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In which city did the Dalai Lama inaugurate the world's highest Stupa?

  1. Sarnath

  2. Sanchi

  3. Gaya

  4. Dehradun


Correct Option: D

Which member of the British Royal Family was convicted by the British jury and fined £500 for violating the Dangerous Dogs Act? 

  1. Prince Andrews

  2. Prince Philips

  3. Princess Anne

  4. Prince Edward


Correct Option: C

Who has been sworn in as the deputy chief minister of J&K?

  1. Ghulam Nabi Azad

  2. Mangat Ram Sharma

  3. Muzzafar H. Beig

  4. Ghulam Hassan Mir


Correct Option: B

The Delhi Climate Declaration, adopted by 170 countries, is a _______ agenda.

  1. 10 - point

  2. 14 - point

  3. 12 - point

  4. 13 - point


Correct Option: D

How many countries of the ex-communist block joined NATO in late November this year?

  1. Four

  2. Five

  3. Six

  4. Seven


Correct Option: D

Which celebrity has been named the sexiest man alive in 2002 by People magazine?

  1. Ben Affleck

  2. Pierce Brosnan

  3. Brad Pitt

  4. Van Kinmer


Correct Option: A

Name the actor-turned-politician from Mandya, Karnataka, who resigned as Lok Sabha MP over the Cauvery issue.

  1. Ambareesh

  2. Jaya Prada

  3. Venkatesh

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

In the recent rankings released by the International Cricket Council, India secured 106 points and was ranked ________.

  1. third

  2. fourth

  3. fifth

  4. sixth


Correct Option: C

Indian scientists have patented the medicinal properties of a certain fruit used by Indians traditionally to lower sugar levels. Name the fruit.

  1. Guava

  2. Mango

  3. Indian blackberry

  4. Grapes


Correct Option: C

Who among the following has won the prestigious Homi Bhabha Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Nuclear Society?

  1. M. R. Srinivasan, Former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission

  2. S. C. Hiremath, Chairman, Heavy Water Board

  3. Dr. C. Ganguly, Chairman, Nuclear Fuel Complex

  4. R. K. Sinha, Associate Director, BARC


Correct Option: A

Name the actor who was awarded the Kishore Kumar Award of the Madhya Pradesh Government for the year 2002-03 for excellence in acting and significant contribution to the film industry.

  1. Amitabh Bachchan

  2. Aamir Khan

  3. Shahrukh Khan

  4. Salman khan


Correct Option: A

Which team won the Irani Trophy with a five-wicket victory in November this year?

  1. Indian Airlines

  2. Railways

  3. Air India

  4. State Bank of India


Correct Option: B

Haren Pandya - who fell out with Narendra Modi and who withdrew from the race for assembly elections - was, prior to his resignation, the

  1. State industries minister

  2. State home minister

  3. State education minister

  4. State rural affairs minister


Correct Option: B

Name the Indian-born author who has won the Kiriyama Prize, an award that is conferred for promoting an understanding of the Pacific Rim.

  1. Shashi Tharoor

  2. Rohinton Mistry

  3. Salman Rushdie

  4. Pankaj Mishra


Correct Option: B

Max Mirnyi, Mahesh Bhupathi's doubles partner in the ATP Tennis Masters Series Final, a match that the duo lost hails from

  1. Poland

  2. Romania

  3. Belarus

  4. Ukraine


Correct Option: C

Which slain person are the Hinduja brothers pointing fingers at for being an agent in the Bofors deals?

  1. Rajiv Gandhi

  2. Olof Palme

  3. Gen. K. Sundarji

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Name the author who has won the Booker Prize for Life of Pi.

  1. Yann Martel

  2. Tom Robbins

  3. Rohinton Mistry

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

The Sethusamundram Project aims to connect

  1. India with Sri Lanka

  2. Mainland India with Lakshadweep

  3. The islands of Andaman and Nicobar

  4. Mumbai with Karachi


Correct Option: A

Name the public figure selected for Sat Paul Mittal Award for outstanding services to humanity (2002).

  1. Amod Kanth

  2. Kiran Bedi

  3. Medha Patekar

  4. Sunil Dutt


Correct Option: D

In which country did a newspaper comment that Prophet Mohammed would have liked to marry a Miss World Beauty Queen which sparked off riots, resulting in the death of 100 people?

  1. Uganda

  2. Nicaragua

  3. Nigeria

  4. Namibia


Correct Option: C

Which newspaper has been barred from advertising itself as Delhi's No. 1?

  1. Hindustan Times

  2. The Times of India

  3. The Indian Express

  4. The Asian Age


Correct Option: B

C.S. Nayudu, brother of legendary cricketer C.K. Nayudu who died on November 23, was a cricket player of the erstwhile

  1. Holkar team

  2. Gaekwad team

  3. Nizam's team

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Motir Moina (The Clay Bird), the once-banned film nominated for the Oscar is a film from

  1. India

  2. Bangladesh

  3. Myanmar

  4. Sri Lanka


Correct Option: B

Which pop star invited the ire of German authorities recently for dangling his/her baby from the fourth floor of a hotel in front of hundreds of fans?

  1. Madonna

  2. Michael Jackson

  3. Eric Clapton

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Name the cricketer who auctioned his cricket bats to help two cancer patients.

