1. Who is the present Vice-President of the United States?

A- John McCain
B- Joe Biden
C- Sarah Palin
D- Al Gore

2. The riots in China in July 2009 were in which region?

A- Uighur
B- Kaohsiung
C- Guangdong
D- Shaanxi

3. Who in our present Union Cabinet is an MBBS doctor?

A- S M Krishna
B- Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss
C- Farooq Abdullah
D- A K Antony

4. Who is the first Indian to win a Super Series tournament in Badminton?

A- Aparna Popat
B- Saina Nehwal
C- Jwala Gutta
D- Madhumita Bisht

5. What portfolio does Shashi Tharoor hold in the Union Cabinet?

A- MoS External Affairs
B- Union Min- Urban Development
C- MoS- Renewable Energy
D- Union Min- Overseas Indian Affairs

6. Who wrote the book Q & A, which inspired the storyline of Slumdog Millionaire?
A- Pavan K Verma
B- Ronen Sen
C- Vikas Swarup
D- V K Krishna Menon

7. In 2009, Shah Rukh Khan was conferred an honorary doctorate in arts and culture by
which British University?
A- DuMontfort Univ
B- Univ of Bedfordshire
C- Manchester Univ
D- Falmouth College of Arts

8. Who won the 2009 British Open Golf?

A- Stewart Cink
B- Retief Goosen
C- Padraig Harrington
D- Miguel Angel Jimenez

9. Who was the Man of the Series in the 2009 ICC World T20 held in England?
A- Shahid Afridi
B- Tillakaratne Dilshan
C- Kumar Sangakkara
D- Jacques Kallis

10. Who is India’s first woman Foreign Secretary?

A- Meira Kumar
B- Nirupama Rao
C- Chokila Iyer
D- Vijayalaksmi Pandit

11. Which is the highest award for non-resident Indians given out by the Ministry of
Overseas Indian Affairs every year?
A- Sarvashresth Nagrik
B- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
C- Prasiddh Videsh Nivasi
D- Bharat Jyoti

12. The 2010 Ryder Cup will be held in which country?

A- Wales
B- USA
C- Spain
D- England

13. Who is ranked No 1 currently in the WTA circuit?

A- Jelena Jankovic
B- Dinara Safina
C- Serena Williams
D- Victoria Azarenka

14. Who is the youngest minister in the current Indian Union Cabinet?
A- Jyotiraditya Scindia
B- Sachin Pilot
C- Agatha Sangma
D- Muhammed Hamdulla Sayeed

15. Which is the largest state in India, in terms of area?

A- Madhya Pradesh
B- Rajasthan
C- Andhra Pradesh
D- Gujarat

16. Which of the following is not a member of the ASEAN?

a) Indonesia
b) Brunei
c) Thailand
d) Sri Lanka

17. What is the difference between the monetary value of exports and imports of output in
an economy over a certain period known as?
a) Balance of Records
b) Balance of Trade
c) Balance of Payments
d) Exim Balance

18. Match the following:

Year:
1) 2012
2) 1964
3) 1952
4) 1988
Olympic host cities: i) Tokyo ii) London iii) Seoul iv)Helsinki

a) 1-ii, 2- iv, 3-i, 4-iii

b) 1-ii, 2- i, 3-iii, 4-iv
c) 1-i, 2- iii, 3-iv, 4-ii
d) 1-ii, 2- i, 3- iv, 4-iii

19. Which is the second largest court at the US OPEN? It was the main stadium till Arthur
Ashe Stadium was inaugurated in 1997.
a) Virginia Wade Stadium
b) Grandstand Stadium
c) Louis Armstrong Stadium
d) Stadium 4.
20. Along with Sussex Sharks, which is the second team from England to qualify for the
upcoming Champions League 20/20 series in October?
a) Kent Spitfires
b) Somerset Sabres
c) Middlesex Crusaders
d) Lancashire Foxes

21. Who constructed the fifth and the last storey of Qutub Minar?
a) Qutubuddin Aibak
b) Iltutmish
c)Feroz Shah Tuglaq
d) Md. Gaznavi

22. What is the name of the controversial book written by Jaswant Singh, which released in
August 2009?
a) Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
b) Secular and Nationalist Jinnah
c) Memories of Jinnah
d) Jinnah: His personality and his politics

23. What is a narrow, navigable channel of water that connects two larger navigable bodies
of water called?
a) Isthmus
b) Strait
c) Gulf
d) Bay

24. Which upcoming film has the tagline: -“A Love Story”?
a) Capitalism
b) All about Steve
c) District -9
d) New York, I Love You

25. Recently deceased YSR Reddy was elected to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha
from which constituency for four consecutive terms?
a) Kurnool
b) Nallamala
c) Pulivendula
d) Kadapa

26. The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Sardar Patel and the 7th was L.K. Advani.
Who was the second?
a) Morarji Desai
b) Jagjeevan Ram
c) Y. Chavan
d) Chaudhary Charan Singh.

