Test 1

Number of questions: 50 Time: 20 min

1. This personality is the present European 6. As per the third Annual Quality of Life Index
Union’s Trade Commissioner. Can you identify study conducted recently, this is the most
him from the given options? livable city in the world. We are talking
a. Pascal Lamy about….
b. Peter Mandelson a. Copenhagen b. Tokyo
c. Jose Manual Barosso c. London d. Zurich
d. Catherine Ashton
7. The present President of ASSOCHAM is…
a. Kumaramangalam Birla
2. Which of the following personalities won the
b. Sajjan Jindal
Wimbledon’s Men’s Singles title for 2010
c. K.V. Kamath
recently?
d. Swati Piramal
a. Rafael Nadal b. Roger Federer
c. N. Djokovik d. A. Roddick 8. Animal Planet is the name of the channel that
belong to…
3. This personality is the CEO of the newly a. BBC
formed Bharti AXA Life Insurance Company b. CNN
Ltd. Identify him from the given options. c. Discovery Communications
a. Vikram Mehmi b. Nitin Chopra d. Star
c. Kamesh Goyal d. None of these
9. Which of the following is the youngest
4. This person has been appointed as the grandmaster of chess in the history of the
chairman of the Unique Identification Authority game?
of India (UIA). Name him from the given a. David Howell b. Sergei Karjakin
options. c. Vladimir Kramanik d. Nigel Short
a. N.R. Narayana Murthy 10. Which of the following represents the present
b. K.V. Kamath Employee Provident Fund interest rate ?
c. Nandan Nilekani a. 7.5% b. 8.5%
d. Sam Pitroda c. 9% d. 9.5%
5. The present External Affairs minister of India
11. Loksatta is the name of the newspaper that
is…
belongs to the stable of…
a. Murali Deora b. S.M. Krishna
a. Indian Express Group
c. A.K. Antony d. Anand Sharma
b. Times of India Group
c. The Hindu Group
d. Dainik Jagaran Group

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12. Can you identify the venue of the first ever c. Proshanto Bannerjee
BRIC countries summit that took place in d. B. C. Tripathi
2009?
a. Beijing b. Yekaterinburg 20. Who authored the book titled A View From
c. Brasilia d. New Delhi The Outside: Why Good Economics Works
For Everyone?
13. Roger Federer created history by winning the a. N. K. Singh
___grand slam title in the year 2010. b. Shankar J. Acharya
a. 13th b. 14th c. Montek Singh Ahluwalia
c. 15th d. 16th d. P. Chidambaram

14. Which of the following days is celebrated as 21. Uttarakhand saw the appointment of a new
the National Sports Day in India? chief minister recently. Identify the person in
a. August 23 b. August 25 question from the given options.
c. August 27 d. August 29 a. B.C. Khanduri
b. Ramesh Pokhariyal
15. The present strength of the World Trade c. N.D. Tiwari
Organization ( WTO) is… d. B.S. Koshiyari
a. 144 b. 146
c. 148 d. 153 22. This film was adjudged as the best film and
won 10 trophies in all in the 10th IIFA awards
16. Which of the following represents the venue that took place in Macau recently. Can you
of the World Economic Forum meet –2009? name the film from the given options?
a. Geneva b. Harare a. Jodha Akbar b. Fashion
c. Davos d. Berne c. Rock On d. None of these
17. After quite a controversial election in Iran
recently, this person was re-elected as the 23. Indra Nooyi is the present chairperson and
President of Iran. Name him from the given chief executive officer (CEO) of ….
options. a. Wal- Mart Stores
a. Hussein Mousavi b. Citigroup International
b. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad c. PepsiCo Inc.
c. Hamid Karzai d. GE International
d. Nouri al Maliki
24. ‘High Performance. Delivered’, is the punch
18. ‘Enjoyment matters’ is the tag line that you line associated with ...
would associate with … a. Hewitt Associates b. Ernst & Young
a. NEC b. Haier c. Accenture d. Honda
c. BenQ d. None of these 25. Jonathan Schwartz is the present CEO and
President of ....
19. The chairman cum managing director of Gas a. Google
Authority of India Ltd. (GAIL) is… b. Lucent Technologies
a. Birjender Singh c. Sun Microsystems
b. U D Choubey d. Picture of Health
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26. Can you identify the name of this business 32. This personality is the present president of
house to which this fabric brand Vimal NASSCOM. Can you name him from the given
belongs? options?
a. Arvind Mills Ltd. a. Shiv Nader b. Arun Jain
b. Reliance Industries Ltd. c. Som Mittal d. S. Ramadorai
c. Madura Garments
d. ITC Ltd. 33. Which of the following IT giant has the punch
line ‘Applying thought’?
27. This year is taken now as the base year for a. TCS
the calculations of Wholesale Price Index. b. Infosys Technologies
Identify it from the given options. c. HCL Technologies
a. 1993-94 b. 1995-96 d. Wipro Technologies
c. 1998-99 d. 2004-05
34. This bank proclaims itself to be ‘the world’s
28. Can you name the company that launched local bank’. Identify it from the given options.
the world's first solar powered mobile phone a. HSBC Bank
named Solar Guru recently? b. Standard Chartered Bank
a. LG b. Samsung c. Citi Bank
c. Nokia d. Motorola d. ABN Amro Bank

29. The new name of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. 35. The President of Confederation of Indian
(VSNL) is.... Industries (CII) for 2009-10 is…
a. Communication India Ltd. a. Venu Srinivasan
b. Tata Communications Ltd. b. R. Seshasayee
c. India Communications Ltd. c. Tarun Das
d. None of these d. Sunil Bharti Mittal

30. This company claims to have test launched 36. Paul S. Otellini is the CEO of …
country’s first digital satellite TV for semi urban a. Samsung b. Dell Computers
and rural areas. Name it... c. Google d. Intel
a. Onida b. Samsung
c. Sony d. Philips 37. Hugo Chavez is the president of …
a. Brazil b. Venezuela
31. Subhiksha, a self proclaimed largest retail c. Peru d. Bolivia
chain of stores in India, was started by …
a. Harsh C. Mariwala 38. ‘Values that bind’ is the punchline of...
b. R. Subramanian a. Bharti Axa Life Insurance
c. Kishor Biyani b. Religare Enterprises
d. B.S. Nagesh c. Franklin Templeton Investments
d. Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.

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39. Can you identify the year in which Tata Airlines 45. Central Board of Excise & Customs is a part
(which later became Air India) was established of …
by the great J.R.D. Tata? a. Department of Economic Affairs
b. Department of Revenue
a. 1928 b. 1930
c. Department of Expenditure
c. 1932 d. 1934 d. None of these

40. Which of the following is NOT a licensed brand 46. Which of the following symbols is associated
of Arvind Mills? with the Zionist movement?
a. Levi Strauss b. Lee a. Ichthys
c. Wrangler d. Arrow b. Menorah
c. Star of David
d. Hands of God
41. Nokia hails from ...
a. Finland b. Sweden 47. Alberto Contador is a famous sportsperson.
c. Luxembourg d. Iceland He belongs to …
a. Squash
42. ‘Ranganadi’, hydroelectric power plant of b. Chess
India, is situated at… c. Cycling
a. Arunachal Pradesh d. Boxing
b. West Bengal
48. Which article of the Indian Constitution deals
c. Orissa
with giving effect to international
d. Meghalaya agreements?
a. Article 262
43. The CMD of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation b. Article 248
(ONGC) is… c. Article 253
a. R.S. Sharma b. Sarthak Behuria d. Article 263
c. M.B. Lal d. Subir Raha
49. Rotterdam Convention (2004) is related to…
44. This personality is the CEO of world’s most a. Prior consent for export of hazardous
admired company General Electric (GE). chemicals
b. Ozone Layer
Identify him from the given options.
c. Wetlands
a. Jeffrey R. Immelt b. Edward Zander
d. Biosafety
c. Mark Hurd d. Rick Wagoner Jr.
50. What is paper gold?
a. Paper made of gold
b. US $
c. SDR
d. Crude Oil

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Test 2
Number of questions: 50 Time: 20 min

1. This person became the first ever Indian to 8. Which of the following personalities is the
win a Super series event of badminton author of The Inheritance of Loss: A Novel?
recently. Identify him/her from the given a. Vikram Seth b. Vikram Chandra
options. c. Anita Desai d. Kiran Desai
a. Anup Shridhar b. Saina Nehwal
c. Aparna Popat d. None of these 9. 'King of Pop', bid his final adieu to this world
2. Who is the author of the book titled Tough in an unexpected manner .We are talking
Choices A Memoir? about….
a. Craig C. Barrette b. Patricia Dunn a. Elton John b. Elvis Presley
c. Carly Fiorina d. Jack F. Welch c. Michael Jackson d. John Lennon

