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Exam Year: 2007

  • Basel II relates to which one of the following?

    (a)

    International standards for safety in civil aviation

    (b)

    Measures against cyber crimes

    (c)

    Measures against drug abuse by sportspersons

    (d)

    International standards for measuring the adequacy of a bank’s capital

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Recently, the European Union and other six countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project. Which one of the following was not a signatory to it?

    (a)

    Canada

    (b)

    China

    (c)

    Japan

    (d)

    USA

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?

    (a)

    Chang La

    (b)

    Jara La

    (c)

    Nathu La

    (d)

    Shipki La

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which one of the following is not a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation?

    (a)

    Russia

    (b)

    Kazakhstan

    (c)

    Ukraine

    (d)

    Uzbekistan

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • With reference to the steel industry in India in the recent times, consider the following statements:
    1. Vizag Steel Plant (RINL) has been declared Mini Ratna.
    2. Merger of IISCO with SAIL has been completed.
    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October, 2006?

    (a)

    China and South Africa

    (b)

    India and South Africa

    (c)

    South Africa and Botswana

    (d)

    Saudi Arabia and South Africa

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Who among the following wrote the book – Ayodhya: 6 December 1992?

    (a)

    Chandra Shekhar

    (b)

    P.V. Narasimha Rao

    (c)

    Jaswant Singh

    (d)

    Arun Shourie

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • With reference to the international meeting held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
    1. NAM Summit : Havana
    2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
    3. EU-India Summit : Helsinki
    4. UN Climate Change Conference : Geneva
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    1 and 3 only

    (c)

    1, 2 and 3

    (d)

    2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • NASA’S Deep Impact space mission was employed to take detailed pictures of which comet nucleus?

    (a)

    Halley’s Comet

    (b)

    Hale-Bopp

    (c)

    Hyakutake

    (d)

    Tempel 1

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • The Stilwell Road, built in 1940s, which was recently in news, connects which of the following?

    (a)

    Agartala in India and Yangon in Myanmar via Bangladesh

    (b)

    Ledo in India and Kunming in China via Myanmar

    (c)

    Kalimpong in India and Lhasa in Tibet via Bhutan

    (d)

    Imphal in India and Bangkok in Thailand via Myanmar

    Correct Answer:

    (b)