and the steps being taken to bring back black money is headed by? (a) Justice M B Shah (b) Justice R K Hegde (c) Justice B P Jeevan Reddy (d) Justice Arijit Pasayat Which of the following Southeast Asian country recently got its first female Prime Minister? (a) Malaysia (b) Indonesia (c) Philippines (d) Thailand US is seeking to ban the production of which of the following chemicals used in fertilizers in Pakistan as the substance is used in the making of improvised explosive devices (IED)? (a) Ammonium nitrate (b) Potassium Sulfate (c) Ammonium Phosphate (d) Di-ammonium Phosphate (DAP) Novak Djokovic became the first man to win the Wimbledon singles title from this European country. Name the country? (a) Montenegro (b) Russia (c) Serbia (d) Ukraine The Supreme Court has recently refused to quash some of the charges framed against Justice P.D. Dinakaran. He is the Chief justice of which of the following high courts? (a) Sikkim (b) Guwahati (c) Chandigarh (d) Uttarakhand The National Green Tribunal (NGT), a judicial body aimed at expediting environment-related cases, recently began functioning in India, making it the third country in the world to have a dedicated court to decide on green cases after: (a) Canada and USA (b) Australia and New Zealand (c) Japan and South Korea (d) France and Germany LST GK Yearly Current Affairs Questions
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Recently, India was ranked at which place in the Global Innovation Index? (a) 60 (b) 61 (c) 62 (d) 63 Indias track and field coach has been fired after eight prominent athletes were suspended within a week for failing doping tests. Name him: (a) Duncan Fletcher (b) Yuri Ogorodonik (c) Eric Anderson (d) Stephen Farrell On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became the newest country of the world, what is the name of its capital? (a) Khartoum (b) El jabal (c) Juba (d) Warab Who has been appointed as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)? (a) P V Naik (b) Pardeep Kumar (c) Parfulla Sen (d) Dhirendra K Banerji The 19th Asian Athletics Championships were held in which of the following countries? (a) China (b) Japan (c) Bahrain (d) Qatar
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What is the name of the US Congresswoman who has signed a controversial marriage pact that suggests that African American children were more likely to grow up in stable families during the era of slavery than under President Barack Obama? (a) Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (b) Michele Bachmann (c) Kelli Russell Agodon (d) Louise Abeita Apollo Tyres has set up a new West Asian operations hub in : (a) Turkey (b) Qatar (c) Kuwait (d) Dubai Barclays Capital, the investment banking unit of Barclays Bank, has recently appointed a new Managing Director, Head of Equities for India. What is the name of the person? (a) Mr Bhavtosh Vajpayee (b) Sudeep Bose (c) Amitendra Banerjee (d) K. Satyanarayan The Archery World Championships were recently held in which of the following places? (a) Chicago (b) Frankfurt (c) Tokyo (d) Turin
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Which airline has become the first airline to use biofuel on regular commercial flights in a six-month trial that it estimates will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 1,500 tones ? (a) Lufthansa (b) Air India (c) Kingfisher (d) Airbus. Who has been sworn in as Kalon Tripa (prime minister) of the Tibetan government-in-exile after the Dalai Lama? (a) Lu Xuangu (b) Huticha jao (c) Lobsang Sangay (d) Hu Jintao
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The chairman of the countrys largest general insurance company New India Assurance, has been suspended following a CBI investigation into his role in providing credit insurance for Chennai-based Paramount Airways. His name is: (a) D Ramadoss (b) M Ramadoss (c) K.P.Singh (d) D.K. Mehrotra A prototype for the Sukhoi PAK FA fifth generation stealth fighter jet made its public debut recently. What is the name of this prototype? (a) T-40 (b) T-45 (c) T-50 (d) T-55. Scientists led by an Indian-origin researcher have discovered a huge underground river which they believe, is flowing some 13,000 feet beneath the mighty Amazon River in Brazil. The researchers have named the river as: (a) Hamza (b) Saraswati (c) Ganga (d) Narmada Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that the government would consider recommendations of the Anil Kakodkar committee set up to look into the: (a) autonomy and future of IIMs (b) functioning of IITs (c) functioning of UPSC (d) functioning of UGC Chinese scientists have completed a first of its kind study to pinpoint the sources of the rivers using satellite images, and have found that the length and drainage areas of two rivers has exceeded earlier estimates. What are the names of these rivers? (a) Indus and Jhelum (b) Indus and Chenab (c) Brahmaputra and Jhelum (d) Brahmaputra and Indus
