1. FIFA rankings released in August 2010 place which country at the top?
a. Netherlands
b. Germany
c. Brazil
d. Spain
2. This Indian navy warship caught fire and sunk at Bombay harbour after colliding with a Cypriot merchant ship
a. INS Sindhu
b. INS Vindhyagiri
c. INS Samrat
d. INS Samudra
3. August 15, 2010 was a landmark day for the Tata Group. Why?
a. Nano was chosen as the ‘Car of the Year’ by Auto Magazine.
b. The Taj Mahal hotel and palace reopened formally after the 26/11 attacks.
c. Tata group owned IDEA cellular operator achieved the target of 1 million subscribers.
d. TATA Steel acquired Exxon Steel in one of the largest takeovers of the year.
4. Who is the richest Indian according to the recently released Forbes’ annual list
a. Mukesh Ambani
b. Sunil Mittal
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Azim Premji
5. TATA group recently took Greenpeace; the environmental group to court on charges of defamation and trademark infringement. Greenpeace had used a logo similar to the TATA logo in a game hosted on their website. What is the game called?
a. Tattoo
b. TATA v. Turtle
c. Savior
d. High Seas
6. India became Asia's ....largest beer producer last year.
a. 3rd
b. 4th
c. 5th
d. 2nd
7. RBI recently approved the merger of which of this bank with ICICI?
a. Bank of Baroda
b. Oriental Bank of Commerce
c. Bank of Travancore
d. Bank of Rajasthan
8. Who became Forbes’ India Person of the Year, 2010?
a. Manmohan Singh
b. Ratan Tata
c. Mukesh Ambani
d. Nitish Kumar
9. Forbes Magazine has placed Sonia Gandhi … in a list of most powerful women.
a. 6th
b. 5th
c. 7th
d. 8th
10. Harvard topped the list of ‘Billionaire Universities’ in 2010. How many of its alumni are billionaires?
a. 65
b. 43
c. 62
d. 36
11. Sun Pharma's subsidiary Surya Pharamaceuticals recently acquired this US-based pharmaceutical brand
a. Pfizer
b. Tachyon
c. ActivOn
d. Alcyon
12. Which former Microsoft employee recently joined Google as Head of India region?
a. K. Madhav
b. Tamim Iqbal
c. Santosh Saxena
d. Rajan Anandan
13. World Bank recently signed a $220 million agreement with the Bihar government for the Kosi Recovery Project. What does the project aim to do?
a. Build 3 small dams on Kosi to increase the land under irrigation.
b. Build 1 large dam for generation of electricity.
c. Rebuild areas affected by the 2008 floods.
d. Build 600 kms of canals leading outward from the Kosi river basin.
14. RSA Insurance Group plc made a 5 billion pound failed takeover attempt of this insurance group's general insurance business
a. Metlife
b. Lloyd’s
c. GIC
d. Aviva
15. Who led India in Women’s Hockey World Cup last year?
a. Surinder Kaur
b. Deepika Murthy
c. Sonam Chautala
d. Komal Singh
16. Maruti Suzuki launched 5 CNG models last year. Which of the following wasn’t one of them?
a. Alto
b. Swift
c. SX4
d. Eeco
17. Former Union Carbide Chairperson Keshub Mahindra was recently in news because
a. He didn’t get the Padma Bhusan award in 2002 because of a pending CBI investigation
b. The Congress govt. asked CBI investigators to drop all charges against him.
c. CBI reopened investigation against him on charges of destroying evidence and falsifying records.
d. He publicly apologized to the Bhopal gas tragedy victims in a press conference.
18. Who was elected as the Hockey India President last year?
a. Pargat Singh
b. Narinder Batra
c. Vidya Stokes
d. Samsher Singh
19. K.M. Mathew passed away recently. Who was he?
a. Tainted Kerala Minister against whom a CBI investigation on corruption charges was pending.
b. The founder of Malayala Manorama daily.
c. The former chief of Vigilance Commission
d. The architect of internet based services in India.
