1. The Supreme Court of India recently declared which of the following proclamations unconstitutional ?
(A) Formation of an enquiry commission to probe Volcker Reports
(B) Dissolution of Bihar Assembly
(C) Setting up another commission in place of Phukan Commission
(D) Setting up a commission headed by an eminent diplomat to investigate recent Bomb Blast in Delhi instead of allowing CBI to do the same
(E) None of these
Ans : B
2. Sunil Mittal is adjudged the Business Leader of the Year by which of the following news paper/magazines ?
(A) Businessworld
(B) Business India
(C) Economic Times
(D) Business Standard
(E) None of these
Ans : C
3. Which of the following states was badly hit by a killer earthquake in October 2005 ?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Punjab
(C) Gujarat
(D) Haryana
(E) Jammu & Kashmir
Ans : E
4. Nalchik which was recently in news, is a city in -
(A) Italy
(B) France
(C) Germany
(D) China
(E) Russia
Ans : E
5. What is Indias position in terms of the number of Internet users in the world ?
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 10th
(E) None of these
Ans : C
6. Who amongst the following is not a recipient of รข€˜Bharat Ratna?
(A) Pt. Ravishankar
(B) Lata Mangeshkar
(C) Amitabh Bachchan
(D) Prof. Amartya Sen
(E) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Ans : C
7. Which of the following countries is not the member of SAARC ?
(A) Bhutan
(B) Maldives
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Surinam
(E) All are members
Ans : D
8. Which of the following universities of North-East states has now the status of a Central University ?
(A) Manipur
(B) Shilong
(C) Guwahati
(D) Mizoram
(E) None of these
Ans : B
9. Which of the following is not a Banking/Finance related term ?
(A) Current Account
(B) Pay Order
(C) Par Value
(D) Short Position
(E) Infringement
Ans : D
10. Radcliffe Line divides the borders of -
(A) India-China
(B) China-Russia
(C) Russia-Afghanistan
(D) Pakistan-Afghanistan
(E) India-Pakistan
Ans : E
11. Which of the following is not a famous Tiger Reserve in India ?
(A) Sunderbans
(B) Kaziranga
(C) Sariska
(D) Kanha
(E) None of these
Ans : B
12. Which of the following is a major jute producing state ?
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Himachal Pradesh
(C) Karnataka
(D) Kerala
(E) West Bengal
Ans : E
13. A farmer engaged in Organic Farming will never use which of the following manures ?
(A) Compost
(B) Sewage Sludge
(C) Cow dung
(D) Urea
(E) None of these
Ans : D
14. The headquarters of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is in -
(A) Vienna
(B) Geneva
(C) New York
(D) Nebraska
(E) None of these
Ans : B
15. Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship matches were played recently in -
(A) China
(B) India
(C) South Korea
(D) Singapore
(E) None of these
Ans : C
