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1. In which city is the Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited?

(1) Hyderabad (2) Kolkata (3) Kochi (4) Rasayani
2. A new coin called ‘Rupiya’ was issued for the first time by :
(1) Sher Shah Suri (2) Akbar
(3) Ala ud din Khilji (4) Mohammed Shah Tughlaq
3. Which company is India's largest manufacturer of ayurvedic remedies?
(1) Dabur (2) Ayurvedic Concepts
(3) Himalaya (4) Parry Ago
4. Monsoon is caused by
(1) Impact of summer temperatures on the seas (2) Movement of clouds
(3) Seasonal reversal of winds (4) Rise in temperature
5. Cinnabar is ore of
(1) Ng (2) Cu (3) Pb (4) Zn
6. What are public goods?
(1) Goods that are not of a good quality
(2) Goods that are consumed collectively by the community
(3) Goods that are cheap but not of a good quality
(4) Goods that are produced by a public company
7. In the world of sports, the sobriquet ‘Indo–Pak Express’ is applied to
(1) Shree Santh and Shoaib Akhtar (2) Rohan bopanna and Aisam–Ul–Haq Quareshi
(3) Sania Mirza and Shahar Peer (4) Rohan Bopanna and Shahar Peer
8. The lightest metal is
(1) K (2) Li (3) Ca (4) Mg
9. “Solutions for a small planet” is the punchline associated with which of the following companies?
(1) Intel (2) Compaq (3) IBM (4) HP
10. The world’s busiest port today
(1) Port of Rotterdam (2) Port of Shanghai
(3) Port of Singapore (4) Port of Dubai
11. The polymer of isoprene is called
(1) natural rubber (2) Polyethylene (3) neoprene (4) monoprene
12. “Smooth as silk” is the punchline associated with which of the following airlines?
(1) Thai Airways (2) Air India
(3) British Airlines (4) Sri Lankan Airlines
13. Which company owns ‘Sugar Free’, the leading brand of artificial sweetener in India?
(1) Cipla (2) Cadila (3) Glaxo (4) Monsanto
14. “The world’s local bank” is the punchline associated with which of the following financial institutions?
(1) Allahabad Bank (2) HSBC (3) HDFC (4) SBI
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15. In 2006, the three largest economies in the world were

(1) USA, Japan, & Germany (2) USA, China & Japan
(3) USA, China & Germany (4) USA, UK, & France
16. The four most common elements in living organisms in order are
(1) Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen (2) Hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen
(3) Hydrogen, carbon, oxygen, nitrogen (4) Carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen
17. “Applying thought” is the punchline associated with which of the following companies?
(1) Wipro (2) Infosys (3) British Telecom (4) Philips
18. The human cell contains
(1) 44 chromosomes (2) 48 chromosomes (3) 46 chromosomes (4) 23 chromosomes
19. In case of myopia the correct statement is/are
1. behind the retina 2. infront of the retina
3. can be collected by concave lens 4. can be collected by convex lens
(1) 1 & 4 (2) 2 & 4 (3) 2 & 3 (4) 1, 2 & 4
20. “Emotionally yours” is the punchline associated with which of the following airlines?
(1) Air Sahara (2) Air India (3) Deccan Airways (4) None of these
21. Which of the following countries is the top source of FDI inflows into India at present?
(1) Singapore (2) USA (3) UK (4) Mauritius
22. Largest flower in the world is
(1) Cuscula (2) Nelumbo (3) Rafflesia (4) Deosera
23. “More car per car” is the punchline associated with which of the following companies/products?
(1) Fiat (2) Hyundai Accent (3) Indica V2 (4) Toyota
24. The newspaper which was recently voted as the largest selling newspaper in the world is
(1) The Los Angeles Times (2) The Times of India
(3) The London Times (4) The New York Times
25. The measurement of poverty line is based on criteria of
(1) Dwelling houses (2) Caloric consumption
(3) The nature of employment (4) The level of education
26. “Think different” is the punchline associated with which of the following IT companies?
(1) Cisco (2) Sun Microsystems (3) Apple (4) Polaris Software
27. When did Governor General’s rule end in India?
(1) 15th August 1947 (2) 9th August 1948 (3) 26th January 1950 (4) 2nd October 1950
28. FERA has been replaced by
(1) Competitive Bill (2) Finance Bill (3) FEMA (4) No replacement
29. “Live Smart” is the punchline associated with which of the following newspapers?
(1) The Times of India (2) The Hindustan Times
(3) The Telegraph (4) The Business Standard
30. Which of the following is not provided in the constitution?
(1) Election Commission (2) Planning Commission
(3) Public Service Commission (4) Finance commission
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31. In the event of breakdown of constitution machinery of any state, under which one of the following articles
can president rule by imposed
(1) 352 (2) 256 (3) 360 (4) 370
32. Cough syrup ‘Corex’ is owned by which of the following companies?
(1) Cipla (2) Pfizer (3) Ranbaxy (4) Torrent
33. Following options are a list of forex rates for US Dollar on a day recently. Identify the entry that is
reversed.
(1) 1 US $ = Rs. 39.35 (2) 1 US $ = € 1.42 (3) 1 US $ = £ 0.48 (4) 1 US $ = ¥ 114
34. Indian constitution was prepared in
(1) 2 years 11 months (2) 2 years 18 days (3) 2 years 18 months (4) 2 years 11 months 18 days
35. The fruit juice brand ‘Tropicana’ is owned by which of the following companies?
(1) HLL (2) P&G (3) ITC (4) PepsiCo
36. “In God we trust, the rest have to bring data on the table.” This statement was made by the famous
industrialist
(1) J.R.D. Tata (2) Aditya Birla (3) Dhirubhai Ambani (4) Narayan Murthy
37. The age of earth is believed to be
(1) 10 million years (2) 100 million years (3) 1000 million years (4) 4000 million years
38. Bisleri bottled water is a product from:
(1) Pepsi (2) Parle (3) Coca-Cola (4) Nestle
39. According to Dun & Brandsstreet which one of the following is the largest employer among Indian ITES
and BPO companies?
(1) Genpact (2) Accenture Services (3) Wipro BPO (4) IBM Daksh
40. The planning commission started functioning on
(1) 1948 (2) 1949 (3) 1950 (4) 1951
41. The brand D’cold belongs to
(1) Procter & Gamble (2) Glaxo SmithKline
(3) Paras Pharmaceuticals (4) Reckitt and Benckiser
42. The propagation of radio signals is greatly influenced by
(1) troposphere (2) ionosphere (3) exosphere (4) thermosphere
43. The first animal tamed by man of middle stone age was
(1) Dog (2) Bullock (3) Horse (4) Camel
44. ‘Scorpio’ is the name of an automobile brand from
(1) Maruti Udyog Ltd (2) General Motors
(3) Mahindra & Mahindra (4) Kinetic Engineering
45. Major oil finds are recently reported in
(1) Krishna Godavari Basin (2) Cauvery Basin
(3) Rajasthan Desert (4) Lower Assam Valley
46. Hema Malini (Bollywood star) along with her daughter is a brand ambassador of
(1) Good knight (2) Kent Water purifier
(3) O.B. Water filters (4) Casper
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47. ‘Matrix’ is the name of a TV brand from ___________:

