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(4) Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh the sensitive index of any global stock exchange?
(5) None of these (1) Nasdaq (2) Nikkei
3. The government of India is planning to put up (3) Kospi (4) Dow
a bill in the Parliament to ensure free and compulsory (5) Combix
education for all those who are of the age of: 12. Many times we read a term ‘ECB’ in financial
(1) 3 years (2) 5 years newspapers. What is the full form of ECB?
(3) 6-14 years (4) 12-20 years (1) Essential Commercial Borrowing
(5) Upto 21 years (2) Essential Credit and Borrowing
4. “World No Tobacco day” is observed on which (3) External Credit and Business
of the following days? (4) External Commercial Borrowing
(1) 1st May (2) 10th May (5) None of these
(3) 21st May (4) 31st May 13. Who amongst the following has taken over as
(5) 1st June the Chief Minister of Nagaland:
5. Late Vijay Tendulkar who died recently was a (1) Manik Sarkar (2) Dinesh Nandan Sahaya
famous: (3) P. Longon (4) K. Shankarnarayanan
(1) social work (2) politician (5) Neiphiu Rio
(3) sportsman (4) play wright 14. Which of the following is the book written by
(5) None of these Shobha De?
6. Many times we read in newspapers about the (1) Name sake (2) My Life
GM Crops. What is the full form of ‘GM’? (3) Speed Post (4) Long walk to freedom
© The Competition Master.
(3) 10,000 branches (4) 12,000 branches (3) Maize (4) Gram
(5) None of these (5) Cotton
17. Chinese Parliament is known as: 28. Union Budget is always presented first in:
(1) National People’s Congress (1) The Lok Sabha
(2) National Assembly (2) The Rajya Sabha
(3) The National Parliament of China (3) Joint Session of the Parliament
(4) The House of Democracy of China (4) Meeting of the Union Cabinet
(5) None of these (5) The State Assemblies
18. The Upper House of Indian Parliament is 29. The first-ever General Election took place in
known as: which of the following countries in Indian Sub-
(1) The Lok Sabha continent?
(2) The Rajya Sabha (1) Bhutan (2) China
(3) The National Assembly (3) Pakistan (4) Bangladesh
(4) The Indian Parliament (5) Sri Lanka
(5) None of these 30. Mahmood Ahmadinejad who was in India on an
19. Which of the following is NOT a member of official visit recently is the:
South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (1) Prime Minister of Iraq
(SAARC)? (2) President of Iran
(1) Nepal (2) Bhutan (3) Prime Minister of Iran
(3) Myanmar (4) Pakistan (4) President of Iraq
(5) Bangladesh (5) None of these
20. Which of the following countries was under the 31. Sujatpur and Balsara villages were in news
grip of a severe earthquake recently in which several recently as a breach in main Narmada Canal made them
people lost their lives? flooded. Both these villages are in which of the
(1) Bangladesh (2) Bhutan following States?
(3) Nepal (4) China (1) Maharashtra (2) Madhya Pradesh
(5) Sri Lanka (3) Gujarat (4) Rajasthan
21. The Chairperson of the Lok Sabha is designated as: (5) None of these
(1) Chairman (2) Speaker 32. As per the estimates given by the Asian Deve-
(3) Vice President (4) President lopment Bank (ADB) the Indian Economy will grow at
(5) None of these which of the following rates in 2008?
22. Rahul Dravid completed his 10,000 runs in the (1) 7% (2) 7.5% (3) 8% (4) 8.5%
Test cricket while playing with which of the following (5) None of these
teams recently? 33. Who amongst the following does not belong to
(1) Bangladesh (2) Pakistan a political party which is normally referred as Left
(3) Australia (4) South Africa Front?
(5) None of these (1) Prakash Karat (2) A.B. Bardhan
23. “Agha Khan Cup” is associated with the game of: (3) D. Raju (4) T.J. Chandrachoodan
(1) Football (2) Badminton (5) M. Veerappa Moily
(3) Hockey (4) Cricket 34. As a gesture to promote denuclearisation and
(5) Tennis also to end nuclear arms programme the cooling tower
24. ‘Checkmate’ is associated with the game of: of a nuclear complex situated in “Youngbyon” was
(1) Chess (2) Polo demolished recently. This nuclear complex is in which
(3) Swimming (4) Wrestling of the following countries?
(5) Boxing (1) South Korea (2) Iran
25. Which of the following awards is NOT associat- (3) China (4) North Korea
ed with the area of sports? (5) None of these
(1) Dhyanchand (2) Arjun 35. China has signed an agreement with which of
(3) Dronacharya (4) Saraswati Samman the following countries, which will help both the parties
(5) Khel Ratna to make the East China Sea “a sea of peace, cooperation
26. “Oscar Awards” are given for the excellence in and friendship”?
the field of: (1) North Korea (2) South Korea
(1) Films (2) Literature (3) Japan (4) Russia
(3) Sports (4) Politics (5) All of these
(5) Status 36. Federal Reserves is the Central Bank of:
27. Which of the following is NOT a food crop: (1) Britain (2) U.S.A.
(1) Wheat (2) Barley (3) Japan (4) Canada
53. Which of the following is the total amount gov- 63. Which of the following is the abbreviated name
ernment of India has earmarked for Agricultural Debt of an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Rural
Waiver and Debt Relief scheme 2008? About: Development?
