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Description: UPSC MODEL TEST PAPER PREPARATION AND PRACTICE TESTS AND ONLINE STUDY MATERIALS
Number of Questions: 25
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Which of the following organizations/agencies has established a fund known as "Investor Protection Fund"?

  1. SEBI

  2. NABARD

  3. Bombay Stock Exchange

  4. Ministry of Health


Correct Option: A

The newly constituted National Knowledge Commission is headed by

  1. C. Rangarajan

  2. Prof. R. S. Sharma

  3. Sam Pitroda

  4. Ms. Girija Vyas


Correct Option: C

Abdullah Gul' s name was in news recently as he has taken over as the president of

  1. Turkey

  2. Sudan

  3. Afghanistan

  4. Pakistan


Correct Option: A

Pope Benedict XVI belongs to which country?

  1. Italy

  2. Germany

  3. France

  4. Poland


Correct Option: B

The media campaign " The World Is Waiting " is related to which of the following companies?

  1. Lufthansa

  2. Qatar Airways

  3. Indian Airlines

  4. British Airways


Correct Option: D

India enacted an important event of Indian National Movement celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary. Which was it?

  1. Quit India Movement

  2. Delhi Chalo Movement

  3. Civil Disobedience Movement

  4. Non Cooperation Movement


Correct Option: C

Which of the following countries launched the smallest combat aircraft in the world?

  1. Germany

  2. India

  3. Russia

  4. USA


Correct Option: B

Who among the following British Governor- Generals shifted India' s capital from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911?

  1. Lord Louis Mountbatten

  2. Lord Canning

  3. Lord Hardinge

  4. Warren Hastings


Correct Option: C

Who among the following has been elected as President of the International Council of Science Union?

  1. E. Sreedharan

  2. N. Ram

  3. M. G. K. Menon

  4. Goverdhan Mehta


Correct Option: D

'Golden Handshake' is the term associated with

  1. share market

  2. retirement benefits

  3. voluntary retirement benefits

  4. smuggling


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the first surface-to-surface missile of India?

  1. Prithvi

  2. Trishul

  3. Agni

  4. Naag


Correct Option: A

The African Union whose Cooperation was sought by G-4 to expand UN security council has a strength of

  1. 43 Members

  2. 53 Members

  3. 63 Members

  4. 34 Members


Correct Option: B

Who among the following has been chosen the FDI Personality of the Year

  1. P. Chidambaram

  2. Kamal Nath

  3. Ratish Nayaar

  4. Kaushik Rai


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is the author of Rajtarangini, commonly regarded as the first genuine history of India written by an Indian?

  1. Banbhatta

  2. Ravikirti

  3. Pushpadanta

  4. Kalhana


Correct Option: D

Who among the following advocated Scientific Socialism?

  1. Robert Owen

  2. Proudhon Pierre Joseph

  3. Karl Marx

  4. Saint Simon Henri Claude


Correct Option: C

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deal with the Directive Principles of State Policy?

  1. 26 to 41

  2. 31 to 56

  3. 36 to 51

  4. 41 to 66


Correct Option: C

The Chinese pilgrim Fa - Hien visited India during the reign of

  1. Kanishka

  2. Chandragupta I

  3. Chandragupta II

  4. Harshavardhana


Correct Option: C

Mist is caused by

  1. dry ice

  2. ice at low temperature

  3. water vapours at low temperature

  4. carbon monoxide in solid form


Correct Option: C

Which of the following is the economic growth percentage projected in the 11th Five Year Plan draft that was approved by the Planning Commission in November 2007?

  1. 8%

  2. 9%

  3. 9.5%

  4. 10%


Correct Option: B

Who among the following is the Director General of World Trade Organisation?

  1. Thaksin Shinawatra

  2. Liang Guanglie

  3. Pascal Lamy

  4. Paul Wolfowitz


Correct Option: C

The Indian Navy' s only sailing ship, which returned to Kochi after a 10- month voyage around the globe is,

  1. INS Vibhuti

  2. INS Tarangini

  3. INS Prabhat

  4. INS Viraat


Correct Option: B

Who is the author of the book " My Life " ?

  1. Bill Clinton

  2. Hillory Clinton

  3. Dalai Lama

  4. Imran Khan


Correct Option: A

What does CECA stand for?

  1. Community Enabled Cooperative Arrangement

  2. Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Agreement

  3. Comprehensive Ecological Cooperation Arrangement

  4. Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement


Correct Option: D

Which one of the following travellers is not associated with the description of the glories of Vijayanagar kingdom? A.. Abdur Razzaq B. Paes C. Ibn Batutah D. Nuniz

  1. Abdur Razzaq- Deva Raya II

  2. Paes- Krishna Deva Raya

  3. Ibn Batutah- Harihara I

  4. Nuziz- Achyut Deva Raya


Correct Option: C

Match list I with list II & select the correct answer using the code given below the the lists ||||| |---|---|---|---| | | List I | | List II | | | (Country) | | (National Emblem) | | A | Iran | 1 | Lily | | B | Bangladesh | 2 | White lily | | C | Canada | 3 | Water Lily | | D | France | 4 | Rose |

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

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

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

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


Correct Option: D
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