(1) BPL (2) Philips (3) Onida (4) Samsung
48. Pakistan signed Free Trade agreement (FTA) and a five year investment package with
(1) USA (2) European Union (3) China (4) Russia
49. The term MOU is business means
(1) Merger or undertaken (2) Memorandum of utility
(3) Memorandom of understanding (4) None of these
50. ‘Santoor’ is a product that belongs to the stable of
(1) P&G (2) HLL (3) Wipro (4) ITC
51. A suicide car bomb caused havoc in England in July 2007 at the following airport
(1) Glasgow (2) Heathrow (3) Burmingham (4) Nottingham
52. The investment giant set up by Warren Buffet is:
(1) DSP Merryl Lynch (2) Berkshire Hathway
(3) GE Capital (4) Citi Capital
53. ‘Sunfeast’ is the name of crispy biscuits from
(1) Cadbury Schweppes (2) Nestle
(3) Parle (4) ITC
54. Some of the large deals entered into by IT majors in India are listed here as options. They are all billion
dollar deals except one. Which one?
(1) TCS–Nielson (2) Tech Mahindra–BT (3) Infosys–ABN AMRO (4) IBM–Bharti
55. ‘Good-Day’ biscuits are associated with which among the following?
(1) Britannia (2) Heinz (3) HLL (4) Enkay
56. The major US Toy manufacturer that recently suffered a breakdown in supply chain from China on
account of legally unacceptable toxic substances in its products is
(1) Leo Toys (2) Mattel Toys (3) Universal Toys (4) Funskool Toys
57. Introduction of 3G services in telecommunication industry will NOT include which of the following
features?
(1) Video Streaming (2) Stock Transactions
(3) E-learning (4) E-Governance
58. ‘Voyager’ is the name of an automobile brand from ___________:
(1) Ford Motors (2) General Motors
(3) Mahindra & Mahindra (4) Maruti Udyog Ltd
59. Which of these is not a film directed by Mira Nair?
(1) Earth (2) Monsoon Wedding (3) Kamasutra (4) Salaam Bombay
60. ‘Thunderbird’ is the name of a two-wheeler brand from ___________:
(1) Bajaj Auto (2) Royal Enfield (3) Hero Honda (4) None of these
61. The Indian company that manufactures automobiles for Mitsubishi is
(1) Tata Motors (2) Bajaj Tempo (3) Mahindra (4) Hindustan Motors
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62. SAFTA stands for