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FICCI-IBA-BCG report said that Indias gross domestic product (GDP) growth will make the Indian banking industry third largest in the world by: (a) 2025 (b) 2020 (c) 2050 (d) 2030 Which prominent Indian entrepreneur was conferred the Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, on the 57th convocation of the institution for his contribution to nation building as an entrepreneur? (a) Mukesh Ambani (b) Sunil Mittal (c) Ratan Tata (d) Rahul Bajaj
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Union Minister of State for Communications and IT has released the Text-to-Speech (TTS) software for six Indian languages that will help convert text into human voice. This is available in Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and: (a) Punjabi (b) Kannada (c) Telugu (d) Gujarati American multinational conglomerate 3M, which was earlier known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, announced the launch of its second research and development facility in: (a) Bengaluru (b) Pune (c) Hyderabad (d) Chennai Who has been appointed as the new President of Manufacturers Association of IT Industry (MAIT)? (a) Ashok Kumar (b) Alok Bharadwaj (c) JV Ramamurthy (d) Madhav Lal Which of the following Life Insurance company has launched a range of term plans under the umbrella of iSecure? (a) Reliance Life Insurance Company Ltd. (b) Aviva Life Insurance Company Ltd. (c) MetLife Life Insurance Company (d) Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs. 399.22 crore to which of the following State governments under RIDF-XVII for Indira Jala Prabha? (a) Bihar (b) Rajasthan (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha Which National award-winning Malayalam film, has been nominated as Indias official entry for the coming Oscar Academy Awards? (a) Adaminte Makan Abu (b) Kutty Srank (c) Pulijanmam (d) Shantham
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SLINEX-II the largest joint naval exercises was conducted between: (a) India and Russia (b) USA and India (c) China and Sri Lanka (d) India and Sri Lanka The Indian government has gifted 1,250 computers and peripherals to the schools of which of the following country? (a) Sri Lanka (b) Maldives (c) Nepal (d) Bhutan Which of the following state of India has the highest number of people who smoke, but less of those who use smokeless tobacco? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Jammu & Kashmir (c) Maharashtra (d) Uttar Pradesh Hinduja Group flagship company Ashok Leyland is contemplating to come out with a passenger version of its light commercial vehicle Dost in association with: (a) Nissan (b) Hyundai (c) Toyota (d) Hindustan Motors Indian women won the three-match football series against which of the following countries? (a) Hungary (b) Bulgaria (c) Bahrain (d) Romania Which of the following automobile company has launched the automatic transmission (AT) version of its premium SUV Santa Fe? (a) Hindustan Motors (b) Hyundai Motors India Ltd (c) Tata Motors (d) Ashok Leyland World Tourism Day is observed on: (a) 27th September (b) 22nd April (c) 31st August (d) 23rd December
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Jain Irrigation in partenership with which of the following company has launched Project Unnati, a unique partnership with farmers to demonstrate and enable adoption of ultra-high density plantation (UHDP) practice for mango cultivation? (a) PepsiCo India (b) Coca Cola India (c) Dabur India (d) Parle Agro A car will be representing the country as Indias most efficient solar car in the World Solar Challenge 2011 to be held in October in Australia. The car has been developed by which of the following college/University engineering students? (a) IIT Kanpur (b) IIT Bengaluru (c) Delhi Technological University (d) IIT Kharagpur hich of the following mobile company has over 28 per cent market share (on value terms) in the mobile handset market and is the second largest player? (a) Sony Ericsson (b) Nokia (c) Motorola (d) Samsung The worlds largest bank by profit, balance sheet as well as market value, the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), has opened its first branch in which of the following cities of India? (a) Mumbai (b) Bengaluru (c) New Delhi (d) Ahmedabad The plant with a capacity of 300 tones a day, will supply liquid oxygen, nitrogen and argon to customers in the Maharashtra and Gujarat. Which of the following company has planned to construct a new air separation plant in the Pune-Mumbai industrial corridor? (a) Cryotech Services (b) Praxair India (c) Oxyplants India (d) Linde Engineering India
