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Prelims 2009 – 2005 · page 1 of 2Tap an option to check it. For one question at a time, use Start practice above.
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Person)
A.Anil AgarwalB.Gautam H. SinghaniaC.Sanjay DalmiaD.Venugopal DhootList II (Organization)
1.Gujarat Heavy Chemicals Ltd.2.Raymond Ltd.3.Vedanta Resources4.Videocon GroupMatch List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Famous person)
A.Mandakini AmteB.Neelam Mansingh ChowdhryC.Romila ThaparD.Vanashree RaoList II (Well-known for)
1.Theatre direction2.Social service and community leadership3.Dance4.History writingMatch List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Famous person)
A.Anna HazareB.Deepak ParekhC.GVK ReddyD.Harish SalveList II (Well-known as)
1.Lawyer2.Banker3.Gandhian and social activist4.IndustrialistMatch 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 DiogoB.Mwai KibakiC.Rupiah BandaList II (Countries they belong to)
1.Kenya2.Mozambique3.Zambia4.ZimbabweNorman Ernest Borlaug who is regarded as the father of the Green Revolution in India is from which country?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List-I (Person)
A.Sabyasachi MukherjeeB.Aniruddha BahalC.Vikram AkulaD.Yusuf HamiedList-II (Area)
1.Microfinance loans2.Pharmaceuticals3.Fashion designing4.Investigative journalismHow is Sarosh Zaiwalla well-known as?
Cristina Kirchner succeeded her husband to become President of a South American country.
Which is that country?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List-I (Person)
A.K. P. SinghB.Vikram PanditC.Roopa FarookiD.Kishore BiyaniList-II (Area)
1.Banking2.Fiction writing3.Retail business4.Real estateElizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Person)
A.John C. MatherB.Michael GriffinC.Paul G. AllenD.Piers SellersList-II (Known as)
1.Co-founder of Microsoft2.Space walker3.Administrator of NASA4.Nobel Prize winner, 2006 in PhysicsCodes:
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Eminent Person)
A.Bhanu BhartiB.Mike PandeyC.Mohd. Zafar KhayyamD.Vinda KarandikarList-II (Known as)
1.Music composer2.Poet and litterateur3.Theatre director4.Wildlife film-makerCodes:
Who among the following served as the Chief Economist of the International Monetary Fund?
How is Gabriel García Márquez well known?
Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize winner from Kenya, is known for her contribution to which one of the following?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Person)
A.Vishwapati TrivediB.Tulsi R. TantiC.Shashi RuiaD.S. BikachandaniList-II (Company)
1.Essar Group2.Info Edge India (which runs naukri.com)3.Indian Airlines4.Suzlon EnergyCodes:
How is Steve Fossett known?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I (Person)
A.Nancy PelosiB.Margaret ChanC.Pascal LamyD.Steve BallmerList-II (Position/Organization)
1.WTO2.Speaker, US House of Representatives3.WHO4.MicrosoftCodes:
Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?
Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?
Zayed bin Sultan-al-Nahyan was a long-serving President of which of the following?
Who is Wole Soyinka ?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :
List-I
A.E. C. G. SudarshanB.V. ShantaC.T. N. KrishnanD.Mahesh DattaniList-II
1.Theatre2.Violin3.Research in Physics4.Cancer treatment5.Water-harvestingMatch List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I
A.Harold PinterB.Jacques DioufC.Jose Manuel BarrosoD.Raymond LafitteList-II
1.Director-General, FAO2.President, European Commission3.World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project4.LitterateurWhich one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
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. RaoB.Jagdish BhagwatiC.G. N. RamchandranD.Ashok JhunjhunwalaList II
1.Telecommunication2.Physics3.Economics4.Solid State Chemistry and Material ScienceMatch List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Person)
A.Ela BhattB.Mahasweta DeviC.Ebrahim AlkaziD.Vijay GovindarajanList II (Area of work)
1.Theatre training2.Women’s labour sector3.Management teaching4.Litterateur and Social Worker for the country’s tribal communitiesMatch List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List I (Person)
A.Chanda KochharB.Amrita PatelC.Indra NooyiD.Piyush PandeyList II (Organization / Area of work)
1.Advertising2.Banking3.Dairy Development4.Pepsi Co.Who among the following is the President of the FICCI?
Which one of the following is the landmark performance of Dr. V. Mohan Reddy, an Indian born doctor working in USA, during February, 2005