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Q. Where is located the Central Seed Testing and Referral Laboratory (CSTL) which was notified recently in 2007?   1 Pusha   2 Dehradun   3 Lucknow   4 Varanasi     Ans:4

Q. BRIC countries account for what fraction of world's population?   1 60%   2 50%   3 30%   4 40%     Ans:4

Q. Stirling Prize is given in which of the following fields?   1 Architecture   2 Journalism   3 Social Service   4 Econimics     Ans:1

Q. 2010 Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa is from which of the following countries?   1 Brazil   2 Peru   3 Argentina   4 Canada     Ans:2

Q. Who is elected as Costa Rica’s first female president?   1 Lisa Baily   2 Laura Chinchilla   3 Miranda   4 Bolivia     Ans:2

Q. Who won 1st gold medal for India in Asian games 2010 ?   1 Gagan Narang   2 Somdev Barman   3 Bajrang Lal Takhar   4 Sushil Kumar     Ans:3

Q. A man pushed a wall and fails to displace it. He does   1 No work at all   2 Negative work   3 Positive but not maximum work   4 Maximum work     Ans:1

Q. Who wrote the 'Communist Manifesto'?   1 Lenin   2 Karl Marx   3 Stalin   4 None of these     Ans:2

Q. Who was the first Indian to receive the World Food Prize?   1 Dr. Verghese Kurien   2 Dr. M. S. Swaminathan   3 Dr. Amita Patel   4 None of these     Ans:2

Q. The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted in the year   1 1984   2 1985   3 1987   4 1988     Ans:2

Q. Red Cross was founded by   1 J. H. Durant   2 Baden Powell   3 Trygve Lie   4 Frederick Passey     Ans:1

Q. What is the name of the Parliament of Bangladesh?   1 Jatiya Sansad   2 Majlis   3 People's Council   4 National Assembly     Ans:1

Q. The world's tallest free-standing structure is   1 Eiffel Tower   2 Leaning Tower of Pisa   3 Bruj Dubai   4 Qutab Minar     Ans:3

Q. KLM Airlines belongs to   1 Kuwait   2 The Netherlands   3 Japan   4 Indonesia     Ans:2

Q. Basel Norms are related with further strengthening and performance of   1 Public sector manufacturing units   2 Banking industry   3 Educational institutes   4 Hotels     Ans:2

Q. The number of people living Below Poverty Line (BPL) is maximum in   1 Gujarat   2 Jammu & Kashmir   3 Maharashtra   4 Orissa     Ans:4

Q. If some people wish to start a banking company in India, they certainly need a permission of the   1 Indian Banks' Association   2 Ministry of Finance   3 Banking Ombudsman   4 Reserve Bank of India     Ans:4

Q. As per the reports published by the Government of India, what is the approximate percentage of the people in rural India who hold a bank account?   1 10%   2 20%   3 25%   4 15%     Ans:4

Q. Many times, we read a term `ISO'. What is the full form of the same?   1 Insurance & Social Obligations   2 International Space Organisation   3 Integrated Security Organisation   4 International Standards Organisation     Ans:4

Q. Which of the following countries has decided to use the revenue collected from newly discovered oil field to make a Special Sovereign Fund?   1 Iraq   2 Russia   3 Iran   4 Indonesia     Ans:1

Q. Which of the following has written the book "Between the Lines"?   1 V. S. Naipaul   2 Prem Bhatia   3 Kuldeep Nayyar   4 C. Rangarajan     Ans:3

Q. The Word Population Day is observed on   1 10th July   2 11th July   3 10th August   4 11th August     Ans:2

Q. "Navratna Status" is awarded to which of the following organizations/ units?   1 Those IITs/IIMs who are doing good research work   2 Defence production units/factories who are showing good profits   3 Any public sector manufacturing unit doing well and earning good profits   4 A public sector bank rated very hing by the RBI in the area of customer service and recovery of NPAs     Ans:3

Q. Twang I and Twang II, two big hydropower projects are being developed in the state of   1 Assam   2 Meghalaya   3 Tripura   4 Arunachal Prades     Ans:4

Q. Who amongst the following is not a member of the Council of Ministers headed by Dr. Manmohan Singh?   1 Mr. Vilasrao Deshmukh   2 Mr. Kamal Nath   3 Ms. Ambika Soni   4 Mr. Rahul Gandhi     Ans:4

Q. As we all know, emission of certain gases is responsible for the level of Global Warming. Which of the following gases makes, maximum contribution in the same?   1 Ammonia   2 Oxygen   3 Carbon Dioxide   4 Nitrogen     Ans:3

Q. As per the National Food Security Act, how much wheat or rice, the people below poverty line, will get every month @ Rs. 3 per kg.?   1 10 kg.   2 15 kg.   3 20 kg.   4 25 kg.     Ans:4

Q. Which of the following is / are the objectives of the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat? (A) Greater emphasis on urban waste management and recycling. (B) Emphasis on use of items made of plastics and other such material and not of metals, as they need deep digging of earth. (C) It suggests incentive for use of public transportation more and more.   1 Only A   2 Only B   3 Both A & C   4 Both A & B     Ans:3

Q. Which of the following nations celebrated its first Republic Day on 29th May 2009?   1 Fiji   2 Bangladesh   3 Myanmar   4 Nepal     Ans:4

Q. Which of the following is the name of the international treaty which was signed by many nations to curb production of atomic bombs and other such Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)?   1 123 Agreement   2 Rio Declaration   3 Rotterdam convention   4 Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT)     Ans:4

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