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2010: The Year That Was - Compiled by Reshma Majithia

1. A violent unrest in a certain state of India resulted in the central government agreeing to the demand for creation of a new state. Name the proposed state.
a. Marathwada
b. Telengana
c. Vidarbha
d. Hyderabad

2. A nuclear facility of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) reported sabotage. This questioned the internal security norms across nuclear plants in the country. Name the nuclear plant where the sabotage took place.
a. Kaiga Nuclear Plant
b. Kakrapara Nulcear Plant
c. Tarapur Nuclear Plant
d. Kundankulam Nuclear Plant

3. Which of the following companies has acquired a 12 percent stake acquisition in the Bangalore International Airport Ltd?
a. Wipro
b. Tata AIG
c. GVK Power Ltd.
d. Reliance Anil Dhirubhai
Ambani Group

4. Which country is set to become the largest economy globally by 2050 after China and the United States?
a. Brazil
b. India
c. Russia
d. Germany

5. A Belgian politician, he has been the Prime Minister of Belgium since December 30, 2008. Recently he became the first permanent President of the European Union (EU). Name him.
a. Herman Van Rompuy
b. Yves Leterme
c. Guy Verhofstadt
d. Jean-Luc Dehaene

6. The UN Climate summit held at Copenhagen between December 5-18, 2009 aimed to bring a new world climate deal in place of an earlier climate agenda which had taken effect on the 5th of February, 2005 and is slated to expire in 2012. Name this deal.
a. Tokyo Protocol
b. Kyoto Protocol
c. Beijing Protocol
c. Moscow Protocol

7. Who among the following has been ranked among the top five best performing CEOs in the world by Harvard Business Review (management magazine)?
a. Anil Ambani
b. Mukesh Ambani
c. Lakshmi Mittal
d. Ratan Tata

8. An Indian film actor, he is one of the most prominent figures in the history of Indian cinema. He is the current brand ambassador for Gujarat. Identify him.
a. Naseeruddin Shah
b. Shahrukh Khan
c. Amitabh Bachchan
d. Om Puri

9. Who is the secretary of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)?
a. Rajiv Shah
b. Neal Kumar Katyal
c. Aneesh Paul Chopra
d. Vivek Kundra

10. An Indian politician and a communist, he served as the chief minister of West Bengal from 1977 to 2000 making him the longest serving chief minister of any Indian state. He passed away on January 17, 2010. Identify him.
a. Ajoy Mukherjee
b. Anil Biswas
c. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
d. Jyoti Basu

11. Who has been elected as President of Sri Lanka for the second time in a row?
a. Chandrika Kumaratunga
b. Mahinda Rajapaksa
c. Gen. Sarath Fonseka
d. Dayananda Dissanayaka

12. He is a Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, editor and inventor, he scooped the best director prize at the Golden Globes for his 3-D science fiction blockbuster ‘Avatar’. Name him.
a. James Cameron
b. David Cronenberg
c. Gary Burns
d. Bruce McDonald

13. Which car has won the Autocar India 2010 ‘Car of the Year’ award?
a. Toyota Fortuner
b. Fiat Grande Punto
c. Tata Indigo Manza
d. Tata Nano

14. Who has been conferred with the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian honour for the year 2010 for Trade and Industry?
a. Prathap Chandra Reddy
b. Jairam Ramesh
c. KP Singh
d. S M Krishna

15. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Title in the women’s single category, her 5th tournament title and 12th Grand Slam overall?
a. Serena Williams
b. Venus Williams
c. Maria Bueno
d. Justine Henin

16. Who won the academy award for best actor for his work in Crazy Heart at the 2010 Oscars?
a. Horst Koehler
b. Jeff Bridges
c. Daniel Day-Lewis
d. Heath Ledger

17. UN chief Ban Ki-moon has appointed _________ as police adviser for the department of peace making operations, which makes her the first woman to hold this top rank.
a. Brenda Barnes
b. Anne Mulcahy
c. Ann-Marie Orler
d. Anne Lauvergeon

18. _______ is the first state in India to introduce a bill guaranteeing the right to health and well-being.
a. Himachal Pradesh
b. Uttar Pradesh
c. Madhya Pradesh
d. Assam

19. Who is the world’s richest person in 2010 according to Forbes?
a. Bill Gates
b. Carlos Slim
c. Warren Buffet
d. Mukesh Ambani

