General Knowledge Sample Paper 2009

General Knowledge: (Solved Paper)

1. The Chairman of Anti Doping Panel constituted by the Government is—
(A) Jasmeet Singh
(B) Dinesh Dayal
(C) Dr. Vikas Ahluwalia
(D) Dinesh Khanna
Answer: (B)

2. This year National Games have been held in—
(A) Sikkim
(B) Assam
(C) Kerala
(D) Jharkhand
Answer: (D)

3. Which of the following was not the base of LTTE before being captured by Sri Lankan forces?
(A) Muridke
(B) Elephant Pass
(C) Kilinochchi
(D) Mullaithivu
Answer: (A)

4. DRDO came into existence in—
(A) 1960
(B) 1958
(C) 1962
(D) 1965
Answer: (B)

5. This year Pankaj Advani has been given—
(A) Padma Vibhushan
(B) Padma Bhushan
(C) Padma Shri
(D) None of these
Answer: (C)

6. Who among the following has not been honoured with Padma Vibhushan?
(A) Dr. Gurdip Singh Randhawa
(B) D. P. Chattopadhyay
(C) Govind Narain
(D) Chandrika Prasad Srivastava
Answer: (A)

7. ‘India and China—A Thousand Years of Cultural Relations’ is the book written by—
(A) Probodh Chandra Bagchi
(B) K. Bikram Singh
(C) Romila Thapar
(D) None of the above
Answer: (A)

8. World Consumer Rights Day is observed on—
(A) March 12
(B) March 15
(C) March 23
(D) March 24
Answer: (B)

9. The Government of India has declared……as the National Day for the Girl Child.
(A) February 25
(B) January 27
(C) March 22
(D) January 24
Answer: (D)

10. In 2007-08, Enrollment rate for Muslim children increased to—
(A) 8・41%
(B) 10・49%
(C) 9・39%
(D) 7・25%
Answer: (B)

11. The 75th edition of Ranji Trophy was won by—
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Railways
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Mumbai
Answer: (D)

12. Recently, the scientist who came into news is—
(A) Albert Einstein
(B) Charles Darwin
(C) Newton
(D) Vikram Sarabhai
Answer: (B)

13. In the Interim Budget 2009-10 the Government of India has allocated for its flagship programs, the amount of—
(A) Rs. 112,571 crore
(B) Rs. 122, 841 crore
(C) Rs. 131,317 crore
(D) Rs. 451,311 crore
Answer: (C)

14. The new Prime Minister of Zimbabwe is—
(A) Robert Mugabe
(B) Morgan Tsvangirai
(C) Thabo Mbeki
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)

15. In recently held elections in Israel, the political party which emerged largest in terms of number of seats is—
(A) Likud Party
(B) Kadima Party
(C) Labour Party
(D) Yisrael Beiteinu
Answer: (A)

16. 35th National Games will be held in—
(A) Tamil Nadu
(B) Karnataka
(C) Gujarat
(D) Kerala
Answer: (D)

17. Prashant Prakash and Kalki Koechlin are the winners of—
(A) Padma Shree
(B) Metro Plus Playwright Award
(C) Assam Ratna
(D) None of the above
Answer: (B)

18. The winner of Duleep Trophy is—
(A) East Zone
(B) South Zone
(C) West Zone
(D) North Zone
Answer: (C)

19. The Punjab Gold Cup has been won by—
(A) Poland
(B) The Netherlands
(C) England
(D) Norway
Answer: (B)

20. World Social Forum meeting was recently held in—
(A) Paris
(B) Belem
(C) Davos
(D) Moscow
Answer: (B)

21. The controversial Pakistani scientist who was recently in news is—
(A) Abdul Jamal
(B) Shah Mahmood Qureshi
(C) Kazi Hussain
(D) Abdul Qadir Khan
Answer: (D)

22. The new Chairman of Satyam Computer Services is—
(A) Kiran Karnik
(B) Prem Chand Gupta
(C) Habil Khorkiwala
(D) R. N. Mittal
Answer: (A)

23. In Iraqi Parliamentary elections Prime Minister Nouri-Al-Maliki’s candidates have won in—
(A) 14 provinces
(B) 9 provinces
(C) 8 provinces
(D) 7 provinces
Answer: (B)

24. In the latest ICC ODI (Team) ranking, India has occupied—
(A) No. 2 position
(B) No. 3 position
(C) No. 4 position
(D) None of these
Answer: (A)

25. The Sustainable Leadership Award has been given to—
(A) R. K. Pachauri
(B) Bill Gates
(C) Ban Ki-Moon
(D) Arundhati Roy
Answer: (C)

26. ‘QUARK 2009’ is—
(A) An exhibition on peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy
(B) India’s ambitious project to Mars
(C) India-Russia joint noval exercise
(D) Annual-National level technical festival of BITs Pilani
Answer: (D)

