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1. Which among the following is the least corrupt country according to Transparency International ?
a. Switzerland
b. Singapore
c. Sweden
d. New Zealand
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a. Switzerland
2. The first country to legalize medically assisted suicide is :
a. Australia
b. United States
c. Netherlands
d. Switzerland
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c. Netherlands
3. The Landmines Treaty became a global law in September 1998 with the approval of :
a. Norway
b. Burkina Faso
c. Thailand
d. Ethiopia
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b. Burkina Faso
5. The country that has come forward to mediate in Sri Lanka is
a. Sweden
b. Norway
c. India
d. Austria
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b. Norway
6. When did the last SAARC summit take place ?
a. January, 2001
b. January, 2002
c. January, 2003
d. January, 2004
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d. January, 2004
7. Which country successfully launched a satellite first ?
a. US
b. UK
c. USSR
d. France
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c. USSR
8. Which company manufactures the A-380 aircraft ?
a. Air Bus Industries
b. Lockheed Martin
c. Raytheon
d. Macdonald Douglas
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a. Air Bus Industries
9. Which country has added key anti-Pakistani militant group and its al-Qaida branch to its list of ‘global terrorists’?
a. India
b. USA
c. Russia
d. Australia
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b. USA
10. What does Abu Ghraib remind you ?
a. Suicide bomb attacks on the
US Forces
b. Mistreatment and sexual
abuse of Iraqi prisoners by
American soldiers
c. Capture of Saddam Hussein
by the US Forces from a hole
in Iraq
d. Shia uprising in Iraq after
American occupation
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b. Mistreatment and sexual
abuse of Iraqi prisoners by
American soldiers
11. Which amidst the following is not there in Kofi Annan’s proposals, of March, 2005, to overhaul the UN ?
a. Establish a fund to provide
money and technical assistance
to countries seeking to
establish or strengthen democracy.
b. Rich countries should establish
a time-table to earmark
0.7% of the GNP for development
assistance by 2015.
c. Increase the number of Permanent
Members of the Security
Council with Veto
power from 15 to 21.
d. Nations should adopt a treaty
against nuclear terrorism.
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c. Increase the number of Permanent
Members of the Security
Council with Veto
power from 15 to 21.
12. Pope Benedict XVI who has been elected recently is the :
a. 250th Pope
b. 260th Pope
c. 265th Pope
d. 270th Pope
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c. 265th Pope
13. Pope John Paul II who died recently belonged from–
a. Vatican City
b. England
c. Germany
d. Poland
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d. Poland
14. Who was appointed new United State Defence Secretary in January 2013 ?
a. Donald Rumsfeld
b. Robert M Gates
c. Leon Panetta
d. Chuck Hagel
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d. Chuck Hagel
15. Which of the following was organised in Moscow in July 2012 ?
a. World Health Summit
b. World Cities Summit
c. World Media Summit
d. World Food Summit
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c. World Media Summit
17. Who is the present President of Pakistan ?
a. Asif Ali Zardari
b. Nawaz Sharif
c. Raza Rabbani
d. Mamnoon Hussain
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d. Mamnoon Hussain
18. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island by a few feet and has caused the Earth’s axis to wobble is expected to lead to the shortening of the day by :
a. 1.6 microseconds
b. 2.3 microseconds
c. 3.1 microseconds
d. 3.4 microseconds
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a. 1.6 microseconds
19. Which four countries are called the Asian Tigers ?
a. Hong Kong, Singapore,
South Korea, Taiwan
b. Hong Kong, China, Singapore,
Taiwan
c. Hong Kong, Malaysia,
Singapore, China
d. Hong Kong, South Korea,
China, Taiwan
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a. Hong Kong, Singapore,
South Korea, Taiwan
20. The strong earthquake-cum-tsunami which has moved Japan’s main island Honshu by a few feet has also caused Earth’s axis to wobble by about
a. 1 inch
b. 2 inches
c. 4 inches
d. 6 inches
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c. 4 inches
21. The secret operation carried out successfully by the US Navy Seals, in which Osama Bin Laden, the world’s most wanted terrorist was ki lled, was codenamed as –
a. Jasmine
b. Rose
c. Geronimo
d. Cobra
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c. Geronimo
22. Environment related important International Agreement/Conference- Convention on Biological Diversity took place in 2012 at
a. Montreal
b. Hyderabad
c. Vienna
d. Rotterdam
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b. Hyderabad
23. Which of the following countries recently conferred its Highest State Honour on Late Mrs. Indira Gandhi for her contribution in its ‘Liberation War’ ?
