1. Who was appointed as the new head of prestigious Bangla Academy?

a) Madhuri srivastava b) Nandini Gupta c) Mahashweta Devi d) Anjali Devi. 2. Who was conferred the with the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Award for InternationalUnderstanding 2010? a) Daniel Nestor b) Nicolas Sarkozi c) Angela Merkel d) Suzzane Al Houby 3. In whose memory a visiting professorship was launched by Oxford university? a) A.K. Pratap b) Vijay Batra c) Vinay Singh d) Sanjaya Lall 4. What is the name of a new non-linked health insurance plan launched by Life insurance corporation of India? a) Jeevan anand b) Jeevan suraksha c) Jeevan arogya d) None of the above 5. Who was elected as the president of the Bridge Federation of Asia and Middle East (BFAME) at its general council meeting? a) U S Bhartia b) K V Khanna c) AK Sinha d) CM Gupta 6. What is the name of the ambitious programme launched by the central government to provide free services to pregnant women for deliveries and neo-natal care, if needed, up to a month after birth? a) Matratva Suraksha Abhiyan b) Janani-Shishu Suraksha Karyakram c) Janani-Shishu Suraksha Yogana d) None of the above 7. Name the state which has declared that the minimum age for drinking hard liquor is 25 years. a) Madhya Pradesh b) Karnataka c) Gujarat d) Maharashtra 8. Name the place where the first bio-culture park of the country is going to be established. a) Bhubaneshwar b) Chennai c) Gangtok d) Ahemdabad 9. Name the Indian who was appointed as the head of UNs Change Mana gement Team (CMT). a) Anil gupta b) Vikram sinha c) Rajendra sinha d) Atul khare 10. Who was appointed as the Finance Secretary of the country replacing Sushama Nath? a) Varun kumar b) Ankit sinha c) Sunil mitra d) Sanjay agrawal 11. With which Chinese company Bharti airtel has signed a deal of worth $400 million for expanding its 2G and 3G network? a) Siemens b) Huaewi c) WiMA X d) None of the above 12. What is the name of the first local authority of UK to outsource jobs in India? a) Northamptonshire b) Nottinghamshire c) Birmingham City d) Hertfordshire 13. Where is Mapithel dam is situated? a) Tripura b) Assam c) West Bengal d) Manipur 14. What is Indias rank in global wealth creator countries? a) 6 b) 3 c) 4 d) 5 15. The 3 a) rd meeting of Asian Solar Energy Forum held in which country.

Bangkok b) Jordan c) Kuwait d) Dhaka

16. Who is the adviser to the PM on Public Information Infrast ructure and Innovation? a) Ankit Kumar b) Sam Pitroda c) Atul Jadav d) Manoj verma 17. When did the darkest lunar eclipse of the century occurred? th th th th a) 11 june b) 14 june c) 15 june d) 20 june 18. What do we mean by Cryo- Save? a) Eyes storage bank b) Stem cell storage bank c) Kidney storage bank d) Programe to save orphans 19. Who was appointed as the Brand ambassador for Cryo-Save? a) Lara Dutta b) Aishwarya Rai Bacchan c) Priyanka Chopra d) Mandira bedi 20. Name the Indian American teen who won the prestigious Spelling bee championship in Maryland U.S.? a) Aarti Jaganathan b) Anusha Sinha c) Sukanya Roy d) None of the above. 21. What is the name of the woman who was appointed as the Executive Editor of the New York Times in its 160 year history? a) Charlotte b) Anna Lynn c) Jill Ambramson d) Catherine Jones 22. Name the museum which was known as the greatest repository of the ancient greek art which was shut down recently due to engulfing economic crisis. a) National Mueseum Of Athens b) National Archaeological Mueseum Of Athens c) Archaeological Mueseum Of Athens d) None of the above 23. Who was appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of the ONGC? a) Sunil Chandra b) Rajiv Kumar c) Sudhir Vasudeva d) A N Pratap 24. L i Na winner of French open 2011 belongs to which country? a) japan b) Malaysia c) Indonesia d) China

25. Name the leatherback turtle who swims from Little Andaman island to Indonesian coast. a) Meena b) Sheela c) Gita d) Kamini 26. The first Mono rail corridor of India was planned between. a) Chembur to Wadala b) Jasai to Chimer c) Kalyan to Dombivli d) Mankule to Vashi 27. What is the name of the countrys first desi cruise liner? a) Aegean odyssey b) Amet Majesty c) MS Achille Lauro d) Amadea . 28. Name the ambitious project of the home ministry that will facilitate robust information-sharing among law enforcement agencies to combat terror threats at Home and Abroad. a) POWERCODE b) LAWE B c) NATGRID d) CODWARS 29. Which country will provide a loan of Rs.8,632 crore for Official Development Assistance? a) Russia b) China c) USA d) Japan 30. With which country firm Minemakers had NMDC signed up an agreement to develop Wonarah phosphate deposit. a) Brazil b) Austalia c) Argentina d) France 31. Which will be the first IT company to take off from the Tiruchi IT park at Navalpattu a) Stark international b) WiMAX communications c) Assyt international d) None of the above th 32.Which Indian city was selected for the 11 conference of the parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity in October 2012? a) Hyderabad b) Banaglore c) Delhi d) Chennai 33. Which eastern state has recently made the declaration of assets compulsory? a) Tripura b) Sikkim c) Mizoram d) Assam 34. Nataraja Ramakrishna who passed away recently was associated with which form of dance? a) Kuchipudi b) Odissi c) Bharatnatyam d) Kathak 35. How many districts was chosen by the N A B D for implementing a micro pension project for the rural poor? AR a) 12 b) 8 c) 15 d) 20