(1) South Asia Free Trade Agreement
(2) South African Federation for Tribal Advancement
(3) South Asian Forum for Tourism Agreements
(4) None of the above
63. ‘Kiwi shoe polish’ is associated with which among the following companies?
(1) TTK Healthcare (2) HLL (3) P&G (4) Godrej
64. What is Phishing?
(1) A Govt. plan
(2) A stem cell
(3) Fraudulent way of acquiring PIN and bank passwords using email
(4) None of these
65. The indicator of economic prosperity is
(1) increase in gross national product at current prices
(2) increase in net national product at current prices
(3) increase in gross national product at fixed prices
(4) increase in net national product at fixed prices
66. ‘Challenger’ is the name of a two-wheeler brand from ________:
(1) Bajaj Auto (2) Kinetic Engineering
(3) Hero Honda (4) None of these
67. Nand Lal Bose, Manjit Bawa, Tyeb Mehta are :
(1) Classical Singers (2) English Poets (3) Photographers (4) Painters
68. Tata Sky is a satellite television company in India, formed through a joint venture between the Tata
Group and
(1) Star TV (2) Eurospace (3) Sky Italia (4) ISRO
69. ‘Dettol’ is a product that belongs to the stable of:
(1) Reckitt Benckiser (2) Wipro (3) ITC (4) P&G
70. Match the following:
Name Hobby/Profession
(i) Numismatists (a) Linguist who focuses on the origin of words
(ii) Epigraphist (b) Person expert in the art of fine handwriting
(iii) Calligraphist (c) Scientists who study insects
(iv) Etymologist (d) Collectors of Coin
(v) Entomologists (e) Study of inscriptions engraved into stone or
other durable material Scientists who study insects
(1) i-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-e, v-c (2) i-d, ii-e, iii-b, iv-a, v-c
(3) i-d, ii-a, iii-c, iv-b, v-e (4) i-b, ii-c, iii-e, iv-d, v-a
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71. Which among the following became the first Indian bank to have a full-fledged operation in China?
(1) Indian Overseas Bank (2) State Bank of India
(3) Punjab National Bank (4) ICICI Bank
72. The galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way. It is shaped approximately like:
(1) A round ball (2) A doughnut (3) A pretzel (4) A flat spiral
73. ‘Vimal’ is a brand of which company?
(1) Reliance (2) Tata (3) Bajaj (4) HLL
74. In the recent WTA Bank of the West Classic tennis tournament in Stanford, USA Sania Mirza won the
Women’s Doubles Title pairing up with _________.
(1) Vania King (2) Shahar Peer (3) Liezel Huber (4) Bethanie Mattek
75. India's first PSU was
(1) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (2) Air India
(3) India Telephone Industries (4) Indian Oil Corporation
76. Which one of the following is lightest?
(1) Water (2) Gas (3) Oil (4) Alcohol
77. Who among the following persons is the president of the World Bank?
(1) Paul Wolfowitz (2) Pascal Lamy (3) Supachai Pantichpakdi (4) James Wolfhenson
78. Which of the following chess player became India’s second Grandmaster in world chess after
Viswanathan Anand?
(1) Krishnan Sasikiran (2) Pravin Thipsay (3) Dibyendu Barua (4) Abhijit Kunte
79. The government most rigidly controls which industry?
(1) Cotton (2) Paper (3) Cement (4) Timber
80. NABARD was established on the recommendation of—
(1) Public Account Committee (2) Shivaraman Committee
(3) Narsimham Committee (4) None of these
81. Google has introduced a new web browser named:
(1) Chrome (2) Opera (3) Netscape (4) Firefox
82. Which of the combination of the Arjuna award winners are correct?
I ii iii
Year Name Field
1 2002 Deepak Thakur Badminton
2 2004 Anju Bobby George Hockey
3 2003 Pullela Gopichand Shooting
4 1999 I. M. Vijayan Athletics
5 2002 Mahesh Bhupati Football
6 1995 Rajyavardhan Singh Lawn Tennis
Rathore
(1) 5-i, 1-ii, 2-iii (2) 4-i, 3-ii, 1-iii (3) 2-i, 6-ii, 3-iii (4) 3-i, 4-ii, 5-iii
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83. Which of the following countries has no official capital?

