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Exam Year: 2007

  • Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test Cricket?
    1. Wasim Akram
    2. Glenn McGrath
    3. Richard Hadlee
    4. Courtney Walsh
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    3 and 4 only

    (c)

    1, 2 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Match List-I and Select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List-I(Person) List-II(Company)

    A. Vishwapati Trivedi 1. Essar Group
    B. Tulsi R. Tanti 2. Info Edge India (which runs naukri.com)
    C. Shashi Ruia 3. Indian (Indian Airlines)
    D. S. Bikhchandani 4. Suzlon Energy

    (a)

    2 4 1 3

    (b)

    3 1 4 2

    (c)

    2 1 4 3

    (d)

    3 4 1 2

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following places was associated with Acharya Vinoba Bhave’s Bhoodan Movement at the beginning of the movement?

    (a)

    Udaygiri

    (b)

    Rapur

    (c)

    Pochampalli

    (d)

    Venkatagiri

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of contribution of different sectors to the Gross Domestic Product of India?

    (a)

    Service-Industry-Agriculture

    (b)

    Service-Agriculture-Industry

    (c)

    Industry-Services-Agriculture

    (d)

    Industry-Agriculture-Services

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?

    (a)

    Journalism

    (b)

    International economics

    (c)

    Sustainable development

    (d)

    Child development

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Robert Webster is known for his work associated with which one of the following?

    (a)

    Cardiology

    (b)

    Influenza virus

    (c)

    HIV/AIDS

    (d)

    Alzheimer

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    MCA-21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?

    (a)

    Foreign direct investment in India

    (b)

    Attracting international tourists

    (c)

    e-governance

    (d)

    Modernization of airports

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • How is Gabriel Garcia Marquez well-known as?

    (a)

    Known for research in agriculture

    (b)

    A renowned football coach

    (c)

    A great writer who won the Nobel Prize for literature

    (d)

    Known for research in railway engineering

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • For which one of the following books did Kiran Desai win the Man Booker Prize 2006?

    (a)

    The Secret River

    (b)

    In the Country of Men

    (c)

    Mother’s Milk

    (d)

    None of the above

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs held in the Year 1957?

    (a)

    Minnowbrook (USA)

    (b)

    Rhode Island (USA)

    (c)

    Nova Scotia (Canada)

    (d)

    Nagasaki (Japan)

    Correct Answer:

    (c)