27. What is the name of the Operating System developed by Google for Mobile Phones?
a) Google Chrome OS
b) Symbian
c) Android
d) Leopard

28. Who controls the financial holding company – Fininvest?

a) Donald Trump
b) Warren Buffett
c) Rakesh Jhunjunwaala
d) Silvio Berlusconi
29. What is a pejorative term for a country that is politically unstable, dependent on limited
agriculture and ruled by a small, self-elected, wealthy, and corrupt clique?
a) Banana Republic
b) Mango Republic
c) Kangaroo Republic
d) Ghost Republic

30. Who of the following is not an alumnus of Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy?
a) Andre Agassi
b) Maria Sharapova
c) Boris Becker
d) Roger Federer

31. The athlete with the lowest aggregate time at the end of each day wears the Yellow
Jersey. Which sporting event are we talking about?
a) Formula 1 Racing
b) Marathon
c)Tour De France
d) None of these

32. Who holds the record for taking 50 wickets in the least number of One Day
Internationals?
a) Ajit Agarkar
b) Ajanta Mendis
c) Bret Lee
d) Waqar Younis

33. Who was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke award for 2009?
a) Lata Mangeshkar
b) Bhupen Hazarika
c) Yash Chopra
d) Tapan Sinha

34 What is the line on a weather map of constant atmospheric pressure drawn on a given
reference surface known as?
a) Isotope
b) Isobar
c) Isometric
d) Isomer

35. Which is the deepest known Oceanic trench?

Hint: Trench - Any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom in which
maximum oceanic depths occur
a) Mariana Trench
b) Java Trench
c)Deep Blue Trench
d) South Sandwich Trench

36. East India Company was incorporated by the royal charter during the reign of which
ruler in India?
a) Akbar
b)Jehangir
c)Shah Jahan
d)Humayun

37. Carat is the unit of weight for diamonds and certain other precious gems. How much is 1
carat?
a) 250 milligram
b) 500 milligram
c) 100 milligram
d) 200 milligram
38. Who unwittingly got involved in Cattlegate scandal because of his twitter updates?
a) Salman Rushdie
b) Shashi Tharoor
c) Manmohan Singh
d) Sonia Gandhi

39. Tata Teleservices have collaborated with which Japanese carrier?

a) Nippon
b) Mitsibushi
c)DoCoMo
d)None of these

40. Which Bharat Ratna awardee recently turned 80?

a) Abdul Kalam
b)Lata Mangeshkar
c)Lal Krishan Advani
d)None of these

41. Who is the managing director of HDFC Bank?

a) Deepak Parikh
b) Aditya Puri
c) K. V. Kamath
d) A. M. Naik

42. What is the name of the hybrid electric car which GM would launch by 2010 end?
a) Prius
b)Electra
c)Volt
d)Reva

43. Who was the the first IAS officer to later become Chief Minister of a state?
a- Ajit Jogi- Chhattisgarh
b- Gegong Apang- Arunachal Pradesh
c- K. Bangarappa- Karnataka
d- Naveen Patnaik- Orissa

44. Who is India's first and only Chief Minister to pass out of an IIT?
a- Sheila Dikshit
b- M G Ramachandran
c- Manohar Parriker
d- Jagjivan Ram

45. Who is known as the father of English Poetry?

a- Geoffrey Chaucer
b- John Milton
c- John Keats
d- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

46. Which is the oldest language still in circulation?

a- Telegu
b- Greek
c- Tamil
d- Punjabi

47. Who has won his maiden International Tennis Federation (ITF) title at Delhi Lawn Tennis
Association on April 25, 2009?
a- Yuki Bhambri
b- Vishnu Vardhan
c- Leander Paes
d- Gaurav Natekar

48. Which Shyam Benegal’s movie was inspired by the White Revolution of India?
a-Ankur
b- Nishant
c- Manthan
d- Bhumika

49. Which of the following country does not use rupee as their country?
a- Nepal
b- Afghanistan
c- Burma
d- Thailand

50. Which is the only Nobel Prize that is not presents at Stockholm?
a- Chemistry
b- Peace
c- Physics
d- Literature

51. The FERA in India has now been replaced by

a- FEBA
b-FESA
c- FEMA
d- FEDA

52. What was the key reason for the failure of the Bharati-MTN merger deal?
a- Reluctance on the part of the Indian Govt
b- Reluctance on the part of the South African Govt
c- Issues raised by the employees of MTN
d- The dual listing of shares as required by the South African government

53. Jack Dorsey is the co-founder of which internet portal?

a- Twitter
b- Facebook
c- Linkedin
d- MySpace

ANSWERS:-

1. B- Joe Biden
2. A- Uighur
3. C- Farooq Abdullah
4. B- Saina Nehwal
5. A- MoS External Affairs
6. C- Vikas Swarup
7. B- Univ of Bedfordshire
8. A- Stewart Cink
9. B- Tillakaratne Dilshan
10. C- Chokila Iyer
11. B- Pravasi Bharatiya Samman
12. A- Wales
13. B- Dinara Safina
14. C- Agatha Sangma
15. B- Rajasthan
16. d) Sri Lanka
17. b) Balance of Trade
18. d) 1-ii, 2- i, 3- iv, 4-iii
19. c) Louis Armstrong Stadium
20. b) Somerset Sabres .
21. c) Feroz Shah Tuglaq
22. a) Jinnah: India-Partition-Independence
23. b) Strait
24. a) Capitalism
25. d) Kadapa
26. a) Morarji Desai
27. c) Android
28. d) Silvio Berlusconi
29. a) Banana Republic
30. d) Roger Federer
31. c) Tour De France
32. b) Ajanta Mendis
33. d) Tapan Sinha
34. b) Isobar
35. a) Mariana Trench
36. a) Akbar
37. d) 200 milligram
38. b) Shashi Tharoor
39. c) DoCoMo
40. b) Lata Mangeshkar
41. b) Aditya Puri
42. c) Volt
43. a- Ajit Jogi- Chhattisgarh
44. c- Manohar Parriker - The former Goa CM is an alumnus of IIT- Powai,
Mech Engineering batch of 1978.
45. a- Geoffrey Chaucer
46. c- Tamil
47. a- Yuki Bhambri
48. c- Manthan
49. d- Thailand
50. b- Peace , Nobel Peace Prize is presented at Oslo, Norway
51. c- FEMA
52. d- The dual listing of shares as required by the South African government
53. a- Twitter