(1) Tunisia (2) Western Sahara (3) Palau (4) Swaziland
84. As budget proposals for 2008–09 the percentage share of direct taxes, in gross tax revenue is—
(1) 48·80% (2) 52·06% (3) 53·07% (4) 55·01%
85. Name of ‘Prachanda’ was recently in news. He is
(1) the first prime minister of Nepal
(2) the first Indian to win a medal in recent Olympics
(3) the first president of Nepal
(4) the first ambassador of India in Nepal
86. Which of the following film personality had received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for lifetime
contribution to Indian Cinema in the year 2005?
(1) Shyam Benegal (2) Mrinal Sen
(3) Yash Chopra (4) Adoor Gopalakrishnan
87. What is the capital of Belgium?
(1) Minsk (2) Brussels (3) Copenhagen (4) Budapest
88. Which one of the following took over the Anglo-Dutch Steel Company, Corus?
(1) Mittal-Arcelor (2) Jindal Steel
(3) Neelanchal Ispat Nigam Ltd. (4) Tata Steel
89. Which of the following combination for Sahitya Academy Awards given in English literature and the
Awardees is correct?
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Year Author Creation Type
1 1978 Ruskin Bond The Shadow Novel
Lines
2 1989 Anita Desai Rajaji : A Life Short stories
3 1992 Upamanyu Our Trees Still Novel
Chatterjee Grow in Dehra
4 2001 Amitav Ghosh Fire On the Biography
Mountain
5 2004 Rajmohan Mammaries of Novel
Gandhi the Welfare
State
(1) 1-i, 2-ii, 1-iii, 5-iv (2) 2-i, 1-ii, 3-iii, 2-iv
(3) 4-i, 5-ii, 2-iii, 4-iv (4) 5-i, 3-ii, 4-iii, 1-iv
90. The Bombay dabawala have achieved international reputation because of
(1) timely daba delivery (2) organized team work
(3) six sigma based operation (4) excellence service for last 50 years and beyond
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91. Allocation for waiving farmer’s loan in budget 2008–09 stands at—
(1) Rs. 40,000 crore (2) Rs. 45,000 crore (3) Rs. 50,000 crore (4) Rs. 60,000 crore
92. Which of the following public sector organisations is listed on New York Stock Exchange?
(1) SAIL (2) MTNL (3) GAIL (4) None of these
93. Which one of the following is the correct combination?
i ii iii Iv
year Author Creation Award
1 1997 Arundhati Roy The Inheritance of Booker
Loss
2 2006 Salman Rushdie Interpreter of Booker
Maladies
3 2000 V.S. Naipaul The God of Small Pulitzer
Things
4 1981 Kiran Desai Midnight's Booker
Children
5 1971 Jhumpa Lahiri In a Free State Booker
(1) 1-ii, 3-i, 3-iii, 5-iv (2) 5-i, 2-iv, 3-ii, 5-iii (3) 3-i, 5-ii, 2-iii, 4-iv (4) 2-i, 4-ii, 5-iii, 1-iv
94. For International payments the Indian currency is linked to:
(1) British Sterling (2) American dollar (3) International oil price (4) Gold Standard
95. Which of the following team secured the runner-up position in India’s National Football League 2006-
07?
(1) East Bengal Club (2) Mahindra United (3) JCT, Phagwara (4) Dempo SC
96. The outlay of Railways annual plan 2008–09 (as Rail Budget 2008–09) has been hiked by 21% which
stands at—
(1) Rs. 35,000 crore (2) Rs. 37,500 crore (3) Rs. 40,000 crore (4) Rs. 42,000 crore
97. Which of the following is NOT the name of the sensitive index of any global stock exchange?
(1) Nasdaq (2) Nikkei (3) Kospi (4) Combix
98. Starbucks, the coffee chain retailer’s name is inspired from which book
(1) The Scarlet Letter (2) Mobydick (3) Uncle Tom’s Cabin (4) None of these
99. Daiichi Sankyo, which has taken a major stake in India’s pharma company Ranbaxy, is a firm based in:
(1) China (2) South Korea (3) North Korea (4) Japan
100. During the year 2006–07 Indian Railways earned a profit of approximately
(1) Rs. 20,000 crores (2) Rs. 14,000 crores (3) Rs. 18,000 crores (4) Rs. 16,500 crores
101. The banking sector will fall under which of the following sectors?
(1) Agricultural Sector (2) Service Sector (3) Manufacturing (4) Industrial Sector
102. Who was the composer of the classical composition ‘Moonlight Sonata’?
(1) Ludwig Van Beethoven (2) Joseph Haydn
(3) Johann Bach (4) Handel
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103. Which of the following airlines became the first Indian based airlines to operate flight to China?
(1) Indian (2) Air India (3) Kingfisher (4) Jet Airways
104. Which of the following is not a principal organ of the UNO?
(1) General Assembly (2) Trusteeship council
(3) Security Council (4) World Health Organization
105. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?
(1) 1st plan (2) 2nd plan (3) 3rd plan (4) 4th plan
106. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of
Rural Development?
(1) NIMI (2) IGNOU (3) CAPART (4) NPCIL
107. Indian Broadcasting Service was renamed in 1936 as:
(1) Akashwani (2) Nabhowani (3) Doorwani (4) All India Radio
108. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three times so far?
(1) Medame Curie (2) Linus Pauling
(3) Alexender Flemming (4) International Committee of the Redcross
109. The Indian company that manufactures automobiles for Mitsubishi is:
(1) Tata Motors (2) Bajaj Tempo (3) Mahindra (4) Hindustan Motors
110. To recover the national loss suffered by small investors in the IPO allotment scam from the National
Securities Depository Services Ltd & Central Depository Services Ltd. and eight depository participants,
a second interim order was passed by
(1) SEBI (2) RBI (3) AFMI (4) Supreme Court
111. The Suzuki Corporation has launched its first scooter for the Indian market. What is the name of the
scooter?
(1) Access 125 (2) Marut 125 (3) Excellent X (4) Pawan 125
112. In recent months the monks of Myanmar marched the streets of Yangon in hundreds
(1) To spread the message of peace (2) To celebrate Buddha purnima
(3) to protest against the ruling government (4) To take the normal route for alms
113. The state with the lowest population in India is
(1) Goa (2) Tripura (3) Mizoram (4) Sikkim
114. With which brand of shoes would you associate: Godzilla Independence Day and Brave heart?
(1) Woodland (2) Reebok (3) Lee Cooper (4) Nike
115. Koneru Humpy plays
(1) Badminton (2) Cricket (3) Chess (4) Weight Lifting
116. What is India’s rank in milk production in the world?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4
117. In August 2007, Chennai High Court passed a landmark judgment that may have far reaching
consequences on pharmaceuticals industry, dismissing a writ petition filed by
(1) Ranbaxy (2) Sandoz (3) Novartis (4) Glaxo
118. World literacy day is celebrated on
(1) 8th September (2) 8th March (3) 19th Nov (4) 1st June
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119. Which of these promotes rural technology?

