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Bhajan Sopori plays which of these instruments?
a. Santoor
b. Violin
c. Sitar
d. Flute

Ans. a. Santoor

Which of the following is NOT a language of UNO?
a. English
b. Spanish
c. Russian
d. German

Ans. d. German

Who is the only author who has won the Booker prize twice?
a. J. M. Coetze
b. Nicholas Mosley
c. A. L. Barker
d. William Trevor

Ans. a. J. M. Coetze

When is the world Literacy day celebrated?
a. April 8
b. December 1
c. September 8
d. May 21

Ans. c. September 8

Which place is called the Windy City?
a. Greneda
b. Rome
c. Baghdad
d. Chicago

Ans. d. Chicago

6. Who discovered the vaccine for smallpox?
a. Edward Jenner
b. Louis Pasteur
c. Jonas Salk
d. Camille Guerin

Ans. a. Edward Jenner

Ryder Cup is associated with which of the following sport?
a. Golf
b. Cricket
c. Lawn Tennis
d. Polo

Ans. a. Golf

Who has written Kadambari?
a. Kalidas
b. Manu
c. BanaBhatt
d. Panini

Ans. c. BanaBhatt

… wrote Ashtadhyayi.
a. Panini
b. Ved Vyas
c. Valmiki
d. Shrudaka

Ans. a. Panini

Mrichchkatika has been written by …
a. Jayadeva
b. Ved Vyas
c. Valmiki
d. Shrudaka

Ans. d. Shrudaka

11. Article 21 is associated with which of the following?
a. Right to life
b. Uniform Civil Code
c. Finance Commission
d. Special status to Jammu and Kashmir

Ans. a. Right to life

Article 370 is associated …
a. Right to property
b. Uniform Civil Code
c. Finance Commission
d. Special status to Jammu and Kashmir

Ans. d. Special status to Jammu and Kashmir

Erg is the unit of …
a. Work
b. Electric current
c. Wave length of light
d. None of these

Ans. a. Work

Pascal is the unit of …
a. Pressure
b. Frequency
c. Viscosity
d. Quantity of heat

Ans. c. Viscosity

Who discovered Electro Cardiogram?
a. Williem Einthoven
b. A Lasveran
c. Ian Donald
d. William Harvey

Ans. a. Williem Einthoven

16. India has signed a three-year agreement to export fuel worth $2 billion to …
a. Mauritius
b. Singapore
c. Maldives
d. Bhutan

Ans. a. Mauritius

Who is the new President of International Cricket Council?
a. Jagmohan Dalmiya
b. Sharad Pawar
c. John Howard
d. None of these

Ans. b. Sharad Pawar

Two countries, … have recently signed an agreement called Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement on trade relations.
a. India and China
b. India and Pakistan
c. China and America
d. China and Korea

Ans. d. China and Korea

Prevanar-13, a new vaccine launched by Pfizer, is for which of the following diseases?
a. Pneumonia
b. Polio
c. Hepatitis
d. Cancer

Ans. a. Pneumonia

A bank has recently signed a MOU with UIDAI. Name the bank.
a. Union Bank of India
b. Bank of India
c. ICICI Bank
d. State Bank of India

Ans. a. Union Bank of India

21. Mahendra Singh Dhoni has recently appointed Rhiti sports as his brand manager. Can you select the value of the contract?
a. 210 crore
b. 42 crore
c. 420 crore
d. 110 crore

Ans. a. 210 crore

According to Add Ex India, how many brands is MS Dhoni promoting?
a. 47
b. 21
c. 36
d. 51

Ans. a. 47

Which of the following companies is the brand manager for Sachin Tendulkar?
a. Rhiti Sports
b. World Sports
c. Indus Sports
d. World Sports

Ans. d. World Sports

Blue Cheese is
a. Soya Cheese
b. Cheese with penicillium mould
c. Chemical Cheese
d. Soya cheese with blue colour

Ans. b. Cheese with penicillium mould

25. Who is the President of Kyrgyzstan?
a. Rosa Otunbayeva
b. Kurmanbek Saliyevich Bakiyev
c. Ishenbai Duyshonbiyevich Kadyrbekov
d. Askar Akayev

Ans. a. Rosa Otunbayeva

26. What is the name of the mascot on the bonnet of the famous luxury car, Rolls Royce?
a. The spirit of ecstasy
b. Swift eagle
c. The prey
d. None of these