20. Which of the following countries witnessed a terrible and rare tragedy when it lost several
of its key public figures, including the President and heads of all three national armed forces, in a air crash?
a. Finland
b. Norway
c. Ukraine
d. Poland

21. Who has been awarded the prestigious Abel Prize in Mathematics for 2010 for his vast and lasting impact on the theory of numbers?
a. John Torrence Tate
b. Mikhail Gromov
c. William Beckner
d. John G. Thompson

22. Thousands of air travelers were stranded in remote locations and all flights over Europe grounded when ash from a volcanic eruption spread a plume over Northern Europe causing serious air traffic disruption. The incident estimated to have caused the aviation industry billions of dollars in losses and a total logistical collapse. Where did the eruption take place?
a. Russia
b. Norway
c. Iceland
d. Sweden

23. President Barack Obama has appointed one of the three co-founders of Yahoo!, as a member of the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. Name the person.
a. Paul Allen
b. Jerry Yang
c. Srinija Srinivasan
d. Sergey Brin

24. Which mobile service provider in India launched the ‘Save our Tigers’ campaign?
a. Loop
b. Airtel
c. Aircel
d. Idea

25. __________ is the mascot for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.
a. Zakumi
b. Jumbo
c. Gauchito
d. TBA

26. Name the legendary Indian-origin banker who has come under the scanner for his role in the huge insider-trading scam within the Galleon Hedge Fund in the USA.
a. Vikram Pandit
b. Rana Talwar
c. Victor Menezes
d. Rajat Gupta

27. The entire global business community was shocked by the sudden demise of renowned global management guru C K Prahalad on April 16, following a brief ailment. Hailed as one of the landmark figures in corporate strategy, Dr. Prahalad has several path-breaking business titles to his credit. Which of the following books did he author?
a. Outliers
b. In Search of Excellence
c. The New Age of Innovation
d. Too Big To Fail

28. Thailand’s anti-government protesters, whose sieges and rallies against the government in power created a zone of violence and civil war in the country, they are popularly referred to as the______
a. Red Shirts
b. Thai Tornadoes
c. Blue Brigade
d. Bangkok Hurricane

29. Who is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom?
a. Gordon Brown
b. David Cameron
c. Tony Blair
d. John Major

30. Fortune Magazine and management consultant Hay Group have ranked it as one of the world’s 10 “most admired” companies this year. The rankings was based on many factors, including innovation, people management, use of corporate assets, financial soundness, long-term investment and global competitiveness. Name the company.
a. Essar Steel
b. ArcelorMittal
c. Tata Steel
d. Jindal Steel and Power

31. __________ was the mascot of the XIX Commonwealth Games 2010
a. Keyano, a Swan Hills Grizzly
Bear
b. Shera, a Royal Bengal
Tiger
c. Matilda, the Kangaroo
d. Kit, a Cat

32. Which of the following countries has voted for a law that would ban women from wearing the full Islamic face veil in public?
a. Bhutan
b. Belgium
c. Denmark
d. The Philippines

33. Essar Energy, part of the Essar group, has launched an initial public offer (IPO) in one of the largest stock exchanges in the world to raise as much as $2.5 billion to fund its expansion plans. Name the stock exchange.
a. NASDAQ
b. Tokyo Stock Exchange
c. New York Stock Exchange
d. London Stock Exchange

34. The 40-year-old became the undisputed World champion in 2007 and defended his title against Russian Vladimir Kramnik in 2008, thereby becoming the first player in chess history to win the world title in three different formats: knock-out, tournament and match. He won the World Chess Championship this year. Name him.
a. Dibyendu Barua
b. Sriram Jha
c. Parimarjan Negi
d. Viswanathan Anand

35. An American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers has recently overtaken Microsoft as the biggest tech company. Name the company
a. Intel
b. IBM
c. Hewlett-Packard
d. Apple

36. Which of the following states has become India’s first state to be declared as “Smoke Free State” in India?
a. Sikkim
b. Meghalaya
c. Gujarat
d. Madhya Pradesh

37. The Vijay Mallya-owned Force India Formula One team has sued F1 rival in UK, accusing it of copying their VJM03 wind tunnel model. Name the F1 rival
a. Vauxhall
b. Subaru
c. Saab
d. Lotus