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The worlds cheapest tablet PC named Aakash, costing Rs.2,276, has launched by: (a) IBM (b) HCL (c) DELL (d) Datawind Which of the following Luxury car maker company has launched a new variant of its Ghost model at a starting price of Rs.3.05 crore to tap the growing luxury car market in the country? (a) Rolls-Royce Motor (b) Audi (c) Mercedes-Benz (d) Aston Martin Which of the following German auto major will enter the domestic market early this year with as many as six models in the twowheeler segment, plans to launch under1,000cc bikes by January? (a) Mercedes Benz (b) Volkswagen (c) BMW (d) Audi. This years Nobel Prize in Chemistry was given to a scientist for discovering quasicrystals, a material in which atoms were packed together in a well-defined pattern that never repeats. Which of the following country does this scientist belong to? (a) Japan (b) Philippines (c) USA (d) Israel Who among the following has won the 2011 Nobel Prize in literature? (a) Tomas Transtromer (b) Mario Vargas Llosa (c) Herta Mller (d) Doris Lessing Tibetan religious leader Dalai Lama called off his visit to which one of the following countries to receive an international award named after Mahatma Gandhi? (a) Britain (b) South Africa (c) USA (d) Mauritius
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What is the name of Africas first elected woman President who won the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011? (a) Leymah Gbowee (b) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (c) Tawakul Karman (d) Whoopi Goldberg Arabtec is UAEs largest construction firm and is its first contract under the joint venture in India with which of the following real estate company? (a) DLF Group (b) Unitech Group (c) Raheja Developers (d) Dhoot Group Developers Which among the following is the worlds largest express transportation company? (a) Royal Express (b) Atlantic Express (c) SMSA Express (d) FedEx Express World Post Day is celebrated every year on: (a) October 9 (b) October 14 (c) September 28 (d) September 29 Recently which one of the following Indian banks opened its first branch in New Zealand? (a) PNB (b) Bank of India (c) SBI (d) Union Bank of India With which one of the following countries did India launch a joint exercise as part of efforts to deepen military ties and cooperation in counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations? (a) America (b) Russia (c) Bangladesh (d) Japan Who among the following playback singers has been selected for the prestigious Akshaya Mohanty Samman for 2011 in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the field of music? (a) Sunidhi Chauhan (b) Asha Bhosle (c) Antara Mitra (d) Charulatha Mani
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Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who has filed a fresh bail application in the special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court, is the prime accused in which of the following cases? (a) Godhra riots (b) Best Bakery case (c) Malegaon blasts case (d) 1984 Sikh riots Which of the following Universities has succeeded in its experiment to develop a rice variety that has high protein content equivalent to that of wheat? (a) G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (b) Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (c) Acharya Narendra Deva Agriculture University, Faizabad (d) The University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore Who has been re-elected by the United Nations General Assembly as a member of the International Law Commission (ILC) for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2012? (a) Gitanjali S. Gutierrez (b) Amrit Singh (c) Narinder Singh (d) Nitin Nohria Which of the following person(s) would head the monitoring authority of the Special Task Force appointed by the Gujarat government to probe fake encounters? (a) Justices Aftab Alam (b) Ranjana Desai (c) Justice M.B. Shah (d) Both (a) and (b) The Moguls of Real Estate an autobiography of Indias 5 top real estate developers including Pallonji Mistry, K.P. Singh, Niranjan Hiranandani, Sushil Ansal, and Irfan Razack has been written by: (a) Manoj Namburu (b) Amitav Ghosh (c) Rohtas Goel (d) Jaiprakash Gaur