3. Identify the winner of Women's World Cup 10. Which of the following represents the present
Twenty 20 cricket tournament that concluded strength of the United Nations (UN)?
at Lords, London recently. a. 190 b. 191
a. England b. New Zealand c. 192 d. 193
c. Australia d. India
11. The Pravasi Bhartiya Divas took place in
4. Which of the following electronics companies January 2009 at…
owns Viera, a TV model? a. New Delhi b. Mumbai
a. Samsung b. Panasonic c. Chennai d. Kolkata
c. Sharp d. LG
5. Skoda Automobiles which has launched 12. Can you identify the state in which the Indian
some premium models in the Indian market, Naval Academy that was inaugurated by the
is headquartered at ... Prime minister in January 2009, is located?
a. Germany b. Austria a. Tamil Nadu b. Kerala
c. Czech Republic d. Belgium c. Andhra Pradesh d. Karnataka
6. Which of the following countries is NOT a
13. MCX and NCDEX are ……
member of G-8?
a. Commodity exchanges
a. Japan b. China
b. International Stock exchanges
c. Canada d. Russia
c. Computer Programmes
7. B2B Brand Management, is considered as d. None of the above
the bible for branding, has been authored by 14. As per the FORBES latest edition which of
… the following persons is the richest Indian ?
a. Peter Drucker and Ram Charan a. Azim Premji
b. Philip Kotler, Waldermar Pfoertsch & b. Sunil Bharti Mittal
I. Michi c. K.P. Singh
c. Gary Hamel d. Mukesh Ambani
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15. Which of the following represents the venue 24. Mr. Barack Obama was appointed as the
of the 2010 Asian games? ____President of United States of America in
a. Seoul b. Tokyo January 2009.
c. Guangzhou d. Kuala Lumpur a. 41st b. 42nd
c. 43rd d. 44th
16. These news organization was founded in 1851
and hails from U.K. We are talking about… 25. Identify the name of this Japanese satellite
a. Reuters b. BBC that was launched in the beginning of 2009
c. CNN d. AP meant specifically to monitor Greenhouse
emissions.
17. This was the de facto capital of the terrorist
a. TIBUKI b. IBUKI
organization Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
c. SHIBUKI d. RIBUKI
(LTTE). Identify it from the given options.
a. Batticaloa b. Trincomalee 26. Which of the following represents the venue
c. Jaffna d. Kilinochchi of the Non Aligned Movement summit that
was took place in July 2009?
18. The present chairperson of the National
a. Canada b. South Africa
Commission of Women is ...
c. Cuba d. Egypt
a. Vandana Shiva b. Mohini Giri
c. Vrinda Karat d. Girija Vyas 27. The FIFA World Cup 2010 recently held was
19. Riva, Nippon and JFE are the famous name _____ edition of the game as per the history
of the companies that belongs to the field of of the game.
... a. 14th b. 16th c. 18th d. 19th
a. oil exploration 28. This person is the highest One Day
b. steel production International's wicket taking cricketer. He is
c. building construction …
d. electronic equipment manufacturing a. Wasim Akram b. Shane Warne
c. Muttiah Muralitharan d. Chaminda Vaas
20. Appa Sherpa created a new world record by
climbing Mt. Everest for the record ____time 29. Yuki Bhambri is a famous sports personality
in May 2009. who belongs to …
a. 16th b. 17th c. 18th d. 19th a. Chess b. Squash
c. Golf d. Lawn-Tennis
21. The First Indian BPO firm to be listed on
NASDAQ was... 30. Which of the following represents the edition
a. IBM Daksh b. HCL of the present Lok Sabha?
c. Convergys d. EXL Services a. 13th b. 14th c. 15th d. 16th
22. Can you identify the first telecom operator of 31. Sea of Poppies is a famous work of …
India that launched 3G mobile services in India a. Upamanyu Chatterjee
recently? b. Pawan K. Verma
a. BSNL b. MTNL c. Kiran Desai
c. Reliance Infocomm d. Airtel d. Amitav Ghosh
23. Which of the following countries is the present 32. Deputy chairman of the planning commission
president of the G-8 Group of nations for the of India, at present, is…
year 2009? a. Murali Deora b. C. Rangarajan
a. Russia b. Italy c. Rakesh Mohan d. M. S. Ahluwalia
c. U.S.A. d. Germany

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33. The first model e-court was launched in the 41. This personality is the chief of the naval staff.
country in February 2009 by the Chief Justice Identify him from the given options.
of India K.G. Balakrishnan. Identify the name a. S. P. Tyagi b. J. J. Singh
of the city in question from the given options. c. Arun Prakash d. Nirmal Verma
a. Indore b. Ahmedabad
c. Ludhiana d. Hyderabad
42. This personality is the chairperson of the
34. Which of the following sectors contributes the University Grants Commission. Name him
most to the GDP of the Indian Economy? from the given options.
a. Agriculture b. Industries a. M.V. Kamath b. Y.S.P Thorat
c. Services d. None of these c. Sukhdeo Thorat d. Y.C. Nanada

35. Ultra Tech and Applause Entertainment are

43. Which of the following is NOT one of the
the companies owned by …
awardees of Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna for 2008-
a. Adlabs b. AV Birla Group
2009?
c. DLF d. Reliance
a. Mary Kom b. Vijender Kumar
c. Sushil Kumar d. Abhinav Bindra
36. The Men’s Hockey World Cup - 2010 was
held at... 44. The chairman of the African Union (AU) is …
a. South Korea b. Pakistan a. Bingu Mutharika b. Jakaya Kikwete
c. Australia d. India c. Maummar al-Gaddafi d. Thabo Mbeki

37. Duracell battery is owned by ... 45. The venue of the 14th ASEAN summit that
a. Gillette Co. b. Philips took place in 2009, was …
c. Hitachi d. P&G a. Singapore b. Malaysia
c. Indonesia d. Thailand
38. The present Attorney General of India is …
a. Milon Kumar Bannerjee
46. This personality is the present Secretary-
b. G.E.Vahanvati
General of the United Nations. Name him from
c. Soli J. Sorabjee
the given options.
d. Harish Salve
a. Shashi Tharoor b. Ban Ki- Moon
c. Jayantha Dhanapala d. None of these
39. This personality is the present chairman of
Institute of Rural Management (IRMA).
47. The Idea of Justice is a famous work of …
Identify him from the given options.
a. Jagadish Bhagawati
a. V. Kurien b. Parthi Bhatol
b. Vijay Govindarajan
c. Y.K. Alagh d. Neelima Khetan
c. Amartya Sen
d. Soli J. Sorabjee
40. Can you identify the present chairman of
Federal Reserve Bank of America from the 48. Who is the author of the book “2 States”?
given options? a. Chetan Bhagat
a. Allan Greenspan b. Ben Bernanke b. Arundhati Roy
c. Peter Medelson d. P. Wolfowitz c. Vikas Swarup
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49. Who wrote the book titled ‘Indika’?
a. Herodotus
b. Ptolemy
c. Megasthenese
d. Plutarch

50. As per the 2001 census, which of the following

Union Territories of India has the lowest sex
ratio?
a. Daman & Diu
b. Pondicherry
c. Delhi
d. Andaman & Nicobar Islands

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Test 3
Number of questions: 50 Time: 20 min

1. The new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) 7. J. S. Sarma is the chairman of ….

of India is… a. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
a. S.Y. Qureshi (TRAI)
b. Navin Chawla b. Telecom Dispute Settlement Appellate
c. Wajahat Habibullah Tribunal (TDSAT)
d. None of these c. Insurance Regulatory of Development
Authority (IRDA)
2. Board of Cricket Control of India (BCCI) is d. Industrial Finance Corporation of India
presently presided by …
8. Haruhiko Kuroda is the President of …
a. Jagamohan Dalmiya
a. Honda Motors
b. Ranbir Singh Mahindra
b. Asian Development Bank
c. Shashank Manohar
c. Tokyo Stock Exchange
d. Suresh Kalmadi
d. Suzuki Corporation
3. Can you identify the automobile manufacturer
that launched 'People's car', Nano recently? 9. India has recently renewed the Protocol on
a. Hindustan Motors Inland Water Transit and Travel Treaty with
b. Tata Motors ____ for two more years.
c. Maruti Suzuki Ltd. a. Nepal b. Bhutan
d. Honda Motors c. Sri Lanka d. Bangladesh

4. Which of the following personalities holds the 10. Which of the following personalities is the
world record of scoring a record 15 goals in Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) of
the history of the World Cup Football India?
tournaments till date? a. Wajahat Habibullah
a. Gerd Muller b. Ronaldo b. N. Rangachary
c. Ronaldinho d. Luis Figo c. S.Y. Qureshi
d. Arvind Kejariwal
5. Who among the following is the present foreign
secretary to the Government of India? 11. Which of the following personalities is the
a. Madhukar Gupta b. Sarbjeet Singh chairman of India’s largest public sector bank,
c. Nirupama Rao d. Shayam Saran State Bank of India?
a. S. C. Gupta b. O. P. Bhatt
6. The headquarters of FIFA are at c. A. K. Purwar d. Deepak Parekh
a. Geneva b. Berne
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12. Which of the following represents the venue 18. Which of the following represents the venue
of the NATO summit that happened in April- of the fifth World Water Forum meet that took
2010? place recently?
a. Warsaw b. Lisbon a. France b. Istanbul
c. Sochi d. Strasbourg-Kehl c. Abuja d. Caracas

13. The newly appointed chairperson of National 19. FERA is replaced by ___ now.
Film Development Corporation( NFDC) is … a. FECA b. FEDA
a. Naseeruddin Shah c. FEMA d. FETA
b. Om Puri
c. Girish Karnad 20. ‘A passion to perform’, is the punch line that
d. Shabana Azmi you would associate with …
a. Citibank b. Deutsche Bank
14. Which of the following is the capital of c. HDFC Bank d. ABN Amro Bank
Montenegro?
a. Sarajevo b. Bratislava 21. These two countries of the European Union
c. Abuja d. Podgorica decided finally to redraw borders as the Alpine
glaciers dissolved due to global warming.
15. Haroon Lorgat is the new chief executive of Identify the name of the countries from the
… given options.
a. International Olympic Committee a. Germany and Holland
b. FIFA b. Italy and Switzerland
c. International Cricket Council c. France and Germany
d. International Hockey Federation d. Austria and Finland

16. A Better India. A Better World is a work of... 22. This bank proclaims ‘we understand your
a. Manmohan Singh world’. We are talking about...
b. N. R. Narayana Murthy a. ICICI Bank
c. Ratan Tata b. HDFC Bank
d. Mukesh Ambani c. HSBC
d. State Bank of India
17. Which of the following personalities is the
winner of the Women’s single title of the 23. ‘Quality in everything we do’, is the punch
French Open 2010? line that you would associate with ..
a. Svetlana Kuznetsova a. KPMG b. Ernst & Young
b. Anna Ivanovic c. Boeing d. General Electric
c. Francesca Schiavone
d. Maria Sherapova 24. European Central Bank is headquartered at…
a. Geneva b. Frankfurt
c. Amsterdam d. Vienna

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25. Who is the present President of World Bank? 32. Asian Development Bank is headquartered at
a. Peter Medelson b. Rodrigo Rato …
c. Paul Wolfowitz d. Robert Zoellick a. Singapore b. Manila
c. Hong Kong d. Bangkok
26. The first Indian company to be listed on
NASDAQ was … 33. Insurance Regulatory and Development
a. Satyam Infosys Authority (IRDA) is chaired by ...
b. Infosys Technologies a. Nripendra Mishra b. R.S.P. Sinha
c. Wipro Technologies c. G.N. Bajpai d. J. Hari Narayan
d. ICICI Ltd.
34. This personality is the present brand
27. Can you identify the name of the mission that ambassador of BSNL. We are talking about…
was launched by NASA to probe the galaxy a. Rani Mukherjee
in search of Earth like planets in March 2009? b. Deepika Padukone
a. Galileo b. Kepler c. Kareena Kapoor
c. Da Vinchi d. Copernicus d. Shilpa Shetty

