Test paper 2007

1. Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane
Declaration in October 2006?
(a) China and South Africa
(b) India and South Africa
(c) South Africa and Botswana
(d) Saudi Arabia and South Africa
2. Recently, the European Union and other six countries including India signed the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) Project. Which one of the following was not a signatory to it?
(a) Canada (b) China
(c) Japan (d) USA
3. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Person) (Known As)
A. Bhajan Sopori 1. Bharatnatyam dancer
B. Birju Maharaj 2. Exponent of Santoor
C. Priyadarsini Govind 3. Mridangam maestro D. T.V. Gopalakrishnan 4. Kathak dancer
Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A
2 3 2 3
D
3 2 3 2
B
1 1 4 4
C
4 4 1 1
4. Which one of the following Himalayan Passes was reopened around in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?
(a) Chang La (b) Jara La
(c) Nathu La (d) Shipki La
5. How is Steve Fossett known as?
(a) As a crocodile hunter
(b) For completing the longest non-stop flight around
the globe
(c) For swimming across Atlantic Ocean
(d) For climbing to Mt. Everest without any
co-climber
6. Basel II relates to which one of the following?
(a) International standards for safety in civil aviation (b) Measures against cyber crimes
(c) Measures against drug abuse by sportspersons (d) International standards for measuring the
adequacy of a bank's capital
7. Match List-I with List II and select the correct answer
using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Person) (Position/Orgallisations)
A. Nancy Pelosi 1. WTO
B. Margaret Chan 2. Speaker, U.S. House of
Representatives
3. WHO
4. Microsoft
C. Pascal Lamy D. Steve Ballmer Code:
(a) (b) (c) (d)
A
2 4 2 4
B
1 3 3 1
C
3 1 1 3
D
4 2 4 2
8. In which one of the Automotive Research (a) Chennai
(c) Pune
following cities is the Centre being set up?
(b) Hyderabad (d) Gurgaon
Global
9. Consider the. following statements:
1. Republicans won the majority in the US House
of Representatives Elections held in the year 2006.
2. Republican Bobby Jindal, won a seat in the US
House of Representatives for the second time. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2
10. What is the broad area in which the Nobel Prize winners for the year 2006 in Physiology or Medicine, worked to get the Prize?
(a) Prevention of weakening due to ageing
(b) Flow of genetic information
(c) Immunology and disease resistance
(d) Adult stem-cell research
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11. In which one the following districts, have large reserves of diamond-bearing kimberlite been discovered in the recent past?
(a) Hoshangabad (b) Raipur
(c) Sambalpur (d) Warangal
12. Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?
(a) Colombia
(c) Guatemala
(b) ~Costa Rica (d) Nicaragua


Ans: 1. (b 2. (a) 3. (c) 4. (c) 5. (b)
6. (d) 7. (c) 8. (a) 9. (c) 10. (b)
11. (b) 12. (d)