38. A group of students withdrew their 68-day blockade of the national highway of which state to give a breather to the 25-lakh population, who were choked by the scarcity of fuel and essential goods. Name the state.
a. Nagaland
b. Manipur
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Gujarat

39. Noted academician she has been named professor of economics at the prestigious Harvard University, becoming the first Indian-origin woman professor in the institution’s history. Name her
a. Modhumita Roy
b. Sanjana Mehta
c. Radhika Plakkot
d. Gita Gopinath

40. Which of the following international airports became one of the first airport operators to receive the ISO 27001 certification, recognised internationally as an Information Security Management System (ISMS) Standard?
a. Chennai
b. Kochi
c. Bangalore
d. Kolkatta

41. Anil Ambani owned Reliance Capital Limited (RCL) acquired 18 percent stake in a business news channel for an undisclosed amount. Name the business channel.
a. Bloomberg-UTV
b. NDTV
c. CNN-IBN
d. Network 18

42. Which of the following Indian business conglomerates has decided to open 1,000 primary schools in villages across the country with an investment of Rs 200 crore.
a. Bharti Group
b. Tata Group
c. Reliance Industries Ltd
d. SBI

43. Who won the 2010 Asia Cricket Cup?
a. Bangladesh
b. Pakistan
c. Srilanka
d. India

44. ______________state launched a healthcare facility under which, patients will be able to seek life-saving tips from doctors round-the-clock on an emergency telephone number. Name the state.
a. Andhra Pradesh
b. Maharashtra
c. Assam
d. Gujarat

45. In June 2010, Ms. Bettencourt became embroiled in a high-level political scandal involving non-payment of taxes and stashing cash in undeclared Swiss bank accounts. Name the country where the scandal broke out.
a. Austria
b. France
c. Germany
d. Italy

46. Who resigned from the Prime Minister’s Council of Trade & Industry after being convicted in the Bhopal gas case?
a. A.C.Muthiah
b. Keshub Mahindra
c. Parvinder Singh
d. P.K.Mitta

47. __________ has become the third most valued business house among India’s top-most business houses
a. Tata group
b. Anil Dhirubhai Ambani
Group
c. Bharti
d. Ved anta group

48. A global investment banking and securities firm which engages in investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services has agreed to pay a record $550 million to settle civil fraud charges over how it marketed a sub prime mortgage product, ending months of negotiations that rattled the bank’s clients and investors. Name the firm.
a. Goldman Sachs
b. Bank of America
c. Morgan Stanley
d. J P Morgan Chase

49. Which of the following brands has been ranked as the No.1 “Indian” brand of Asia-Pacific in its list of Top 1000 Brands for the second consecutive year.
a. Kingfisher
b. Kraft
c. Amul
d. Tata

50. Who is the winner of the FIFA World Cup 2010?
a. Spain
b. Netherlands
c. Uruguay
d. Germany

51. Indian workers are building an expensive hydroelectric dam in a remote valley to feed its rapidly growing but power-starved economy. Name the valley.
a. Bandipore, Kashmir
b. Chamba, Himachal
Pradesh
c. Araku, Andhra Pradesh
d. Manjampath, Tamil Nadu

52. The High court of which of the following states has recently barred Non-tax payers from filing Public Interest Litigations (PIL)?
a. Uttar Pradesh
b. Madhya Pradesh
c. Jharkhand
d. Chhattisgarh

53. __________ has unveiled a keyboard which will have the new Indian rupee sign on it.
a. TVS Electronics
b. Foradian Technologies
c. Samsung Electronics
d. HCL Technologies

54. Who has been appointed as the chairperson to head the Arjuna committee 2010, a panel that has been constituted to select the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna and Dhyanchand awards apart from Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar?
a. Mary Kom
b. Rohini Rao
c. PT Usha
d. Soma Biswas

55. Who is the Chief Election Commissioner of India?
a. B. B. Tandon
b. S Y Quraishi
c. Navin Chawla
d. N. Gopalaswami

56. India’s latest supercomputer ________was unveiled at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) in Chennai. It is the country’s seventh fastest high-performance computation (HPC) cluster having 1.5 Tera Byte (TB) memory and 30 TB storage space cluster capacity. Name the computer.
a. Param
b. Annapurna
c. Eka
d. IBM Roadrunner

57. The government on 16th August 2010 approved the implementation of the Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls aimed at enhancing their nutritional and economic status. Name the scheme.
a. SABLA
b. Kishori Shakti Yojna
c. The Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS)
d. The Nutritional Programme for Adolescent Girls (NPAG).