28. You would associate Narasimhan Committee 35. Saint-Gobain is the name of the world leader
with ... of float glass. Can you identify the name of
a. Poverty line fixation the country where it hails from?
b. Banking sector reforms a. France b. Romania
c. Center State Relations c. Germany d. Denmark
d. Tax reforms
36. Which of the following represents the duration
29. Which of the following is the longest National of the 11th five-year plan?
Highway of India? a. 2000-2005 b. 2005-2010
a. NH-3 b. NH-5 c. 2007-2012 d. 2008-2013
c. NH-7 d. NH-10
37. This Indian cricketer created news as he
30. Which of the following represents the number became the world record holder for most
of recognised stock exchanges in India in all? catches (excluding wicketkeepers) in tests.
a. 18 b. 20 Identify him from the given options.
c. 22 d. 24 a. Rahul Dravid
b. Virender Sehwag
31. Which of the following represents the c. Irfan Pathan
expanded form of MAT? d. Harbhajan Singh
a. Minimum Allocated Tax
b. Minimum Accounted Tax 38. Who is known as ‘The Father of Green
c. Medium Advisory Tax Revolution’ in India ?
d. Minimum Alternate Tax a. Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
b. M. S. Swaminathan
c. Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
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39. BusinessLine is the business newspaper that 45. In terms of annual steel output, which of the
belongs to the stable of ... following represents the rank of India
a. The Economic Times throughout the world?
a. Third
b. The Financial Express
b. Fourth
c. The Hindu c. Fifth
d. Business Standard d. Sixth

40. The headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India 46. Which sector of Indian industry was the
are at ... second largest recipient of the FDI in the year
a. Kolkata b. New Delhi 2008-2009?
c. Mumbai d. Chennai a. Services
b. Manufacturing
c. Construction
41. Which of the following personalities is the new
d. Infrastructure development
Miss Universe–2010?
a. Kenya Moore 47. Which of the following represents the year of
b. Stefania Fernandez enactment of Consumer Protection Act?
c. Rachel Smith a. 1982
d. Ximena Navarrete b. 1984
c. 1986
42. Najib Tun Razak was sworn in as the new d. 1988
prime minister of …
48. Who is the ex-officio chairman of the recently
a. Indonesia b. Malaysia
constituted National River Ganga Basin
c. Thailand d. Maldives
Authority?
a. President
43. The newly appointed chairperson of National b. Chairman of Central Water Commission
Film Development Corporation( NFDC) is … c. Minister of Water Resources
a. Naseeruddin Shah d. Prime minister
b. Om Puri 49. Where would you find the headquarters of Asia
c. Girish Karnad Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)?
d. Shabana Azmi a. Manila
b. Singapore
44. Haroon Lorgat is the new chief executive of c. Hong Kong
… d. Bangkok
a. International Olympic Committee 50. Which of the following is NOT one of the main
b. FIFA greenhouse gases in the Earth’s atmosphere?
c. International Cricket Council a. Carbon dioxide
d. International Hockey Federation b. Nitrous oxide
c. Sulphur dioxide
d. Methane
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Test 4
Number of questions: 50 Time: 20 min

1. This personality is the present Secretary c. B.P.Singh

General of OPEC. We are talking about… d. K.M. Chandrashekhar
a. Jeroen vander Veer
b. Antonio Brufau 7. ‘Triband’, is the name of the broadband service
c. Chakib Khelil of
d. Abdallah Salem el-Badri a. Bharti Telecom
b. VSNL
2. Can you identify the anme of the Beyond c. MTNL
Visual Range Air to Air Missile that was test d. Reliance Telecom
fired successfully by the DRDO in the month
of May 2009 from the given options? 8. Which of the following represents the
a. Brahmos b. Astra expansion of ‘A’ in ‘NPA’?
c. Shastra d. Surya a. Amount b. Assets
c. Authority d. Automated
3. Find the odd one out.
a. Tavera b. Saab 9. Fly the good times, is the punch line that you
c. Pontiac d. Sonata would associate with
a. Spicejet Airways b.Kingfisher Airlines
4. Who is known as the ‘Father of Civil Aviation’, c. Deccan Airways d. Go Air
in India?
a. Vijaypat Singhania 10. This person has been appointed as the
b. J. R. D. Tata managing director and CEO of Axis bank. Can
c. Ghanshyamdas Birla you name him/her from the given options?
d. None of them a. Kalpana Morparia b.Chanda Kochchar
c. Shikha Sharma d. Naina Lall Kidwai
5. Which of the following represents the
expansion of second ‘I’ in ICICI Ltd? 11. Which of the following administers the Cash
a. India b. Investment Reserve Ratio (CRR)?
c. Industrial d. International a. SBI
b. RBI
6. This person has been appointed as the c. Ministry of Commerce
special UN advisor recently. We are talking d. SEBI
about…
a. Shashi Throor
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12. This personality is the owner of the firm 19. Which of the following brands is NOT owned
Berkshire Hathway Inc. and is also known as by Reckitt & Benckiser?
the ‘Oracle of Omaha’. Can you identify the a. Strepsils b. Clearacil
name of the personality from the given c. Sweetex d. Iodex
options?
a. Romano Ambrovich b. Warren Buffet 20. Ranjan Sodhi is the name that you would
c. Ingwar Kamprad d. L.N. Mittal associate with…
a. Table-Tennis b. Shooting
13. Which of the following personalities chaired c. Chess d. Badminton
the National Knowledge Commission?
a. Bipin Chandra b. Sam Pitroda 21. ‘Making the sky the best place on earth’, is
c. Prof. Yashpal d. P.M. Bhargava the punch line that you would associate with
a. British Airways b. Air France
14. Who is the author of the book titled The c. United Airways d. Lufthansa
Google Story?
a. Louis V. Gerstner Jr. 22. According to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan,
b. Alvin & Heidi Toffler which of the following represents the year by
c. Mark Malseed & David A. Wise which India’s every child would be able to go
d. Michael Dell to school?
a. 2010 b. 2012
15. India and the Global Financial Crisis: c. 2014 d. 2015
Managing Money and Finance is a book
authored by… 23. Who chaired the Monitoring Committee for
a. Dr. Bimal Jalan the Prevention of Ragging that was
b. Y.V. Reddy constituted recently?
c. D. Subbarao a. Deepak Pental
d. Manmohan Singh b. R.K. Raghavan
c. Sunil Gupta
16. ‘GDR’, expands to ... d. Dr. M.K. Ramchandran Nair
a. Global Depository Receipts 24. This person is declared as the leader of the
b. General Depository Receipts opposition in Rajya Sabha. We are talking
c. Government Depository Receipts about…
d. Glocal Depository Receipts a. Jaswant Singh
17. Surya Shekhar Ganguly belongs to … b. Lal Krishna Advani
a. Squash b. Chess c. Arun Jaitley
c. Golf d. Badminton d. Rajnath Singh

18. She is the first women to graduate from 25. Yelena Isinbayeva is a legendry personality
Harvard Business School from India and is that belongs to the field of …
presently the country head of HSBC India. a. Chess b. Golf
She is .... c. Lawn -Tennis d. Pole Vault
a. Chanda Kochchar b. Indira Nooyi
c. Naina Lal Kidwai d. Lalitha Gupte

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26. This person is the new US ambassador to 33. Sangam Direct is the name of the online
India. Name him from the given options. grocery supermarket service that was owned
a. David C. Mulford by ..
b. Timothy J. Roemer a. ITC Ltd. b. HUL Ltd.
c. Ryan C. Crocker c. Shopper’s Stop d. None of these
d. Steven J. White
34. Kinley is a water brand of …
27. Who is the newly appointed chief of the a. PepsiCo. b. Coca Cola
Central Board of Direct Taxes(CBDT)? c. Parle d. None of these
a. N.B. Singh b. S.S.N. Moorthy
c. Sudhir Chandra d. None of these 35. Who is the chairman of Central Electricity
28. Fanta Apple was launched by this beverage Regulatory Commission (CERC)?
giant nationally recently. Can you name the a. Pramod Deo b. R.S.Sharma
company in question from the given options? c. S.K. Roongta d. S.K.Shinde
a. PepsiCo Inc. b. Coca Cola
c. Cadbury Schweppes d. None of these 36. Where would you find the headquarter of
World’s largest mobile telecome network
29. This chairman of an Indian public sector bank company in terms of revenue, Vodafone Plc.
is the winner of the AsiaMoney's 'Best a. U.S.A. b. U. K.
Executive' award-2008. Can you name him c. Germany d. France
from the given options?
a. K.C. Chakraborty b. O.P. Bhatt 37. ‘Sense and Simplicity’, is the punch line of
c. A.C. Mahajan d. S.K. Kohli ...
a. Samsung b. LG
30. Which of the following is the first private player c. Sony d. Philips
to offer IPTV services in India?
a. Tata Communications 38. Vijaypat Singhania is the chairman emeritus
b. Bharti Enterprises of ...
c. Reliance Communications a. Bombay Dyeing b. Raymonds Ltd.
d. None of these c. Madura Garments d. Arvind Mills

31. As per the global strategic alliance that took 39. VH1 is the name of the international music
place in 2009, between Fiat and Chrysler, Fiat and lifestyle channel that belongs to the stable
will acquire ____stake in Chrysler. of ...
a. 25% b. 30% a. Sony b. MTV
c. 35% d. 40% c. Star d. Zee

32. Tata Communications picked up 40. As per a survey published by Business India
_______additional stake in the South Africa Magazine which of the following Indian Banks
based fixed line operator Neotel, in 2009. is adjudged as the best bank in 2009?
a. 10% b. 20% a. ICICI Bank b. Axis Bank
c. 30% d. 40% c. SBI d. Bank of Baroda

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41. LG, an electronics giant, hails from… 47. The personality retired MD and CEO of TCS.
a. Japan b. Singapore He has recently been appointed as non
c. China d. South Korea executive chairman of Bombay State
Exchange can you recognize him?
42. Aegis is the BPO company that belongs to a. Harish Thawani
the stable of … b. S. Ramadorai
a. Infosys Technologies c. Jagadish Capoor
b. Essar Group d. Deena Mehta
c. A.V. Birla Group
d. General Electric 48. Find the incorrect match.