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To help the communities and farmers in Tamil Nadu to adapt to the climate change, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has joined hands with the federal organization of which of the following country? (a) UK (b) Sweden (c) Germany (d) Singapore Nuclear giant Areva has planned to sell India, six masssive1650 MWe EPR nuclear reactors for the Jaitapur site in Maharashtra. Areva belongs to : (a) Australia (b) Germany (c) France (d) Ukraine Which one of the following countries has recently decided to quit the Kyoto Protocol, blaming China and USA? (a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) Canada (d) Mexico Which of the following states has launched a new scheme named Vegetable Initiative for Urban Clusters, to increase vegetable production, land productivity and market through farmers groups? (a) Gujarat (b) Punjab (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Haryana Which of the following players has defeated Asian championship bronze-medallist Nanao Devi to win the womens K-1 1000m gold at the National kayaking and canoeing championships in Bengaluru? (a) Seema Dung Dung (b) N. Lanjenganbi (c) Twisha K. Prasad (d) Sonia Rana Recently, which one of the following State Transport Corporations has launched Indra bus service between two cities? (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Rajasthan (c) Maharashtra (d) New Delhi
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(c) Global National Space System (GLONASS) is a joint venture between India and Russia in the field of space exploration. (d) Both (a) and (b) are true. 294. Recently, a French court sentenced the notorious militant Carlos the Jackal to life imprisononment, with a minimum of 18 years for four deadly attacks in France during 1980s. Which country does he belong to? (a) Mexico (b) Bolivia (c) Venezuela (d) Morocco Which one of the following state governments has launched the Rajiv Gandhi Jeevandayi Arogya Yojana, enabling families with annual income of less than Rs. 1 lakh to avail free medical facilities worth Rs. 1.5 lakh? (a) Haryana (b) Maharashtra (c) Delhi (d) Rajasthan Which one of the following countries is recently witnessing an armed conflict, taking place among rival drug cartels fighting each other for regional control? (a) Portugal (b) Spain (c) Mexico (d) Sweden According to a World Economic Forum report, which one of the following countries became worlds most developed financial market for the first time, overtaking the USAs economy? (a) Germany (b) UK (c) Singapore (d) Hong Kong Which European Soccer champions club team thrashed Brazils Santos 4-0 to win their second Club World Cup recently? (a) AC Milan (b) Chelsea (c) Barcelona F.C. (b) Manchester United F.C.
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He was a Norwegian explorer of Polar Regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to reach the South Pole between 1910 and 1912 and undisputedly, he was the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. Norwegian government honored him recently, as the world is celebrating the centenary year of discovery of South Pole in 2011. The lines mentioned above are in regard with which one of the following explorers? (a) Robert Peary (b) Amundsen (c) Ferdinand Magellan (d) Francisco Coronado J. Hari Narayan is the current chairman of: (a) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) (b) Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India Chairman (IRDA) (c) Telecom regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) (d) Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) The ICWAI Amendment Bill, recently passed in Rajya Sabha, proposes change in the name of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI). The Bill has proposed the new name as: (a) Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) (b) Institute of Cost-Works Accountants of India (ICOWO) (c) Central Institute of Cost and Work Accountants (CICAW) (d) Indian Institute of Costs and Work Accountants (IICWA) Recently the Supreme Court has upheld an award of Rs. 13.48 lakh for the death of an animal in road accident, observing that animals are entitled to compensation in road accidents. Identify the animal, which was allowed for compensation? (a) Blue buck (b) Monkey (c) Elephant (d) Cow
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An emerging football player, Neymar belongs to which one of the following countries? (a) Brazil (b) Argentina (c) Spain (d) Portugal A new centre of National Security Guard (NSG) has been set up at which one of the following places? (a) Guwahati (b) Lucknow (c) Bengaluru (d) Chennai Who among the following professional female personalities is current womens Badminton world champion? (a) Juliane Schenk (b) Wang Yihan (c) Wang Shixian (d) Tine Baun The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) recently, allowed micro finance institutions (MFIs) to raise funds up to $10 million or equivalent during a financial year through: (a) external commercial borrowings (ECBs) (b) initial public offer (IPO) (c) equity sharing (d) stock swap Dipika Pallikal is associated with which one of the following sports? (a) Swimming (b) Athletics (c) Badminton (d) Squash Ice Cream Sandwich is the name of the newest version of the Android operating system, known as: (a) Android 1.2 (b) Android 2.3 (c) Android 4.0 (d) Android 5.0
