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GK - 2007

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Britain's astronomers of the Wide Angle Search for Planets have announced the discovery of three new planets. These are

  1. WASP-1, WASP-2 and WASP-3

  2. WASP-2, WASP-3 and WASP-4

  3. WASP-3, WASP-4 and WASP-5

  4. WASP-4, WASP-5 and WASP-6


Correct Option: C

Which of the following countries has hosted one of the biggest events of energy-rich African nations' two day summit?

  1. Egypt

  2. India

  3. Cuba

  4. Nigeria


Correct Option: B

Who among the following has been formally sworn in as caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan?

  1. Shaukat Aziz

  2. Mohammedmian Soomro

  3. Nawaz Sharif

  4. Pervez Musharraf


Correct Option: B

Who among the following won the Miss World 2007 title, held in Hainan Province of China?

  1. Miss China Zhang Zhi Li

  2. Miss Angola Michaela Reis

  3. Miss Mexico Carolina Moran Gordillo

  4. Miss Peru Maria Julia Mantilla


Correct Option: A

Consider the followings: I. India is down to 128 on the HDI in 2007 after sliding two notches. II. India ranked 62 among 108 developing countries on poverty index. III. India's present HDI of 0.619 is above South Asia average (0.611) and below developing counties average (0.691) Select the Code:

  1. Only I and II are correct

  2. Only I and III are correct

  3. Only II and III are correct

  4. All are correct


Correct Option: D

Promethean India, a private equity firms, is manged by the Burmans family of

  1. Dabur

  2. Essar

  3. Merico

  4. Nirma


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following Estimates the National Income of India?

  1. RBI

  2. Finance Commission

  3. CSO

  4. Planning Commission


Correct Option: C

Which of the following bodies recommends MSP (Minimum Support Price) for the crops in India?

  1. FCI (Food Corporation of India)

  2. RBI (Reserve Bank of India)

  3. Ministry of Agriculture

  4. CACP (Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices recommends minimum support price for the crops in India.

Match the following:

 
List-I (Awards) List-II (Winner)
(A) Dayawati Modi Award I. Akbar Padmsee
(B) Tech Award for Innovation II. D.R. Mehta
(C) International Council of Jurists Awards, 2007 III. Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
(D) IMSA Honorary Fellowship IV. Justice K. Narayan Kurup

Select the Code:

  1. I II III IV

  2. II IV I III

  3. IV III II I

  4. III I IV II


Correct Option: A

Laffer curve is related to �

  1. Tax collection

  2. Employment

  3. Consumption

  4. National Income


Correct Option: A

Which of the following statements is correct about Red Ribbon Express?

  1. It is the world’s largest Mobilization drive and marks a significant step forward in the fight against the HIV epidemic in India.

  2. It is the world’s largest mass mobilization drive and marks a significant step forward in the fight against the Polio epidemic in India.

  3. It marks a significant step forward in the fight against the HIV epidemic in the world.

  4. It marks a significant step forward in the fight against the Polio epidemic in the world.


Correct Option: A

Who among the following awarded the first K. Subrahmanyam Award for Excellence in Strategic Studies?

  1. Sudha Mahalingam

  2. Vijay Singh

  3. N.S. Sisodia

  4. Deepak Patel


Correct Option: A

Vedanta the Alminium major company of India was earlier known as -

  1. Nalco

  2. Hindalco

  3. Sail

  4. Balco


Correct Option: D

Match the following: Column-I Column-ii A. Logitech i. India B. Wockhard ii. Switzerland C. Blackstone iii. US D. HSBC iv UK Choose the answer from the choices given below:

  1. A-i, B-ii, C-iv, D-iii

  2. A-I, B-ii, C-iii, D-iv

  3. A-ii, B-I, C-iii, D-iv

  4. A-iv, B-I, C-ii, D-iii


Correct Option: A

Which country has adopted the family planing programmes 1952 for the first time in the world?

  1. China

  2. U.S.A

  3. India

  4. Australia


Correct Option: C

Who among the following Indian Entrepreneurs has been named as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the year 2007?

  1. Azim Premji

  2. Mukesh Ambani

  3. B. Ramalinga Raju

  4. Ratan Tata


Correct Option: C

US–based Gap Inc, the world’s largest speciality retail chain, owns some of the most recognized apparel brands in the world. The brands owned by it are (a) GAP (b) Banana Republic (c) Burberry (d) Old Navy (e) Piperlime (f) Gas Choose the answer from the choices given below:

  1. (a), (b) and (c)

  2. (a), (b) and (f)

  3. (a), (b), (e)

  4. (a), (b), (d), (e)


Correct Option: D

The Government had set up an Expert Group on Agricultural Indebtedness in wake of farmers suicide in cotton growing areas in the country under the chairmanship of -

  1. Dr. Bimal Jalan

  2. Dr. R. Radhakrishnan

  3. Dr. C. Ranyrajan

  4. Rakesh mohan


Correct Option: B

National Rural Employment Act, 2005 was launched by merging with which of the existing schemes?