(1) CAPART (2) IDBI (3) ECGC (4) NABARD
120. Zapak Digital Entertainment is an on line gaming venture promoted by
(1) UTV (2) Balaji Telefilm
(3) Zee TV (4) Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Enterprises
121. Which bank was acquired by HDFC Bank Ltd for $2.38 billion?
(1) Centurion Bank of Punjab (2) UTI
(3) Syndicate Bank (4) None of these
122. Which of the following allows one to start and continue to share regularly any of his/her own personal
experience, knowledge, opinion or thought with the internet community?
(1) Portal (2) Email (3) Blog (4) Chat
123. What process takes place in Sun?
(1) Fission (2) Fusion (3) Combustion (4) None of these
124. FOREX reserves fall under:
(1) SEBI (2) RBI (3) SBI (4) None of these
125. The runner–up in the recent Vice–Presidential election was
(1) Mr. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2) Dr. Najma Heptullah
(3) Mr. Praful Patel (4) Mr. Hameed Ansari
126. This organisation has 1356 members and has the ad-line "the world put stock on us". Which
organisation?
(1) NASDAQ (2) LSE (3) NYSE (4) BSE
127. Egg is a rich source of nutrients except:
(1) Vitamin C (2) Protein (3) Vitamin D (4) None of these
128. Who is the MD of Tata Steels?
(1) Mr H M Nerurkar (2) Mr A D Baijal (3) Mr B Muthuraman (4) Kirby Adams
129. In banking terminology, CRR means.
(1) Credit Reserve Ratio (2) Cash Reserve Ratio
(3) Credit Rating Ratio (4) Cash Rating Ratio
130. Which is the common Element in Brass & Bronze?
(1) Gold (2) Tin (3) Silver (4) Copper
131. Which institute has been recognised by UNESCO for the spreading of knowledge?
(1) IIT Mumbai (2) IIT Kanpur (3) IIT Delhi (4) IIT Roorkee
132. “Bollywood” name has been granted as a trademark to which US based Media and Entertainment
company by Indian Trademark Registry?
(1) Viacom (2) Universal Studios (3) Disney Enterprises (4) Miramax
133. Where will be the first automobile museum in India?
(1) Mumbai (2) Kolkata (3) Chennai (4) Delhi
134. Lakshmi Mittal, the famous NRI industrialist, is partnering with Govt. of India for the following big
project:
(1) Oil Refinery (2) Atomic Power Plant (3) Biotechnology (4) Mining
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135. Inner layer of skin is called