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Bajaj Auto has recently unveiled its fourwheeler, its name is: (a) Electra 90 (b) Panacea 1 (c) RE60 (d) Typhoon Which of the following has launched an online business school, 3 screen learning management system, which would provide management lessons through mobile phone, tablet and PC, making the concept of portable classroom a realty? (a) comeAndlearn.com (b) myBskool.com (b) bodhivriksha.com (d) mindtree.com A terrorist organization al-Shabaab was recently in news. It is related with which of the following countries? (a) Afghanistan (b) Iraq (c) Somalia (d) Egypt Star Union Dai-ichi Life Insurance has announced the launch of a traditional endowment plan under the name of: (a) Dhan Vriddhi (b) Dhan Lakshmi (c) Dhan Suraksha Platinum (d) Money Tree The United Nations Resource Centre for the North-East, first of its kind in India and third in Asian continent, has been set up recently in which of the following states? (a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh (c) Meghalaya (d) Assam Ustad Amjad Ali Khan was presented the Mallikarjun Mansur award in recognition of his achievements on 3 January 2012, he is associated with: (a) Sitar (b) Sarod (c) Veena (d) Flute
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Rajiv Gandhi Biosphere Reserve, a biosphere reserve that will link a dozen wildlife sanctuaries, is being set up in which of the following states? (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Maharashtra (c) Rajasthan (d) Chhatisgarh Recently, the member states of European Union (EU) have decided to ban import of crude oil from which of the following countries? (a) Saudi Arabia (b) Iraq (c) Iran (d) Bahrain Former Textiles Secretary, Rita Menon has taken over as the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of which of the following organizations? (a) Coal India Limited (b) India Trade Promotion Organization (ITPO) (c) ONGC (d) IFFCO The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, which recently completed 10 years, is located in: (a) Vietnam (b) Venezuela (c) Cuba (d) Bolivia Which countrys government has recently signed a ceasefire deal with Karen rebels which have fought for greater autonomy for more than 60 years. (a) Myanmar (b) North Korea (c) Spain (d) Somalia Recently, a controversial footage showing dancing Jarawa tribal women was in the news. The Jarawa tribe is found in: (a) Nagaland (b) Manipur (c) Lakshadweep Island (d) Andaman Islands
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The worlds largest refugee camp, which was recently in the news, is? (a) Breidjing refugee camp (b) Dadaab refugee camp (c) Maabarot refugee camp (d) Buduburam refugee camp Recently, Union Health & Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad launched the Red Ribbon Express Phase III. It is associated with: (a) National TB control mission (b) National Commission for Disables (c) National AIDS Control Organisation (d) Pulse Polio Programme Which of the following personalities was the chief guest at 10the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas held recently at Jaipur? (a) Navin Chandra Ramgulam (b) Lord Swaraj Paul (c) Bobby Jindal (d) Kamla Persad-Bissessar What is the name of the traditional bull-taming sport of Tamil Nadu associated with Pongal festivities? (a) Kollaptti (b) Muddiyattu (c) Jallikattu (d) Appu Which of the following cars has been awarded the Indian Car Of The Year 2012 (I-COTY 2012) award that is adjudged by Indias leading automobile experts and writers of automobile magazines? (a) Nano (b) Xylo (c) Jaguar (d) Swift As per the Hunger and Malnutrition (HUNGaMA) report by the Naandi Foundation, what per cent of Indian children are malnourished? (a) 42% (b) 49 % (c) 55% (d) 60% Who among the following is the current MD & CEO of Essar Oil? (a) Naresh Nayyar (b) Lalit Gupta (c) Arjun Vajpai (d) Anshuman Ruia
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Recently, a luxury cruise liner ran aground and tipped over off the Tuscan coast. In which of the following countries is the Tuscan coast located? (a) Israel (b) Argentina (c) Spain (d) Italy Homai Vyarawala, who is considered as Indias first woman photo-journalist, died on 15th January. She was born in which of the following states? (a) Maharashtra (b) Bihar (c) Gujarat (d) None of these Temples of India and mythological theme park will be established at: (a) Agra (b) Kurukshetra (c) Varanasi (d) Tirupati All government higher educational institutions will have to mandatorily follow a standardised accounting system from the _______ academic session to bring in more transparency, accountability and good governance. (a) 2012 (b) 2013 (c) 2014 (d) 2015 A new breeding centre for the Japanese quail will be set up at which one of the following Universities? (a) Rajasthan University of Veterinary Sciences (b) Uttar Pradesh University of Veterinary Sciences (c) Haryana University of Veterinary Sciences (d) Punjab University of Veterinary Sciences Recently, the literature festival, termed as Kumbh Mela of Indian and international writing, was held in which of the following cities? (a) Bengaluru (b) Hyderabad (c) Lucknow (d) Jaipur