27. ‘Best Executive 2008’ by Asia-money magazine has been given to—
(A) S. M. Natrajan
(B) O. P. Bhatt
(C) Ravinder Zutshi
(D) C. B. Bhav
Answer: (B)

28. Twelve new frog species have been found in—
(A) Konkan region
(B) Malwa
(C) Eastern Ghats
(D) Western Ghats
Answer: (D)

29. Sheik Sharif Ahmed is the new President of—
(A) Uganda
(B) Rwanda
(C) Somalia
(D) Morocco
Answer: (C)

30. India’s Moon Impact Probe (MIP) landed on Moon’s Surface on—
(A) November 10, 2008
(B) November 11, 2008
(C) November 14, 2008
(D) November 15, 2008
Answer: (C)

31. Stolt Valor which was recently hijacked by sea-pirates belongs to—
(A) Germany
(B) Japan
(C) U.S.A.
(D) Saudi Arabia
Answer: (B)

32. During the Egyptian President’s visit to India in November 2008 five pacts were signed with Egypt. Which of the following was not signed?
(A) Pact in the field of health and medicine
(B) Agreement on purchasing petrol at cheaper rate
(C) An extradition treaty
(D) Agreement on abolition of visa for specific categories
Answer: (B)

33. Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian President who recently visited India, has been the President of his country since—
(A) 1971
(B) 1981
(C) 1961
(D) 1990
Answer: (B)

34. On November 12, 2008 India test fired successfully Shourya missile. It is a—
(A) Air to air missile
(B) Air to surface missile
(C) Surface to surface missile
(D) Surface to sea missile
Answer: (C)

35. ITR stands for—
(A) International Tariff Rate
(B) Integrated Trial Rate
(C) Integrated Trial Range
(D) Integrated Test Range
Answer: (D)

36. Recently National River Status has been granted to—
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Ganga
(C) Sindhu
(D) Brahmaputra
Answer: (B)

37. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi who has been declared ‘Bharat Ratna’ winner was born in—
(A) Gadag
(B) Palakkad
(C) Pune
(D) Mysore
Answer: (A)

38. Under the revised pay scale of Judges as approved by the Union Cabinet on November 27, 2008, which of the following pairs/matches is not correct?
(A) Chief Justice of India—Rs. 1 lakh per month
(B) Chief Justice of the High Court—Rs. 90,000 per month
(C) Judge of the High Court—Rs. 80,000 per month
(D) Judge of the Supreme Court—Rs. 85,000 per month
Answer: (D)

39. The Security forces of India launched……to flush out terrorists which wreaked havoc in Mumbai in the last week of November 2008.
(A) Operation Liberate Mumbai
(B) Operation Sea Storm
(C) Operation Black Tornadoes
(D) Operation Thunder storm
Answer: (C)

40. The highest number of electoral college votes during U.S.A. Presidential Election belongs to—
(A) California
(B) Florida
(C) Connecticut
(D) Virginia
Answer: (A)

41. In U.S.A. Presidential election, 2008 Barack Obama got—
(A) 371 electoral college votes
(B) 320 electoral college votes
(C) 364 electoral college votes
(D) 360 electoral college votes
Answer: (C)

42. The author of which of the following is not Barack Obama?
(A) Dream from My Father
(B) Thoughts on Reclaiming Dream
(C) It Takes a Nation: How Strangers Became Family
(D) My Great America
Answer: (D)

43. European Union-Russia summit was held recently at—
(A) Nice
(B) Bonn
(C) St. Petersburg
(D) London
Answer: (A)

44. Abu Dhabi was recently in news for hosting—
(A) Arab Women’s Conference
(B) OPEC Summit
(C) APEC Summit
(D) Arab League Summit
Answer: (A)

45. By an agreement between Iraq and the U.S.A., the latter has committed to withdraw its troops from Iraq by—
(A) 2010
(B) 2011
(C) 2009
(D) 2012
Answer: (B)

46. BIMSTEC is—
(A) Seven-member nation organization
(B) Eight-member nation organization
(C) Nine-member organization
(D) Six-member nation organization
Answer: (A)

47. Recently BIMSTEC held its—
(A) Third Summit
(B) Fourth Summit
(C) Second Summit
(D) Fifth Summit
Answer: (C)

48. Which of the following countries leads space launch tally?
(A) U.S.A.
(B) Russia
(C) Japan
(D) E.U.
Answer: (B)

49. The headquarters of APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation) is situated at—
(A) Kuala Lumpur
(B) Singapore
(C) Lima
(D) Santiago
Answer: (B)

50. Who has recently been made the first ambassador to the Geneva based Global fund to fight Aids, tuberculosis and malaria?
(A) Amitabh Bachchan
(B) Britney Spears
(C) Carla Bruni
(D) Zinedine Zidane
Answer: (C)

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