a. Bangladesh
b. Slovakia
c. Croatia
d. South Sudan
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a. Bangladesh
24. Barack Hussain Obama belongs to which of the following political parties ?
a. Democratic
b. Republican
c. American National Conference
d. Labour
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a. Democratic
25. Which of the following storms struck Bangladesh in November 2007 ?
a. Dean
b. Wutip
c. Sidr
d. None of these
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c. Sidr
26. Well talked website during the months of February-March 2011 was
a. WikiLeaks.org
b. WikiLeaks.com
c. Wikipedia.com
d. Tehelka.com
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b. WikiLeaks.com
27. ‘BRICS’, the recently formed international organisation of five developing countries, consists of
a. Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa
b. Brazil, Romania, India, China
and South Africa
c. Brazil, Russia, Indonesia,
China and Spain
d. Brazil, Romania, India, China
and Somalia
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a. Brazil, Russia, India, China
and South Africa
28. The 16th Summit Meeting of NAM countries was recently held at
a. Kabul
b. Tehran
c. Dubai
d. Manila
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b. Tehran
29. In which year did terrorists crash two planes into New York’s World Trade Centre on September 11 in a sequence of destruction?
a. 2000
b. 2001
c. 2002
d. 2003
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b. 2001
30. ‘Rainbow Coalition” is a term derived from the politics and policies of ;
a. Pranab Mukherjee
b. Barack Obama
c. Mitt-Romney
d. A.B.Vajpayee
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b. Barack Obama
31. The Tongario volcano erupted on November 21, 2012 is in
a. Australia
b. Indonesia
c. Papua New Guinea
d. New Zealand
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d. New Zealand
32. Aung San Sun Kyi is a native to:
a. China
b. Myanmar
c. Arunachal Pradesh
d. Tibet
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b. Myanmar
33. “Whether I earned your vote or not, I have listened to you, have learned from you. You have made me a better President”, as said by:
a. Barack Obama
b. George Bush
c. APJ Abdul Kalam
d. Pranab Mukherjee
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a. Barack Obama
34. Genomic (DNA) studies in camel have been completed recently by the scientists of
a. South Africa
b. India
c. China
d. Pakistan
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d. Pakistan
35. Julia Gillard is the Prime Minister of
a. New Zealand
b. Belgium
c. Canada
d. Australia
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d. Australia
36. Where was the Fifth BRICS Summit hosted by South Africa in March 2013?
a. Durban
b. Johannesburg
c. Pretoria
d. Cape Town
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a. Durban
37. Where is Taksim Square, which witnessed in 2013 prolonged massive protests against the redevelopment of Gezi Park?
a. Ankona
b. Cairo
c. Istanbul
d. Teheran
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c. Istanbul
38. The Queen of Netherlands who has relinquished the crown after 33 years on April 30, 2013 is
a. Willem
b. Beatrix
c. Alexander
d. Mary
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b. Beatrix
39. Which of the following scams rocked the European Union in February 2013 ?
a. Beef
b. Meat
c. Horse meat
d. Weapons
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b. Meat
40. When and where did the concept of Earth hour began?
a. In April, 2008 in Tokyo, Japan
b. In June, 2007 in Christchurch,
New Zealand
c. In May, 2009 in Colombo, Sri
Lanka
d. In March, 2007 in Sydney,
Australia
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d. In March, 2007 in Sydney,
