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Exam Year: 2007

  • Where is the famous Vijaya Vittala temple having its 56 carved pillars emitting musical notes located?

    (a)

    Belur

    (b)

    Bhadrachalam

    (c)

    Hampi

    (d)

    Srirangam

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • The National Housing Bank was set up in India as a wholly-owned subsidiary of which one of the following?

    (a)

    State Bank of India

    (b)

    Reserve Bank of India

    (c)

    ICICI Bank

    (d)

    Life Insurance Corporation of India

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Who among the following is Chile’s First woman President?

    (a)

    D. Ortega

    (b)

    M. Bachelet

    (c)

    E. Morales

    (d)

    A. Garcia

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Which one of the following is also known as Top Slip?

    (a)

    Simlipal National Park

    (b)

    Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary

    (c)

    Manjira Wildlife Sanctuary

    (d)

    Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • What was the purpose of the Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India?

    (a)

    Helping Indonesia in its efforts to rehabilitate the victims of earthquake in that country

    (b)

    Evacuating the Indian Nationals from Lebanon during the conflict in the Middle East

    (c)

    Assisting United Nations in its efforts to help the civil war victims in the Darfur region of North Africa

    (d)

    Providing a relief package to farmers after a spate of suicides by other farmers in Andhra Pradesh

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • In which one of the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?

    (a)

    Hoshangabad

    (b)

    Raipur

    (c)

    Sambalpur

    (d)

    Warangal

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?

    (a)

    Prevention of weakening due to ageing

    (b)

    Flow of genetic information

    (c)

    Immunology and disease resistance

    (d)

    Adult stem cell research

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic oceans?

    (a)

    Colombia

    (b)

    Costa Rica

    (c)

    Guatemala

    (d)

    Nicaragua

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • In which one of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Central being set up?

    (a)

    Chennai

    (b)

    Hyderabad

    (c)

    Pune

    (d)

    Gurgaon

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • How is Steve Fossett known as?

    (a)

    as a crocodile hunter

    (b)

    For completing the longest nonstop flight around the globe

    (c)

    For swimming across Atlantic Ocean

    (d)

    For climbing Mt. Everest without any co-climber

    Correct Answer:

    (b)