(1) Papillae (2) Cuticle (3) Dermis (4) Epidermis
136. The world’s leading countries in FDI are
(1) India and China (2) US and England (3) India and US (4) China and Japan
137. Who wrote the book “Selling the dream”?
(1) Steve Jobs (2) Guy Kawasaki (3) Shiv Khera (4) Philip Goldberg
138. Who were the founders of the company Hewlett Packard (HP)?
(1) Dave Hewlett and Bill Packard (2) Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard
(3) Jack Hewlett and Edwards Packard (4) Edwards Hewlett and Jack Packard
139. “No part of the enemy’s body may be used as a souvenir” was said by
(1) General Kamikaze (2) American Pacific fleet 1942
(3) Winston Churchill (4) Stalin
140. “Project Bhasa” is related with
(1) Microsoft India (2) Satyam
(3) Central Hindi Institute (4) U.P. Govt.
141. Synecology is the study of
(1) Individuals (2) Relation between plant & animal community.
(3) Study of environment (4) None
142. Which law is associated with the rise of balloon in air?
(1) Parkinson law (2) Gravitational law (3) Law of motion (4) Archimedes law
143. India’s which leading IT services exporter acquired Citigroup’s captive business process outsourcing
(BPO) arm Citigroup Global Services (CGSL) for $505 million?
(1) Wipro (2) Infosys
(3) Tata Consultancy Services (4) HCL Technologies
144. In man, the absence of a Y chromosome in a fertilized egg causes it to develop into
(1) Male (2) Female (3) Inter sex (4) Dead chromosome
145. Which international brand had an ad campaign - 'Tomorrow is mine' and had signed Rahul Dravid for
the campaign?
(1) Reebok (2) Nike (3) Adidas (4) Puma
146. When a metallic wire is connected to a battery
(1) Current is taken to be flowing from negative terminal to positive terminal.
(2) Electrons flow from negative terminal to positive terminal.
(3) Electrons flow from positive terminal to negative terminal.
(4) Current is taken to be flowing from negative to negative and positive to positive terminal.
147. Kinetic energy is:
(1) Life energy, possessed only by living organisms
(2) Only important at subatomic distances
(3) Energy of movement
(4) A rare form of energy sometimes observed in deep space
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148. India is a member of

(a) NATO (b) WTO (c) IAEA (d) NAFTA
(1) (b) and (c) (2) (a) and (d) (3) (a) and (b) (4) (b), (c) and (d)
149. The base radius of a cylinder is 1 2/3 times its height. The cost of painting is CSA at 2 paise/cm2 is Rs.
92.40. The volume of liquid is
(1) 80850 cm3 (2) 80580 cm3 (3) 80508 cm3 (4) none
150. Durgapur steel plant was established in collaboration with
(1) U.K. (2) USA (3) W. Germany (4) USSR
151. What annual payment will discharge a debt of Rs. 5082 due in 2 yrs at 10% per annum compounded
annually?
(1) 2000 (2) 2250 (3) 2575 (4) 2420
152. K. Sera Sera productions is a property of
(1) B.R. Chopra (2) Anana Desai (3) Mushir Riaz (4) Ramgopal Verma
153. The force on the sail of a ship varies as the area of the sail and the velocity of the wind (v). When the
velocity is 36, the force on a square sail is 57.6. All the same velocity, what will be the force on a similar
sail whose dimensions are 1.5 times the first one?
(1) 129.6 (2) 86.4 (3) 78.8 (4) Indeterminable
154. The metal mercury:
(1) Is the hardest known metal (2) Is a liquid at room temperature
(3) Is highly radioactive (4) Is extensively used in aircraft construction
155. Fill in the right option to complete this slogan.
Muhn Mein ___________ Kadmo Mein Duniya
(1) Bubble Double (2) Boomer
(3) Tulsi Zarda (4) Rajnigandha (Pan Masala)
156. An aircraft takes off at the speed of 100 km/hr at an angle of 30o runaway. What is the velocity of the
aircraft along the runway?
(1) 86.6 km/hr (2) 76 km/hr (3) 70 km/hr (4) 50 km/hr
157. Which international brands were acquired by Tata Motors for an approximate price of $2.3 billion in
2008?
(1) Jaguar-Land Rover (2) Chrysler (3) Chevrolet (4) Mercedes
158. A coin is dropped at refractive index of 4/3. The real depth of coin is 28 cm. The coin would be
apparently appear to be at the depth of
(1) 80 cms (2) 25 cms (3) 20 cms (4) 21 cms
159. Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:
(1) Bones (2) Teeth (3) Gills (4) Liver
160. A market where goods are sold by evading taxes is known as
(1) Black Market (2) Silent market (3) Fudge market (4) None of these
161. A current of 4 amp from 250 V source flow through an electric iron for 2 hours. The energy consumed
will be
(1) 1 Kwh (2) 4 Kwh (3) 1.5 Kwh (4) 2 Kwh
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162. The Term Blue Revolution means

(1) Creating Jobs (2) Space Program (3) Yamuna Action Plan (4) Fishries
163. Which of following combination is correct?
(1) Andaman Express: Chennai to Jammu Tawi
(2) Gitanjali Express: Mumbai to Jammu Tawi
(3) Hirakud Express: Puri to Amritsar
(4) Navyug Express: Mangalore to Howrah
164. Renowned fast food chain McDonalds started operations in India in the year
(1) 1996 (2) 1997 (3) 1995 (4) 1998
165. Which one of the following is not correct about Palagummi Sainath?
(1) Development journalist
(2) Expert on famine and hunger
(3) Former student of Delhi University
(4) Grand son of former president V.V. Giri
166. Which Indian company acquired US-based power company Intergen for $1.1 billion in 2008?
(1) DLF (2) GMR (3) L & T (4) Reliance-ADA
167. Which of the following country-capital-currency is not correct?
Country Capital Currency