36. Who has been elected as the general secretary of the Progressive Writers Association (PWA)? a) Ali akhtar b) Ahmad ali c) Mohammed javed d) Ali javed 37. Who has acquired the software solutions business of Gen-I, a member of Telecom New Zealand Group? a) Microsoft b) Wipro c) Infosys d) None of the above 38. Who is the Director- General of Income Tax (Administration)? a) Anita kapur b) Vikrant sinha c) Veena sinha d) Krishna kant sinha 39. The famous Indian painter who died recently on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95 years? a) Bhamidipati Kameswara Rao b) Sukumar Ray c) Mohit Chattopadhyay d) M.F. Husain 40. Who has been elected to the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association? a) Nandita khanna b) Nitin Verma c) Naresh goyal d) Vineet kapoor 41. The senior-journalist of English tabloid Mid-day who covered underworld and who was shot dead recently. a) Jyotirmoy Dey b) Aakriti Agrawal c) Tiya Halder d) Tanaya verma 42. Where is the worlds largest refugee camp situated? a) Oman b) Kenya c) Russia d) Kazhakast an 43. Who won the Maldives badminton challenge 2011 as her maiden international title? a) Miyoshi Rao b) Komori Miki c) P.V. Sindhu d) Gao Grace 44. Which Indian Bird was listed in UNs 2011 Red List of Birds as it is facing the risk of extinction? a) Great Indian Bustard b) Red Headed Vulture c) Pangolin d) Acacia cernua 45. Who was appointed as the global head of Wipro BPO? a) Jatin Dalal b) Manish dugar c) K.M. Suryanarayana d) Vijay Kelkar 46. What is the name of the team of Sebastian Vettel for Grand Prix? a) Sauber-ferrari b) McLaren-Mercedes c) Ferrari d) Red Bull 47. India restarted its ferry services with which country after a gap of 28 years? a) Japan b) Indonesia c) Australia d) Sri lanka

48. What was Indias position in the recurve team event of the Archery World Cup stage II? st nd rd th a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4 49. Name the Indian American who was named as the Lewis Hester Chair in Engineering by the Virginia Tech Board of visitors? a) Roop Mahajan b) Satyendra nath c) Aniroodha Mishra d) Renana Jebvala 50. Where is Tal Chhapar sanctuary situated in India? a) Gujarat b) Rajasthan c) Maharashtra d) Karnataka 51. Name the Indian origin chef who won the Americas much-watched Top Chef Masters contest? a) Catherine cardoz b) Floyd Cardoz c) Mary Sue Milliken d) Traci Des Jardin 52. Which whose assistance the Pakistan Navy launched its 4 a) China b) Iran c) Sri lanka d) Japan 53. Landmark ILO treaty is associated with. a) Extradition of Criminals b) Trade Negotiations th F-22P Frigate warship?

c) Protect Domestic Workers

d) Rights of Labours

54. Who won the Singapore Super series? a) Saina Nehwal b) Xin wang c) Wang Yihan d) Shao Cheh Cheng 55. Which is the only state in India to launch Fisheries Insurance Policy? a) Bihar b) Goa c) Maharashtra d) Andhra Pradesh 56. Name the Anil Dhirubai Ambani Group stock which are out of the elite sensex index ? a) RCOM b) R-infra c) Both (a) and (b) d) None of the above 57. Which is the city which has highest child vulnerability index? a) Koraput b) Warangal c) Guntur d) Anantpur 58. Who won the Mauritius open Badminton championship? a) Liu Xiu b) Chiang Jiann c) Chetan Anand d) Y ihan Wang 59. Who was named as the director of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Massach usetts Intitute of Technology? a) Anant Agrawal b) Nikhil Sharma c) Vinay Agrawal d) Nitin Mishra 60. Ban ki-Moon belongs to which country. a) Japan b) South Korea c) North korea d) China 61. Which newspaper won the gold medal for India at Cannes Lions 2011 in the media lions Category? a) Maxus Mumbai b) Lodestar UM c) Nexus GM d) None of these 62. Which city of India is going to host the Auto World Expo 2011? a) Bangalore b) Chennai c) Delhi d) Mumbai 63. Who was honoured with INSEAD Award? a) Sunil Bharti Mittal b) Laxmi Niwas Mittal c) Ratan Tata d) None of the above 64. Who won the World food prize 2011? a) John Agyekum Kufuor b) Luiz Incio Lula da Silva c) Both a and b d) None of the above 65. Who is the chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes? a) Prakash Chandra b) Prateek Pratap c) Raghvav Kumar

d) None of the above

66. Which Indian site is going to be inscribed in World heritage list next year? a) Corbett national park b) Eastern ghats c) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary d) Western Ghats 67. Who was the first woman to be found guilty of genocide and indictment to rape by an international tribunal, UN court for Rwanda? a) Catherine hakizimana b) Pauline Nyiramasuhuko c) Candy habimana d) None of the above 68. Who is the Chief economic advisor of India? a) Pradeep kumar b) Nandita dayal c) Nandan nilekani d) Kaushik basu 69. In which state of India Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary can be found. a) Karnataka b) Kerala c) Goa d) Andhra Pradesh 70. Name the co-founder of Twitter who resigned recently?

