GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008,

GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008

1. Who is the thefirst prime minister of theFederal DemocraticRepublic of Nepal?

(a) Girija Prasad Koirala

(b) Ishwar Pokhrel

(c Pushpa Kumar Dahal Prachand

(d) Sher Bahadur Deoba

2. Samuel Beckett wrote -

(a) Volpone

(b) Mother Courage and Her Children

(c) A Doll’s House

(d) Endgame

3. Which one of the following author-book pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Elfride Jelinek – The Pianist

(b) J.M. Coetzee- Shame

(c) Saul Bellow – Herzog

(d) Salman Rushdie – Disgrace

4. The Plough and the ‘Stars’ was written by -

(a) G.B. Shaw (b) Sean O’Casey

(c) Lady Gregory

(d) J.M. Synge

5. Willy Loman is a character in-

(a) Waiting for Godot

(b) A Doll’s House

(c) The Cherry Orchard

(d) The Death of a Salesman

6. John Evellyn and Samuel Pepys were the famous writers of -

(a) Editorials

(b) Letters

(c) Essays

(d) Diaries

7. The subtitle of Dryden’s Absalom and Achitophel is -

(a) There was no subtitle

(b) A Poem

(c) A Satire

(d) A satire on the True Blue Protestant Poets

8. Who of the following is not a periodical essayist?

(a) Richard Steele

(b) Lancelot Andrews

(c) Joseph Addison

(d) Jonathan Swift

9. “Did he who made the Lamb made thee” appears in-

(a) ‘Introduction’

(b) ‘ The Tyger’

(c) ‘Chimney Sweeper’

(d) ‘London’

10. Which of the following thinker- concept pairs is rightly matched?

(a) I.A. Richards – Archetypal criticism

(b) Northrop Frye-Practical criticism

(c) Jacqes Devide – New Historicism

(d) Stanley Fish – Reader Response

11. “Essays of Eila” are-

(a) Economic disparity

(b) Literary criticism

(c) Political ideology

(d) Personal impressions

12. Which of the following thinker – concept pairs is rightly matched?

(a) Mamata – Vakrokti (b) Abhinava Gupta- Kavya Alankar

(c) Bharata – Natya Shastra (d) Vaman – Dhwanyaloka

13. Choose the correct sequence of the following schools of criticism -

(a) Deconstruction, New Criticism, Structuralism, Reader Response

(b) Reader Response, Deconstruction, Structuralism, New Criticism

(c) New Criticism, Structuralism, Deconstruction, Reader Response

(d) Structuralism, New Criticism, Deconstruction, Reader Response

14. ‘Peripeteia’ means -

(a) Tragic flaw

(b) Recognition of error

(c) Purgation of emotion

(d) Reversal of fortune

15. ‘Gynocriticism’ focuses on -

(a) Criticism of male writers by women writers

(b) Criticism on women

(c) Criticism by women

(d) Women as writers

16. Samuel Butler’s Hudibras is modeled upon -

(a) Don Quixote

(b) Endymion

(c) Annus Mirabilis

(d) Pilgrim’s Progress

17. Who was the last of the Christian Humanists?

(a) John Bunyan

(b) Oliver Cromwell

(c) John Milton

(d) Richard Crashaw

18. The narrative of Raja Rao’s Kanthapura is based on-

(a) The Ramayana

(b) The Mahabharata

(c) Puranas

(d) Shastras

19. Which of the following author- book pairs is correctly matched?

(a) Arundhati Roy Algebra of Infinite Justice

(b) Shashi Tharoor - Trotter’s Name

(c) C.L.R. James- The English Patient

(d) David Madouf- The Cityof Djins

20. Who wrote ‘A tiger does not proclaim its tigretude’ ?

(a) Derek Walcott

(b) Soyinka

(c) Achebe

(d) Ngugi

21. ‘Jindiworobak’ movement relates to -

(a) Caribbean literature

(b) Canadian literature

(c) Australian literature

(d) New Zealand literature

22. The Montreal group of poets championed the cause of-

(a) Modernist poetry

(b) Imagist poetry

(c) Symbolist poetry

(d) Nature poetry

23. The figure of the ‘Abyssinian Maid’ appears in-

(a) ‘Kubla Khan’