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Wikipedea recently declared a blackout for 24 hours against which of the following US legislations? (a) Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (b) Protect IP Act (PIPA) (c) Both (a) and (b) (d) Special Online Cyber Crimes Act (SOCCA) Which of the following Training Squadron Ship of Indian Navy has been recently decommissioned from the service? (a) INS Krishna (b) INS Shardul (c) INS Virat (d) INS Arihant
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Which of the following NGO has recently launched a website on hunger? (a) BHOOKH (b) Gandhi Foundation (c) Stand Against Hunger (HAH) (d) Jana Arogya Andolana Karnataka (JAAK) HDFC Life, a private life insurance company, has launched its first international operations with the opening of its representative office in: (a) Singapore (b) Hong Kong (c) Dubai (d) Taiwan Recently, the Coal Ministry has allocated Kerendari B and C coal blocks in North Karanpura coal fields to meet the fuel requirements of Tilaiya power project. North Karanpura coal fields are located in which of the following states? (a) Jhanrkhand (b) Chhatisgarh (c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh Asian champion P. Harikrishna is associated with which of the following sports? (a) Badminton (b) Squash (c) Chess (d) Snooker Who among the following personalities has been posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra, the highest peacetime gallantry award on Republic Day? (a) Captain Romil Chaddha (b) Grenadier Salil Mishra (c) Lieutenant Navdeep Singh (d) Major Mohit Singh
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Which defence company recently bagged Indias largest defence deal ? (a) EADS (b) Rafale (c) Lockheed Martin (d) Dassault Which among the following organizations recently released a new rating index called Comparative Rating Index of Sovereigns (CRIS)? (a) Moodys (b) CRISIL (c) Ministry of Finance, India (d) S & P With which field would you associate Mike Pandey ? (a) Film making (b) Advertising (c) History (d) Photography Which of the following schemes/ systems was recently launched by NABARD to help farmers avoid distress sale of their produce? (a) Gramin Bhandaran Yojna (b) Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (NWR) system (c) Nodal NGO Scheme (d) Marketing Assistance Scheme A wetland near Udaipur became the second breeding site for the rare Black-necked Storks. Which of the following is the first? (a) Kumarakom Bird Sanctuary (b) Keoladev National Park (c) Bandhavgarh National Park (d) Chilka Lake Sanctuary Who has been appointed the new Director of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) ? (a) Ved Prakash (b) Dr. S.S. Mantha (c) M. Abdul Rahman (d) J. S. Sharma Which sport is Dipika Pallikal associated with? (a) Tennis (b) Badminton (c) Table Tennis (d) Squash
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Which country became the 157th country to adopt the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty? (a) Philippines (b) Malaysia (c) Indonesia (d) Vietnam Which state in India became the first state to issue e-stamp papers in all denominations? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Rajasthan (c) Delhi (d) Kerala Which city is the host of the 60th National Police Games, 2012? (a) Patna (b) Gaya (c) Ranchi (d) Bhubaneswar. Which city will host the mini Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in October,2012? (a) San Francisco (b) Dubai (c) London (d) Vancouver. Who is the new president of Maldives? (a) Mohammad Nasheed (b) Mohammad Rasool (c) Mohammad W. Hassan (d) Mohammad Gayoom Which city organized the MGNREGA Sammelan 2012? (a) Mumbai (b) Gandhinagar (c) Kolkata (d) New Delhi. With which state would you associate the recently organized Khajuraho dance festival? (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Odisha (d) Maharashtra. Fabio Capello is associated with which sport? (a) Soccer (b) Lawn Tennis (c) Hockey (d) Cricket Who has been appointed as the president of Ivory Coast? (a) Laurent Ggagbo (b) Alassane Ouattara (c) Gervinho (d) Salomon Kalou.
