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In the case of a test tube baby.

(1) Fertilization takes place inside the test tube (2) Development of the baby takes place inside the

test tube body

(3) Fertilization takes place outside the mother's (4) Unfertilized egg develops inside the test tube Answer - 3
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Who elects the President of India?

(1) Lok Sabha (2) Rajya Sabha (3) People of India (4) Parliament and State Assemblies Answer - 4

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The Fundamental Duties were incorporated in the Constitution of India by the

(1) First Amendment (2) Tenth Amendment (3) Thirty-second Amendment (4) Forty-second Amendment Answer -4

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The speed of light will be minimum while passing through

(1) glass (2) vacuum (3) air (4) water Answer -1

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The time taken by the Sun to revolve around the center of our galaxy is
(1) 50 mn years (2) 100 mn years (3) 250 mn years (4) 365 mn years

Answer 3

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The oldest monarchy in the world is that of

(1) Nepal (2) U K (3) Spain (4) Japan Answer - 4

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The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college consisting of

(1) only elected members of both Housed of Parliament (2) only Rajya Sabha members (3) all members of Parliament and State Legislative

Assemblies
(4) all members of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha

Answer - 4

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In which one of the following states of India is it legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
(1) Nagaland (2) Goa (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Arunachal Pradesh Answer- 2

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Where did Buddha die?

(1) Lumbini (2) Kusinagara (3) Pavapuri (4) Magadha Answer - 2

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What was the main difference between the Indus Valley Civilization and Vedic Civilization?
(1) Indus Valley Civilization was urban, while the Vedic Civilization

was rural.

(2) "Pipal" tree was worshiped in Indus Valley Civilization, while

"Burgad" tree was worshiped in Vedic Civilization. in the Vedic Age was on religion.

(3) The main emphasis in Indus Valley Civilization was on trade while (4) Indus Valley Civilization believed in non-violence while Vedic

Civilization had no hard and fast rules about violence.

Answer 1

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India has different categories of Commercial banks. Which of the following is not one such category ?

(1) Private Banks

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Commodity Banks Nationalized Banks Co-operative Banks Foreign Banks

Answer 2

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) recently imposed a restriction on money flow in equity through P-Notes. What is the full form of P-Notes ?

(1) Permanent Notes

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Purchase Notes Participatory Notes Private Notes None of these

Answer 3

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Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian cricket team which won the Twenty20 World Cup2007 ?

(1) Yuvraj Singh

(2) (3) (4) (5)

M.S. Dhoni Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly None of these

Answer 2

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The money which Government of India spends on the development of infrastructure in country comes from which of the following sources?

(A) Loan from World Bank/ ADB, etc.

(B) Taxes collected from the people. (C) Loan from the RBI. (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) Both A & B (5) All A, B & C
Answer- 5
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Which of the following organizations / agencies has established a fund known as Investor Protection Fund

(1) SEBI

(2) (3) (4) (5)

NABARD Bombay Stock Exchange Ministry,.\of Health None of these

Answer- 1

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Which of the following departments of the Government of India is helping banks in disbursement of rural credit by the banks ?

(1) Railways

(2) (3) (4) (5)

State Road Transports Posts & Telegraph Ministry of Health None of these

Answer 5

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Which of the following types of banks are allowed to operate foreign currency accounts ?

(A) Foreign Banks

(B) Regional Rural Banks (C) Nationalised Banks (1) Only A (2) Only B (3) Only C (4) All A, B & C (5) None of these
Answer- 3
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Majority of rural people still prefer to go to which of the following for their credit needs ?

(1) Money lenders

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Foreign banks NABARD RBI All of these

Answer - 1

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Which of the following countries does not play international cricket ?

(1) Russia

(2) (3) (4) (5)

England South Africa Pakistan India

Answer 1

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Which of the following countries in the world is the biggest consumer of gold ?

(1) USA

(2) Bangladesh (3) Russia (4) India (5) None of these

Answer - 5

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Many times we read in financial newspapers about FII. What is the full form of FII ?

(1) Final Investment in India

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Foreign Investment in India Formal Investment in India Fair Institutional Investment Foreign Institutional Investment

Answer 5

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The financial markets of which of the following countries were badly affected by sub prime crisis ?

(1) Russia

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Brazil UK USA None of these

Answer 3

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One of the former Prime Ministers of which of the following countries was detained in house arrest for a short period after his/her return from a long exile ?

(1) Germany

(2) (3) (4) (5)

France Pakistan Brazil None of these

Answer - 3

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Which of the following countries is facing problem of strike by the workers of the transport, electricity and gas companies as the present Government of the country has decided to end the pension to these workers ?