  1. JRY and Indra Avas Yojna

  2. Sampoorna Gramin Rozgar Yojna and National Food for Work Programme

  3. Swarnjayant Swarozgar Yojna and JRY

  4. JRY and Sidra


Correct Option: B

Which among the following countries is the largest trading partner of India in the world?

  1. USA

  2. Germany

  3. China

  4. Canada


Correct Option: A

This Indian businessman has recently made it to the Forbes list of richest Americans. He happens to be the founder director of Google. Who is he?

  1. Shantanu Narayen

  2. Kavitark Ram Shriram

  3. Bharat Desai

  4. Vinod Khosla


Correct Option: B

Retailing chains, Trent and Westside are promoted by

  1. DLF

  2. Future group

  3. Aditya Birla group

  4. Tata group


Correct Option: D

Which of the following statement is not correct?

  1. For the first time, no Indian university figures in Britain's most authoritative league table of the world's top 200 universities.

  2. While China is in with six universities revealing a wide gap in higher educational standards between the two competing Asian giants.

  3. Other Asian countries with world-class universities are Japan, Singapore, Hong - Kong, Taiwan, and South

  4. The survey covers 50 countries of the world.


Correct Option: D

Zoological Survey of India recently claimed the discovery of a new species of legless amphibian named Gegeneophis mhadeiensis, from marshy habitat in

  1. Northern Karnataka

  2. Northern Andhra Pradesh

  3. Northern Kerala

  4. Northern Tamil Nadu


Correct Option: A

Researches stressed that moderate exposure to sunlight did not significantly raise the risk of the most serious form of skin cancer, called

  1. Caricinoma

  2. Melanoma

  3. Ceratonoma

  4. Carcoma


Correct Option: B

KP Singh is the chairman of

  1. DLF

  2. Sanmar

  3. GMR

  4. Gujarat Ambuja


Correct Option: A

Consider the following: I. Parkinson's disease affects around 120,000 people in Britain, with 10,000 new Case diagnosed each year. II. The disease is caused by a loss of nerve cells in one part of the brain. III. The cells release a chemical called dopamine, which allows messages to be sent to parts of the brain that coordinate movement. Select the Code:

  1. Only I and II are correct

  2. Only I and III are correct

  3. Only II and III are correct

  4. All are correct


Correct Option: D

Organic Compounds containing carbon and hydrogen form the building blocks of all life on Earth. Now, scientists have found the same on

  1. Mars

  2. Mercury

  3. Venus

  4. Jupiter


Correct Option: A

According to the world conservation union (IUCN) how many tree species have been put on its 'Red List of Threatened Plants Species 2007” as being critically endangered across india?

  1. 14

  2. 24

  3. 45

  4. 55


Correct Option: C

Famous Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Entertainment has tied up with which company to co-invest in Indian movies?

  1. Yash Raj Studio

  2. RK Studio

  3. Eros International

  4. Adlab


Correct Option: C

Carlos Ghosn is the chairman of

  1. Suzuki Motors

  2. Nissan Renault

  3. Fiat Auto

  4. Diamler


Correct Option: D

After 25 years in the making, European Space Agency's 2 billion laboratory is set for launch to the international Space Station. Once operational Europe's first permanent base in space is expected to double the research capacity of the ISS. The name of science aboratory is

  1. British Laboratory

  2. European Laboratory

  3. European Union Laboratory

  4. Columbus Laboratory


Correct Option: D

This sports marketing and celebrity management agency is founded by Mahesh Bhupati. Name the company.

  1. ICONIX

  2. Percept D'Mark

  3. 9 yards

  4. Globosports


Correct Option: A

Which of the following sectors of Indian Economy contributes highest in the Gross Saving in India?

  1. Public Sector

  2. Private Sector

  3. Household Sector

  4. Services Sector


Correct Option: C

Match the following organisations with their headquarters. List-I (Organisations) List-II (Headquarters) (a). WTO (1) Washington (b) World Bank (2) Geneva (c) ADB (3) Manila (d) TLO (4) Rome Select the code

  1. (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 3 (d) 4

  2. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4

  3. (a) 3 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 4

  4. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct answer is (1). 

Before Independence various plans were prepared for the purpose of long-term economic development of India. Match the following in relation to it.

 
List-I (Plans) List - II (Propounders)
A. National Planning Committee 1. Indian National Congress
B Bombay Plan 2. Loading Industrialist
C. Gandhian Plan 3. Shriman Narayan
D. Peoples Plan 4. M.N.Roy

Select the code:

  1. (A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 1

  2. (A) 1 (B) 3 (C) 2 (D) 4

  3. (A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 4 (D) 3

  4. (A) 1 (B) 4 (C) 3 (D) 2


Correct Option: B

He was the commercial operations head of Hong Kong- headquartered PepsiCo Asia-pacific. He recently quit the company. Till a year ago, he was the chairman of PepsiCo's ndia opertions. The man in the qetin is

  1. Rajeev Bakshi

  2. PM Sinha

  3. S. Gopalkrishnan

  4. Raj Singh


Correct Option: A
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