Australia
41. In 2010 a newspaper published its 70,000th issue. Which was the newspaper ?
a. The Oxford Gazette
b. The Times of London
c. The Washington Post
d. The Hindustan Times
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b. The Times of London
42. Which one of the following counties is not a member of the “BRICS” group ?
a. Brazil
b. Russia
c. China
d. Indonesia
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d. Indonesia
43. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) has been set up for
a. Funding infrastructure
projects in emerging economics
for sustainable development
b. Funding non-infrastructure
projects in emerging economics
for sustainable development
c. Funding infrastructural
projects in developed countries
d. Funding infrastructural
projects in BRICS countries
only
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a. Funding infrastructure
projects in emerging economics
for sustainable development
44. Which of the following countries is the highest per capita emitter of carbon dioxide in the world?
a. Saudi Arabia
b. Qatar
c. US
d. India
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b. Qatar
45. Which of the following countries have formed an association (BRICS) of five major emerging national economies?
a. Brazil, Russia, India, China,
South Africa
b. Brussels, Russia, India,
Chile, South Africa
c. Brussels, Russia, India, Chile,
Switzerland
d. Brazil, Romania, India, China,
Switzerland
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a. Brazil, Russia, India, China,
South Africa
46. India was placed at the 105th position in the Human Capital Index of 130 countries released by World Economic Forum on June 28, 2016. Which country is on the top ?
a. Finland
b. Norway
c. Switzerland
d. Iceland
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a. Finland
47. What is the ranking of India in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) calculated as per purchasing power parity based upon the 2015 data of International Monetary Fund (IMF) ?
a. Fourth
b. Third
c. Second
d. Seventh
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b. Third
48. Who is the runners–up in the recently held UEFA Euro–16?
a. Germany
b. Portugal
c. France
d. UK
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c. France
49. What was the rank of India in Human Development Index according to the Human Development Report released by UNDP in July 2014, which covered 187 countries?
a. 140th
b. 73rd
c. 130th
d. 135th
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d. 135th
50. Which of the following countries has recently superseded Thailand as the world’s largest rice exporter in 2015?
a. India
b. Bangladesh
c. China
d. Indonesia
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a. India
51. Who was recently appointed as the first woman President of Nepal ?
a. Sita Subedi
b. Pampha Bhusal
c. Urmila Rana
d. Bidhya Devi Bhandari
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d. Bidhya Devi Bhandari
52. Who was elected the Prime Minister of Nepal recently ?
a. Keshav Kumar Budhathoki
b. Khadga Prasad Sharma Koli
c. Sushil Koirala
d. Pushpakamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’
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d. Pushpakamal Dahal
‘Prachanda’
53. Which of the following became the first country in the world to legalise euthanasia?
a. Belgium
b. Netherlands
c. Denmark
d. Canada
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b. Netherlands
54. Which country is in the process of building the largest single Aperture Radio Telescope – FAST
a. Japan
b. China
c. USA
d. Russia
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b. China
55. Which of the following country has recently declared 3 month emergency following a failed military coup?
a. Sudan
b. Turkey
c. Maldives
d. Syria
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b. Turkey
56. Which country announces the imposition of a three-month state emergency after failed coup?
a. Turkey
b. Syria
c. Sudan
d. Iran
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a. Turkey
57. Which country recently detonated its first hydrogen bomb?
a. North Korea
b. South Korea
c. Iran
d. Libya
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a. North Korea
58. Rodrigo “Digong” Duterte emerged winner in 2016 presidential elections of which country ?
a. Mexico
b. The Philippines
c. Spain
d. Singapore
View Answer
b. The Philippines
59. Which leader of British Labour Party was recently elected the first Muslim Mayor of London?
a. Sadiq Khan
b. Ataullah Khan
c. Firdauz Zaidi
d. Karim Shaikh
View Answer
a. Sadiq Khan
60. Which country recently voted to leave the European Union (EU)?
a. Greece
b. Spain
c. United Kingdom
d. Germany
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c. United Kingdom
61. Aung San Suu Kyi is the
a. Prime Minister of Myanmar
b. President of Myanmar
c. Foreign Minister of Myanmar
d. Home Minister of Myanmar
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c. Foreign Minister of Myanmar
62. Which of the following countries is not a member of G-8?
a. USA
b. UK
c. Germany
d. Russia
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d. Russia
63. The BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) is headquartered at
a. Shanghai
b. New Delhi
c. Kolkata
d. Moscow
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a. Shanghai
64. G–20 is the Group of Twenty largest economies represented by their
a. Prime Ministers only
b. Finance Ministers only
c. Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors
d. Heads of States
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c. Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors
65. Which among the following countries is facing debt crisis?
a. China
b. Canada
c. Germany
d. Greece
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d. Greece