Current Affairs & General Knowledge PYQs

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1. Prelims 2006Q53Awards & Honours

   Who among the following was presented with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Ratna Award, 2005 for her lifetime achievement in dance?

   aChandralekhabTanjavur BalasaraswaticUma SharmadYamini Krishnamurthy
2. Prelims 2006Q58Persons in News

   Who is Wole Soyinka ?

   aA well-known economistbA well-known football playercA well-known industrialist owning steel plants in many parts of the world.dA Nobel Prize winner for literature.
3. Prelims 2006Q80Sports

   Whom did Croatia defeat in the Davis Cup-2005 Finals to win the Davis Cup-2005?

   aUnited States of AmericabArgentinacSlovak RepublicdSpain
4. Prelims 2006Q83Persons in News

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

   List-I

   A.E. C. G. Sudarshan

   B.V. Shanta

   C.T. N. Krishnan

   D.Mahesh Dattani

   List-II

   1.Theatre

   2.Violin

   3.Research in Physics

   4.Cancer treatment

   5.Water-harvesting

   aA-3, B-1, C-2, D-4bA-3, B-4, C-2, D-1cA-2, B-4, C-5, D-1dA-2, B-1, C-5, D-4
5. Prelims 2006Q88Sports

   For which sport is the Val Barker Cup awarded in the Olympic Games?

   aSwimmingbBoxingcLong JumpdHigh Jump
6. Prelims 2006Q91Important Days & EventsAnswer disputed

   Which one among the following was the first to legalize euthanasia?

   aAustraliabNew ZealandcNetherlandsdCanada
7. Prelims 2006Q97Sports

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

   List-I (Leading Woman Lawn Tennis Player)

   A.Daniela Hantuchova

   B.Patty Schnyder

   C.Nadia Petrova

   D.Amelie Mauresmo

   List-II (Country)

   1.Russia

   2.Slovakia

   3.France

   4.Switzerland

   aA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3bA-2, B-4, C-1, D-3cA-3, B-4, C-1, D-2dA-3, B-1, C-4, D-2
8. Prelims 2006Q104Persons in News

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

   List-I

   A.Harold Pinter

   B.Jacques Diouf

   C.Jose Manuel Barroso

   D.Raymond Lafitte

   List-II

   1.Director-General, FAO

   2.President, European Commission

   3.World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project

   4.Litterateur

   aA-4, B-3, C-2, D-1bA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3cA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3dA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
9. Prelims 2006Q108Persons in News

   Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

   aSigmund Freud : PsychoanalysisbAnna Freud : Child psychiatrycMilton Friedman : EconomicdEric R. Kandel : Literature
10. Prelims 2006Q114Awards & Honours

    Which one among the following was awarded the CSIR Diamond Jubilee Technology Award 2004 in September 2005 by the Prime Minister of India?

    aInfosys Technologies Ltd.bMidas Communication TechnologiescTata Consultancy ServicesdBiocon India Ltd.
11. Prelims 2006Q115Awards & Honours

    Who among the following directed the film chosen as India’s official entry for the year 2006 Academy Awards?

    aAdoor GopalakrishnanbAmol PalekarcSanjay Leela BhansalidKunal Kohli
12. Prelims 2006Q121Sports

    In which Olympics Games did India last win a Gold Medal?

    aMontreal (1976)bMoscow (1980)cLos Angeles (1984)dAtlanta (1996)
13. Prelims 2006Q122Awards & Honours

    In which country is the committee which selects winners for Nobel Peace Prize located?

    aNorwaybSwedencFinlanddDenmark
14. Prelims 2006Q123Persons in News

    Match List-I (Indian Scientist/Scholar) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

    List I

    A.C. N. R. Rao

    B.Jagdish Bhagwati

    C.G. N. Ramchandran

    D.Ashok Jhunjhunwala

    List II

    1.Telecommunication

    2.Physics

    3.Economics

    4.Solid State Chemistry and Material Science

    aA-4, B-3, C-2, D-1bA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3cA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3dA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1
15. Prelims 2006Q125Persons in News

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

    List I (Person)

    A.Ela Bhatt

    B.Mahasweta Devi

    C.Ebrahim Alkazi

    D.Vijay Govindarajan

    List II (Area of work)

    1.Theatre training

    2.Women’s labour sector

    3.Management teaching

    4.Litterateur and Social Worker for the country’s tribal communities

    aA-3, B-1, C-4, D-2bA-2, B-4, C-1, D-3cA-3, B-4, C-1, D-2dA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3
16. Prelims 2006Q139Persons in News

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

    List I (Person)

    A.Chanda Kochhar

    B.Amrita Patel

    C.Indra Nooyi

    D.Piyush Pandey

    List II (Organization / Area of work)

    1.Advertising

    2.Banking

    3.Dairy Development

    4.Pepsi Co.

    aA-2, B-1, C-4, D-3bA-4, B-3, C-2, D-1cA-2, B-3, C-4, D-1dA-4, B-1, C-2, D-3
17. Prelims 2006Q142Sports

    Which one of the following countries is not a participant team in the Football World Cup-2006 to be held in Germany in July 2006?

    aRussiabTogocIvory CoastdSwitzerland
18. Prelims 2006Q143Awards & Honours

    Consider the following statements:

    1.The Nobel Prize Awarding Ceremony takes place on December 10 every year.

    2.The Nobel Prize for Literature was added later on to the other five areas – Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Peace and Economics.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    a1 onlyb2 onlycBoth 1 and 2dNeither 1 nor 2
19. Prelims 2006Q149Important Days & Events

    In which one of the following films did the Nobel Laureate Pearl S. Buck collaborate?

    aShatranj Ke KhilaribGuidecLawrence of ArabiadTitanic
20. Prelims 2005Q11Awards & Honours

    Who among the following is not a recipient of the Bharat Ratna Award?

    aUstad Bismillah KhanbSatyajit RaycLata MangeshkardRaj Kapoor