(b) ‘Frost at Midnight’

(c) ‘Dejection : an Ode’

(d) ‘Christabel’

24. Coleridge’s statement that imagination “dissolves, diffuse, dissipates in order to recreate” relates to -

(a) secondary imagination

(b) esemplastic imagination

(c) fancy

(d) primary imagination

25. Who among the following is the acting President of Pakistan ?

(a) Parvez Musharraf

(b) Mohammedmian Soomro

(c) Ashif Zardari

(d) Nawaz Sharif

ANSWERS

1. (c) 2. (d) 3. (c) 4. (b) 5. (d)

6. (d) 7. (b) 8. (d) 9. (c) 10. (d)

11. (d) 12. (c) 13. (b) 14. (d) 15. (d)

16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (c) 19. (a) 20. (c)

21. (a) 22. (a) 23. (a) 24. (d) 25. (b)

GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008

GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008

1. India test-fired Agni III on—
(A) May 15, 2008
(B) May 17, 2008
(C) May 20, 2008
(D) May 7, 2008
2. Which one of the following countries is not included in the elite club which India joined after its successful test firing of Agni III—
(A) Russia
(B) U.S.A.
(C) U.K.
(D) France
3. M. Natrajan is—
(A) Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister
(B) Chief Controller and Programme Director of Agni Missile System
(C) Scientific Advisor to the Prime Minister
(D) None of the above
4. Currently which one of the following organizations is celebrating its golden jubilee (year) ?
(A) ISRO
(B) CBI
(C) DRDO
(D) NASSCOM
5. India and Malaysia held their joint naval exercise at—
(A) Andman island
(B) Nicobar island
(C) Lumut
(D) Kualalampur
6. SERB stands for—
(A) Social Enlightenment and Research Board
(B) Scientific And Engineering Research Board
(C) Scientists’ and Engineers’ Research Board
(D) Science and Engineering Research Board
7. CEP (Circular Error Probability) is associated with—
(A) Prithvi II
(B) Chandryan I
(C) Narco Analysis test conducted on Aarushis’ alleged murderer
(D) The finalization of Indo-US Nuclear deal
8. The country which recently announced to have its own version of Star Wars—
(A) France
(B) Japan
(C) China
(D) North Korea
9. The Indian state which, in May 2008, launched Food Security Scheme—
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Chhattisgarh
(C) Tamil Nadu
(D) Jammu & Kashmir
10. The most coveted award at the 61st Cannes Film Festival was received by—
(A) ‘Hunger’
(B) Line of Passage
(C) ‘The Class’
(D) Three Monkeys
11. The Winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Contest is—
(A) Ravi Kumar
(B) Sameer Mishra
(C) Kuljit Singh
(D) None of these
12. ‘Travelling Through Conflict’ is a book written by—
(A) Hamid Ansari
(B) Cherie Blair
(C) Balraj Krishna
(D) Salman Rushdie
13. According to the Global Peace Index released in May 2008, the most peaceful country on the earth is—
(A) New Zealand
(B) Norway
(C) Denmark
(D) Iceland
14. Which of the following was recently granted Navratna status to ?
(A) PGCIL
(B) REC
(C) NALCO
(D) All the above
15. In terms of billionnaire population. Mumbai ranks…… at world level ?
(A) Sixth
(B) Fifth
(C) Fourth
(D) Seventh
16. According to a report, the number of Indians who have a problem of loud snoring during sleep is—
(A) 35 million
(B) 36 million
(C) 40 million
(D) 45 million
17. The government has planned to establish ………… universities of global standards across the country ?
(A) 10
(B) 14
(C) 20
(D) 16
18. The government has increased Minimum Support Price of—
(A) Wheat
(B) Paddy
(C) Cane
(D) None of these
19. India recently refused to accept the offer of funds/loans from World Bank for— (A) Disaster management
(B) North-East projects
(C) Tiger protection
(D) None of the above
20. Yves Saint Laurent recently died. He was a—
(A) U.S.A. film director
(B) First man to go to Mars mission
(C) Renowned fashion designer
(D) An internationally renowned financial expert

