GK Update Part IV - CLATraining Handbook

1.      Which of the following events was NOT a part of the Commonwealth Games, 2010?

a)      Football

b)      Lawn Bowls

c)      Rugby Sevens

d)     All of the above

2.      The Commonwealth is comprised of how many countries?

a)      54

a)      53

b)      71

c)      51

3.      Which Indian golfer was the first one to win a US PGA Tour title?

a)      Gaganjeet Bhullar

b)      Jyoti Randhawa

c)      Arjun Atwal

d)     None of the above

4.      On which of the following is the movie “Social Network” based?

a)      Facebook

a)      Orkut

b)      Twitter

c)      MySpace

5.      Which of the following countries hosted the 2011 AFC Asian Cup football tournament?

a)      Qatar

b)      Saudi Arabia

c)      Japan

d)     Malaysia

6.      What is the name of the first ever Indian film production to be made in China?

a)      1962 – A tragedy?

b)     Gold Struck

c)      Chinese Democracy

d)     Memoirs of a Geisha

7.      What has December 14 been declared as in India?

a)      National Wildlife Conservation Day

b)     National Energy Conservation Day

c)      National Water Conservation Day

d)     None of the Above

8.      The recently approved Matritva Sahyog Yojna to provide financial aid to pregnant women has been named after which of the known Indian politician?

a)      Jawaharlal Nehru

b)     Indira Gandhi

c)      Mamta Banerjee

d)     Sarojini Naidu

9.      Who is the Central Vigilance Commissioner who has been subject to much media attention recently?

a)      P. J. Thomas

b)      R Sri Kumar

c)      J M Garg

d)     Suresh Kalmadi

10.  Which of the following won the US Open 2010 Women’s Singles title?

a)      Vera Zvonareva

b)     Kim Clijsters

c)      Venus Williams

d)     Caroline Wozniacki

11.  Which of the following won the US Open 2010 Men’s Singles title?

a)      Novak Djokovic

b)     Rafael Nadal

c)      Roger Federer

d)     Mikhail Youzhny

12.  Which of the following won the US Open 2010 Women’s Doubles title?

a)      Vania King and Yaroslava Shvedova

b)      Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova

c)      Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs

d)     None of the Above

13.  Which of the following won the US Open 2010 Men’s Doubles title?

a)      Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan

b)      Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi

c)      Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach

d)     Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski

14.  Which of the following won the Australian Open 2011 Men’s Singles title?

a)      Roger Federer

b)     Novak Djokovic

c)      Andy Murray

d)     Rafael Nadal

15.  Which of the following won the Australian Open 2011 Men’s Singles title?

a)      Serena Williams

b)     Kim Clijsters

c)      Caroline Wozniacki

d)     Vera Zvonareva

16.  Which of the following won the Australian Open 2011 Men’s Doubles title?

a)      Bob Byran and Mike Bryan

b)      Mahesh Bhupathi and  Leander Paes

c)      Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor

d)     Lukasz Kubot and Oliver Marach

17.  Which of the following won the Australian Open 2011 Women’s Doubles title?

a)      Gisela Dulko and Flavia Pennetta

b)      Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik

c)      Liezel Huber and Nadia Petrova

d)     Victoria Azarenka and Maria Kirilenko

18.  Which wrestler won the Gold Medal at the World Wrestling Championship in September?

a)      Sushil Kumar

b)      Alan Gogaev

c)      Hasanov Jabrayil

d)     None of the above

19.  The 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup was won by?

a)      Argentina

b)      Netherlands

c)      Germany

d)     Australia

20.  Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD)-2011 was organized in which city?