20. This Bharat Ratna classical musician/singer died recently
a. Lata Mangeshkar
b. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi
c. Hari Prasad Chaurasia
d. Afzal Khan
21. Which Indian was awarded the Crystal award of the World Economic Forum?
a. A.R. Rehman
b. Aishwarya Rai
c. Manmohan Singh
d. Sonia Gandhi
22. This former head of state was recently denied visa to enter India to attend a seminar
a. Hussain Muhammad Ershad
b. Chandrika Kumaratunga
c. Pervez Mussharaf
d. Girija Prasad Koirala
23. This 290 km range supersonic cruise missile was recently test fired by India in December 2010 from Chandipur off the Orissa coast.
a. Ashtra
b. Prithvi II
c. BrahMos
d. Agni III
24. Who has been voted as the Women’s Tennis Player of the year?
a. Kim Clijsters
b. Serena Williams
c. Justine Henin
d. Francesca Schiavone
25. S. Ramadorai of TCS fame recently became an advisor to the Prime Minister. What would he advise the PM on?
a. IT Security
b. IT based business
c. Skill development
d. Infrastructure development
26. Who has been selected for the National Communal Harmony Award?
a. Aruna Roy
b. Nargis Begum
c. Acharya Lokesh Muni
d. All of the above
27. Nicole Faria won which of the following crowns
a. Miss Earth 2010
b. Miss Universe 2010
c. Miss World 2010
d. Miss Earth 2011
28. Which country won the Davis Cup for the first time in its history in 2010 beating France?
a. Australia
b. Japan
c. Russia
d. Serbia
29. This American airline company was convicted for the crash of Air France Flight 4590 in 2000?
a. PanAm
b. Delta Airlines
c. Concorde
d. Continental Airlines
30. This book was recently sold for a record price of 7.3 million pounds at an auction making it the most expensive book ever.
a. The Londoner’s Bible
b. A guide to self-discovery
c. The cult
d. Birds of America
31. China created the Confucius Peace Prize in 2010 to oppose the Nobel Peace Prize. Who has it been awarded to
a. Liu Xiaobo
b. Hu Jintao
c. Lien Chan
d. Ma Ying-jeou
32. David Warren who passed away recently was related with
a. Black box in aeroplanes
b. AT&T
c. Bhopal Gas tragedy
d. Hollywood
33. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a. Navin Chawla
b. BB Tandon
c. N. Gopalswami
d. S.Y. Quraishi
34. The Railway Budget 2010 – 2011 added a provision to run a train across the country to mark the 150th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. What is the name of the train?
a. Maitri Express
b. Bharath Tirth
c. Sanskriti Express
d. Janmabhoomi Express
35. Nobel Prize 2010 in Literature was awarded to whom?
a. Liu Xiaobo
b. Mario Vargas Llosa
c. Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov
d. Akira Suzuki
36. The G-20 Summit was recently held in
a. Vienna
b. London
c. Pittsburgh
d. Toronto
37. The Indian government’s “Operation safe homecoming” deals with the evacuation of Indians from which of this country
a. Japan
b. Egypt
c. Bahrain
d. Libya
38. Notified jurisdictional Areas are more commonly known as
a. SEZs
b. Free Trade Zones
c. Tax havens
d. Territorial seas
39. Which among the following country has secured a place among Top Five destinations for FDI as well as Top five investor countries in the recently released World Investment Prospects Survey 2010-2012 by UNCTAD?
a. India
b. China
c. Maldives
d. Singapore
40. Which of the following country was the host of First Asian Yoga Championship held recently?
a. Thailand
b. Cambodia
c. Malaysia
d. India
41. Which according to Economic Times is India’s top dividend paying company?
a. Reliance
b. Tata Steel
c. ONGC
d. Infosys
42. Why is Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta well known for?
a. Armed Forces Tribunal
b. Debt Recovery Tribunal
c. Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (Central Bench)
d. National Green Tribunal
43. The Indian Income Tax Act, 1961 is proposed to be replaced with which of the following from next year?
a. Revenue Code
b. Indian Revenue Act
c. Indian Tax Code
d. Direct Taxes Code
44. The Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) has been established under which among the following departments of Government of India?
a. Department of Telecommunication
b. Department of Civil Aviation
c. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
d. None of the above
45. Kuno Palpur Wildlife Sanctuary, which is being proposed as a new home for some relocated Gir lions from Gujarat, is located in which among the following states?
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Jharkhand
46. The President’s pardoning powers stem from which article of the Constitution
a. Article 73
b. Article 72
c. Article 75
d. Article 112
47. Anant Pai who recently died was the creator of which of the following
a. Chandamama
b. Chacha Chaudhary
c. Amar Chitra Katha
d. Nagraj
48. In the UNFCCC convention at which among the following places, the decision to set up a "Green Climate Fund" was taken in the later half of 2010?
a. Copenhagen
b. Cancun
c. Poznan
d. Bali
49. In which of the following states of India, world's first Global Center for Nuclear Energy Partnership was started a few months back?
a. Haryana
b. Rajasthan
c. Gujarat
d. Maharashtra
50. The Isher Judge Ahluwalia committee, which recently submitted its report is related to which among the following?
a. Privatization of water resources
b. Urban Infrastructure
c. Safety standards in nuclear plants
d. Corporate governance
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