Practice Set 1

1. Who said, " Man is a Social Animal" ?

 (A) Plato

 (B) Aristotle

 (C) Rousseau

 (D) Socrates

Answer: Aristotle

 2. The Government of India in a bid to attract foreign investments into India has appointed the            Investment Commission which is headed by—

 (A) Azim Premji

 (B) Mukesh Ambani

 (C) Ashok Ganguly

 (D) Ratan Tata

Answer: Ratan Tata

 3. 'Red Revolution' in China took place in—

 (A) 1917

 (B) 1949

 (C) 1959

 (D) 1962

Answer: 1949

 4. Who was ruling over Pakistan at the time when Bangladesh became independent ?

 (A) Ayub Khan

 (B) Yahya Khan

 (C) Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

 (D) Zia ul Haq

Answer: Yahya Khan

 5. The present Chairman of the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal is—

 (A) Sudhir Narain

 (B) Justice B. N. Kripal

 (C) Justice R. S. Lahoti

 (D) Justice N. P. Singh

Answer: Justice N. P. Singh

 6. The first unified theatre commanded by the Indian Defence Forces has been set at—

 (A) Andaman Nicobar Islands

 (B) Cochin

 (C) Goa

 (D) Vishakhapatnam

Answer: Andaman Nicobar Islands

 7. Which of the following is India’s first nuclear Powered Submarine, Launched on 26 July, 2009 ?

 (A) INS Arihant

 (B) INS Vikrant

 (C) INS Virat

 (D) INS Talwar

Answer: INS Arihant

 8. What is the full form of CMP ?

 (A) Committee on Management Programme

 (B) Common Minimum Programme

 (C) Correct Measurement of Polio

 (D) Communist (Marxist) Politbureau

Answer: Common Minimum Programme

 9. The motto of CNBC India is—

 (A) Profit from it

 (B) With you all the way

 (C) Leading the way

 (D) Makes life simple

Answer: Profit from it

 10. World Social Forum meeting was recently held in—

 (A) India

 (B) Brazil

 (C) China

 (D) Iraq

Answer: Brazil

 11. Which country has recently announced of having built the world’s highest elevated railway              line ?

 (A) China

 (B) India

 (C) Russia

 (D) Poland

Answer: China

 12. Which among the following has been reelected to the United Nations Human Rights                          Committee for the fourth time—

 (A) Nisuke Ando

 (B) Ivan Shearer

 (C) Michael O’ Flaherty

 (D) Justice P. N. Bhagwati

Answer: Justice P. N. Bhagwati

 13. Which among the following is the recipient of ISRO’s Life Time Achievement Award for 2008        announced in the year 2009 ?

 (A) Prof. Yashpal

 (B) K. Kasturirangan

 (C) G. Madhavan Nair

 (D) B. N. Suresh

Answer: K. Kasturirangan

 14. Who was awarded the 2009 Vyas Samman ?

 (A) Mahashweta Devi

 (B) Amrita Preetam

 (C) B. N. Goswami

 (D) Amar Kant

Answer: Amar Kant

 15. Which of the following is not a recipient of Arjun Award 2010 announced in August 2010 ?

 (A) Joseph Abraham (Athletics)

 (B) Krishna Poonia (Athletics)

 (C) Julan Goswami (Cricket)

 (D) Irfan Pathan (Cricket)

Answer: Irfan Pathan (Cricket)

 16. ‘Daughters of Shame’ is a book written by—

 (A) Jasvinder Sanghera

 (B) Mehar Fatima Hussain

 (C) Kermit Roosevelt

 (D) Shazia Aziz

Answer: Jasvinder Sanghera

 17. Who was awarded the 2011 World Food Prize?

 (A) Dr. Philip E. Nelson

 (B) John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

 (C) Dr. Monty Jones

 (D) Bob Dole

Answer: John Agyekum Kufuor and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

 18. Who among the following is the newly appointed Chief of the Indian Air Force ?

 (A) Amar Kant

 (B) NAK Browne

 (C) P. S. Naik

 (D) None of these

Answer: NAK Browne

 19. The 16th African Union Summit was held on January 30, 2011 at—

 (A) Beijing

 (B) Moscow

 (C) New Delhi

 (D) Addish Ababa

Answer: Addish Ababa

 20. Which of the following is not a recipient of Ashok Chakra Award 2010 conferred in January            26, 2011 ?

 (A) Haviladar Dayal Singh (Posthumous)

 (B) Colonnel Neeraj Sood (Posthumous)

 (C) Major Laishram Jyotin Singh (Posthumous)

 (D) Naik Rajinder Singh

Answer: Major Laishram Jyotin Singh (Posthumous)