43. Where would you find the headquarters of Minister Portfolio

a. Ambika Soni Information
BSNL?
& Broadcasting
a. Mumbai b. Kolkata b. M.Veerappa Moily Law & Justice
c. New Delhi d. Chennai c. Dayanidhi Maran Steel
d. S. Jaipal Reddy Urban development
44. The present governor of Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) is ... 49. As per the Union Budget 2009-2010, which
a. Rakesh Mohan of the following represents the date from which
b. Usha Thorat the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be
implemented in India?
c. D. Subbarao
a. January1, 2010
d. Bimal Jalan b. April 1, 2010
c. January1, 2011
45. Taknobu Ito is the newly appointed President d. April 1, 2011
and CEO of ….
a. Hyundai Motor Company 50. Find the incorrect match.
b. Honda Motor Company
c. Toyota Motor Company Biosphere name Located in
a. Gulf of Mannar Tamil Nadu
d. Mitsubishi Motor Company
b. Norkek Meghalaya
c. Dibru–Saikhowa Arunachal Pradesh
46. Jacob Zuma was appointed as the President d. Simplipal Orissa
of …in 2009.
a. Tanzania b. Kenya
c. South Africa d. Ethiopia

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Test 5
Number of questions: 50 Time: 20 min

1. ‘India’s No. 1 Commodity Exchange’, is the 7. Which of the following represents the venue
punch line that you would associate with of 2012 Olympic games?
a. OTCEI b. BSE a. Geneva b. London
c. MCX d. NSE c. Helsinki d. Rome

2. Avenger and Platina are the names of the bike 8. ‘Connecting India’, is the punch line of ...
models that belongs to the stable of …. a. Nokia b. BSNL
a. Honda Motors Ltd. c. VSNL d. None of these
b. Bajaj Auto Ltd.
c. Kinetic Engineering Ltd. 9. You would associate Manavjit Singh
d. LML Ltd. Sandhu with ...
a. Polo b. Shooting
3. This newspaper is owned by Bennett c. Golf d. Table Tennis
Coleman & Co. Ltd. Identify it from the given
option. 10. This personality is the CEO of the New York
a. Hindu Businessline Stock Exchange Ltd. (NYSE). Identify him
b. Business Standard from the given options.
c. The Financial Express a. John S. Reed
d. The Times of India b. Duncan Niederauer
c. Richard Grasso
4. This person is the chairman of Marico d. Gerald Putnam
Industries. Name him from the given options.
a. Venu Sreenivasan b. Harsh Mariwala 11. Dr. Binayak Sen is a known …
c. Venugopal Dhoot d. Sunil Duggal a. Scientist
5. W.James Mcnerney Jr. is the name of the b. Sports personality
chief executive officer of ... c. Human rights activist
a. Airbus b. Motorola d. Cine personality
c. Boeing d. Kodak
12. ADSTAR, Lotus Software and Informix are the
6. ‘Leadership with trust’, is the tagline of … names of the subsidiaries that you would
a. A.V. Birla associate with …
b. Tata Group a. Oracle Inc.
c. RPG Enterprises b. IBM
d. Bharti Enterprises c. Microsoft Inc.
d. Texas Instruments

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13. C S Verma is the chairman of ... 21. Which of the following brands does not belong
a. Air India b. NTPC to Hindustan Lever Ltd. (HUL)?
c. SAIL d. NALCO a. Ala b. Domex
c. Hamam d. Tide
14. Who is the chairman of the National
Commission for Protection of Child rights? 22. ‘Make it happen’, the punch line that you
a. Swami Agrivesh b. Shantha Sinha would associate with …
c. Rajendra Singh d. Vandana Shiva a. HSBC
b. Standard Chartered Bank
15. Adventures of a Bystander, is the name of c. ABN Amro Bank
the autobiography of… d. RBS
a. Jack F. Welch b. Philip Kotler
c. Peter Drucker d. Andy Grove 23. This personality is the MD & CEO of Bombay
Stock Exchange Ltd. (BSE). Can you identify
16. V.Prabhakaran was is the chief of... him from the given options?
a. LTTE b. ULFA a. Deena Mehta
c. ETA d. None of these b. Madhu Kannan
c. R. H. Patil
17. Which of the following represents the strain d. Jagadish Capoor
of the virus that is considered responsible for
the dreaded disease called ‘Bird flu’? 24. Reader’s Digest is the name of the magazine
a. H4N1 b. N5H1 that belongs to the stable of ...
c. H5N1 d. N4H1 a. Bennett & Coleman Group
b. India Today Group
18. Where would you find the headquarters of the c. The Indian Express Group
international nuclear agency IAEA? d. Anand Bazar Patrika Group
a. Geneva b. Paris
c. Vienna d. None of these 25. Colors is the name of the entertainment
channel that belongs to the stable of...
19. She is the first women space tourist of the a. Star b. Viacom 18
world. Who are we talking about here? c. Zee TV d. None of these
a. Sunita Williams
b. Anousheh Ansari 26. Which of the following lines you would
c. Anna Fisher associate with The Times of India ?
d. Eileen Collins a. Published since 1931
b. The Power of Knowledge
20. Van Heusen, Allen Solly and Louis Philippe c. Let Truth Prevail
are the famous international brands that are d. India’s National Newspaper
sold under the umbrella of ...
a. Raymonds Ltd.
b. Madura Garments
c. S.Kumars
d. None of the above

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27. LED TVs are the latest TV brands to have 35. Which of the following represents the
been launched in India by this Electronics approximate worth of the deal in which Tech
major. Can you name the electronics major Mahindra bought 51% stake in the troubled
in question from the given options? Satyam Computers recently?
a. LG b. Samsung a. Rs.2300cr b. Rs.2500cr
c. Philips d. Sony c. Rs.2700cr d. Rs.2900cr

28. ETA is the militant outfit active mainly in … 36. This personality is the Chief Executive Officer
a. Germany b. Italy of Infosys Technologies. Name him from the
c. Ireland d. Spain & France given options.
a. T.V. Mohandas Pai b. S.D. Shibulal
29. ‘India’s International Bank’, the punch line that c. Kris Gopalakrishnan d. Nandan Nilekani
your would associate with ...
a. HSBC Ltd b. ICICI Ltd. 37. ‘India’s National Newspaper’, is the tag line
c. HDFC Bank Ltd d. Bank of Baroda that you would associate with …
a. Deccan Herald b. The Tribune
30. Which of the following personalities is the c. The Hindu d. Hindustan Times
Prime minister of Bangladesh ?
a. Abdul Hamid b. Sheikh Hasina 38. ‘Always with the news’, is the punch line that
c. Zillur Rehman d. None of these you would associate with...
a. CNBC b. BBC
31. Which of the following represents the c. CNN d. Times Now
expansion of ‘W’, in ‘W-CDMA’?
a. Wide b. Wideband 39. ‘The Joy of travelling together’, is the tagline
c. Width d. Wireless that you would associate with …
a. Wagon R b. Versa
32. ‘Your Potential Our Passion’ , is the tag line c. Alto d. Swift
that is associates with ...
a. Motorola b. Microsoft 40. Hamas is the name of a separatist
c. Siemens d. Accenture organization that belongs to …
a. Israel b. Palestine
33. This country's first lunar probe Chang'e-1 c. Iran d. Iraq
crashed on moon successfully (that was
planned) in 2009. This Chang'e-1 belongs to… 41. Jeffrey L. Bewkes is the chariman and CEO
a. Israel b. Iran of …
c. China d. Saudi Arabia a. Time Warner Inc.
b. Oracle
34. ‘Next’, is the name of the retail chain of …. c. IBM
a. Marico Industries b. Dabur Industries d. McDonalds
c. Videocon Industries d. None of these

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42. This person was appointed as the Federal 47. Can you identify the name of the Indian
Chief Information Officer in the Obama industrialist who bought Gandhiji's belongings
administration and is the highest ranking in a deal worth $1.8 millions recently?
Indian American in the administration. Who a. Ratan Tata
are we talking about here? b. Vijay Mallaya
a. Aneesh Paul Chopra c. Mukesh Ambani
b. Raj Shah d. Sunil Bharti Mittal
c. Vivek Kundra
d. None of these 48. You would associate Karun Chandhok with
…
43. ‘Powering growth responsibly’, is the tag line a. Golf b. Car racing
that you would associate with… c. Table Tennis d. Lawn-Tennis
a. NHPC b. BHEL
c. NTPC d. SAIL 49. Scooty Streak is an automobile brand that
belongs to…
44. Omega, Rado and Longines are the famous a. Hero Honda
names of watches that belongs to the b. TVS Motors
a. Swatch Group b. Richmont Group c. Kinetic Engineering Ltd.
c. BMW Group d. LVMH Group d. Bajaj Auto Ltd.

45. Vittorio Colao will be the new chief executive 50. Which of the following is NOT the part of
officer of this telecom giant. We are talking UNESCO World Heritage List?
about… a. Groups of monuments at Pattadakal b.
Champaner-Pavagarh Archeological Park
a. AOL b. Telmex
c. Sundarbans National Park
c. Reliance Infocomm d. Voldafone Plc.
d. Jama Masjid

46. ’Quality revolution’, is the tag line that you

would associate with …
a. Honda Motors b. Toyota Motors
c. Hyundai Motors d. Tata Motors

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Test 6
Number of questions: 50 Time: 15 min

