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Mr. Donkupar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of which state on March 19, 2008?

  1. Himachal Pradesh

  2. Meghalaya

  3. Arunachal Pradesh

  4. Sikkim


Correct Option: B

" My Country, My Life" , is the autobiography of

  1. AB Vajpayee

  2. LK Advani

  3. Man Mohan Singh

  4. Sonia Gandhi


Correct Option: B

What is the name of the robotic arm that Canada had sent to the International Space Station?

  1. Kibo

  2. Dextre

  3. Sony

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

The 1500 - MW Pragati Phase III Power project will be built in

  1. Mumbai

  2. Goa

  3. Delhi

  4. Agra


Correct Option: C

The Chameli Devi Award is for contribution to

  1. literature

  2. journalism

  3. science

  4. economics


Correct Option: B

World Red Cross Day is observed on

  1. May 8

  2. May 4

  3. May 1

  4. May 12


Correct Option: A

According to a World Bank report which country is the biggest recipient of remittances in 2007?

  1. India

  2. China

  3. Philippines

  4. Mexico


Correct Option: A

Kholoud Ahmed Juwan Al Dhahiri is

  1. the first woman primary judge at Abu Dhabi

  2. the first Muslim woman to go into space

  3. the first woman speaker of Iran's parliament

  4. the Muslim woman to scale Mount Everest


Correct Option: A

What is EKA?

  1. a super computer

  2. a humanoid robot

  3. a satellite

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A

Which day is observed as World Habitat Day?

  1. September 30

  2. September 15

  3. October 1

  4. October 30


Correct Option: C

Which state won the Telecom India Excellence Award 2007?

  1. Madhya Pradesh

  2. Punjab

  3. Karnataka

  4. Haryana


Correct Option: D

Which airline became the first airline in the world to commercially launch an in-flight mobile service?

  1. Virgin Atlantic

  2. Emirates

  3. Kingfisher

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Which corporate head was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by IIT Kharagpur?

  1. Sunil Mittal

  2. Anil Ambani

  3. Ratan Tata

  4. Mukesh Ambani


Correct Option: C

Which game will be played for the first time in Asian Games, 2010?

  1. Kabaddi

  2. Twenty20 cricket

  3. Squash

  4. Kho-Kho


Correct Option: B

Which vitamin is said to be helpful in reducing the risk of diabetes?

  1. Vitamin A

  2. Vitamin B

  3. Vitamin C

  4. Vitamin D


Correct Option: D

RBI is a

  1. Private bank

  2. Central bank

  3. Commercial bank

  4. Foreign bank


Correct Option: B

Which one of the following is not a constitutional body?

  1. UPSC

  2. Election Commission

  3. Planning Commission

  4. Finance commission


Correct Option: C

Who is the President of NASSCOM?

  1. Som Mittal

  2. Shanta Sinha

  3. Laxmi Narayanan

  4. KN Memani


Correct Option: A

What is phishing?

  1. a government plan

  2. a stem cell

  3. fraudulent way of acquiring PIN and bank passwords using e-mail

  4. none of these


Correct Option: C

Reliance Industries has purchased GAPCO, a fuel retailer which has a strong presence in

  1. Asia

  2. South Africa

  3. East and Central Africa

  4. Europe


Correct Option: C

Who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2011?

  1. Nawas Sharif

  2. Yousuf Raza Gilani

  3. Fahmida Mirza

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

According to the UN e-Government Survey 2008, which country came up as the leader in overall e-readiness index?

  1. India

  2. Sweden

  3. Denmark

  4. USA


Correct Option: B

Who among the following became the second Indian cricketer, after Tendulkar to score 10,000 runs both in Tests and in ODIs?

  1. Yuvraj Singh

  2. Rahul Dravid

  3. Anil Kumble

  4. M. S. Dhoni


Correct Option: B

Nasa' s Cassini spacecraft has found evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean of water and ammonia on this moon of Saturn. Which is the moon in question?

  1. IO

  2. Charon

  3. Titan

  4. Titania


Correct Option: C

Who won the Man Booker Prize for 2007?

  1. Anne Enright

  2. Indra Sinha

  3. Nocola Barker

  4. none of these


Correct Option: A
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