(1) USA

(2) (3) (4) (5)

France China Nepal None of these

Answer 2

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Benazir Bhutto is associated with which of the following political parties ?

(1) Muslim League

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Pakistan Peoples Party Pakistan National Congress Islamic Movement of Pakistan None of these

Answer 2

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Manmohan Singh called George Bush to explain the difficulties he is having in implementing agreements related with which of the following with USA ?

(l)Supply of Sugar

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Civilian Nuclear Cooperation Purchase o Fighter Planes Purchase of Gas/Petroleum None of these

Answer - 2

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Which of the following countries recently decided to launch a military action in Northern Iraq where many Kurdish PKK fighters are based and they are killing people from that country ?

(1) India

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Afghanistan Pakistan Bangladesh Turkey

Answer 5

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The Orange Coalition Government was formed once again in which of the following countries ?
(1) Russia

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Ukraine France Germany None of these

Answer - 2

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As reported in papers the UN World Food Programmed stopped distributing food in Mogadishu town after its local head was abducted by the government soldiers of the country. Mogadishu is the capital town of

(1) Tanzania

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Turkey Cuba Libya Somalia

Answer 5

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Who amongst the following leaders from USA visited Israel and Palestinian West Bank so that a solution to the Israel and Palestinian problem can be worked out ?

(1) George Bush

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Al Gore Bill Clinton Condoleezza Rice None of these

Answer 4

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Which of the following countries is not elected by the UN General Assembly on the non-permanent seats of the UN Security Council w.e.f. January 2008?

(1) Libya

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Vietnam Croatia Costa Rica Pakistan

Answer 5

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Which of the following countries is not happy with the USAs decision to award a Congressional Medal to Dalai Lama of Tibet

(1) India

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Pakistan Nepal Myanmar China

Answer 5

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Justine Henin won the Womens Singles US Open Tennis Championship 2007 after defeating

(1) Svetlana Kuznetsova

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Sania Mirza Dinara Safina Mathalie Dechy None of these

Answer 1

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India won the ONGC Nehru Cup Football Tournament 2007 by beating

(1) Syria

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Pakistan Britain France None of these

Answer 1

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Who amongst the following is selected for Basava Award (2006-07) by the Karnataka Government ?

(1) Manmohan Singh

(2) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (3) Sonia Gandhi (4) Pratibha Patil (5) None of these

Answer 2

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Shinzo Abe who was on a visit to India in recent past is the

(1) Prime Minister of South Korea

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Prime Minister of North Korea Prime Minister of Japan President of South Korea None of these

Answer 3

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Abdullah Guls name was in news recently as he has taken over as the President of

(1) Turkey

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Sudan Afghanistan Pakistan None of these

Answer 1

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Hem Dutta who was honored with the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhawana Award 2007 is a famous

(1) author

(2) (3) (4) (5)

social activist player film producer scientist

Answer 2

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Asafa Powell who created a new world record in 100 metres race is a citizen of

(1) Jamaica

(2) (3) (4) (5)

South Africa India USA South Korea

Answer 1

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The World Athletics Championship 2007 was organised in

(1) Beijing

(2) (3) (4) (5)

New Delhi Osaka Dhaka London

Answer 3

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Who amongst the following got third position in long jump event of the Bayer International Athletics Meet held in Germany in 2007 ?

(1) Shiny Wilson

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Anju Bobby George Neha Sanwal Prajakta Sawant None of these

Answer 2

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As per the recent agreement between India and one other country the Indian Rupee can be easily swapped with

(1) Taka

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Riel Kyat Yen Rubble

Answer 5

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The Government of India put a ban on export of which of the following commodities at the price below the price of the same in domestic market ?

(1) Steel

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Chemical Fertiliser Pharma products Electronic goods None of these

Answer 1

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Indias Foreign Exchange Reserves declined sharply in recent past. What was the main reason for the same ?
(1) Heavy demand of the same by foreign tourists

(2) Import of wheat from Pakistan & South Korea (3) Appreciation of Rupee Value (4) Instability in coalition government in Centre (5) None of these
Answer 3

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Which of the following is a public sector unit ?

(1) TCS

(2) (3) (4) (5)

ICICI Bank TESCO BHEL All of these

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Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Meet was organized in September 2007 in

(1) New Delhi

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Beijing Tokyo London Sydney

Answer 5

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Who amongst the following was the Captain of the Indian hockey team who won Asia Cup 2007 held in Chennai ?

(1) Baichung Bhutia

(2) (3) (4) (5)

Dilip Tirkey Pankaj Advani Manavjit Singh Sandhu None of these

Answer 5

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India launched which of the following satellites in September 2007 ?

(1) EDUSAT

(2) METSAT (3) CROSAT-IIB (4) INSAT-4CR (5) None of these

Answer 4

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