58. Who is the prime minister of South Korea?
a. Kim Tae-ho
b. Chung Un-chan
c. Han Seung-soo
d. Han Duck-soo

59. Paul Allen, the co-founder of a public multinational corporation has filed cases against nearly a dozen companies, most of which are Silicon Valley giants. All the companies have been sued on the grounds of patent infringement. Name the company.
a. Google
b. Apple computers
c. General Electric
d. Microsoft Corporation

60. A multinational public cloud computing, Internet search, and advertising Technologies Corporation has acquired Angstro, a startup that sort’s news and information across social networking hubs to compete against Facebook. Name the company.
a. Hotmail
b. Yahoo
c. Google
d. Rediff

61. The homeland security secretary in the Obama administration recently said the Border Security Act, which proposes a steep hike in some categories of H-1B and L-1 visa fees, “makes sense” and would in no way undermine “robust and vital” ties with India. Can you name the official?
a. Janet Napolitano
b. Sami Mills
c. Karen Bell
d. Ron Kirk

62. Who has been elected as the chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI)?
a. Vineet Jain
b. Vijay Kumar Chopra
c. N. Ravi
d. Aveek Kumar Sarkar

63. A largest cellular service provider in India has won the sponsorship rights of all international cricket matches (barring the world cup tournament) to be played in India for the next three years. Name the cellular company.
a. Aircel
b. Loop
c. Vodafone Essar
d. Bharti Airtel

64. As per the schedule, the Census 2011 Exercise work will be completed by:
a. February 28, 2011
b. March 1, 2011
c. March 5, 2011
d. March 31, 2011

65. A Former IIM-A dean, she is the winner of ‘Lifetime achievement’ and ‘Best teacher of the decade’ awards at Asia’s best B-school awards. Name her.
a. Asha Kaul
b. Parvinder Gupta
c. Deepti Bhatnagar
d. Indira Parikh

66. It is India’s largest airline and has been ranked the “most trusted brand” in aviation for the fifth consecutive year by the Economic Times Brand Equity Survey 2010. Name the airline.
a. Kingfisher
b. Indigo
c. Air India
d. SpiceJet

67. The Indian Broadcasting Foundation, the apex body of television channels, has appointed ___________as its President for the year 2010-11.
a. Steve Correa
b. Sunil Sanghai
c. Uday Shankar
d. Rajesh Kaul

68. Name the Jammu & Kashmir’s PWD minister who was sacked on August 26 in the wake of a row over the alleged use of an impersonator for his daughter during a medical entrance examination.
a. G M Saroori
b. L M Khan
c. Ram Pal
d. S K Pilot

69. Who became the first Indian woman shooter to clinch a gold medal at the World Championships with a world-record equaling score in the 50m Rifle Prone event in Munich, Germany?
a. Tejaswini Sawant
b. Anjali Bhagwat
c. Samresh Jung
d. Randhir Singh

70. Which of the following Health care giants is donating about $200 million in cash and medicine to a sweeping United Nations programme created to improve the health and lives of people in poor countries?
a. Ambrx Inc.
b. Johnson & Johnson
c. Javelin Pharmaceuticals
d. Amunix

71. Recently a professor from ________whose hand was hacked allegedly by activists of radical outfit PFI was also dismissed from service by the college management for preparing a question paper that hurt the sentiments of the Muslim community.
a. Kerala
b. Punjab
c. Tamil Nadu
d. Assam

72. Israel has expelled Irish Nobel Peace Prize laureate because she participated in the aid flotilla that tried to break the Gaza blockade few months ago. Name this Nobel laureate.
a. Ada Yonath
b. Mairead Corrigan Maguire
c. Rita Levi-Montalcini
d. Marie Curie

73. Who is the National Security Adviser to Obama?
a. Jim Jones
b. Tom Donilon
c. Stephen Hadley
d. Samuel Berger

74. Who won the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature?
a. Orhan Pamuk
b. Dorris Lessing
c. Herta Muller
d. Mario Vargas Llosa

75. Which of the following countries has the world’s largest number of Internet users?
a. China
b. Japan
c. India
d. Germany

