1.India and Malaysia held their joint naval exercise at—

(A) Andman island

(B) Nicobar island

(C) Lumut

(D) Kualalampur

ans-c

2. SERB stands for—

(A) Social Enlightenment and Research Board

(B) Scientific And Engineering Research Board

(C) Scientists’ and Engineers’ Research Board

(D) Science and Engineering Research Board

ans- d

3. CEP (Circular Error Probability) is associated with
(A) Prithvi II

(B) Chandryan I

(C) Narco Analysis test conducted on Aarushis’ alleged murderer

(D) The finalization of Indo-US Nuclear deal

ans-a

4. The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest is—

(A) Ravi Kumar

(B) Sameer Mishra

(C) Kuljit Singh

(D) None of these

ans-b

5. ‘Travelling Through Conflict’ is a book written by—

(A) Hamid Ansari

(B) Cherie Blair

(C) Balraj Krishna

(D) Salman Rushdie

ans-a

6. Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was a—

(A) U.S.A. film director

(B) First man to go to Mars mission

(C) Renowned fashion designer

(D) An internationally renowned financial expert

ans-c

7. India test-fired Agni III on—

(A) May 15, 2008

(B) May 17, 2008

(C) May 20, 2008

(D) May 7, 2008

ans-d

8. Which one of the following countries is not included in the elite club which India joined after its successful test firing of Agni III—

(A) Russia

(B) U.S.A.

(C) U.K.

(D) France

ans-c

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

(a) Banbhatta

(b) Ravikirti

(c) Pushpananda

(d) Kalhana

ANS (d)

10. Who among the following was the first economist to hold the office of Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs in the Union Finance Ministry?

(a) Dr. I.G. Patel

(b) Dr. Manmohan Singh

(c) Rakesh Mohan

(d) Dr. M.S. Ahluwalia

ANS (a)

11.What does the abbreviation ATR stand for?

(a) Action Taken Result

(b) Actually True Report

(c) Action Taken Report

(d) Action Taken Rejoinder

ANS (c)

12. Which of the following cities will host 2012 Olympics Games?

(a) Paris

(b) New York

(c) London

(d) Madrid

ANS (c)

13. Which of the following companies has started a rural marketing network called “e-chaupal”?

(a) ITC

(b)Dabur

(c) Hindustan Lever

(d) Procter & Gamble

ANS (a)

14. Which of the following States has the highest female literacy rate, according to 2001Census?

(a) Mizoram

(b) Kerala

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Meghalaya

ANS (b)

15. At which of the following places India’s fist Net Route Server has been set up?

(a) Mumbai

(b) Noida

(c) Chennai

(d) Hyderabad

ANS (c)