Answers
1. (D) 2. (C) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (D) 7. (A) 8. (B) 9. (B) 10. (C) 11. (B) 12. (A) 13. (D) 14. (D) 15. (D) 16. (B) 17. (D) 18. (B) 19. (C) 20 (C)

GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008

GENERAL AWARENESS SOLVED PAPER 2008

1. The tennis player who announced retirement recently is—
(A) Roger Federer
(B) Justine Henin
(C) Rafael Nadal
(D) Mahesh Bhupati

2. Entero virus 71 (EV 71) is responsible for—
(A) Japanese encephalitis
(B) The new form of bird flue
(C) Skin infection
(D) Hand-foot-mouth disease

3. According to a latest report, since 1990, India has cut its overall child mortality rate by—
(A) 34%
(B) 30%
(C) 32%
(D) 36%

4. India test-fired Nuclear Capable Agni III on May 7, 2008 for—
(A) Fourth time
(B) Second time
(C) Third time
(D) Fifth time

5. Tenth century coins have been found from the city of—
(A) Guwahati
(B) Bareily
(C) Khandwa
(D) Ranchi

6. The cyclone which struck Myanmar in May 2008 was—
(A) Willy-willy
(B) Nargis
(C) Fanoos
(D) Nasim

7. The number of children, who are deprived of basic healthcare in India, as per the report—state of the World’s Mothers—brought out by global humanitarian organization ‘save the children’ is—
(A) 60 million
(B) 50 million
(C) 67 million
(D) 55 million

8. The country where the system of two Supreme Courts has been proposed is—
(A) Pakistan
(B) Nepal
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Bhutan

9. Which of the following is not a member of the NATO ?
(A) Austria
(B) Poland
(C) Hungary
(D) Spain

10. Who became Britain’s first Asian woman Lord Mayor ?
(A) Rekha Rani
(B) Anjula Sood
(C) Reshma Shah
(D) Kavita Sahni

11. The newly elected President of Paragury is—
(A) Fernando De Silva
(B) Fernando Lugo
(C) Fernando Silvio
(D) Fernando Dominique

12. Silvio Berlusconi was recently elected to the post of Prime Ministership of Italy. He belongs to—
(A) Italian Nationalist Party
(B) The Patriotic Alliance
(C) People’s Party of Italy
(D) People of Freedom Party

13. PLA stands for—
(A) Party of Leninist Association
(B) People’s Liberation Army
(C) People for Liberal Alliance
(D) People for Left Alliance

14. The number of African countries which attended the recently concluded India-Africa Forum Summit is—
(A) 14
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 17

15. According to a recent survey which of India’s states has topped in rural electrification ?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Karnataka

16. Simran Kaur Mundi has been chosen—
(A) Miss India Earth 2008
(B) Miss India Universe 2008
(C) Miss India World 2008
(D) None of the above

17. Which one of the following won Pulitzer prize in Music category ?
(A) The Little Match Girl Passion
(B) Time and Materials
(C) The Years of Extermination
(D) The Eden’s Outcasts

18. The book ‘Superstar India : From Incredible to Unstoppable’ is written by—
(A) P. M. Nayyar
(B) Jhumpi Lahiri
(C) Shobha De
(D) None of these