1. Xylo is the name of the car model that belongs 7. Which of the following personalities is
to … associated with Golf?
a. Mahindra & Mahindra a. Jayant Talukdar b. Shiv Kapur
b. Tata Motors c. Mauma Das d. Rohan Boppana
c. Fiat Automobile
d. Skoda Automobiles 8. Paul Polman is the CEO of …
a. Procter & Gamble b. Nestle
2. M.K. Narayanan is the present… c. Unilever Plc. d. Wal-Mart
a. Chief of Bhabha Atomic research Center
b. National Security Advisor of India 9. This Indian businesswoman is the winner of
c. Finance secretary to the Government of the Nikkei Asia Prize 2009 for promoting
India regional growth in Asia. Name him/her from
d. Chairman of the 13th Finance commission the given options.
of India a. Ratan Tata
b. Kiran Mazumdar Shaw
3. ‘Obsessed with quality since 1895’ is the
c. Mukesh Ambani
punchline that you would associate with …
d. Kumaramangalam Birla
a. Fiat Automobiles
b. Skoda Automobiles
10. Which of the following represents the punch
c. Hyundai Motors
line associated with Raymonds Ltd.?
d. None of these
a. The Complete Man Since 1925
4. This bank of Switzerland is named as Hinduja b. Bring Style Home
Bank. Can you identify the name of the bank c. Bond with the best
in question from the given options? d. Dressing the world
a. Bamas Bank
b. Amas Bank 11. Can you identify the name of the country
c. Canas Bank from which Aviva, the insurance giant that
d. Kanas Bank hails from?
a. Italy b. Germany
5. What is 'Kindle'? c. Australia d. U.K.
a. operation of NATO forces in Afghanistan
b. a wireless reading device from 12. Who among the following is the CEO of the
Amazon.com much in news steel giant Arcelor-Mittal?
c. latest operating system from Microsoft a. Joseph Kinasch b. Aditya Mittal
d. latest submarine to be inducted in Indian c. Guy Dolle d. L.N. Mittal
Navy
13. The first woman speaker of Lok Sabha is…
6. Ratan Tata is the chairman of ... a. Girija Vyas b. Sushma Swaraj
a. Tax Reforms Commission c. Meira Kumar d. Ambika Soni
b. Company Law
c. National Knowledge Commission
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14. Nike has a very famous ad-campaign that 22. The Managing Director of Tata Motors is ...
says… a. B. Mutthuraman b. P.M. Telang
a. Sense and Simplicity c. Ratan Tata d. N. Srinath
b. Just do it
c. Nothing is impossible 23. Which country will be hosting the next G-8
d. Power of precision summit of 2010?
a. China b. Russia
15. Reliance Capital, TV-18, Norwest Venture c. UK d. Canada
Partners and Intel Capital have jointly formed
an online travel company called… 24. Mobilestore is the name of the retail chain of
a. makemytrip.com b. Yatra.com stores that are promoted by…
c. Naukri.com d. None of these a. Tatas b. A.V. Birla Group
16. Which of the following represents the present c. Reliance d. Essar Group
strength of European Union(EU)? 25. MTN Group, a telecom major, was in the news
a. 23 b. 25 recently. It hails from…
c. 27 d. 29 a. Namibia b. Brazil
17. How many number of companies comprise c. South Africa d. Argentina
the BSE Sensex?
a. 25 b. 30 26. This American businessman pleaded guilty
c. 50 d. 75 to 11 charges in his fraud worth $65 billion
Ponzi scheme. Identify him from the given
18. Which of the following countries has the options.
headquarters of the auto major ‘Volvo’? a. Bernard Ebbers
a. U. K. b. Sweden b. Samuel D. Waskal
c. Italy d. Germany c. Kenneth Lay
d. Bernard L.Madoff
19. Can you name the President of Sri Lanka who
finally became successful in eliminating LTTE 27. Which of the following countries is the winner
from its soil? of Nehru Cup Football tournament-2009?
a. Chandrika Kumaratunga a. Syria b. Qatar
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa c. India d. S. Korea
c. Ratnashree Wickramanayke
d. None of these 28. Which of the following personalities is the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Nestle?
20. Which of the following represents the venue a. Edward Zander
of the Eleventh South Asian Federation b. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe
Games? c. Samuel J. Palmasino
a. Thailand b. Sri Lanka d. Eric Schimditt
c. Bangladesh d. Malaysia 29. Bharti has a tie-up with _____ in India for its
retail venture ...
21. This CEO of an Indian technology giant a. Boeing b. Wal-Mart
received the Commander of the Order of the c. Motorola d. Airbus
British Empire (CBE) award recently. Identify
him from the given options. 30. European Union came into existence in…
a. Vineet Nayar a. 1991 b. 1992
b. Kris Gopalakrishnan c. 1993 d. 1994
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31. Starbucks is the name of the troubled coffee 38. Lakshmi Mittal is the richest man in ...
company that was in the news recently as it a. India b. England
was trying to cut down its number of shops c. World d. Asia
and workforce to control the problem. This
company hails from… 39. Which of the following sections of Indian Penal
a. France b. U.K. Code of the Constitution of India deals with
c. U.S.A. d. Italy the same sex relationship provisions that was
very much in the news of late?
32. Can you identify the name of the very famous a. 357 b. 367
company that was formed as a result of the c. 377 d. 387
merger of Aceralia , Usinor & Arbed?
a. Poscoi b. Nucor 40. Can you identify the main objective of the first
c. Lafarge d. Arcelor ever US-Russia summit in last eight years
that took place at Moscow recently?
33. Which of the following represents the venue a. Countering Global Terrorism
of Miss Universe 2010? b. Increasing mutual trade
a. Bahamas c. Reduction in arms
b. Las Vegas d. None of these
c. Hong Kong
d. South Africa 41. She is the first woman to have been appointed
as the Additional Solicitor General of India.
34. Which of the following taglines you would Identify her from the given options.
associate with CNN? a. Ruma Pal
a. News now b. Sujata Manohar
b. The most trusted name in news c. Indira Jaising
c. Putting news first d. None of these
d. Know. Now
42. Can you identify the name of India’s first official
35. SX4 is the name of the latest sedan that entry in the Academy awards in the Best
belongs to ... Foreign Language Film Category?
a. Skoda Automobiles a. Sahab Bibi Aur Ghulam
b. Maruti Suzuki b. Mother India
c. Tata Motors c. Do Beegha Zameen
d. Toyota Motors d. Amrapali

36. This personality is the present chairperson of 43. This country the host the G-8 summit in 2010.
ITC Ltd.. Can you identify him from the given Identify it from the given options.
options? a. France
a. Subir Raha b. Germany
b. Y. C. Deveshwar c. Canada
c. B. Muthuraman d. Japan
d. K. V. Kamath
44. ‘Basel Committee’ deals with …
37. Joseph Sepp Blatter is the present... a. trade aspects
a. President of ICC b. banking supervision aspects
b. President of FIDE c. security issues
c. President of FIFA d. stock market malpractices
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45. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyuno became the first 48. The Jalianwala Bagh massacre took place in
re-elected President of Indonesia in 2009. ...
He belongs to … a. 1913
a. United Development Party b. 1916
b. Democratic Party c. 1919
c. Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle d. 1921
d. National Awakening Party
49. Which of the following is India’s first nuclear
46. Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari is the powered submarine that was launched
_____Vice President to the Government of recently?
India. a. INS Virat
a. 10th b. INS Arihant
b. 11th c. INS Delhi
c. 12th d. INS Vikrant
d. 13th
50. This Indian scientist is the recipient of Queen’s
47. This committee finally submitted its report on medal, a prestigious award, in 2009. Can you
Babri Masjid demolition case after a long name him from the given options?
period of around 17 years. Can you name the a. M.S. Swaminathan
chairperson of the committee in question? b. Venky Ramakrishnan
a. B.N. Shrikrishna c. C.N.R.Rao
b. M.S. Liberhan d. G. Madhvan Nair
c. M.K. Mukharjea
d. G.T. Nanavati

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Test 7
Number of questions: 50 Time: 15 min

1. Which of the following mobile brands has 7. The chairperson of Competition Commission
‘Priority’ as its chain of stores? of India is …
a. Nokia b. LG a. K. Ravi Kumar
c. Sony d. Philips b. Dhanendra Kumar
c. R.S. Sharma
2. This is world’s first $100 billion and the most d. None of these
valuable brand presently, we are talking
about… 8. ‘VAIO’, is the name of the laptop that belongs
a. Yahoo b. Microsoft to the stable of…
c. Google d. Coca Cola a. Akai b. Sony
c. Panasonic d. LG
3. Which of the following represents the present
cash reserve ratio (CRR) as on 31st August 9. Identify the name of the sports personality that
2009? belongs to the field of Golf.
a. 5% b 6.50% a. Pankaj Advani b. P. Harikrishna
c. 7.75% d.9% c. Mithali Raj d. Jyoti Randhawa

4. Can you name this only criminal that was 10. Louis Brandt was the founder of this brand of
captured live in the Mumbai terror attack that watch. Identify it from the given options.
took place on November 26, 2008? a. Timex watches b. Rado watches
a. Hafiz Saeed c. Omega watches d. Cartier watches
b. Baitullah Masud
c. Azmal Amir Kasab 11. The present President of BJP is…
d. Mohammad Umair Madani a. L.K. Advani b. Rajnath Singh
c. Atal Bihari Vajpayee d. Nitin Gadkari
5. Hema Malini is the brand ambassdor of
a. Union Bank of India 12. ‘Because you are special’, is the tag line that
b. Dena Bank you would associate with …
c. Bank of India a. Skoda Super b. Skoda Rider
d. Canara Bank c. Skoda Fabia d. None of these

6. Tyeb Mehta passed away recently. He was 13. India’s permanent representative to the World
a legend from the field of … Trade Organization is…..
a. Music a. Ujal S. Bhatia
b. Cinema b. Rajesh Agarwal
c. Painting c. K.M. Chandrashekhar
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14. Navanethem Pillay is the newly appointed… 23. International Atomic Energy Agency's Director
a. Chief Information Commissioner of India General (in July 2009) is …
b. United Nation’s Human Rights High a. Pascal Lamy
Commissioner b. Mohammed Elbaradei
c. President of International Court of Justice c. Robert Zoellick
d. Director- General of UNESCO d. Susan Schwab

15. Aston Martin was a car brand of … in the 24. The deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha is…
past. a. P.D.T. Achary
a. Volkswagen AG b. Ford Motors b. K. Rehman Khan
c. Toyota Motors d. Honda Motors c. Charanjit Singh Atwal
d. Yogendra Narain
16. Which of the following automobile companies
own Punto, Panda, as its brands? 25. Who is the present US Secretary of State?
a. Fiat Motors b. General Motors a. Joe Biden b. Hillary Clinton
c. Toyota Motors d. Ford Motors c. Robert Gates d. None of these
17. Who is the author of the book The Secret? 26. Ashwini Kumar is the director of…
a. Jeffrey Archer b. Rhonda Byrne a. National Human Rights Commission
c. Amitav Ghosh d. David Oliver Relin b. Central Bureau of Investigation
18. The first chairman of Securities & Exchange c. Central Vigilance Commission
Board of India (SEBI) was … d. National Bank of Agriculture and Rural
a. N. K. Singh b. Tarun Das Development
c. G. V. Ramakrishna d. D. R. Mehta
27. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyuno is the re-elected
19. You would associate Ronnie Screwvalla with President of …
… a. Singapore b. Maldives
a. Ten Sports c. Indonesia d. Mauritius
b. UTV Ltd.
c. Nimbus 28. Who is the newly appointed CEO of
d. Sony Entertainment Television Mahindra Satyam?
a. A.S. Murthy b. C.P. Gurnani
20. Which of the following represents the present c. C. Achutan d. Anand Mahindra
strength of OPEC?
a. 9 b. 11 29. Which of the following personalities is the
c. 12 d. 15 CEO of Pfizer Inc.?
21. The Director- General of the World Trade a. Jeffrey R. Immelt b. Edward Zander
Organization (WTO). is… c. Jorma Ollila d. Jeffrey B. Kindler
a. Pascal Lamy
b. Jose Manul Barosso 30. Benjamin Netanyahu is the present Prime
c. Robert Zoellick Minister of ...
d. Peter Medelson a. Israel b. Iran
c. Turkey d. Syria
22. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
( CAG) is…
a. C. Rangarajan b. Vinod Rai
c. S. Naryanan d. Ashok Lahiri