76. Name the Chief Risk Officer of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS) for India.
a. Ravi Kiran
b. Arvind Mahendru
c. Dinesh Chandra
d. Rajesh K Jogi

77. Who won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for ‘his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights’?
a. Liu Xiaobo
b. Martti Ahtisaari
c. Grameen Bank
d. Mohamed ElBaradei

78. India has been vying for a gold medal in Athletics since 1958 in the Common Wealth Games. This time it was not only the gold but also a podium sweep (Gold, Silver and Bronze), by the women players Krishna Poonia, Harwanth Kaur Seema Antil. In which event did they create history after 37 years?
a. Relay
b. 100 mtrs dash
c. Javelin
d. Discuss Throw

79. Italy’s embattled Prime Minister won a vote of confidence in parliament, saving his centre-right government from collapse. Who is the Prime minister of Italy?
a. Massimo D’Ale ma
b. Giuliano Amato
c. Romano Prodi
d. Silvio Berlusconi

80. Eight-time Olympic champions crushed India’s dream of registering their maiden Hockey Gold in CWG 2010. Name the country that defeated India.
a. Australia
b. Pakistan
c. England
d. New Zealand

81. Much of the world tuned in to watch what started off as a tragedy, but appeared to have a happy ending with the rescue of the 33 miners in a mine collapse. Which is the country that pulled up this major rescue operation that was broadcast live on television?
a. Portugal
b. Chile
c. China
d. India

82. Who won the 2010 Nobel Prize for Medicine for the development of the in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) technique that has helped millions of couple across the world to have a child?
a. Robert G. Edwards
b. Jack W. Szostak
c. Oliver Smithies
d. Craig Mello

83. Who has won this year’s award for Finance Minister of the Year for Asia?
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Korn Chatikavanij
c. Naoto Kan
d. Tharman Shanmugaratnam

84. Ayodhya issue was awarded judgment after how many years since filing the case in the court?
a. 60
b. 50
c. 19
d. 10

85. The Union Government’s ambitious unique identity project, which aims at giving a 16-digit number to all citizens of the country, has been renamed as
a. Aadhaar
b. Umeed
c. Shakthi
d. Neev

86. The Times of India Group and the Jang Group came together to energise a peace process between India and Pakistan, christened ___
a. Only Hearts
b. StarPeace Project
c. Peace Corridor
d. Aman ki Asha

87. The Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is being described as the worst oil leak disaster in decades. The company that undertook the offshore oil drilling operations was
a. BP
b. Australian Oil and Gas
Corporation
c. Royal Dutch Shell
d. Petronas

88. Name the country that has recently developed a super computer that runs at more than one quadrillion (one thousand million) calculations per second
a. China
b. Japan
c. India
d. Germany

89. Name the place in Mangalore, which saw an air disaster of such magnitude in which 158 lives perished.
a. Bajpe
b. Kavoor
c. Udipi
d. Kadri

90. Which of the following countries after a gap of 19 years, was elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council?
a. Austria
b. Japan
c. India
d. Bosnia

91. The Indian rupee symbol was designed by ____________ His entry was chosen from 3,000 designs competing for the currency symbol.
a. D Udaya Kumar
b. Nondita Correa-Mehrotra
c. Hitesh Padmashali
d. Shibin K K

92. _________has been named Gadget of the Year at an international technology awards event.
a. Apple’s iPad
b. Sony Cyber-Shot Digital
Camera
c. Microsoft Arc Keyboard
d. HTC Smart Touch Screen
Phone

93. Who is the winner of this year’s prestigious Booker Prize for literature for his comic novel ‘The Finkler Question’?
a. Anne Enright
b. Howard Jacobson
c. Arvind Adiga
d. Alice Munro

94. Pakistans’s ex-military ruler Pervez Musharraf recently launched a political party in London. What is the name of the Party?
a. Pakistan’s Political Party
b. Pakistan Muslim League
c. All Pakistan Muslim League
d. All Pakistan People’s Party

95. Who has been named the Wisden Cricketer magazine’s ‘World Test Player of the Year’?
a. Tamim Iqbal
b. Sachin Tendulkar
c. Virender Sehwag
d. Jacques Kallis

96. Which of the following countries has ruled out that it is not a criminal offence to cut off the life support of a dying person if that person has given consent.
a. Philippines
b. Germany
c. France
d. Austria