Ans. a. The spirit of ecstasy

South Africa is the world's largest producer of which of the following metals?
a. Platinum
b. Gold
c. Chromite
d. All of these

Ans. d. All of these

In which of the following countries are Saab cars manufactured?
a. Germany
b. USA
c. Russia
d. Sweden

Ans. d. Sweden

Which of the following companies are the engine suppliers for the 'Williams' formula 1 team?
a. BMW
b. Suzuki
c. Audi
d. Lexus

Ans. a. BMW

Which of the following personalities has Skytrain printed on the side of his aircraft?
a. Sir Freddie Laker
b. Vijay Mallya
c. George Bush
d. None of these

Ans. a. Sir Freddie Laker

31. “Committed to India” is the tagline of which company?
a. Royal Bank of Scotland
b. HDFC Bank
c. American Express
d. ICICI Bank

Ans. a. Royal Bank of Scotland

Crowdsourcing is a word marked in the daily newspapers these days. Which among the following fits well as a definition of Crowdsourcing?
a. Crowdsourcing is to employ more and more people on low wages and get the work done in smaller units / parts
b. Crowdsourcing is to invite more and more people to join an organisation's particular project and leave the project after it gets completed.
c. Crowdsourcing is to invite open public to develop a new technology or to carry out a design task or to create some sort of strategy.
d. Crowdsourcing is allowing the organization to reach to the public and ask them how is a new technology or a project of a company.

Ans. c. Crowdsourcing is to invite open public to develop a new technology or to carry out a design task or to create some sort of strategy.

IFSC is an alphanumeric code designed to uniquely identify the bank branches in India. How many digits are there in the IFSC Code?
a. 14
b. 11
c. 9
d. 8

Ans. b. 11

The Bangladesh Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh was closed down. What was its previous name?
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Pakistan Observer
d. Bengal Times

Ans. c. Pakistan Observer

During the recent Golden Jubilee celebration of which state, was the 'Kaal Sanduk' of 'Smriti Manjusha' buried under Mahatma Mandir?
a. Bhopal
b. Gujarat
c. Maharashtra
d. Rajasthan

Ans. b. Gujarat

36. The first match of FIFA World Cup 2010 was played between Mexico and which team?
a. South Africa
b. France
c. Uruguay
d. Argentina

Ans. a. South Africa

Which among the following retail giants in India has a senior post named as "Chief Belief Officer " who manages company's cultural strategy?
a. Godrej Group
b. Reliance ADA Group
c. Future Group
d. Reliance Industries

Ans. c. Future Group

What is the total number of matches played during FIFA World Cup 2010?
a. 52
b. 61
c. 74
d. 89

Ans. a. 52

Which of the following committees is associated with Centre-State relations?
a. Setalvad Committee
b. Punchhi Committee
c. Sarkaria Committee
d. All of these

Ans. d. All of these

The full form of ATM is
a. Automated Teller Machine
b. Automatic Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these

Ans. a. Automated Teller Machine

41. Who was the first non-European to win a Nobel Prize for literature?
a. Yasunari Kawabata
b. Pablo Neruda
c. Rabindra Nath Tagore
d. None of the above

Ans. c. Rabindra Nath Tagore

FIFA’s head office is located in …
a. Zurich
b. Melbourne
c. Cape Town
d. Pretoria

Ans. a. Zurich

Common wealth Games 2010 is the … edition of the sporting event.
a. 14th
b. 15th
c. 19^th
d. 20^th

Ans. c. 19th

Currently, who is the CEO of HDFC bank?
a. Keki Mistry
b. Renu Sud Karnad
c. Deepak Parekh
d. V Srinivasa Rangan

Ans. c. Deepak Parekh

Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
a. V. Narahari Rao
b. A. Bakshi
c. V. K. Shunglu
d. Vinod Rai

Ans. d. Vinod

46. Indian Government recently organized India's first national Green Job Conference in collaboration with which of the following organizations?
a. EU Commission
b. WWF for Nature
c. UNDP
d. ILO

Ans. d. ILO

At which of the following places water shall boil at the lowest temperature?
a. Kochi
b. Ooty
c. Mount Abu
d. Shimla

Ans. b. Ooty

The Headquarter of International Court of Justice is located at …
a. Netherlands
b. Geneva
c. Vatican city
d. None of these

Ans. a. Netherlands

Adhvaryu, mentioned in Vedas is associated with …
a. A type of chariot
b. A Caste
c. A category of sacrificial priests
d. None of these