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31. ‘500’, is the name of the car model that 38. Jazz is the name of the recently launched
belongs to … car model that belongs to the stable of …
a. Toyota Motors a. Hyundai b. Honda
b. Honda Motors c. Toyota d. Ford
c. Fiat Automobiles
d. Tata Motors 39. Naphthoquinone forms the central chemical
structure of most notably….
32. Which of the following personalities is the a. Vitamin E
chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India b. Vitamin K
(LIC)? c. Vitamin B
a. C.S. Rao d. Vitamin C
b. T. S. Vijayan
c. Jagadish Kapoor 40. The name of the mascot of 2010
d. Arjun Sengupta Commonwealth Games, scheduled to be held
33. Carmichael house is the name of the new in India, is….
brand of a. Sheroo
a. S. Kumars b. Sherry
b. Madura Garments c. Shera
c. Raymonds Ltd. d. Sher
d. J. K. Synthetics Ltd.
41. Man landed on moon for the first time in history
34. The chief justice of the Supreme Court of on ...
India is... a. June 20, 1968
a. V. N. Khare b. July 20, 1968
b. K.G. Balakrishanan c. July 21, 1969
c. S.H. Kapadia d. None of these
d. Y. K. Sabharwal
35. Business@speed of thought, is a famous 42. ‘Dribbling’, is a term NOT associated with …
work of ... a. Football
a. Larry Page b. Basketball
b. Bill Gates c. Water polo
c. Richard Branson d. Volley ball
d. Larry Ellison
43. Water has maximum density at ...
36. Who is the present Human Resource a. 3 degree celsius
Development (HRD) minister in the Union b. 4 degree celsius
cabinet? c. 24 degree celsius
a. Arjun Singh d. 0 degree celsius
b. Sushil Kumar Shinde
c. Anand Sharma 44. Can you identify the year in which the Darfur
d. Kapil Sibbal conflict of Somalia started?
a. 2002
37. Which of the following represents the venue b. 2003
of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) c. 2004
meet 2009? d. 2005
a. Rio de Janerio
b. St. Petersburg
c. Yekaterinburg
d. Beijing

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45. Which of the following schedules deal with 48. Which year has been declared by the United
Anti–defection law? Nations as an International Year for the
a. 8th Rapprochement of Cultures?
b. 10th a. 2008
c. 11th b. 2009
d. 12th c. 2010
d. 2011
46. Find the odd one out.
a. Allah Rakha —Tabla 49. “Brine” is a…
b. Ali Akbar Khan —Sarod a. A cold and concentrated solution of sodium
c. Vilayat Khan —Sitar chloride, saturated with ammonia
d. Ronu Mazumdar—Sarangi b. Saturated magnesium hydroxide
c. A mixture of Sodium carbonate, calcium
47. Which of the following represents the venue carbonate and sand (finely powdered)
of the 15th NAM summit that took place in d. None of these
2009?
a. Sharm El-Sheikh 50. The smallest blood vessel in the body is…
b. Kula Lumpur a. Capillary
c. Tehran b. Artery
d. Cartagena de Indias c. Vein
d. Vena cava

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Test 8
Number of questions: 50 Time: 15 min

1. Can you identify the name of the country 8. Xtrapremium is an oil brand of ...
where Indians were under racist attacks for a. HPCL b. IOC
quite some time and Indian government has c. BP d. None of these
been trying hard to stop these attacks through
diplomatic channels? 9. Twitter is …
a. France b. Germany a. Micro blogging and social networking site
c. Australia d. Austria b. new operating system from Google
c. latest discovered comet
2. The Colombo SAARC Summit held in August d. e book reader from amazon.com
2008 was the ____ edition of the summit.
a. 13th b. 14th 10. Can you identify the punch line associated
c. 15th d. 16th with the Punjab National Bank?
a. …the name you can bank upon
3. Habib Tanveer passed away recently. He was b. a passion to perform
a legend from the field of … c. We understand your world
a. Sports b. Literature d. Lifelong banking
c. Theatre & Cinema d. Business
11. Chanda Kochhar is the persent MD & CEO
4. Fazer is the name of the bike model that of …
belongs to the stable of… a. HDFC Bank b. ICICI Bank
a. Yamaha b. LML c. HSBC Bank d. Citibank India
c. Hero Honda d. Bajaj Auto Ltd.
12. ‘Save Money. Live Better’, is the punch line
5. Which of the following represents the venue that you would associate with …
of the first World Social Forum meet that took a. DuPont
place in 2001? b. Wal Mart
a. Mexico b. Brazil c. Tesco
c. South Africa d. India d. Carrefour

6. Liberhan Commission submitted its report 13. Mike Duke is the CEO of…
recently. This commission probed into the … a. Wal-Mart
a. Godhara Carnage b. Oracle
b. Babri Masjid demolition case c. Swatch group
c. Anti Sikh riots d. Airbus
d. Netaji Subhash death controversy
14. Indian Iron & Steel Company was merged with
7. e-choupal is a venture of … a. Essar Steel
a. HUL b. Dabur b. Jindal Steel
c. ITC d. Marico Industries c. Steel Authority of India Ltd.
d. Tata Steel

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15. Which of the following represents the name 23. Which of the following represents the
of the indigenously designed and developed percentage stake of GE in the NBC Universal
light combat aircraft of India ? the owner of famous Universal studios and
a. Teevra b. Tejas CNBC?
c. Dhruv d. Rajendra a. 50% b. 60%
c. 70% d. 80%
16. Which of the following represents the
expansion of ‘ R’ in ‘NREGS’? 24. Which of the following is NOT a brand of
a. Regional b. Rural Honda Automobiles?
c. Remote d. Radio a. City b. Getz
c. CRV d. Accord
17. This personality is the present Chief of the
Army Staff. Identify him from the given options. 25. Luiz Inacio Da Silva is the present President
a. Deepak Vij b. V.K. Singh of …
c. F. H. Major d. Arun Prakash a. Spain b. Brazil
c. Venezuela d. Italy
18. Which of the following represents the venue
of the 2014 Asian Games? 26. The chairperson of ISRO is ...
a. Japan b. S. Korea a. G. Madhavan Nair b. Mangala Rai
c. Indonesia d. Malaysia c. R.S. Paroda d. R.A. Mashelkar

19. Pearson plc is the name of the leading 27. ‘Good food, Good Life’, is the tag line that
publication giant that hails from … you would associate with…
a. USA b. U.K. a. Marico Industries b. Dabur
c. Holland d. Germany c. Nestle d. McDonalds

20. You would associate William J. "Bill" 28. Which of the following personalities you would
Bowerman and Philip H. Knight with the associate with the promotion of the telecom
foundation of… brand, Aircel?
a. Reebok b. Adidas a. Shah Rukh Khan b. Zaheer Khan
c. Lotto d. Nike c. M.S. Dhoni d. Aamir Khan

21. Complete the given slogan. Think 29. Which of the following range of LCD televisions
Investments. Think… you would associate with Sony?
a. SAIL b. Reliance a. Solaris b. Bravia
c. Kotak d. Aviva c. Cosmo d. Humira

22. Which of the following represents the only 30. Tami flu is a ….
Indian Union Territory to have more females a. drug for treatment of swine flu
than males? b. a form of fever prevalent in Tamil Nadu
a. Daman and Diu c. new virus strain of AIDS
b. Pondicherry d. a new computer virus that hacks emails.
c. Dadra & Nagar Haveli
d. Chandigarh 31. You would associate Gaganjeet Bhullar with
…
a. Squash b. Shooting
c. Golf d. Badminton

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32. Frederick Henderson is the present President 39. Daily Reader, an electronic book reader
and Chief Executive Officer of… device, was unveiled recently by …
a. Toyota Motors a. Philips
b. General Motors b. Motorola
c. Honda Motors c. Sony
d. Volkswagen AG d. None of these

33. Which of the following is the capital of South 40. Which of the following represents the present
Ossetia? member strength of Association of South East
a. Dilli b. Tskhinvali Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
c. Podgorica d. Tbilisi a. 8
b. 9
34. Most densely populated state of India is… c. 10
a. Uttar Pradesh d. 11
b. Bihar
c. West Bengal 41. What is the full form of NBFC?
d. Orissa a. Non Banking Financial Company.
b. Non-Banking Financial Crisis.
35. As per census 2001, the literacy rate of India c. New Banking and Financial Companies. d.
is… New Banks with Financial Crisis
a. 61.4% b. 62.8%
c. 64.8% d. 66.2% 42. Pakistan defeated this country to win the
finals of the ICC World cup Twenty 20 Cricket
tournament in the middle of 2009. Identify the
36. Which of the following represents the country in question from the given options.
expansion of ‘C’ in ‘OTCEI’? a. Australia
a. Country b. Counter b. Sri Lanka
c. Common d. Council c. India
d. West Indies
37. Audit. Tax. Advisory is the tag line that is used
by______ to promote itself. 43. Which of the following committee is related
a. PriceWaterHouse Coopers to tax reforms in India?
b. KPMG a. S.S. Tarapore Committee
c. Ernst & Young b. C.N.R. Rao Committee
d. None of these c. B.N. Srikrishna Committee
d. Raja J. Chelliah Committee
38. This personality is the chairman of Avantha
Group. Can you name hiom from the given 44. Trachoma is a disease of…
options? a. lungs
a. Gautam Thapar b. eyes
b. Anil Singhvi c. skin
c. A.C. Muthiah d. liver
d. A.M. Naik