97. Who is the President of Germany
a. Christian Wulff
b. Horst Köhler
c. Johannes Rau
d. Roman Herzog

98. Who has won the Golden Boot award for top scorer at the Football World Cup and was also named best young player of the tournament
a. Manuel Neuer
b. Mesut Oezil
c. Thomas Mueller
d. Jerome Boateng

99. Which of the following politicians has been arrested by CBI in Shorabuddin Case
a. Suresh Mehta
b. Amit Shah
c. Narendra Modi
d. Keshubhai Patel

100. Who became the first Indian wrestler to win gold at a senior world championship in Moscow?
a. Sushil Kumar
b. Rajiv Tomar
c. Anil Mann
d. Narsingh Pancham Yadav

101. The 20th Commonwealth games will be held in which of the following cities in Scotland
a. Aberdeen
b. Dundee
c. Glasgow
d. Edinburgh

102. Who from the following has topped the 2010 Forbes list of the ‘World’s Most Powerful People.’
a. Barack Obama
b. Sonia Gandhi
c. Hu Jintao
d. Ratan Tata

103. Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) and Subramanya Construction Development (SCDC) have signed a joint venture agreement to set up the world’s first integrated Aviation University. Which city in India has been chosen for this venture?
a. Delhi
b. Calcutta
c. Mumbai
d. Bangalore

104. Who has been named as this year’s winner of the Bilbao Prize- a UN award that recognizes ‘outstanding individual contribution to promoting the culture of human rights around the world’?
a. Frank Gehry
b. Asma Jahangir
c. Kirmen Uribe
d. Cai Guo-Qiang

105. Where are the 2016 Olympics going to be held?
a. Beijing
b. Rio de Janeiro
c. London
d. Athens

106. A celebrated pro-democracy leader and a political prisoner of global stature, she was set free from house arrest recently. She was subjected to four terms of house arrest and at least two spells in prison, for about 15 years in all, since 1989. She led her party NLD to a landslide victory in the country’s free elections in 1990 but was not allowed to lead a civilian government. Name this leader.
a. Moe Moe
b. Mi Mi Khaing
c. Cho Cho Kyaw Nyein
d. Aung San Suu Kyi

107. Who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
a. Prithviraj Chavan
b. Ashok Chavan
c. Vilasrao Deshmukh
d. Sushil Kumar Shinde

108. The Wall Street Journal recently ranked ________as the world’s most influential business thinker; the Fortune magazine has called him “the world’s leading expert on business strategy.” Name him.
a. Malcom Gladwell
b. Richard Branson
c. Gary Hamel
d. Howard Gardner

109. Who is the new king of Indian and Asian tennis?
a. Somdev Kishore
Devvarman
b. Paradorn Srichaphan
c. Hyung Taik Lee
d. Gursher Singh Harika

110. A member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India, he represents the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K) political party. He stepped down as Union telecom minister from his cabinet post over the 2G-spectrum allocation scandal. Name him
a. A. Raja
b. S. Jaipal Reddy
c. C.P. Joshi
d. Anand Sharma

111. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is going to be India’s chief Guest at the Republic Day 2011. He is president of which of the following countries?
a. Sweden
b. Indonesia
c. The Philippines
d. Taiwan

 

Answers

1.b 2.a 3.c 4.b 5.a 6.b
7.b 8.c 9.a 10.d 11.b 12.a
13.d 14.a 15.a 16.b 17.c 18.d
19.b 20.d 21.a 22.c 23.c 24.c
25.b 26.d 27.c 28.a 29.b 30.c
31.b 32.b 33.d 34.d 35.d 36.a
37.d 38.b 39.d 40.c 41.a 42.a
43.d 44.c 45.b 46.b 47.b 48.a
49.c 50.a 51.a 52.c 53.a 54.c
55.b 56.b 57.a 58.a 59.d 60.c
61.a 62.a 63.d 64.c 65.d 66.c
67.c 68.a 69.a 70.b 71.a 72.b
73.b 74.d 75.a 76.d 77.a 78.d
79.d 80.a 81.b 82.a 83.a 84.a
85.a 86.d 87.a 88.a 89.a 90.c
91.a 92.a 93.b 94.c 95.a 96.b
97.a 98.c 99.b 100.a 101.c 102.c
103.d 104.b 105.b 106.d 107.a 108.c
109.a 110.a 111.b

 

 
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