a) Biz stone

b) Evan Williams c) Ben parr

d) Kara swisher

71. The most important number of world pi will be replaced by. a) Lau b) Chau c) Mau d) Tau 72. Who won the Indonesian super series? a) Saina nehwal b) Wang yihan c) Xin wang

d) Shixian WANG

73. Indian painter M.F. husain who died recently on June 9, 2011 at the age of 95 years was the citzen of? a) Qatar b) Indonesia c) USA d) U K 74. Who won the final of French open 2011 in women category? a) L i na b) Serena Williams c) Venus Williams d) Caroline Wozniaski 75. What is the deadline set up by Germany for the Nuclear shut down? 2022 c) 2025 d) 2027 a) 2020 b) 76. Michael Jack Nobbs, the newly appointed coach of Indian mens Hockey team belongs to which country? a) France b) England c) Netherland d) Australia st 77. Who has been named 1 woman IMF chief ? a) Christine Lagarde b) Mary Malcolmson c) Lady Pellat

d) Mary Casa

78. Who has joined as Advisor of Spime, a California based social location technology company? a) Nitin kumar b) Vinay singh c) Harjeet singh d) Vinod Dham 79. Which state in India is all set to give Bhagwt Gita as lessons starting July? a) MP b) UP c) Bihar d) Rajasthan 80. What is the new name of Indias largest 2-wheeler maker Hero Honda? a) Hero MotoCorp Ltd b) Hero Motors c) Hero bikes d) None of the above 81. Which software training major has decided to setup 100 One World centres in a years time? a) NID b) NIFT c) NIIT d) C-DA C 82. With which organization India signed an agreement to clean up Ganga river? a) IMF b) World bank c) International Development Assocition d) International Finance corporation 83. What is the name of the parliament of Bangladesh? a) Panchayat b) General assembly c) Jatiyo Sangsad d) None of the above

84. How many countries are the member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation? a) 5 b) 6 c) 7 d) 8 th 85. Where did the 10 summit of SCO take place? a) Astana b) Beijing c) Moscow d) Kabul 86. Muammar gaddafi is the ruler of which country? a) Libya b) Egypt c) Iran d) Qatar 87. Which company won the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the year 2011? a) ONGC b) BHEL c) SAIL d) None of the above 88. What is the name of the committee on small Savings formed by R BI? a) Gopinath committee b) Machendranathan committee c) Deshwal committee d) Chawla Committee 89. Who was confirmed by the U.S. senate as the representative of U.S. on the executive board of World Health organization? a) Dr. William Booth b) Dr. Wils Broom c) Dr. Nils Daulaire d) None of the above 90. Who will succeed Nirupama roy as the Foreign secretary of India? a) Vinod Mittal b) Sunil Mitra c) Ankit Rao d) Ranjan Mathai th 91. Who was elected as the president of the 66 session of the UN General Assembly? a) Abdul Naseer b) Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser c) Mohammed Abdul Naseer d) None of the above 92. Who was elected as the 8 a) Jos graziano da silva th Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation? b) Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser c) Alfredo Estafani d) Michael Fernando

93. Who was appointed as the new chairman, Railway Board and ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India? a) Vivek sahai b) Vinod ray c) Vinay mittal d) Vishal khanna 94. Who was appointed as the next Chief Vigilance Commissioner after PJ Thomas? a) Pradeep Kumar b) Satyendra nath c) M.V. Tanksale d) Raj Kumar sinha

95. a) 96. a)

After retiring from the post of foreign secretary Nirupama rao is going to be appointed as the foreign secretary of which country? USA b) U K c) Brazil d) Russia Who has been conferred with the prestigious Crans Montana Forum award? Sri Sri Ravi Shankar b) Jose manuel barroso c) Yaseer Arafatd) Shimon Peres

97. Who has been presen ted with the Indu Sharma Katha Samman? a) Vikram Sahay b) Nalin Surie c) Neena Paul d) Vikas Kumar Jha 98. What was the name of the worlds oldest lady who died recently? a) Martha jones b) Yingluck shinawatra c) Christine lagarde 99. Who sworn as the first lady Foreign minister in Pakistan? a) Hina Rabbani Khar b) Zainab zaidi c) Juthika saharia 100. World environment day was celebrated on? th th th th a) 10 July b) 15 July c) 17 July d) 11 July

d) Maria gomes valentim

d) Kaniza hussain