1. A 300-feet high statue of this Maratha icon will be erected in the Arabian Sea, facing the Marine Drive in Mumbai.
a. Chhatrapati Shivaji
b. Balaji Vishwanath
c. Balaji Bajiro
d. Nana Sahed
2. Najib Razak has been chosento succeed as the new Prime Minister of…
a. Bangladesh
b. Malaysia
c. Bhutan
d. Thailand
3. Gorkha Janamukti Morcha’s demand for separate state of Gorkhaland in associated with…
a. Assam
b. Sikkim
c. West Bengal
d. Manipur
4. Santosh trophy is associated with...
a. Hockey
b. Tennis
c. Badminton
d. Football
5. The 2008 edition of UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 2008) was hosted by Austria and....
a. Switzerland
b. Poland
c. France
d. Germany
6. The total number of teams participating in Euro 2008 is....
a. 8
b. 12
c. 16
d. 24
7. You will associate Saina Nehwal with…
a. Polo
b. Cricket
c. Badminton
d. Tennis
8. The robotic spacecraft on a space exploration mission Mars under the Mars Scout Program by NASA is…
a. Phoenix
b. Atlanta
c. Discovery
d. None of these
9. Name of Indian organisation chosen by the United Nations to receive the Red Ribbon awards for outstanding community leadership and action in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
a. People Like Us
b. Sanghamitra
c. Sankalp Rehabilitation Trust
d. All the above
10. Which of thes is a Gujjar Leader?
a. Sachin Pilot
b. Karori Singh Bainsla
c. Both a and b
d. Neither a nor b
11. This Pakistani cricketer was detained at Dubai airport on suspicion of carrying drugs recently.
a. Mohammad Asif
b. Shoaib Akhtar
c. Yuhus Khan
d. Rao Iftikar
12. The total number of members of Nuclear Supplier Group is….
a. 35
b. 40
c. 45
d. 65
13. Which of the following countries at present is not a signatory to Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NTP) along with India…
a. Israel
b. Pakistan
c. North Korea
d. All the above
14. This Indian state has decided to move the Centre to change it’s name and its language
a. Orissa
b. Andhra Pradesh
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Jharkhand
15. Pulijanmam, which bagged the National Award for best film, is directed…
a. Priyanandan
b. Priyadarshan
c. Sathyan Anthikkad
d. Sankaran Nair
16. This film was adjudged the most popular film providing wholesome entertainment in the National Awards.
a. Rang De Basanti
b. Lage Raho Munnabhai
c. Eklavya
d. Krrish
17. The Director of Bollywood film Traffic Signal has won the National award for best direction.
a. Prakash Jha
b. Vikram Bhatt
c. Madhur Bhandarkar
d. Vishal Bharadwaj
18. At the National awards, this Bengali actor won the best actor award for his role in Pudokkhep.
a. Soumitra Chatterjee
b. Shayan Munshi
c. Uttam Kumar
d. None of these
19. She has been appointed as the SAARC goodwill ambassador for HIV/AIDS programme for SAARC countries,
a. Shabana Azmi
b. Sushmita Sen
c. Sharmila Tagore
d. Jaya Bachan
20. With which state would you associate Hrudaya Spanadna Scheme…
a. Karnataka
b. Tamil Nadu
c. Kerala
d. Chhattisgarh
21. International Conference on ‘Towards a World Free of Nuclear Weapons; was recently held in …
a. Mumbai
b. New Delhi
c. Banglore
d. Chennai
22. This person has called Delhi ‘crass’.
a. CM Sheila Dixit
b. Actor Aamir Khan
c. Lyricist Javed Akhtar
e. Writer Arundhati Roy
23. The South Asian Football Federation Cup 2008, held recently in Maldives and Sri Lanka, was won by….
a. Pakistan
b. Sri Lanka
c. Maldives
d. Afghanistan
24. The 2009 edition of SAFF Championship will be held in
a. India
b. Bhutan
c. Bangladesh
d. Nepal
25. This Bollywood actor received the Ecowarrior awards for contribution to the environment and wildlife.
a. Shahrukh Khan
b. Saif Ali Khan
c. John Abraham
d. None of these
26. This US university recently conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Letters degree to British author JK Rowling.
