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1. Air traffic in and out of large parts of Europe 3. Pushpa Kamal Dahl is the new prime was shut down for a week in 2010 due to minister of Nepal. volcanic eruption. In which country that The true statement is/arevolcanic eruption occurred? (a) 1, 2, 3 (b) 1, 2 (a) England (b) Germany (c) 1, 3 (d) 2, 3 (c) Iceland (d) Denmark 6. The centre for the study of Developing 2. David Camron was become the youngest societies (CSDS) surveyed 36 Naxal affected prime minister of Britain. From which districts listed by planning commission. political party David Camron is related? Which state has no districted listed by (a) Conservative (b) Liberal planning commission. Which state has no (c) Labour (d) Green districted listed by planning commission? 3. Pakistans army chief was given a three years (a) Bihar (b) Jharkhand extension in July 2010. What is the name of (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Chattisgarh this army chief? 7. What is the new name of 12 digit unique (a) Parvez Musaraff Identification Number (UID) handed over by (b) Ashfaq Parvez Kayani the Prime minister to the first person in (c) Rahmet Ali Maharashtra? (d) Arshad Kayani (a) Number (b) Identity 4. In 2010, International Court of Justice said (c) Aadhar (d) Aastha that Kosovo did not violate international law 8. Yukiya Amano is the new chief of IAEA, from by declaring independence in 2008. From which country he is related? which country Kosovo get independence? (a) Japan (a) Indonesia (b) Serbia (b) China (d) South Korea (c) Albania (d) Greece (c) Brazil 5. Consider the following statements: 9. Burj Khalifa is the worlds tallest tower 1. Julia Gillard has become the first women opened for the public. In which city this prime minister of Australia. tower is situated? 2. Bronislaw Komorawski is the new (a) Abudhabi (b) Dubai President of Poland. (c) Riyad (d) Mumbai

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10. Which country is suspended from International Olympic Committee (IOC). (a) Nepal (b) China (c) Kuwait (d) Yemen 11. In which country carbon tax is ruled unconstitutional by its parliament? (a) Britain (b) France (c) Japan (d) USA 12. India is worlds biggest consumer of gold in 2010. Which country was the biggest consume of gold in 2009? (a) Saudi Arabia (b) USA (c) China (d) Japan 13. Recently which country has legalizes gay marriage? (a) India (b) Argentina (c) Japan (d) France 14. Which country is the largest producer lemon in the world? (a) China (b) India (c) Brazil (d) Russia 15. Worlds largest open university is (a) IGNOU (b) DU (c) NOU (d) IPU 16. Nobel prize for literature 2010 won by Closa. Closa is which languages author? (a) English (b) Spanish (c) Italian (d) German 17. Who is the president of Telengana Rashtra
Samiti, which is demanding for a separate Telgana state dividing the state of Andhra

19. Which one of the following is not matched correctly? (a) Calcutta High Court 1862 (b) Delhi High Court 1966 (c) Gujarat High Court 1960 (d) Uttarakhand High Court 2008 20. Which statement is not correct? (a) The united nations has designated 2011 the International year of chemistry. (b) The theme of the international year of
chemistry is chemistry-our life, our

future. (c) Its aim to raise awareness of chemistry among the general public. (d) Events for the year are being coordinated by WHO. 21. Which city of world is also known as the of Manhattan of the Desert? (a) Rawalpindi (Pakistan) (b) Surat (India) (c) Shibam (Yemen) (d) Teharan (Iran) 22. The UN general assembly consists of the
representatives of all the member states. Each

state has one vote, but-may send how many representatives? (a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 5 (d) 10 23. Consider the following statements: 1. Security council consists of 15 members, each of which has one vote.
2. There are five permanent and 10 non-

18. Which commission recommends 10 percent

to veto any move Which statement/statements is/are true? quota for Muslims in government jobs, (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 educational institutions and social welfare (c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 schemes? 24. Match the List II (a) Rangnath Mishra Commission following: (Head quarter) (b) Barua Commission List I (c) Dinkaran Commission (Organization) 1. New York (d) Tiwari Commission A. Fao 2. Paris B. UNESCO www.upscportal.com

Pradesh? (a) K. Chandrababu Naidu (b) K. Chandra Sekhar Rao (c) Jagan Mohan Reddy (d) P. Rosaia

permanent members.
3. The permanent members have the power

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30. Interpol is the worlds largest international C. IAEA 3. Rome D. UNICEF 4. Vienna police organization with 188 member Code: countries. In which year Interpol was A B C D created? (a) (b) 1923 1 2 3 4 (a) 1920 (b) 4 2 3 1 (c) 1939 (d) 1956 (c) 3 2 4 1 31. Which country is not the member of (d) 3 2 1 4 organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting 25. When the post of High Commissioner for Countries (OAPEC). (b) Algeria Human Rights was established? (a) Egypt (a) 1984 (b) 1990 (c) Iran (d) Iraq (c) 1993 (d) 2008 32. Going Rogue is the autobiography of 26. The International Maritime organization (a) Sarah Palin (b) Bill Clinton (IMO) was established as a specialized (c) Boris Yeltsin agency of UN by UN Maritime conference in (d) Mohammad Yunus 1948. Where is the Head quarter of IMO 33. Which award is known as the Green Oscar? situated? (a) Grammy Award (a) Geneva (b) Paris (b) Nobel Peace Prize (c) London (d) New Delhi (c) Whiotley Golden Award 27. The leagne of Arab states is also known as (d) Pulitzer Award Arab League is a voluntary association of 34. Which pair is correctly matched? countries of Arabic speaking. When was this (a) Britain INR (b) Liberia RMB organization instituted? (c) China YEN (d) Japan Dollar (a) 1948 (b) 1945 35. Jony Award is given for achievement in (c) 1946 (d) 1949 which field? 28. The European Union (EU) is a sui generis (a) Music (b) Sports political body. What is the number of (c) Theatre (d) Social service countries related with EU? 36. Who wrote I have measured out my life (a) 25 (b) 27 with coffee spoons? (b) Eliot (c) 28 (d) 31 (a) Mitton 29. Consider these statements: (c) Barnard shah (d) M K Gandhi 1. The Gulf co-operation Council (GCC) is a 37. The first kite museum was set up in 1975.
loose political and economic alliance of

six gulf countries.

