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Prelims 2009 – 2007 · page 3 of 10

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  1. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List I (Persons in news)

    A.Luisa Dias Diogo
    B.Mwai Kibaki
    C.Rupiah Banda

    List II (Countries they belong to)

    1.Kenya
    2.Mozambique
    3.Zambia
    4.Zimbabwe
  2. Consider the following statements:

    1.Orange Prize is awarded to a work of published fiction in English by a woman.
    2.Pulitzer Prize is awarded by the Commonwealth Foundation to a citizen of any Commonwealth country for any literary work in English.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  3. Starting with the Australian Open Lawn Tennis Tournament, which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the other three major Lawn Tennis Tournaments?

  4. Which one of the following is correct in respect of Indian football team's performance in the Olympic Games?

  5. Norman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country?

  6. The term “Prisoner’s Dilemma” is associated with which one of the following?

  7. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

    List-I (Person)

    A.Sabyasachi Mukherjee
    B.Aniruddha Bahal
    C.Vikram Akula
    D.Yusuf Hamied

    List-II (Area)

    1.Microfinance loans
    2.Pharmaceuticals
    3.Fashion designing
    4.Investigative journalism
  8. How is Sarosh Zaiwalla well-known as?

  9. Kim Dae-jung won the Nobel Prize for Peace. He is from which one of the following countries?

  10. Which one of the following countries won the Euro Football Tournament, 2004 held in Portugal?

  11. Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country.

    Which is that country?

  12. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

    List-I (Person)

    A.K. P. Singh
    B.Vikram Pandit
    C.Roopa Farooki
    D.Kishore Biyani

    List-II (Area)

    1.Banking
    2.Fiction writing
    3.Retail business
    4.Real estate
  13. Who among the following translated the Autobiography of Madam Curie in Hindi?

  14. Who among the following has been the Captain of the Indian team in Cricket Test Matches for the maximum number of times?

  15. Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?

  16. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List-I (Writer)

    A.V. S. Naipaul
    B.Salman Rushdie
    C.Paul Scott
    D.J. G. Farrell

    List-II (Book)

    1.The Siege of Krishnapur
    2.In a Free State
    3.Midnight's Children
    4.Staying On

    Codes:

  17. Consider the following statements:

    1.The series of international paper sizes is based on A0 size whose area is 0.5 m² (approx).
    2.The area of A4 size paper is 1⁄8th of the A0 size paper.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  18. Who among the following was chosen as the FIFA World Player of the Year for the Year 2006?

  19. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List-I (Person)

    A.John C. Mather
    B.Michael Griffin
    C.Paul G. Allen
    D.Piers Sellers

    List-II (Known as)

    1.Co-founder of Microsoft
    2.Space walker
    3.Administrator of NASA
    4.Nobel Prize winner, 2006 in Physics

    Codes:

  20. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List-I (Eminent Person)

    A.Bhanu Bharti
    B.Mike Pandey
    C.Mohd. Zafar Khayyam
    D.Vinda Karandikar

    List-II (Known as)

    1.Music composer
    2.Poet and litterateur
    3.Theatre director
    4.Wildlife film-maker

    Codes:

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