(1) Botswana Gaborone Peso
(2) Bulgaria Sofia Lev
(3) Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel
(4) Macedonia Skopje Denar
168. Which company has joined Hands with ICICI prudential to market Insulin?
(1) Pfizer (2) Alembic (3) Cadila (4) Biocon
169. Which of the following state –river match is correct?
River State
(1) Koodor Maharastra
(2) Girnar Kerala
(3) Mahi Goa
(4) Tunga Karnataka
170. Kinetic engineering has collaborated with _____________ for High Tech Scooters in India.
(1) Benillo (2) Pentario (3) ItlaJet (4) Benotini
171. Louis Phillipe and Allen Solly are ready to wear products from
(1) Aditya Birla Group (2) J.K. Group
(3) DCM (4) None of these
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172. What is common to Steve Martin and Peter Sellers?

(1) Both of them have featured in the title role of Inspector Blake
(2) Both of them have featured in the title role of Inspector Lynley
(3) Both of them have featured in the title role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau
(4) Both of them have featured in the title role of Inspector Migraet
173. Which Indian telecom and media conglomerate, has bought a 70 percent stake in Willow.tv, the Cricket
webcasting site based in Sunnyvale, CA
(1) Airtel (2) Idea (3) Reliance ADA Group (4) None of these
174. From which country did India receive the highest FDI inflow during 2006-07?
(1) United States of America (2) United Kingdom
(3) Netherlands (4) Mauritius
175. Identify the telecom operator in India that launched “One India tariff plan”.
(1) Airtel (2) Hutch (3) Idea (4) MTNL
176. The CEO of Arcelor at the time of its acquisition by the Ispat group was __________.
(1) John M. Cassaday (2) David Lev
(3) Guy Dolle (4) Antonio Murta
177. Identify the group that bought Ritz-Carlton Hotel of Boston.
(1) Welcome group (2) Tata
(3) Birla (4) Fortune Hotels
178. Match the correct combination in the following:
Name of the Retailer Country of origin
(a) Wal-Mart (i) France
(b) Carrefour (ii) USA
(c) TESCO (iii) Australia
(d) Woolworth (iv) UK
(1) a-iii, b-i, c-iv, d-ii (2) a-ii, b-iv, c-iii, d-i
(3) a-ii, b-i, c-iv, d-iii (4) a-iv, b-ii, c-iii, d-i
179. Identify the name of the FM radio station launched by Adlabs.
(1) 91.1 FM (2) Big 92.7 FM (3) 98.3 FM (4) 97.5 FM
State Location Type of Special Economic Zone

(i) Andhra Pradesh (a) Hassan (A) Automobile and Automobile Component
(ii) Maharashtra (b) Ranipet (B) Leather
(iii) Karnataka (c) Hyderabad (C) Textile
(iv)Tamil Nadu (d) Waluj (D) Gems and Jewellery
(1) i-b-D, ii-d-A, iii-a-C, iv-c-B (2) i-b-B, ii-a-A, iii-d-C, iv-c-D
(3) i-c-B, ii-d-A, iii-a-C, iv-b-D (4) i-c-D, ii-d-A, iii-a-C, iv-b-B
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181. Kishore Biyani is the promoter of

