Indonesia
Myanmar
Japan
China
2. Which US based airline has been condemned for frisking former President APJ Abdul Kalam?
American Airlines
Air Vegas
Air Wisconsin
Continental Airlines
3. The Supreme Court has issued a notice to Maharashtra in a petition filed by … for allegedly installing five gates at Babli reservoir.
Gujarat
Andhra Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
4. On the occasion of … anniversary of NASA's first human landing, US President Barack Obama met crew members of Apollo 11.
40th
46th
56th
41st
5. India and the United States finalised three hi-tech agreements during the visit of US Secretary of State ….
Robert Gates
Hillary Clinton
George Mitchell
Rosa Rios
6. What is the name of the typhoon which hit Taiwan and has devastated the island?
Maria
Bolaven
Yagi
Morakot
7. President Pratibha Patil was present at the Queen's Baton Relay launch ceremony for the XIXth Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi in 2010. Where will the relay launch happen?
Leeds
Essex
London
Devon
8. This cricketer is the top tax payer in the Indian cricket team.
Sachin Tendulkar
MS Dhoni
Yuvraj Singh
Virender Sehwag
9. "You felt that you and the maoists were fighting the same class enemy." Which politician has claimed that the CPM government didn't take suitable action against maoists?
Rahul Gandhi
Mamata Banerjee
Dr Manmohan Singh
P Chindambaram
10. With a 7.8 magnitude earthquake, New Zealand has moved closer to Australia by ….
1.2 cm
1.2 inch
12 cm
12 inch
11. "I'm no saint," who has said this, hassled by a scandal?
French president Nicolas Sarkozy
Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi
US President Barrack Obama
Russian President Vladimir Putin
12. Massive protests were reported from ..., where the defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called for the annulment of the election results.
Iraq
Iran
Afghanistan
None of the above
13. India was knocked out of the ICC Twenty20 by ....
Bangladesh
England
Australia
South Africa
14. Name the deputy speaker for the Lok Sabha?
Meira Kumar
Karia Munda
Pawan Kumar Bansal
None of the above
15. Eminent playwright Habib Ahmed Khan, who died recently following a brief illness, had the pen name ....
Raja
Gulab
Tanvir
None of the above
16. … is the new attorney-general for the next three years.
Gaurav Banerjee
M Chandrasekhar
S Prabhakaran
GE Vahanvati
17. Name the leader of the pro-Western alliance that won the parliamentary elections in Lebanon.
Saad Hariri
Nabih Berri
Rafik Hariri
none of the above
18. Padamsinh Patil, NCP leader who has been arrested in connection with murder of Congress leader Pawanraje Nimbalkar, is an MP from ….
Sholapur
Kolhapur
Nashik
Osmanabad
19. In the Outlook-GfK Mode Survey of top professional colleges, this institute tops the chart in engineering colleges.
IIT-Kanpur
IIT-Kharagpur
IIT-Delhi
IIT-Mumbai
20. Noted theatre personality Habib Tanvir, who died recently, wrote this popular play.
Tughlaq
Agra Bazaar
Anju Mallige
Ghasiram Kotwal
Answers: 1.b 2.d 3.b 4.a 5.b 6.d 7.c 8.a 9.d 10.d 11.b 12.b 13.b 14.b 15.c 16.d 17.a 18.d 19.b 20.b