a)      New Delhi

b)      Mumbai

c)      Kolkata

d)     Chennai

21.  Which former judge of the ICJ was recently appointed to head the Kishanganga arbitration court?

a)      Stephen Schwebel

b)      Rosalyn Higgins

c)      Ian Brownlie

d)     None of the above

22.  India’s first seaplane service is nomenclature as?

a)      Jal Hans

b)      The Naval Amphibian Service

c)      Vayu Jal

d)     None of the above

23.  The film Social Network won the best picture award at which of the following?

a)      Golden Globes Award

b)      The Academy Awards

c)      BAFTA Awards

d)     All of the above

24.  The war game of “Nomadic Elephant” was conducted with which country recently?

a)      China

b)      United States of America

c)      Mongolia

d)     Israel

25.  From 2004 until 2010, India’s average quarterly GDP Growth was?

a)      8.4%

b)      9.7%

c)      6.5%

d)     7.5%

26.  Which country is the global host for the World Environment Day as chosen by the UN?

a.      India

b.      Germany

c.       Australia

d.      Brazil

27.  The mascot of the FIFA 2010 WC was?

a.       Yingying

b.      Zakumi

c.       Footix

d.      Ato, Kaz and Nik

28.  The mascot of the ICC 2011 WC was?

a.      Stumpy

b.      Stylo

c.       Shera

d.      Tiggy

29.  The mascot of the Commonwealth games was?

a.       Stumpy

b.      Stylo

c.       Shera

d.      Tiggy

30.  The duration of the XI Five Year Plan in India is?

a.       2006-2011

b.      2007-2012

c.       2008-2013

d.      2009-2014

31.  What is the G-8 Muskoka Initiative related to?

a.      Maternal and Child Health

b.      Global Warming

c.       Nuclear Proliferation

d.      International Terrorism

32.  Which of the following service providers was the first to introduce 3G in India?

a.       Vodafone

b.      BSNL

c.       Airtel

d.      DOCOMO

33.  The Human Development Index for the year 2010 was topped by?

a.       The Netherlands

b.      Switzerland

c.       Norway

d.      The United States of America

34.  India’s rank in the HDI for the year 2010 is?

a.      119

b.      63

c.       105

d.      91

35.  The G20 summit on finance in October 2010 was held in?

a.       Germany

b.      United Kingdom

c.       Brazil

d.      South Korea

36.  Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana (RGUMY) recently launched an “udyami helpline”. Whom does it concern benefitting?

a.       Pregnant Mothers and Child Care

b.      Agricultural investors

c.       Small and new entrepreneurs

d.      Mutual Funds

37.  The GST to be introduced in 2011 is taxation for?

a.      Goods and services

b.      Gold and Silver

c.       Only Agricultural goods like grocery

d.      None of the above

38.  The winner of the Lal Bahadur Shastri Award 2010 for Excellence in Public Administration Academia and Management is?

a.       Arindam Chaudhuri

b.      Aruna Roy

c.       Zia Modi

d.      Anil Ambani

39.  The Public Service Guarantee Act was first legislated by?

a.       Maharashtra

b.      Gujarat

c.       Karnataka

d.      Madhya Pradesh

40.  The Chief of the National Green Tribunal constituted in 2010 is?

a.       K. G. Balakrishnan

b.      Lokeshwar Singh

c.       Anil Lokur

d.      A. V. Sikri

41.  The recently declared ‘National Heritage Animal’ is?

a.       Tiger

b.      Lion

c.       Elephant

d.      Leopard

42.   IFPRI’s Global Hunger Index 2010 places which country at the top?

a.      DR Congo

b.      Zimbabwe

c.       Ethiopia

d.      Haiti

43.  IFPRI’s Global Hunger Index 2010 places India at which rank?

a.       11

b.      29

c.       21

d.      18

44.  The HDI 2010 places which country at the bottom?

a.       Haiti

b.      Zimbabwe

c.       Ethiopia

d.      D R Congo

45.  Which country is NOT among the playing 14 at the ICC WC 2011?

a.      Bermuda

b.      Canada

c.       The Netherlands

d.      Ireland

46.  The opening ceremony of the ICC WC 2011 was held at?

a.      Bangabandhu National Stadium

b.      Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium

c.       Shere Bangla National Stadium

d.      None of the Above

47.  The rupee symbol is based on which script?

a.       Nastaʿlīq script

b.      Roman Script

c.       Devnagri Script

d.      Both (c) and (b)

48.  The Man Booker Prize 2010 for fiction was won by?

a.       Yann Martel

b.      Howard Jacobson

c.       J. K. Rowling

d.      Vikram Seth

49.  The Noble Prize 2010 winner in medicine is?

a.       Liu Xiaobo

b.      Mario Vargas Liosa

c.       Robert Edwards

d.      Akira Suzuki

50.  Who among the following won The Nobel Prize 2010 for Physics ?

a.       Konstantin Novoselov

b.      Andrei Geim

c.       Both of the above

d.      None of the above