1. Following the Maldives example, cabinet ministers of which of the following countries conducted their meeting at an unusual place recently to highlight the effects of global warming ?
(A) Tuvalu (B) Sri Lanka (C) South Africa (D) Nepal
2. The United Nations (UN) has declared 2010 as the—
(A) International Year of Youth (B) International Year of Renewable Energy
(C) International Year of Eco-Tourism (D) International Year of Biodegradable Material
3. Ben Bernanke has been named ‘Person of the Year’ by the prestigious Time magazine. The current profile of Ben Bernanke is—
(A) Chairman, NASDAQ (B) President, World Bank (C) Chairman, US Federal Reserve
(D) Director-General, WTO
4. Cape Canaveral, the site from which space shuttles are launched, is located in the state—
(A) Florida (B) Virginia (C) North Carolina (D) South Carolina
5. As per the State of Forest Report-2009, what fraction of India’s area is covered by forests ?
(A) 17•92% (B) 21•02% (C) 23•84% (D) 25•96%
6. Who is the Secretary of the International Monetary Fund ?
(A) Indira Mathur (B) AT Vashishtha (C) Siddharth Tiwari (D) None of these
7. Who is the first Goodwill Ambassador of the ‘Smile Train’, an international charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery to children in need ?
(A) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (B) Katrina Kaif (C) Angelina Jolie (D) None of these
8. Asia’s biggest solar power plant has been recently unveiled at—
(A) Japan (B) Indonesia (C) Malaysia (D) Taiwan
9. India had recently landed its Moon Impact Probe on the Moon. Among the following countries, which one has landed such a probe on the Moon earlier ?
(A) Australia (B) Canada (C) China (D) Japan
10. With which company did India’s largest IT firm Tata Consultancy Services sign a two year multimillion dollar deal recently ?
(A) Infosys (B) SAP IG (C) Singapore People’s Association (D) Citigroup
ANSWER
Q | A | Q | A |
1 | D | 6 | C |
2 | A | 7 | A |
3 | C | 8 | D |
4 | A | 9 | D |
5 | C | 10 | C |
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