19. The 2008 Edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack–Crickets major annual reference work has named “The Leading Cricketer of the World for 2007”—
(A) Mc Grath
(B) Jacques Kallis
(C) Ricky Ponting
(D) Sachin Tendulkar

20. India ranks …………… in foreign exchange forex reserve.
(A) Third
(B) Second
(C) Fifth
(D) Fourth

21. Raghuram Rajan Committee is related to—
(A) Austerity in government expenditure
(B) Study of causes of rising prices
(C) Financial sector reforms
(D) Export-import balance

22. The International Monetary Fund has estimated India’s contribution to World Gross Domestic Product in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms for 2007 to—
(A) 4·6%
(B) 6·4%
(C) 7·1%
(D) 3·9%

23. According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, currently the per capita debt on each of the roughly 110 crore Indians stands at—
(A) Rs. 71502
(B) Rs. 7218
(C) Rs. 10550
(D) Rs. 6103

24. Which one of the three single cross improved hybrids of maize has not been developed and recommended for an All India level use by Chaudhry Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University ?
(A) HPM–6
(B) HM–8
(C) HM–10
(D) HQPM–7

25. US has decided to remove ………from its list of states sponsoring terrorism.
(A) Cuba
(B) Iraq
(C) North Korea
(D) Libya

26. In the year 2006-07 India received Foreign Direct Investment Worth—
(A) $ 25 billion
(B) $ 24·5 billion
(C) $ 26·25 billion
(D) 20·5 billion

27. For the first time, the T.V. Cameras and print cameramen were allowed to record proceedings of the Lok Adalats dispensing justice on—
(A) May 3, 2008
(B) May 5, 2008
(C) May 7, 2008
(D) May 4, 2008

28. As a part of the partial solution to the world’s energy crisis, the scientists of which of the following countries are building a nuclear fusion laboratory designed to recreate the temperatures and pressure of an exploding star ?
(A) U.K.
(B) U.S.A.
(C) Australia
(D) France

29. Recently, a fatal disease broke out in China infecting thousands of children and causing death of some of them. The disease was—
(A) Bird flu
(B) Filariasis
(C) Hand, mouth and foot disease
(D) Chicken pox

30. Two Indian doctors from Kolhapur have achieved a path breaking success in the research of—
(A) Genetics
(B) Stem cell
(C) New protein structure
(D) Habit pattern of different people

31. Apart from ISRO, three other agencies/institutions were also involved in the execution of PSLV-C9. Which of the following was not involved ?
(A) DRDO
(B) Antrix Corporation
(C) Cosmos International Germany
(D) University of Toronto, Canada

32. The Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, slated to begin in 2009 was conceptualised first in—
(A) 1991
(B) 1989
(C) 1985
(D) 1993

33. In addition to Kolkata and Delhi, the Union Government plans to start Metro rail service in four more cities. Which of the following is not included in the plan ?
(A) Kochi
(B) Hyderabad
(C) Pune
(D) Chennai

34. President Pratibha Patil recently visited Chile, Brazil and Mexico. During her trip, with which of the following countries did India sign an extradition treaty—
(A) Brazil
(B) Chile
(C) Mexico
(D) None of these

35. In its thirteenth flight PSLV-C9 successfully launched ten satellites with a total weight of 820 kg. Which of the following satellites launched by PSLV-C9 is not a nano satellite ?
(A) NLS-4
(B) NLS-5
(C) RUBIN-8A
(D) IMS-1

Answers :
1. (B) 2. (D) 3. (A) 4. (C) 5. (C) 6. (B) 7. (C) 8. (A) 9. (A) 10. (B)
11. (B) 12. (D) 13. (B) 14. (A) 15. (C) 16. (B) 17. (A) 18. (C) 19. (B) 20. (D)
21. (C) 22. (A) 23. (B) 24. (A) 25. (C) 26. (B) 27. (A) 28. (A) 29. (C) 30. (B)
31. (A) 32. (B) 33. (C) 34. (A) 35. (D)