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The International airport in Peshawar, Pakistan has been recently re-named after which famous personality? (a) Benazir Bhutto (b) Mohammad Ali Jinnah (c) Alama Iqbal (d) Khan Abdul Gafar Khan Who has been elected as the new Prime Minister of the Provisional National Transitional Council of Libya? (a) Abdurrahim El-Keib (b) Idrees Keita (c) Ali Jabar Muazzam (d) Talha Jubair. Which state was in news recently for the large number of hooch deaths, attributed to the consumption of spurious liquor in February, 2012? (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand (c) Odisha (d) West Bengal. Along with Equatorial Guinea, which other country hosted the 2012 African Cup of Nations Football tournament? (a) Gabon (b) Guinea (c) Gambia (d) Guinea- Bissau The Falkland Islands, which has been in news recently is a subject of dispute between Argentina and? (a) Chile (b) Great Britain (c) Peru (d) Brazil Who was awarded the Laureus Sports award 2012 for best sportsperson (female) ? (a) Anastasia Myskina (b) Vivian Cheruiyot (c) Kim Clijsters (d) Laila Ali. Who has been recently chosen as the brand ambassador of West Bengal? (a) Aamir Khan (b) Salman Khan (c) Shahrukh Khan (d) Saif Ali Khan.
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What is the name of the Pilot project launched by President of India, Smt. Pratibha Patil to empower women in rural areas through telecom services? (a) Awaaz (b) Mahila Shakti (c) Naari Shakti (d) Sanchar Shakti What was the name of the last surviving World War one veteran who died recently? (a) Angelia Patterson (b) Florence Patterson (c) Florida Patterson (d) Nancy Drew. Which city in China would be hosting the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics? (a) Beijing (b) Dalian (c) Nanjing (d) Chengdu. Which Indian city has been recently designated to become a solar city within five years? (a) Hubli (b) Chandigarh (c) Mysore (d) Bengaluru. Which Asian country, a hub of total communism, which was also in news recently, adheres to the Juche philosophy? (a) North Korea (b) China (c) Laos (d) Myanmar. Which city would host an International Conference to discuss the future of Somalia? (a) Nairobi (b) London (c) Amsterdam (d) Geneva. Who has been recently appointed as the new President of Finland? (a) Arsi Harju (b) Johanna Sigurdattor (c) Amor Gudjohnsen (d) Siuli Niinisto
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Who has been elected as the new chief of ISI? (a) Ahmad Shuja Pasha (b) Saad Janjua (c) Zaheerul Islam (d) Iftikhar Khan. With which country would you associate the football club Anzhi Makhachkala? (a) Ukraine (b) Belarus (c) Russia (d) Turkey Ravi Shankar Sharma, popularly known as Ravi who recently passed away was associated with which field? (a) Music (b) Poetry (c) Literature (d) Fiction writing. With which political party would you associate Dinesh Trivedi? (a) Congress (b) BSP (c) Samajwadi Party (d) Trinamool Congress. With which state would you associate Okram Ibobi Singh? (a) Mizoram (b) Nagaland (c) Manipur (d) Tripura. Which state has won the recently organized Vijay Hazare cricket trophy? (a) Delhi (b) Bengal (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? (a) Vijay Bahuguna (b) Hemavati Bahuguna (c) Sunderlal Bahuguna (d) Ramesh Nishank. Which city is developing the second financial hub in India after the Bandra-Kurla complex in Mumbai? (a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai (c) Delhi (d) Kolkata
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Which state has launched the Mamoni scheme to reduce maternal mortality rates in the state? (a) Assam (b) West Bengal (c) Jharkhand (d) Odisha. Which African countrys Prime Minister and the entire cabinet recently resigned after just emerging from a civil war? (a) Gabon (b) Sierra Leone (c) Ivory Coast (d) Somalia. Which movie won the best movie award in the recently announced National Film awards? (a) Kutty Srank (b) Byari Deool (c) Adaminte Makan Abu (d) Antaheen. Which senior official in the PMO ( Prime Ministers Office) has been selected as a young global leader by the World Economic Forum? (a) Binoy Rob (b) Pankaj Pachauri (c) Binoy Job (d) Amar Upadhyay.
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