1. | What is ’Super 301'? | |
| 1. | A French news channel | |
| 2. | An American trade law | |
| 3. | A British anti-aircraft missile | |
| 4. | None of these | |
2. | Who finally approves the draft five-year plans? | |
| 1. | President | |
| 2. | Planning Commission | |
| 3. | Prime Minister | |
| 4. | National Development Council | |
3. | Which is India’s largest private sector bank? | |
| 1. | UTI Bank | |
| 2. | ICICI Bank | |
| 3. | HDFC Bank | |
| 4. | IDBI Bank | |
4. | According to the UNCTAD report, India has acquired the .............. Place in the world, for receiving the largest FDI in 2006. | |
| 1. | Fourth | |
| 2. | Third | |
| 3. | Second | |
| 4. | Fifth | |
5. | For attaining 9% growth rate during 11th Plan, investment level has been estimated to be | |
| 1. | 30% of GDP | |
| 2. | 25% of GDP | |
| 3. | 20% of GDP | |
| 4. | 35% of GDP | |
6. | Central Government has declared 2007 as | |
| 1. | Water year | |
| 2. | Sanitation year | |
| 3. | Poverty Alleviation year | |
| 4. | None of these | |
7. | ‘Aero India 2001’ was organised during February 2007 at | |
| 1. | Kolkata | |
| 2. | New Delhi | |
| 3. | Mumbai | |
| 4. | Bangalore | |
8. | 2007 is being celebrated as ‘Friendship year’ between India and | |
| 1. | Nepal | |
| 2. | China | |
| 3. | Japan | |
| 4. | Russia | |
9. | RBI holds .............. equity in National Housing Bank | |
| 1. | 75% | |
| 2. | 60% | |
| 3. | 50% | |
| 4. | 100% | |
10. | The National Stock Exchange functions from | |
| 1. | New Delhi | |
| 2. | Kolkata | |
| 3. | Mumbai | |
| 4. | Chennai | |
11. | What is the purpose of the India Brand Equity Fund? | |
| 1. | To organise trade fairs | |
| 2. | To promote in-bound tourism | |
| 3. | To make ‘Made in India’ a label of quality | |
| 4. | To provide venture capital to IT sector | |
12. | On the basis of the size and composition of external debt, World Bank has classified India as a | |
| 1. | heavily indebted country | |
| 2. | moderately indebted country | |
| 3. | less indebted country | |
| 4. | severely indebted country | |
13. | The Planning Commission of India is | |
| 1. | a constitutional body | |
| 2. | an advisory body | |
| 3. | a statutory body | |
| 4. | an independent and autonomous body | |
14. | What is the percentage of India’s population with respect to the World population? | |
| 1. | 26 per cent | |
| 2. | 16 per cent | |
| 3. | 6 per cent | |
| 4. | 36 per cent | |
15. | The novel which is not the work of Orhan Pamuk, the 2006 Nobel laureate in Literature, is: | |
| 1. | Kar(Snow) | |
| 2. | Istanbul Memories | |
| 3. | Kara Kitap (The Black Book) | |
| 4. | Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard | |
16. | The Chairman of the National Development Council (NDC) is the | |
| 1. | Minister of Information Technology | |
| 2. | Finance Minister | |
| 3. | Prime Minister | |
| 4. | Speaker of Lok Sabha | |
17. | The three core values of the Commonwealth Games movement are | |
| 1. | Equality, Brotherhood and Unity | |
| 2. | Humanity, Equality and Destiny | |
| 3. | Humanity, Equality and Brotherhood | |
| 4. | Unity, Humanity and Equality | |
18. | Internet was developed upon which among the following operating systems? | |
| 1. | LINUX | |
| 2. | UNIX | |
| 3. | Windows 98 | |
| 4. | Sun Solaris | |
19. | Which among the following matches is incorrect? | |
| 1. | World Health Organisation (WHO) - Washington | |
| 2. | Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Rome | |
| 3. | International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Geneva | |
| 4. | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF)- New York | |
20. | The Secretary General of the United Nations is | |
| 1. | Ban Ki-Moon | |
| 2. | Kofi Annan | |
| 3. | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | |
| 4. | None of these | |
21. | A Nuclear-Risk Reduction Treaty was recently signed between | |
| 1. | India and Pakistan | |
| 2. | China and Pakistan | |
| 3. | India and USA | |
| 4. | India and China | |
22. | The mascot of the 33rd National Games was | |
| 1. | Mello | |
| 2. | Veera, the ongole bull | |
| 3. | Rongmon, the baby rhino | |
| 4. | None of these | |
23 | The theme for the 21 st National Science Day 2007 was | |
| 1. | 50 years of DNA and 25 years of lVF | |
| 2. | More Crop Per Drop | |
| 3. | More Water Drop by Drop | |
| 4. | None of these | |
24. | Which among the following movies was given the Best Picture Award at the 97th Oscar Awards 2007 | |
| 1. | The Queen | |
| 2. | The Last King of Scotland | |
| 3. | The Departed | |
| 4. | Happy Feet | |
25. | Tagline ‘Empowering People’ is linked with which brand ? | |
| 1. | Acer | |
| 2. | Compaq | |
| 3. | HCL | |
| 4. | Wipro | |
26. | The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is | |
| 1. | N.D. Tiwari | |
| 2. | B.C. Khanduri | |
| 3. | Ibobi Singh | |
| 4. | None of these | |
27. | Which among the following satellites was successfully launched in March 2007 by ISRO? | |
| 1. | INSAT-3E | |
| 2. | INSAT-4A | |
| 3. | INSAT-4B | |
| 4. | INSAT-4C | |
28. | The XIX Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held at Delhi in | |
| 1. | October 2010 | |
| 2. | October 2008 | |
| 3. | October 2009 | |
| 4. | November 2010 | |
29 | The death of the cricket coach of which among the following countries during the 2007 World Cup has created a suspicion? | |
| 1. | India | |
| 2. | Pakistan | |
| 3. | Sri Lanka | |
| 4. | Bangladesh | |
30 | ‘Falcon-I ‘ which was recently in the news is | |
| 1. | A mission of NASA to Mars | |
| 2. | (b) A space shuttle | |
| 3. | A two-stage rocket launched by private firm Space Exploration Technologies (Space X) | |
| 4. | None of these | |
31. | Japan has signed its first security pact other than US, with which among the following countries? | |
| 1. | India | |
| 2. | Russia | |
| 3. | Australia | |
| 4. | China | |
32. | Devaluation means | |
| 1. | Rise in the general level of prices | |
| 2. | Decrease in the value of money in terms of foreign currency | |
| 3. | Decrease in the purchasing power of money | |
| 4. | Quantity of money is exceeding the amount of goods | |
33. | Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? | |
| 1. | LERMS - Rupee convertibility | |
| 2. | EXIM scrips - Export subsidy | |
| 3. | EXIT policy - Import controls | |
| 4. | EPZ - Export promotion | |
34. | The tax which is not shared between the Centre and the States is | |
| 1. | Corporation Tax | |
| 2. | Sales Tax | |
| 3. | Income Tax | |
| 4. | Central Excise Duty | |
35. | Which of the following two countries will jointly host the South Asian Football Championship in 2007? | |
| 1. | Bangladesh and Pakistan | |
| 2. | Maldives and SriLanka | |
| 3. | India and Nepal | |
| 4. | SriLanka and Pakistan | |
