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Who among the following is one of the recipients of the country' s second highest civilian honour 'Padma Vibhushan' for the year 2008?

  1. T. K. Oommen

  2. P. R. S. Oberoi

  3. Sunita Williams

  4. Ustad Asad Ali Khan


Correct Option: B

Who among the following Buddhist saints propounded the philosophy of Sunyavada?

  1. Nagasena

  2. Nagarjuna

  3. Pushpadanta

  4. Ashvaghosh


Correct Option: B

Which of the following universities has been ranked No. 1 by Times Higher Education Suppliment in 2011?

  1. University of Oxford

  2. University of Cambridge

  3. Princeton University

  4. Harvard University


Correct Option: D

Which of the following has won the Women' s World Cup Golf?

  1. South Korea

  2. Denmark

  3. The Philippines

  4. South Africa


Correct Option: C

Who among the following is the winner of the men' s single title of Australian Open 2008?

  1. Jo- Wilfried Tsonga

  2. Rafael Nadal

  3. Roger Federer

  4. Novak Djokovic


Correct Option: D

Dibang Power Project, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in January 2008, is going to be the biggest hydel power project in the country after completion. This project is located in

  1. Sikkim

  2. Manipur

  3. Meghalaya

  4. Arunachal Pradesh


Correct Option: D

The PSLV C-10 launched a spy satellite named Tescar from Sriharikota on January 21, 2008. This satellite belongs to

  1. Israel

  2. Italy

  3. Nigeria

  4. Indonesia


Correct Option: A

The term "SDCS" stands for

  1. State Data Centre Scheme

  2. State Development Corporation System

  3. Social Development Council of Seniors

  4. Status of the Devolopment of Central Security


Correct Option: A

The year long Golden Jubilee celebrations of which of the following public sector undertakings was inaugurated on February 3, 2008?

  1. ONGC

  2. SAIL

  3. GAIL

  4. NALCO


Correct Option: B

A Shared Vision for the 21st Century is a document of partnership cooperation between India .

  1. U. S. A.

  2. Russia

  3. China

  4. African countries


Correct Option: C

ISRO's space satellite project Aditya was launched in 2012, with a view to study

  1. the moon

  2. Mars

  3. the sun

  4. Saturn


Correct Option: C

Which of the following luxury trains of India have figured in the list of the world' s top 25 trains, prepared by the Society of International Railway Travellers? I. Palace- on- Wheels II. Toy Train III. Deccan Odyssey

  1. I & II

  2. II & III

  3. I & III

  4. All of the above


Correct Option: D

As per the 205th Report of the Law Commission, the marriageable age for boys & girls has been suggested to be uniformly fixed at

  1. 17

  2. 18

  3. 19

  4. 20


Correct Option: B

The 15th Indian Cooperative Congress took place in January 2008 in

  1. Bengaluru

  2. Hyderabad

  3. Kolkata

  4. New Delhi


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statements is not true about Nano, the world' s cheapest car unveiled by Tata Motors on January 10, 2008?

  1. It has a rear mounted, two-cylinder petrol engine.

  2. It has been manufactured at Tata Motors' plant at Singur

  3. It has two variants initially, including one standard & one luxury model variant

  4. The standard model of Nano costs Rs. 1 lakh while it' s deluxe model might be more costly.


Correct Option: C

Which of the following ships has been acquired by Ministry of Earth Sciences, for the purpose of country' s underwater explorations?

  1. Sagar Nidhi

  2. Sagar Ratna

  3. Sagar Sandhan

  4. Sagar Prateek


Correct Option: A

The first cavern storage in the country, named LPG Cavern Storage of South Asia, is located in

  1. Gopalpur

  2. Kochi

  3. Kottayam

  4. Vishakhapatanam


Correct Option: D

The wax statue of a Bollywood star was unveiled in Madame Tussauds Museum in London on January 15, 2008. The name of the star is

  1. Salman Khan

  2. Sanjay Dutt

  3. Amir Khan

  4. Anil Kapoor


Correct Option: A

Which of the following is not the State to be benefited by the Rs. 530 - crore waiver of overdue interest on agricultural credit?

  1. Karnataka

  2. Tamil Nadu

  3. Andhra Pradesh

  4. Kerala


Correct Option: B

World's first commercial air service to Antarctica has been started by

  1. Denmark

  2. USA

  3. Australia

  4. UK


Correct Option: C

Who among the following businesswomen become the first woman Chairperson of the US-India Bussiness Council (USIBC)?

  1. Naina Lal Kidwani

  2. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

  3. Priya Paul

  4. Indra Nooyi


Correct Option: D

With which of the following countries India recently signed an MoA for cooperation in rail sector?

  1. Japan

  2. France

  3. Russia

  4. China


Correct Option: D

Who among the following cricketers has become the first batsman ever to make 16,000 runs in ODIs?

  1. R. Ponting

  2. J. Kallis

  3. S. Ganguly

  4. S. Tendulkar


Correct Option: D

Ashtadhyayi, the seminal ancient text on Sanskrit grammer, was composed by

  1. Patanjali

  2. Panini

  3. Bharat Muni

  4. Katyayana


Correct Option: B

Match the following:

 
List I (Mughal Emperors) List II (Nicknames/Original Names)
I. Jahangir 1. Alamgir
II. Shah Jahan 2. Shekhu Baba
III. Aurangzeb 3. Muazzam
IV. Bahadur Shah 4. Khurram

Select your answer from the choices given below:

  1. I -1, II - 2, III - 3, IV - 4

  2. I - 2, II - 4, III - 1, IV - 3

  3. I - 3, II - 1, III - 4, IV - 2

  4. I - 4, II - 3, III - 2, IV - 1


Correct Option: B
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