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45. Nyaya Sutras, considered to be the foundation 48. Who has been appointed as the Ambassador
base for the ‘Nyaya’ school of philosophy, was to the Republic of Niger from India?
written by … a. YP Singh
a. Panini b. SN Malviya
b. Akspada Gotama c. Ravi Bhushan
c. Madhavacharya d. Ashok Attri
d. Udayana
49. Who has recently been appointed as
46. Sarabjit Singh imprisoned in the Kot Lakhpat Chairman of Interim pension regulator
jail in Lahore , Pakistan has been given death PFRDA?
sentence for his alleged involvement in the a. Yogesh Agarwal
serial bomb blasts in the Punjab province of b. Aditya Puri
Pakistan resulting in the death of 14 persons c. OP Bhatt
and injuring about 80 persons. These serial d. Rajan Sahay
bomb blasts took place in …
a. 1990 50. The First Muslim University, Aliah University,
b. 1996 is located in which of the following states?
c. 2002 a. Maharashtra
d. 2007 b. Jammu and Kashmir
c. Gujarat
47. Which country has the world’s largest natural d. West Bengal
gas reserves?
a. Iran
b. Afghanistan
c. Russia
d. India

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Test 9
Number of questions: 50 Time: 15 min

1. Which of the following is the capital of 8. Linea is the name of the car model that
Georgia? belongs to the stable of …
a. Managua b. Tbilisi a. Honda Motors b. Fiat Automobiles
c. Baku d. None of these c. Toyota d. Tata Motors

2. Innfinity retail is a cent percent subsidiary of 9. Samuel J. Palmasino is the chairman and the
…. CEO of
a. Tata Sons a. Google b. IBM
b. A.V. Birla Group c. Agilent d. TNT
c. Reliance Industries Ltd.
d. Goenkas 10. Which of the following teams finally won the
second Indian Premier League Cricket
3. Ritz is the name of the latest car model that tournament held in 2009?
has been launched by… a. Chennai Super Kings
a. Mitsubishi b. Fiat b. Rajasthan Royals
c. Maruti Suzuki d. Tata Motors c. Deccan Chargers
d. Delhi Daredevils
4. Find the odd one out.
a. Glamour b. Achiever 11. Which of the following is the jewelry brand of
c. Passion d. Unicorn Titan Industries Ltd.?
a. Suryansh b. Asmi
5. 'Play it your way', is the tag line that you c. Tanishq d. D’Dmas
would associate with …
a. Gypsy b. Grand Vitara 12. 'More car per car', is the punch line that you
c. Swift d. DZire would associate with…
a. Tata Indigo b. Indica V2
6. This Indian cricketer is the brand ambassador c. Mitsubishi Lancer d. Fiat Palio
of Fiat Punto.Identify him from the given
options. 13. ‘Nihar’ oil brand belongs to the stable of _____
a. Harbhajan Singh now.
b. Yuvraj Singh a. Marico Industries Ltd.
c. Mahindra Singh Dhoni b. Dabur Ltd
d. Ishant Sharma c. ITC.
d. HLL
7. Which of the following represents the present
strength of South Asian Association for 14. This personality is the minister of IT &
Regional Cooperation (SAARC)? Communications. Can you name him from the
a. 6 b. 7 given options?
c. 8 d. 9 a. Dayanidhi Maran b. A. Raja
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15. 'Enjoy the admiration', is the tag line that 23. 'Imagine', is the tv channel launched by ...
you would associate with… a. Sony b. NDTV
a. Honda Civic c. Star d. Zee
b. Honda City
c. Honda Accord 24. Find the odd one out
d. Honda CRV a. Elantra b. Accord
c. Tucson d. Getz
16. Who among the following personalities is the
chairman of L & T Ltd.? 25. ‘Relationships beyond banking’ is the
a. Tarun Das b. A.M. Naik punchline you would associate with…
c. S.Muruganswamy d. Rakesh Mehta a. Bank of India b. Bank of Baroda
c. Union Bank of India d. None of these
17. This company is the world’s largest
advertising group. Name the company from 26. Which of the following personalities is the
the given options. inventor of Java, a computer language?
a. Omnicom b. JWT a. Ray Tomlinson b. James Gosling
c. Rediffusion d. None of these c. Tim Berners Lee d. Jerffrey Bezos

18. Find the odd one out. 27. Headlines Today is the news channel that
a. Getz belongs to the stable of …
b. Accent a. NDTV
c. Sonata b. Star TV Networks
d. Grand Vitara c. India Today Group
d. TV18
19. Which of the following personalities you would
associate with the establishment of 28. This personality is the founder of NDTV.
amazon.com? Identify him from the given options.
a. Jerry Yang a. Subhash Chandra b. Prannoy Roy
b. Irwin Marc Jacob c. Rajdeep Sardesai d. Raghav Bahl
c. Jeffrey Bezos
d. None of these 29. The president of European Central Bank (ECB)
is...
20. Michael Schumacher is a famous a. Jean-Claude Trichet
sportsperson who belongs to… b. Jose Manual Barosso
a. Golf c. Frederick Chilbana
b. Formula one car racing d. None of these
c. Chess
d. Football 30. This personality has recently been roped in
as the new brand ambassador of Nakshatra
21. Consulting. Technology. Outsourcing. is the Jewelry. We are talking about…
punchline that you would associate with… a. Aishwarya Rai b. Katrina Kaif
a. Ernst & Young b. Capgemini c. Kareena Kapoor d. Sushmita Sen
c. KPMG d. None of these

22. You would associate Larry Page and Sergei

Brin with the foundation of ...
a. AOL b. Yahoo
c. Oracle d. Google

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31. Which of the following ad-line you would 38. Gangubai Hangal passed away recently. She
associate with the promotion of Toshiba? was a famous exponent of …
a. Empowering people a. Carnatic music
b. Yours is here b. Hindustani classical music
c. Your Potential Our Passion c. Kathakali
d. Leading Innovation d. Kathak

32. ‘Be: HOME’ is the name of the multibrand 39. ‘Banking for all’ is the punchline that you would
home retail chain that is owned by… associate with
a. S. Kumars a. Standard Chartered Bank
b. Mudra Garments b. IDBI Bank
c. Arvind Mills c. ICICI Bank
d. Raymonds d. Canara Bank

33. ‘A world of difference’, is the tagline that you 40. Viacomm, a leading global entertainment
would associate with… content company has a tie up with .... of India.
a. Paramount Airways a. Times Now b. CNNIBN
b. IndiGo Airlines c. TV18 d. UTV
c. SpiceJet
d. Kingfisher Airlines 41. . Who among the following is the current
chairman of National Biodiversity Authority?
34. Swarovski AG hails from a. Dr. P L Gautam
a. Russia b. Germany b. K Venkataramanan
c. Austria d. France c. Dr. S. Ayyappan
d. None of these
35. This personality is the MD & CEO of Yes Bank
Identify him to the given options. 42. Who is the chief of National Investigation
a. Rana Kapoor b. Deepak Parekh Agency?
c. K.V. Kamath d. Nakul Vaghul a. Rajeev Mathur
b. S.C. Sinha
36. Who among the following is the CEO of Google c. Vinod Handa
Inc.? d. None of these
a. Sergey Brin
b. Eric Schmidt 43. Who is the author of the book titled
c. Larry Page Unaccustomed Earth?
d. Jonathan Werner a. Kiran Desai
b. Deepak Chopra
37. Where would you find the headquarters of c. Jhumpa Lahiri
Saudi Aramco, the largest oil corporation in d. V.S. Naipaul
the World?
a. Dhahran b. Riyadh 44. Which of the following countries is called the
c. Asir d. Abha Land of Cakes?
a. London
b. Korea
c. Australia
d. Britain

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45. Pyithu Hluttaw is the Parliament of which of 48. As per the Women Reservation Bill, 1/3rd of
the following countries? the seats will be reserved for the women in
a. China the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies for
b. Japan the next how many years on rotational basis?
c. Singapore a. 5 years
d. Mynamar b. 10 years
c. 15 years
46. Salman Khursheed is a minister with which d. 20 years
of the following?
a. Union Minister for CorporateAffairs 49. Which of the following time periods represents
b. Union minister for Communications and IT the duration of the 12th Financial Plan?
c. Union minister for Labour and Employment a. 2011-2016
d. Union minister for Textiles b. 2012-2017
c. 2013-2018
47. Sumit Bose is recently been appointed to d. 2014-2019
which of the following posts?
a. Disinvestment secretary of India 50. Which of the following committees gave the
b. Vigilance Director of India calorie intake based methodology for
c. Comptroller and Auditor General of India d. accessing the poverty line?
d. None of these a. YK Sabarwal
b. DT Lakadawala
c. CD Deshmukh
d. None of these

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Test 10
Number of questions: 50 Time: 15 min

1. ABN Amro Bank has its headquarters at … 9. ‘You are the fuel’, is the punchline of…
a. Germany b. France a. Maruti Alto
c. Italy d. Holland b. Maruti Swift
c. Maruti Versa
2. Find the odd one out. d. Maruti A-Star
a. Fusion b. Ikon
c. Fiesta d. Marina 10. Logan is a joint venture production of Mahindra
& Mahindra of India and Renault of...
3. ‘Pureit’, is the name of a water purifier that a. UK
belongs to the stable of… b. France
a. Coca Cola b. HUL c. USA
c. Nestle d. Bisleri Ltd. d. Spain

4. Which of the following personalities is NOT 11. This personality is the present commerce
the brand ambassador of Omega watches? minister to the Government of India. Can you
a. Nicole Kidman name him from the given options?
b. Abhishek Bachchan a. Murali Deora
c. Cindy Crawford b. Sharad Pawar
d. Shah Rukh Khan c. Dayanidhi Maran
d. Anand Sharma
5. ‘Growth is life’ is the tagline that you would
associate with ... 12. Music World is under Spencer’s Retail which
a. HDFC b. RIL is a part of ….
c. Bajaj d. Dabur a. Times Group
b. RPG Enterprises
6. Carrefour SA is an international hypermarket c. A.V. Birla Group
chain that hails from… d. Videocon Industries
a. Germany
b. Italy 13. The headquarters of World Bank are located
c. France at
d. UK a. Geneva b. Washington DC
c. London d. Vienna
7. Find the odd one out.
a. Stryker b. Comet 14. Which of the following magazines does not
c. Aquila d. Discover belong to the India Today Group ?
8. Perk is the chocolate brand of ... a. Cosmopolitan
a. HUL b. Good Housekeeping
b. Dabur c. Reader’s Digest
c. Torrent Pharmaceuticals d. Sports Star
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15. Dish TV is the first DTH platform in India, 23. Shine is the name of the bike model that
which is owned by ... belongs to the stable of ….
a. Living Media Group a. Kinetic Engineering Ltd.
b. NDTV b. Honda Motors Ltd.
c. Times Group c. Hero Honda Motors Ltd.
d. Zee Network Enterprise d. TVS Motors Ltd.

