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Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

Modern History › Freedom Movement Personalities

2008

Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

Options

(a)

Al-Hilal

(b)

Comrade

(c)

The Indian Sociologist

(d)

Zamindar

Answer

(A)
Off Topics › Books

Off Topics › Books

2008

Who among the following translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?

Options

(a)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

(b)

Lal Bahadur Shastri

(c)

Choudhary Charan Singh

(d)

Gobind Vallabh Pant

Answer

(B)
Off Topics › Books

2008

Who among the following wrote the poem ‘Subh-e Azadi’?

Options

(a)

Sahir Ludhiyani

(b)

Faiz Ahmed Faiz

(c)

Muhammad Iqbal

(d)

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Answer

(B)
Off Topics › Books

2008

Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writing relating to which one of the following?

Options

(a)

Historical monuments in India

(b)

Regional dance in India

(c)

Himalayan expeditions

(d)

Wildlife in India

Answer

(C)
Off Topics › Miscellaneous

Off Topics › Miscellaneous

2008

Among the Indian languages, which one is spoken maximum in the world after Hindi?

Options

(a)

Telugu

(b)

Tamil

(c)

Bengali

(d)

Malayalam

Answer

(C)
Off Topics › Miscellaneous

2008

The term ‘prisoner’s dilemma’ is associated with which one of the following?

Options

(a)

A technique in glass manufacture

(b)

A term used in shipping industry

(c)

A situation under the Game Theory

(d)

Name of a supercomputer

Answer

(C)
Off Topics › National,International Prize(Not Nobel)

Off Topics › National,International Prize(Not Nobel)

2008

Consider the following statements:
1. Orange Prize is awarded to a work of published fiction in English by a woman.
2. Pulitzer Prize is awarded by the Commonwealth Foundation to a citizen of any Commonwealth country for any literary work in English.

Options

(a)

1 only

(b)

2 only

(c)

Both 1 and 2

(d)

Neither 1 nor 2

Answer

(A)
Off Topics › Person in News

Off Topics › Person in News

2008

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List-I (Person) – List-II (Area).
A. K.P.Singh 1.Banking
B. Vikram Pandit 2.Fiction writing
C. Roopa Farooki 3. Retail business
D. Kishore Biyani 4. Real estate

A B C D A B C D
(a) 4 2 3 1 (a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 3 2 1 4 (b) 4 1 2 3

Options

(a)

4-2-3-1

(b)

3-2-1-4

(c)

3-2-1-4

(d)

4-2-1-3

Answer

(B)
Off Topics › Person in News

2008

Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Francis Collins: Mapping human genome
2. Sergey Brin: Google Search Engine
3. Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

Options

(a)

1 and 2 only

(b)

2 and 3 only

(c)

3 only

(d)

1,2 and 3

Answer

(C)
Off Topics › Person in News

2008

Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country. Which is that country?

Options

(a)

Chile

(b)

Argentina

(c)

Colombia

(d)

Venezuela

Answer

(B)

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