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

GK Update Part III - CLATraining Handbook

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.       3^rd

b.      4^th

c.       5^th

d.      2^nd

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.       6^th

b.      5^th

c.       7^th

d.      8^th

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