(1) Magnet (2) Reliance Fresh
(3) Amartex (4) Future Group
Country President
(i) Ghana (a) Umaru Yar’Adua
(ii) Tanzania (b) Yoweri Museveni
(iii) Nigeria (c) John Agyekum Kufuor
(iv) Uganda (d) Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete
(1) i-a, ii-d, iii-c, iv-b (2) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b
(3) i-b, ii-a, iii-c, iv-d (4) i-a, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c
183. Idea has bought the Modi’s stake valued at Rs 2,175 crore in __________ company.
(1) Modi Healthcare (2) Modi Telstra Ltd
(3) Hutch (4) Spice Communications
184. With which of the following country, India currently does not have a Preferential Trade Agreement?
(1) Sri Lanka (2) Thailand (3) Chile (4) Peru
185. “Snacking ka meetha funda” is ad line associated with
(1) Haldiram Sweets (2) Parle Krackjack (3) Cadbury’s Bytes (4) None of these
186. Match the following:
State Festival Fair
(i) Bihar (a) Chhath (A) Madai Fair
(ii) Andhra Pradesh (b) Gugga Naumi (B) Yellaramma Jatara
(iii) Harayana (c) Margazh (C) Sonepur Cattle Fair
(iv) Madhya Pradesh (d) Koqsar (D) Basdoda Fair
(1) i-a-D, ii-b-B, iii-c-C, iv-d-A (2) i-d-C, ii-c-B, iii-a-A, iv-b-D
(3) i-a-C, ii-c-B, iii-b-D, iv-d-A (4) i-b-A, ii-a-C, iii-d-D, iv-c-B
187. Fortune hotels is a part of
(1) Welcome group (2) Taj group (3) Best Western (4) None of these
Age Period Composer
(i) Medieval (a) 476-1400 AD (A) Johann Christian Bach
(ii) Renaissance (b) 1400-1600 AD (B) Gioacchino Rossini
(iii) Baroque (c) 1600-1760 AD (C) Thomas Campion
(iv) Classical (d) 1730-1820 AD (D) Dante Alighieri
(v) Romantic (e) 1850-1910 AD (E) William Byrd
(1) i-a-E, ii-b-C, iii-c-D, iv-d-A, v-e-B (2) i-a-D, ii-b-A, iii-c-B, iv-d-C, v-e-E
(3) i-a-A, ii-b-C, iii-c-E, iv-d-D, v-e-B (4) i-a-D, ii-b-E, iii-c-C, iv-d-A, v-e-B
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189. Fortune, Warrior, Windsor, Perfect, are famous brands from

(1) Grasim (2) Raymonds (3) Liberty (4) Action
190. State wise largest producers of following crops (in quantity) are given in descending order. Mark which
is not correct combination:
S.No Crops States
(1) Sugarcane Uttar Padesh, Maharastra, Tamil Nadu
(2) Coffee Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu
(3) Wheat Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana
(4) Soybeans Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra, Rajastan
191. Which of the following countries is not a member of the SAARC?

(1) China (2) India (3) Sri Lanka (4) Pakistan
Cartoon Characters Creators
(i) Asterix (a) Bill Watterson
(ii) Dilbert (b) Jim Davis
(iii) Calvin and Hobbes (c) Charles Schulz
(iv) Peanuts (d) Albert Uderzo & Rene Goscinny
(v) Garfield (e) Scott Adams
(1) i-a, ii-c, iii-b, iv-e, v-d (2) i-d, ii-e, iii-a, iv-c, v-b
(3) i-b, ii-d, iii-a, iv-e, v-c (4) i-c, ii-a, iii-b, iv-d, v-e
193. “Nobody delivers Kerala Better” is a catch line of
(1) Kerela Tourism (2) Malyala Manorma (3) Sagar Ratna (4) Dasaprakash
Actresses Featured in a James Bond Movie
(i) Izabella Scorupco (a) The World is not enough
(ii) Teri Hatcher (b) Die Another Day
(iii) Sophie Marceau (c) Golden Eye
(iv) Roasmund Pike (d) Tomorrow Never Dies
(1) i-c, ii-d, iii-a, iv-b (2) i-a, ii-c, iii-d, iv-b
(3) i-c, ii-d, iii-b, iv-a (4) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-b
195. “World No Tobacco day” is observed on which of the following days?
(1) 1st May (2) 10th May (3) 21st May (4) 31st May
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Painter Title of Creation
(i) Leonardo Da Vinci (a) The Last Supper
(ii) Jonannes Vermeer (b) The descent from the cross
(iii) Vincent Van Gogh (c) Starry Night
(iv) Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn (d) Christ in the house of Martha and Mary
(v) Salvador Dali (e) The disintegration of the persistence of memory
(1) i-a, ii-d, iii-c, iv-b, v-e (2) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d, v-e
(3) i-c, ii-d, iii-e, iv-b, v-a (4) i-e, ii-b, iii-d, iv-c, v-a
197. Which of the following is the abbreviated name of an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Rural
Development?
(1) NIMI (2) IGNOU (3) CAPART (4) NPCIL
198. Who were the founders of the company Hewlett Packard (HP)?
(1) Dave Hewlett and Bill Packard (2) Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard
(3) Jack Hewlett and Edwards Packard (4) Edwards Hewlett and Jack Packard
199. Who amongst the following is the author of the book “To a Hunger Free World”?
(1) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (2) Ashok Lahiri (3) Amartya Sen (4) M.S. Swaminathan
200. Who won the ‘Asia Business Leader of the Year’ award at the CNBC Asia Business Leaders Awards in
2006?
(1) Rahul Bajaj (2) Ratan Tata (3) Anand Mahindra (4) Vijay Mallya
201. World’s leading travel portal Expedia has acquired a majority stake in India’s top online hotels
aggregator for $17 million. Name the company.
(1) Yatra (2) Makemytrip (3) TravelGuru (4) Cleartrip
202. Which of the following Indian ports is a private port?
(1) Bedi Bunder (2) Navlakhi (3) Ratnagiri (4) Pipavav
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