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Question 1 |
A new technology which provides the ability to create an artificial world and have people interact with it is called–
Televirtuality | |
Virtual reality | |
Alternate reality | |
3-D reality |
Question 2 |
Which organization was set up to boost overall rural development in India?
RBI | |
SEBI | |
SIDBI | |
NABARD | |
PFRDA |
Question 3 |
Identify the mismatched pair
STATE GOVERNOR
Goa B.V.Wanchoo | |
Uttarakhand Aziz Qureshi | |
Maharashtra K.Sankaranarayanan | |
Rajasthan Margaret Alva | |
Gujarat H.R.Bharadwaj |
Question 4 |
Who was given the Phalke Ratna Award in May 2012?
Manoj Kumar | |
Shashi Kapoor | |
Rishi Kapoor | |
Amitabh Bachchan | |
None of these |
Question 5 |
Hillary Clinton visited India in May 2012. She is the United States?
Secretary of State | |
Defense Secretary | |
Commerce Secretary | |
Treasury Secretary | |
None of these |
Question 6 |
X-rayswere discovered by–
Faraday | |
Roentgen | |
H. Davy | |
Lavoisier |
Question 7 |
The book 'Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India' was in news some time back and was banned in some Indian States including Gujarat. The author of the book is–
Joseph Lelyveld | |
Michael Ondaatje | |
Jack Welch | |
Duncan Green |
Question 8 |
Viswanathan Anand won the world chess championship for the fifth time in Moscow in May 2012 by defeating which of the following players?
Magnus Carlsen | |
Vladimir Kramnik | |
Boris Gelfand | |
Vassily Ivanchuk | |
None of these |
Question 9 |
Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was sold for a record $ 120 million at an auction in May 2012. Munch belonged to which of the following countries?
Sweden | |
Denmark | |
Poland | |
Ukraine | |
Norway |
Question 10 |
Who was awarded the Ernst & Young Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the emergence of financial Services in India?
Deep Kalra | |
Deepak Parekh | |
Anand Burman | |
Analjit Singh | |
N.Chandrasekaran |
Question 11 |
Kuchipudi is a dance-drama associated with the State of–
Assam | |
Andhra Pradesh | |
Odisha | |
Manipur |
Question 12 |
As per the latest 'Sample Registration Survey Report' released some time back by the Census Office at New Delhi, there has been a significant improvement in the 'Newborn Mortality Rate' per 1000 live births in India during the period 1990-2009. What has been the percentage drop during this period ?
33% | |
29% | |
35% | |
42% |
Question 13 |
Where was the largest literary festival in Asia-Pacific held in January 2012?
Hyderabad | |
Jaipur | |
Mumbai | |
Kolkata | |
Chandigarh |
Question 14 |
Goolam Vahanavati was reappoi-nted to which of the following posts for two more years with effect from June 8, 2012?
Chief Election Commissioner | |
Attorney General | |
Solicitor General | |
Central Vigilance Commissioner | |
None of these |
Question 15 |
The DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2012 was given to Shehan Karunatilaka for his book 'Chinaman'. To which country does this author belong?
Nepal | |
Bhutan | |
Thailand | |
India | |
Sri Lanka |
Question 16 |
Glass is a–
Pure solid | |
Supercooled liquid | |
Gel | |
Polymer |
Question 17 |
Rusting of iron requires–
Oxygen and carbon dioxide | |
Oxygen and water | |
Carbon dioxide only | |
Oxygen only |
Question 18 |
Which is the largest bank in the private sector in India in terms of number of branches?
HDFC Bank | |
ICICI Bank | |
Axis Bank | |
IndusInd Bank | |
Kotak Mahindra Bank |
Question 19 |
Laurent Lamothe became the Prime Minister of which of the following countries on May 16, 2012?
Cuba | |
Jamaica | |
Barbados | |
Haiti | |
Dominican Republic |
Question 20 |
Who among the following is not a recipient of Dadasaheb Phalke Award ?
V. Shantaram | |
Raj Kapoor | |
Mukesh Bhatt | |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Question 21 |
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute is located at–
Pune | |
Delhi | |
Nagpur | |
Chennai |
Question 22 |
Who among the following was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2012?
Ronen Sen | |
N.Vittal | |
T.V.Rajeshwar | |
Shabana Azmi | |
Dharmendra |
Question 23 |
The secret operation carried out successfully by the US Navy Seals, in which Osama Bin Laden, the world's most wanted terrorist was killed, was code-named as–
Jasmine | |
Rose | |
Geronimo | |
Cobra |
Question 24 |
Jana Gana Mana, India's National Anthem, completed 100 years recently. It was sung for the first time at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress on which of the following dates?
January 24, 1912 | |
January 26, 1912 | |
December 27, 1911 | |
December 25, 1911 | |
None of these |
Question 25 |
Uranium eventually decays into a stable isotope of–
Radium | |
Thorium | |
Lead | |
Polonium |
Question 26 |
A parallel port is most often used by a–
Printer | |
Monitor | |
Mouse | |
External storage device |
Question 27 |
Electrostatic precipitator is used to control–
Air pollution | |
Water pollution | |
Solid waste | |
Noise pollution |
Question 28 |
Which of the toxic heavy metals is found in modem tannery industries ?
Nickel | |
Zinc | |
Chromium | |
Lead |
Question 29 |
Which of the following contains high content of lead ?
Coal | |
Cooking gas | |
High octane fuel | |
Low octane fuel |
Question 30 |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was sworn in the President of which of the following African countries for the second time on January 16, 2012?
Malawi |
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