  1. Sunil Gavaskar

  2. Ravi Shastri

  3. Saurav Ganguly

  4. Sachin Tendulkar


Correct Option: C

Who has won the Demiurgus International Peace Prize awarded by the World Council of Foreign Ministers in Switzerland?

  1. Jayaram Ramesh

  2. Rudy Guiliani

  3. Atal Behari Vajpayee

  4. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan


Correct Option: D

Name the actor who plays Mangal Pandey in Ketan Mehta' s 1857-The Uprising.

  1. Sunny Deol

  2. Bobby Deol

  3. Salman Khan

  4. Aamir Khan


Correct Option: D

Name this year' s winner of the Grasim Mr International competition.

  1. Anand Saluja

  2. Rajat Raina

  3. Jimmy Shergill

  4. Raghu Mukherjee


Correct Option: D

In the terrorist attack on Jammu temples, which was the temple other than the Raghunath Temple that was attacked?

  1. Shivanand Temple

  2. Rupiyowala Temple

  3. Adinath Temple

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

From which constituency will Narendra Modi contest the assembly elections in Gujarat?

  1. Ellisbridge

  2. Viramgam

  3. Maninagar

  4. Bhiloda


Correct Option: C

Which country has banned the Barbie Doll?

  1. Indonesia

  2. Bangladesh

  3. Egypt

  4. Russia


Correct Option: D

In which district did Priyanka Gandhi take up the cause of Dalits, by calling for Shramdan?

  1. Meerut

  2. Amethi

  3. Etawa

  4. Kanpur


Correct Option: B

Name the educational institution of the Capital that saw student protests following a daytime rape

  1. Lady Hardinge Medical College

  2. St Stephen' s College

  3. Dayal Singh College

  4. Maulana Azad Medical College


Correct Option: D

Name the artist who has been awarded the Kalashikhar Award for life-time achievement at the Aditya Vikram Birla Awards 2002 Ceremony in Mumbai.

  1. Sankho Chaudhary

  2. Jatin Das

  3. Arzan Khambatta

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A

Padma Shree Laloo Prasad Yadav is a movie being made by Mahesh Manjarekar, the director of

  1. Lagaan

  2. Tum Bin

  3. Vaastav

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Name the member of the British Royal family now facing criticism for allegedly calling Princess Diana a trollop and a harlot.

  1. Queen Elizabeth II

  2. Prince Charles

  3. Phillips, Duke of Edinburgh

  4. Prince Edward


Correct Option: C

In which city was the One-Day International between India and West Indies abandoned because of crowd disturbances in November?

  1. Hyderabad

  2. Vijaywada

  3. Rajkot

  4. Ahmedabad


Correct Option: C

Shweta Jaishankar, whom tennis star Mahesh Bhupathi married on November 24, is a

  1. cricket player

  2. theatre actress

  3. student of management

  4. model


Correct Option: D

Who has floated the new Justice Party?

  1. Sharad Yadav

  2. Sharad Pawar

  3. Ram Vilas Paswan

  4. Udit Raj


Correct Option: D

Which Indian film has bagged the best film award in the New Currents section at the Seventh Pusan International Film Festival?

  1. Tiladaanam

  2. Devdas

  3. Mitr

  4. Leela


Correct Option: A

Name the country that is going to the polls to elect its sixth president in six years.

  1. Nicaragua

  2. Bali

  3. Ecuador

  4. Fiji


Correct Option: C

Which city will now hold the Miss World Beauty pageant after the original venue of Abuja city was witness to riots?

  1. Berlin

  2. Bonn

  3. Vienna

  4. London


Correct Option: D

Name the leader who has equated Pakistan and Saudi Arabia with Iraq.

  1. Yasser Arafat

  2. Atal Behari Vajpayee

  3. Vladimir Putin

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

What cause did Bill Gates take up on his recent visit to India?

  1. Education

  2. Poverty eradication

  3. Minority rights

  4. AIDS awareness


Correct Option: D

Eight obese children have sued a certain fast-food outlet for not issuing warnings of health risk. Name the fast-food outlet?

  1. McDonalds

  2. Nirulas

  3. Pizza Hut

  4. Wimpys


Correct Option: A

Name the longest serving senator in the US who retires on January 3 at the age of 100.

  1. Strom Thurmond

  2. Ernest Hollings

  3. Jamie Morrings

  4. Ted Gilbert


Correct Option: A

Name the personality who has joined the Austrian election campaign, backing conservative chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel.

  1. Madonna

  2. Arnold Schwarzenegger

  3. Halle Berry

  4. Boris Becker


Correct Option: B

On November 25, in London, which theatre production completed 50 years of non-stop staging?

  1. King Lear

  2. The Mousetrap

  3. Ten Little Niggers

  4. Arms and the Man


Correct Option: B

Overlooking Lake Geneva in Switzerland, the residence of an actor is being opened to the public as a museum. Whose house was it?

  1. Clark Gable

  2. Vivian Leigh

  3. Charlie Chaplin

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Which country has banned knitting in the Parliament House after a minister was caught knitting during a debate?

  1. India

  2. Britain

  3. Thailand

  4. New Zealand


Correct Option: D
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