16. This newspaper was founded by master 24. The present Union Health Minister is…
Sunder Singh Lyalpuri in 1924. Identify the a. Pranab Mukherjee
paper from the given options. b. Ghulam Nabi Azad
a. The Tribune b. The Pioneer c. A.K. Antony
c. Hindustan Times d. None of these d. Shrad Pawar

17. 'Because muscles matter', is the tag line that 25. Steve Ballmer is the Chief Executive Officer
you would associate with… of...
a. Achiver b. Hunk a. Intel Corporation
c. Unicorn d. Passion b. Microsoft Inc.
c. Sun Microsystems
18. Who among of the following was the first d. Cisco Systems
managing director of International Monetary
Fund (IMF)? 26. Which of the following countries is NOT a part
a. Johannes Witteveen b. Ivar Rooth of the European Union till date ?
c. Camille Gutt d. Per Jacobsson a. Austria
b. Poland
19. Crocodile represents this company’s logo. c. The Netherlands
Identify the company from the given options. d. Norway
a. Wrangler b. Lacoste
c. Numero Uno d. Benetton 27. Ericsson is the name of the telecommunica-
tions giant that hails from….
20. CR-V is a brand of … a. USA b. U.K.
a. Tata Motors c. France d. Sweden
b. Toyota Motors
c. Honda Motors 28. Jetta is the name of recently launched car
d. Skoda Automobiles model .This brand belongs to…
a. Ford Motors b. Volkswagen AG
21. Who is the CEO and Managing Director of c. General Motors d. BMW
IFCI Ltd.?
a. Atul Kumar Rai 29. Voltas is a consumer durable brand that
b. KV Kamath belongs to
c. Rakesh Mohan a. Hindujas b. Birlas
d. Prakash P Mallaya c. Tatas d. Wadias
22. Which of the following IT giants is also known
30. The 2011 National games are scheduled to
as ‘Big Blue’?
take place at …
a. HP
a. Andhra Pradesh b. Goa
b. IBM
c. Uttar Pradesh d. Karnataka
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31. This personality is the chairman of Bombay 39. This personality is the chairman of United
Dyeing. We are talking about…. Breweries Group. Identify him from the given
a. Arvind Lalbhai options.
b. Gautam Hari Singhania a. V.C. Burman b. Vijay Mallaya
c. Nusli Wadia c. Gautam Singhania d. None of these
d. None of these
40. Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim
32. Which of the following persons is the head of are the founder of …
the second Administrative Reforms a. You tube b. Facebook
Commission? c. Orkut d. Wikipedia
a. Sharad Pawar b. Veerappa Moily
c. A.K. Antony d. Shivraj Patil 41. Angel Gurria is associated with which of the
following ?
33. Which of the following is the winner of Indira a. OPEC
Gandhi prize for Peace, Disarmament and b. UN
Development in July 2009? c. OCED
a. Sulabh International d. Common Wealth
b. Parivartan
c. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 42. Susilo Bambang is the President of which of
d. None of these the following countries?
a. Malaysia
34. V.G. Siddartha Hegde is the founder owner b. Singapore
of… c. Indonesia
a. Cafe-Coffee day b. Barista d. Nepal
c. Hotspot d. None of these
43. Who has been selected as the New Chief
35. Joshna Chinappa is a famous player of … Defence Staff?
a. Golf b. Squash a. Sarath Fonseka
c. Table Tennis d. Chess b. Biglom Cruize
c. GA Chandrasiri
36. Vertu is a wholly owned independently run d. None of these
subsidiary of…
a. IBM b. Nokia 44. Tyeb Mehta is associated with which of the
c. Motorola d. Siemens AG following streams?
a. Artist
37. Jinnah - India, Partition, Independence is the b. Musician
name of the controversial book authored by… c. Economist
a. Jaswant Singh d. Scientist
b. Yashwant Sinha
c. Narendra Modi 45. Shikhar Samman is conferred by which of
d. Arun Jaitley the following states?
a. New Delhi
38. ‘The Power of Dreams’, is the punchline of … b. Uttar Pradesh
a. Honda Motors c. Rajasthan
b. Toyota Motors d. Madhya Pradesh
c. Volkswagen AG
d. Hyundai Motors

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46. Which among the following Sultans declared 49. Which of the following amendments abolished
himself as Sikandar-Isani the right to Property?
a. Babar a. 42nd
b. Kaiqubad b. 44th
c. Alauddin Khilji c. 92nd
d. Akbar d. 41st

47. Tulsi Das was the contemporary of which of 50. Ibn Batuta, the famous travelor, who came to
the following rulers? India and became Qazi of Delhi belonged to
a. Humayun …
b. Akbar a. Egypt
c. Jahangir b. Gabon
d. ShahJahan c. Ethiopia
d. Morocco
48. Which among the following term has been
added to our preamble by 42th Amendment
Act 1976?
b. Sovereign
c. Socialist
d. Republic
e. None of these

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 Answer Keys
Test – 1
1 d 2 a 3 b 4 c 5 b 6 d 7 d 8 c 9 b 10 b
11 a 12 b 13 d 14 d 15 d 16 c 17 b 18 c 19 b 20 d
21 b 22 a 23 c 24 c 25 d 26 b 27 d 28 b 29 b 30 d
31 b 32 c 33 d 34 a 35 a 36 d 37 b 38 b 39 c 40 a
41 a 42 a 43 a 44 a 45 b 46 c 47 c 48 c 49 a 50 c

Test – 2
1 b 2 c 3 a 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 b 8 d 9 c 10 c
11 c 12 b 13 a 14 d 15 c 16 a 17 d 18 d 19 b 20 d
21 d 22 b 23 b 24 d 25 b 26 d 27 d 28 c 29 d 30 c
31 d 32 d 33 b 34 c 35 b 36 d 37 d 38 b 39 c 40 b
41 d 42 c 43 d 44 c 45 d 46 b 47 c 48 a 49 c 50 a

Test – 3
1 b 2 c 3 b 4 b 5 c 6 c 7 a 8 b 9 d 10 a
11 b 12 b 13 b 14 d 15 c 16 b 17 c 18 a 19 c 20 b
21 b 22 b 23 b 24 b 25 d 26 b 27 b 28 b 29 c 30 b
31 d 32 b 33 d 34 b 35 a 36 c 37 a 38 b 39 c 40 c
41 b 42 b 43 b 44 c 45 c 46 b 47 c 48 d 49 b 50 c

Test – 4
1 d 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 b 6 b 7 c 8 b 9 b 10 c
11 b 12 b 13 b 14 c 15 b 16 a 17 b 18 c 19 d 20 b
21 b 22 a 23 b 24 c 25 d 26 b 27 b 28 b 29 b 30 b
31 c 32 c 33 b 34 b 35 a 36 b 37 d 38 b 39 b 40 c
41 d 42 b 43 c 44 c 45 b 46 c 47 b 48 c 49 b 50 c

Test – 5
1 c 2 b 3 d 4 b 5 c 6 b 7 b 8 b 9 b 10 b
11 c 12 b 13 c 14 b 15 c 16 a 17 c 18 c 19 b 20 b
21 d 22 d 23 b 24 b 25 b 26 c 27 b 28 d 29 d 30 b
31 b 32 b 33 c 34 c 35 d 36 c 37 c 38 d 39 b 40 b
41 a 42 c 43 c 44 a 45 d 46 b 47 b 48 b 49 b 50 d

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Test – 6
1 a 2 b 3 b 4 b 5 b 6 d 7 b 8 c 9 b 10 a
11 d 12 d 13 c 14 b 15 b 16 c 17 b 18 b 19 b 20 c
21 c 22 b 23 d 24 d 25 c 26 d 27 b 28 b 29 b 30 c
31 c 32 d 33 b 34 b 35 b 36 b 37 c 38 b 39 c 40 c
41 c 42 b 43 c 44 b 45 b 46 c 47 b 48 c 49 b 50 c

Test – 7
1 a 2 c 3 a 4 c 5 b 6 c 7 b 8 b 9 d 10 c
11 d 12 c 13 b 14 b 15 b 16 a 17 b 18 c 19 b 20 c
21 a 22 b 23 b 24 b 25 b 26 b 27 c 28 b 29 d 30 a
31 c 32 b 33 a 34 c 35 b 36 d 37 c 38 b 39 b 40 c
41 d 42 d 43 b 44 b 45 b 46 d 47 a 48 c 49 a 50 a

Test – 8
1 c 2 c 3 c 4 a 5 b 6 b 7 c 8 b 9 a 10 a
11 b 12 b 13 a 14 c 15 b 16 b 17 b 18 b 19 b 20 d
21 c 22 b 23 d 24 b 25 b 26 a 27 c 28 c 29 b 30 a
31 c 32 b 33 b 34 c 35 c 36 b 37 b 38 a 39 c 40 c
41 a 42 b 43 d 44 b 45 b 46 a 47 c 48 a 49 a 50 d

Test – 9
1 b 2 a 3 c 4 d 5 b 6 b 7 c 8 b 9 b 10 c
11 c 12 b 13 a 14 b 15 b 16 b 17 a 18 d 19 c 20 b
21 b 22 d 23 b 24 b 25 a 26 b 27 c 28 b 29 a 30 b
31 d 32 d 33 a 34 c 35 a 36 b 37 a 38 b 39 b 40 c
41 a 42 b 43 c 44 d 45 d 46 a 47 a 48 c 49 b 50 b

Test – 10
1 d 2 d 3 b 4 d 5 b 6 c 7 d 8 d 9 b 10 b
11 d 12 b 13 b 14 d 15 d 16 c 17 b 18 c 19 b 20 c
21 a 22 b 23 b 24 b 25 b 26 d 27 d 28 b 29 c 30 b
31 c 32 b 33 c 34 a 35 b 36 b 37 a 38 a 39 b 40 a
41 a 42 c 43 a 44 a 45 d 46 c 47 b 48 b 49 b 50 d

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