(1) Rs 10,000 Crore (2) Rs 25,000 Crore (1) NIMI (2) IGNOU
(3) Rs 45,000 Crore (4) Rs 72,000 Crore (3) CAPART (4) NPCIL
(5) Rs 83,000 Crore (5) ICRP
54. Which of the following cannot be called as a 64. Who amongst the following is the recipient of
value Added service offered by a bank? the IIFA Awards 2008 as Best Actress?
(1) Special Accounts for poor sections of society (1) Shamita Shetty (2) Rani Mukherjee
(2) Accident Insurance cover (3) Priyanka Chopra (4) Konkona Sen
(3) Instant Credit of outstation cheques (5) Kareena Kapoor
(4) Free cheque books 65. Who amongst the following is the author of the
(5) All are value added services book “To a Hunger Free World”?
55. Daiichi Sankyo which has taken a major stake (1) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2) Ashok Lahiri
in India’s pharma company Ranbaxy is a firm based in: (3) Amartya Sen (4) M.S. Swaminathan
(1) China (2) South Korea (5) None of these
(3) North Korea (4) Japan 66. Which of the following awards is given for
(5) USA excellence in the field of cinema?
56. Which of the following tests is conducted to (1) Kalidas Samman (2) Dronacharya Award
know if a sportsman has taken any performance (3) Arjuna Award (4) Kalinga Award
enhancing drugs? (5) Dada Saheb Phalke Award
(1) EEG (2) Narco Test 67. Which of the following terms is related with
(3) ELISA Test (4) Mind Mapping the game of cricket?
(5) Dope Test (1) Grand Slam (2) Half Nelson
57. Banking Sector will fall under which of the fol- (3) Ashes (4) Screen
lowing sectors? (5) Love
(1) Agricultural Sector (2) Service Sector 68. Who amongst the following is the author of
(3) Manufacturing (4) Industrial Sector “Animal People” which was adjudged as the Best Book
(5) None of these of the Year
58. Which of the following airlines became the (1) V.S. Naipaul (2) Indra Sinha
first Indian based Airlines to operate flight to China? (3) William Darlymple (4) Bill Clinton
(1) Indian (2) Air India (5) John Banville
(3) Kingfisher (4) Jet Airways 69. Who amongst the following is the Chairperson
(5) None of these of the Children’s Film Society?
59. Which of the following terms is NOT used in (1) Kareena Kapoor (2) Jaya Bachchan
Banking Sector? (3) Shabana Azmi (4) Sridevi
(1) SLR (2) NPA (5) None of these
(3) Credit Rating (4) Fixed 70. What is India’s rating in “Ease of Doing
(5) PURA Business Rank” in the “Doing Business Report”
60. Which of the following meets/summit was prepared by the World Bank?
organized in Damascus in March 2008? (1) 55th (2) 80th (3) 100th
(1) Arab League Summit (4) 122nd (5) None of these
(2) G-8 Summit ANSWERS
(3) G-15 Summit
(4) Meeting of the Trade Minister of WTO members 1. (1) 2. (2) 3. (3) 4. (4) 5. (4)
6. (2) 7. (2) 8. (1) 9. (5) 10. (1)
(5) None of these 11. (5) 12. (4) 13. (5) 14. (3) 15. (2)
61. An account in which trading of shares in their 16. (3) 17. (1) 18. (2) 19. (3) 20. (4)
electronic form is done is known as: 21. (2) 22. (4) 23. (1) 24. (1) 25. (4)
(1) Demat Account (2) NRI Account 26. (1) 27. (5) 28. (1) 29. (1) 30. (2)
(3) NRIO Account (4) Current Account 31. (3) 32. (2) 33. (5) 34. (4) 35. (3)
36. (2) 37. (5) 38. (3) 39. (2) 40. (2)
(5) None of these
41. (4) 42. (1) 43. (2) 44. (4) 45. (1)
62. Opening the Savings Bank Account of a minor
46. (2) 47. (1) 48. (5) 49. (1) 50. (5)
girl will be called as which of the following in Banking 51. (5) 52. (1) 53. (4) 54. (1) 55. (4)
terminology? 56. (5) 57. (2) 58. (4) 59. (5) 60. (1)
(1) Retail Banking (2) Merchant Banking 61. (1) 62. (1) 63. (3) 64. (5) 65. (4)
(3) Institutional Banking (4) Social Banking 66. (5) 67. (3) 68. (2)
(5) Corporate Banking 69. (5) Nafeesa Ali 70. (4)