a. Cambridge University
b. Bostom University
c. Stanford University
d. Havard University
27. Ji Xianlin, who was conferred the Padma Bhushan award recently for inspiring love for Indian culture among his countrymen, is a national of …
a. South Korea
b. China
c. Tibet
d. India
28. The final of the French Open men’s single title was played between….
a. Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic
b. Rogar Federer and Rafael Nadal
c. Rogar Federer and Gael Monfils
d. Novak Djokovic and Gael Monfils
29. The 2008 French Open saw the last appearance of former Would No.1 Gustavo Guga Kuerten. Guga is a national of…….
a. Brazil
b. Sweden
c. The US
d. France
30. The title of French Open women’s singles for 2008 went to Ana Ivanovic. She defeated…in the finals.
a. Svetlana Kuznetsova
b. Maria Sharapova
c. Jelena Jankovic
d. Dinara Safina
31. The pair of Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna defeated Daniel Nestor and Nenand Zimonic to win the French Open men’s double title 2008. Cuevas is a national of…
a. Uruguay
b. Italy
c. Canada
d. Australia
32. The defending champion of Euro 2008suffered humiliating ouster in the first round.
a. Argentina
b. Greece
c. Portugal
d. England
33. The 2008 Canadian Grand Prix was won by BMW Sauber’s…..
a. Kimi Raikkonen
b. Robert Kubica
c. Lewis Hamilton
d. Felipe Massa
34. India has agreed to rebuild the Sitwe port, which will be a ‘build, transfer, and use’ (BTU) project, at a cost of $120 million. The port is located in….
a. China
b. Nepal
c. Bangladesh
d. Myanmar
35. The 7,516-km long Indian coastline is along nine states and…Union Territories
a. four
b. three
c. two
d. none
36. This Indian golfer recently clinched the Austrian Open title.
a. Jyoti Randhawa
b. Arjun Atwal
c. PG Sethi
d. Jeev Milkah Singh
37. This management institute from India has recently been accredited by European Quality Improvement System.
a. IIM-A
b. IIM-B
c. ISM
d. MDI
38. The state government approved the inclusion of 24 special castes under the other backward classes (OBC), denotified and nomadic tribes and special backward categories.
a. Bihar
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Rajasthan
d. Maharashtra
39. Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik’s work—a polar bear on top of a globe praying”save my family”—has won the first prize in a competition on ‘Sculpture on Global Warming’.Pattnaik is a……
a. sand artist
b. singer
c. actor
d. none of these
40. The International Indian Film Academy Awards(IIFA) 2008 function was held in…
a. Bangkok
b. Tokyo
c. Dubai
d. None of these
41. The best movie award of HFA went to….
a. Chak De India
b. Jab We Met
c. Gandhi My Father
d. Metro
42. The awardee for best comedian at IIFA 2008 was…..
a. Paresh Rawal
b. Govinda
c. Aksay Kumar
d. Rajpal Yadav
43. Republican party nominee John Sidney McCain is a senator from
a. Massachusetts
b. Hawaii
c. Arizona
d. Florida
44. This country, after a cut in its defence budget, asked India to follow its example.
a. Pakishtan
b. Nepal
c. Sri Lanka
d. Bangladesh
45. The Ministry of food processing industries has declared the year….as food safety and quality year.
a. 2007-08
b. 2008-09
c. 2009-10
d. None of these
46. Pramod Deo has been appointed as the chairman of
a. Central Electricity Regulatory Commission
b. Central Vigilance Commission
c. Union Public Service Commission
d. National Human Rights Commission
47. Centre of Indian Trade Unions is the trade wing of……
a. BJP
b. Congress
c. CPM
d. Shiv Sena
48. The Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar for 2008 has recently been awarded to ….
a. Jagdish Bagla
b. RK Pachauri
c. Maneka Gandhi
d. None of these
49. This country recently refused to supply uranium to India unless it signs the NPT.
a. australia
b. Iran
c. Cuba
d. France
50. Who was the man of the series in the tri-nation cricket tournament in Dhaka?
a. Salman Butt
b. Younis Khan
c. Umar Gul
d. Sohaib Tanvir
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