Ans. c. A category of sacrificial priests

What is the real name of famous musician, Miyan Tansen?
a. Ashraf
b. Ramtanu Pandey
c. Jamal
d. Gangadhar Mishra

Ans. b. Ramtanu Pandey

51. Which is the following is the first corporate group of hospitals in India?
a. Gangaram Hospital
b. Fortis Hospitals
c. Sanjay Gandhi Hospital
d. Apollo Hospitals

Ans. d. Apollo Hospitals

What is the full form of ESOP?
a. Employee Stock Option
b. Employment Stock Option
c. Eligibility of Stock Option
d. None of these

Ans. a. Employee Stock Option

Who is the Managing Director of Yes Bank?
a. Yogesh Jain
b. Ajay Malviya
c. Rana Kapoor
d. Ajay Mathur

Ans. c. Rana Kapoor

The first Indian chairman of the London Metal Exchange is …
a. Lord RajBagri
b. Ajay Jain
c. Mac Singh
d. None of these

Ans. a. Lord RajBagri

The governor of Andhra Pradesh is …
a. Shakhar Dutt
b. E.S.L. Narasimhan
c. Urimila Singh
d. Devanand Konwar

Ans. b. E.S.L. Narasimhan

56. Name the first person to be conferred with Indian Air Force’s honorary rank of Group Captain?
a. Raja Yaswant Rao
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Mahendra Dhoni
d. Amitabh Bachchan

Ans. a. Raja Yaswant Rao

“Celebrating your gift of blood’ is related to …
a. United Nations
b. UNICEF
c. World Blood Donor Day
d. WHO

Ans. c. World Blood Donor Day

What is RuBisCO?
a. A Sugar
b. An enzyme
c. A fat
d. A chromosome

Ans. b. An enzyme

How many teams qualified to play in the FIFA World Cup 2010?
a. 30
b. 24
c. 32
d. 20

Ans. c. 32

India's oldest engineering company is …
a. Jessop and company
b. Braddy and Morris company
c. Rover Company
d. None of these

Ans. a. Jessop and company

61. Which of the following politicians launched the political party, Akhil Bhartiya Lok Manch?
a. Arun Jaitley
b. George Fernandes
c. Uma Bharti
d. Amar Singh

Ans. d. Amar Singh

Which of the following is the President of Turkmenistan?
a. Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov
b. Saparmurat Atayevich Niyazov
c. Nazarbayev
d. None of the above

Ans. a. Gurbaguly Bardimuhamedov

The first state in India to have Real Estate Regulatory Authority is …
a. Karela
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Goa
d. Maharashtra

Ans. d. Maharashtra

What is the new name given to the train linking West Bengal to Tripura via Bangladesh?
a. Sonar Tori
b. Epar Bangla Opar Bangla
c. Samjhauta Express
d. None of these

Ans. a. Sonar Tori

Who is the Chairman of Indian Banker’s Association for the year 2010-11?
a. OP Bhatt
b. Chanda Kochar
c. Aditya Puri
d. None of these

Ans. a. OP Bhat

66. Which among the following retail giants in India has a senior post of "Chief Belief Officer " required to manage company's cultural strategy?
a. Godrej Group
b. Reliance ADA Group
c. Future Group
d. Reliance Industries

Ans. c. Future Group

The total number of matches that will be played in FIFA World Cup 2010 is …
a. 52
b. 61
c. 74
d. 89

Ans. a. 52

Which of the following committees is associated with Centre- State relations?
a. Setalvad Committee
b. Punchhi Committee
c. Sarkaria Committee
d. All of these

Ans. d. All of these

Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?
a. Ratan Kumar Sinha
b. Srikumar Banerjee
c. Raja Ramanna
d. None of these

Ans. a. Ratan Kumar Sinha

The full form of ATM is
a. Automated Teller Motor
b. Automatic Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these

Ans. d. None of these

71. Which of the following companies use the tagline, “We understand your world”?
a. Royal Bank of Scotland
b. HDFC Bank
c. American Express
d. ICICI Bank

Ans. b. HDFC Bank

In which city hosted the Grand Tamil Meet?
a. Chennai
b. Coimbatore
c. Trichy
d. Kodaikanal

Ans. b. Coimbatore

On what date did the Golden Jubilee celebration of Gujarat commence?
a. 29 April 2010
b. 1 May 2010
c. 5 May 2010
d. 8 May 2010

Ans. b. 1 May 2010

MICR is a number mentioned at the bottom of …
a. Cheques
b. Credit cards
c. Demand drafts
d. Master cards