2. The GCC was formed in May 1981 against

This museum also known as Shankar Kendra. In which city of India this museum

situated? (a) Mumbai (b) Ahmedabad (c) Chandigarh (d) New delhi 3. The HQ of GCC is situated in Riyad 38. A former prime minister of India is entitled (Saudi Arabia) to government accommodation for which Which statements are true? period of time? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1 and 2 (a) 5 years (b) 10 years (c) 1 and 3 (d) 2 and 3 (c) 20 years (d) Life time the back drop of the Islamic revolution in Iran and the Iraq-Iran war.

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39. The inventor of ice cream was (a) Joseph Schumpeler (b) Gerald Tissain (c) Austin peta (d) Costa Hango 40. The index that measures progress in countries in longevity, knowledge and standard of living is (a) HPI (b) HDI (c) WDI (d) GDP 41. The 29 year old, who defeated somnath chatterjee in Jadhavpur to become one of Indias youngest parliamentarians in 1988? (a) Pranav Mukherjee (b) Mamta Banerjee (c) Kabir suman (d) Munnun Sen 42. Which statement/statements is/are not true? 1. Mother Teresa was born in Bengal. 2. Mother Teresa was fluent in Bengali. 3. She never spoke Bengali. (a) only 2 (b) 1, 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1 and 2 43. Which book was not written by Premchand? (a) Godan (b) Gaban (c) Jai Somnath (d) Ranbhumi 44. Match the following: List II List I (Author) (Books) A. Gandhi & Stalin1. Rabindra nath Tagore B. Gitanjali 2. PT Usha C. Golden Girl 3. Upamanya Chatterjee D. Last Burden 4. Louis Fisher Code: A B C D (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 4 1 2 3 (c) 4 1 3 2 (d) 1 3 2 4 45. A money Bill can be introduced in (a) Lok Sabha only (b) Rajya Sabha only (c) Either Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha (d) Joint session of parliament

46. How many regional languages are listed

under the eighth schedule of the constitution

(b) 22 (d) 15 47. International Labour Organization (ILO) has its headquarter at (a) The Hague (b) Geneva (c) New York (d) Condom 48. RTI stands for (a) Research and Technology institute (b) Rural and Transparency infrastructure (c) Right to information (d) Revenue Transactions in India. 49. Which one of the following is the first
(c) 18

of India? (a) 24

National Park of India? (a) Jim Corbett National Park (b) Bandipur National Park (c) Kanha National Park (d) Sariska National Park 50. Which one of the following coasts of India is
most affected by the violent tropical cyclones?

(a) Malabar (b) Andhra (c) Konkan (d) Gujarat 51. The Ex-officio secretary of National Development Council is (a) Home Minister (b) Finance Minister (c) Prime Minister (d) Secretary of planning commission 52. Where is the volcanic mountain Mount st Helena Situated? (a) USA (b) Germany (c) Italy (d) South Africa 53. The largest producer of coffee in India is (a) Kerala (b) Karnataka (c) Jharkhand (d) Andhra Pradesh 54. Silver Revolution in India is associated with (a) The production of Eggs (b) The production of Milk (c) The production of Rice (d) The production of Oil

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55. Aquaphopia is the term associated with (a) Water (b) Fire (c) Building (d) Dag 56. The vitamin which has cyano cabalamin is (a) Vitamin C (b) Vitamin B 12 (c) Vitamin D (d) Vitamin K 57. The Karpoor Chandra kalish International Award is associated with (a) Sports (b) Music (c) Journalism (d) Social works 58. Ashok kumar of India is well known player of which sport?

(a) Cricket (b) Football (c) Golf (d) Tennis 59. International Human Rights Day is celebrated on (b) 10th December (a) 1st December (c) 5th October (d) 5th June 60. Kaiga II plant which supplies electricity is a (a) Hydel project (b) Coal project (c) Nuclear power reactor (d) None of these

1. (c) 11. (b)

21. (c) 31. (c) 41. (b) 51. (d)

2. (a) 12. (c)

22. (c) 32. (a) 42. (a) 52. (a)

3. (b) 13. (b)

23. (a) 33. (c) 43. (c) 53. (b)

4. (b) 14. (b)

24. (c) 34. (b) 44. (b) 54. (a)

5. (b) 15. (a)

25. (c) 35. (c) 45. (a) 55. (a)

6. (c) 16. (b)

26. (a) 36. (b) 46. (b) 56. (b)

7. (c) 17. (b)

27. (b) 37. (b) 47. (b) 57. (c)

8. (a) 18. (a)

28. (b) 38. (d) 48. (c) 58. (c)

9. (b) 19. (d)

29. (a) 39. (b) 49. (a) 59. (b)

10. (c) 20. (d)

30. (b) 40. (b) 50. (b) 60. (c)