Ans. a. Cheques

The Pakistan Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh, was known as … before it was closed down.
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Bangladesh Observer
d. Bengal Times

Ans. c. Bangladesh Observer

76. Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) has decided to buy a 4.5% stake in a bank for about Rs 1,366 crore. Name the bank from the following options.
a. Kotak Mahindra
b. Lakshmi Vilas Bank
c. ICICI Bank
d. Royal Bank of Scotland

Ans. a Kotak Mahindra

Panchatantra, a collection of fables is believed to be written by …
a. Jai Shankar Prasad
b. Manu
c. Vishnu Sharma
d. Banabhatta

Ans. c Vishnu Sharma

World Bank and International Monetary Fund are jointly known as ...
a. Bretton Wood Twins
b. Monetary Twins
c. Financing brothers
d. None of these

Ans. a Bretton Wood Twins

Which of the following has the longest railway platform?
a. Moscow
b. Nakhodka
c. Kharagpur
d. Chicago

Ans. c Kharagpur

Who is the Acting CEO of SpiceJet as of now?
a. Sanjay Agarwal
b. Kishore Gupta
c. Kalanithi Maran
d. None of these

Ans. b Kishore Gupta

81. Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?
a. Rata Kumar Sinha
b. Srikumar Banerjee
c. Raja Ramanna
d. None of these

Ans. a. Rata Kumar Sinha

The full form of ATM is …
a. Automatic Teller Machine
b. Automated Teller Machine
c. Auto Teller Machine
d. None of these

Ans. b. Automated Teller Machine

Who played the role of Goopi in the Satyajit Ray’s classic Goopi Gaanyen Bagha Bayen?
a. Uttam Kumar
b. Prosenjit
c. Tapen Chottopadhyay
d. Chabbi Biswas

Ans. c. Tapen Chottopadhyay

The Queen’s Baton of common Wealth Games 2010 has been made out of which metal?
a. Aluminum
b. Copper
c. Gold
d. Zinc

Ans. a. Aluminum

Which bank sold about 11% of its stake in Yes Bank in a deal worth more than Rs. 1,000 crores?
a. Karunya Bank
b. Standard Bank
c. Robo Bank
d. None of these

Ans. c. Robo Bank

86. MICR is a number mentioned at the bottom of the cheque. What is the full form of MICR?
a. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition
b. Multi Ink Character Recognition
c. Multi Ink Cash Recognition
d. Magnetic Ink Cash Recognition

Ans. a. Magnetic Ink Character Recognition

87. The Bangladesh Observer, the oldest newspaper of Bangladesh shut down recently. By what name was it previously circulated?
a. Bangladesh Times
b. Punjab Times
c. Pakistan Observer
d. Bengal Times

Ans. c. Pakistan Observer

88. During the recent Golden Jubilee celebration of Gujarat, where was the 'Kaal Sanduk' of 'Smriti Manjusha' buried?
a. Akshardham Temple
b. Mahatma Mandir
c. Art Deco Palace
d. Somnath Temple

Ans. b. Mahatma Mandir

89. During ancient times, which of the following plant was used as a source for anesthesia preparations?
a. Opium (poppy)
b. Cannabis
c. Datura
d.Coca

Ans. a. Opium (poppy)

90. Girish Wagh is associated with which of the following companies?
a. Tata Motors
b. Birla Cement
c. Reliance Industries
d.Wipro technologies

Ans. a. Tata Motors

91. Who is the Chairman of FIFA World Cup 2010?

a. Issa Hayatu

b. Chung Mong Joon

c. Mohammed Bin Haman

d. Micheal Platini

Ans. a. Issa Hayatu

92. FIFA head office is located in …

a. Zurich

b. Melbourne

c. Cape Town

d. Pretoria

Ans. a. Zurich

93. Who is the CEO of HDFC bank Ltd?

a. Keki Mistry

b. Renu Sud Karnad

c. Deepak Parekh

d. V Srinivasa Rangan

Ans. c. Deepak Parekh

94. Who is the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?

a. V. Narahari Rao

b. A. Bakshi

c. Vinod Rai

d. V. K. Shunglu

Ans. c. Vinod Rai

95. Who is the Director of Bhaba Atomic Research Centre?

a. Rata Kumar Sinha

b. Srikumar Banerjee

c. Raja Ramanna

d. None of these

Ans. a. Rata Kumar Sinha

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