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An ancient cave containing a mural of 55 panels on the life of Buddha was discovered at Sanchi Bodh Gaya Mustang (Nepal) Lhasa (Tibet) Jhoolan Goswami is associated with Football Cricket Badminton Archery Where is the Indian Institute of Corporate Governance proposed to be located? Agra (Uttar Pradesh) Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) Manesar (Haryana) Ludhiana (Punjab) Which of the following was the first State in India which had a woman as Chief Minister? Bihar Punjab Tamil Nadu Uttar Pradesh

5. The supersonic BrahMos land attack cruise missile (LACM) inducted in the Indian Army in June, 2007 has a range of 1. 275 km 2. 290 km 3. 315 km 4. 400 km 6. 1. 2. 3. 4. The Shipra Path police station that has been adjudged the best in the world is in New Delhi Jaipur Chandigarh Mumbai

7. Which of the following metals is used for coating the metal surface of galvanized corrugated iron sheets in galvanized corrugated iron sheets, during galvanization? 1. Tin 2. Chromium 3. Iron 4. Zinc 8. 1. 2. 3. 4. 9. 1. 2. 3. 4. The Taj Mahal is affected due to Green house gases Ozone Excess humidity in air Acid rain Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) mainly contains Methane Butane Benzene A mixture of aromatic hydrocarbons

10. The situation in which total revenues equals total costs, is knows as 1. Monopolistic Competition 2. Equilibrium level 3. Breakeven point 4. Perfect Competition

11. Rs. 24 is a new Russian 1. anti-intercontinental ballistic missile. 2. nuclear powered submarine. 3. inter-continental ballistic missile that can defeat Americas missile defiance system.. 4. multiple launch rocket system. 12. The author of the book titled The Future of India is 1. Bimal Jalan 2. Deepak Chopra 3. Anurag Mathur 4. Amitav Ghosh 13. The worlds first woman Prime Minister is 1. Indira Gandhi. 2. Margaret Thatcher. 3. Srimavo Bandaranaike. 4. Golda Meir. 14. Enzymes are a group of 1. Amino acids. 2. Polypeptides. 3. Proteins. 4. Carbohydrates. 15. Which of the following woods is used in making cricket bats? 1. Cedrus puniferum 2. Salix Purpurea (Willow) 3. Tectona grandis 4. Morus alba 16. The nucleic acid found in HIV is 1. 2 DNA. 2. 1 DNA. 3. 2 RNA. 4. 1 RNA. 17. In onion, the edible swollen portion is 1. aerial stem. 2. internode. 3. root. 4. leaf base. 18. The disease that is caused by viral infection is 1. Typhoid. 2. Cholera. 3. Common cold. 4. Tetanus. 19. Which of the following pairs is not correct? 1. Deodhar Trophy : Cricket 2. Subroto Cup : Football 3. Hero Honda : Golf Indian open 4. Holkar Trophy : Golf 20. When a balloon filled with hydrogen is released, it expands as it rises and may even burst after rising up to a particular height in the atmosphere. This happens because 1. the temperature increases with height. 2. the temperature decrease with height. 3. the atmospheric pressure increases with height. 4. the atmospheric pressure decreases with height.

21. When milk is churned, the cream separates from it due to 1. Frictional force. 2. Centrifugal force. 3. Gravitational force. 4. Viscous force. 22. In which of the following groups, do animals bear no teeth? 1. Peacock, Ostrich, Tortoise 2. Turtle, Kiwi, Cow 3. Owl, Lion, Crow 4. Alligator, Turtle, Tortoise 23. The 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games were held at 1. Pune. 2. Karachi. 3. Dhaka. 4. London. 24. Who composed the famous song SARE JAHAN SE ACHHA, HINDUSTAN HAMARA? 1. Mirza Ghalib 2. Mohd. Iqbal 3. Naqsh Layalpuri 4. Shakeel Badayuni 25. The Maitree Express Train runs between 1. Amritsar and Lahore. 2. Kolkata and Dhaka. 3. Delhi and Srinagar. 4. Lucknow and Kathmandu. 26. Queen Elizabeth recently conferred knighthood on 1. Chetan Bhagat 2. L.N. Mittal 3. Salman Rushdie 4. None of these. 27. Sivasamudra is an island formed by the river 1. Ganga 2. Godavari 3. Krishna 4. Cauvery 28. The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was 1. S.P. Sen Verma 2. Sukumar Sen 3. Dr. Nagendra Singh 4. K.V.K. Sundaram 29. Who among the following was the first heavyweight boxer to go undefeated throughout his career? 1. Rockey Marciano 2. Lee Epperson 3. Marry Holmes 4. Michael Spinks 30. According to an announcement by Yahoo India, in how many languages will the Yahoo Messenger be available now? 1. 5 2. 9 3. 15 4. 18

31. Where was the Arya Samaj set up for the first time in 1875? 1. Amritsar 2. Lahore 3. Bombay 4. Delhi 32. Who built the temple of Angkor vat? 1. Surya Varman 2. Jaya Varman 3. Vaso Varman 4. Hari Varman 33. Who was the first Sufi saint in India? 1. Shaikh Hamiduddin 2. Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya 3. Shaikh Qutbudding Auliya 4. Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti 34. How many members participated during the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885, at Bombay? 1. 72 2. 172 3. 85 4. 124 35. In Faizabad, the revolt of 1857 was led by 1. Ahmadullah 2. Bakht Khan 3. Khan Bahadur Khan 4. Nana Sahib 36. The first railway line running from Bombay to Thane was opened in 1. 1852 A.D 2. 1853 A.D 3. 1854 A.D 4. 1855 A.D 37. Which one of the following newspapers was edited by Gandhi? 1. Navjeevan 2. Kesari 3. Maratha 4. Gujarat 38. How many member/members from the AngloIndian community can be nominated by the Governor to the State Assembly? 1. One 2. Two 3. Three 4. Four 39. Indian Citizenship Act was passed in 1. 1950 2. 1952 3. 1955 4. 1960 40. The Chairman of the Finance Commission must be 1. a person having special knowledge of finance and accounting. 2. a High Court judge or one qualified to be appointed as such. 3. a person having experience in public affairs. 4. All of the above

41. How many items are contained in the Union List? 1. 66 items 2. 96 items 3. 97 items 4. 67 items 42. The Vice-president of India can be removed from office by the 1. President on the advice of the Council of Ministers. 2. Lok Sabha with the consent of the President. 3. Rajya Sabha with the concurrence of the Lok Sabha. 4. Rajya Sabha with the concurrence of the President. 43. The novel White Tiger, which won the Man Booker Prize 2008, was authored by 1. Arundhati Roy 2. V. S. Naipaul 3. Kiran Desai 4. Aravind Adiga 44. Who compared the Dandi March to Napoleons march to Paris on his return from Elba? 1. Dadabhai Naoroji 2. Lala Lajpat Rai 3. Subhash Chandra Bose 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak 45. A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha has to be passed and returned by Rajya Sabha within 1. 21 days 2. 14 days 3. 1 month 4. 3 month 46. According to purchasing power parity (ppp), India is the 1. tenth largest economy 2. seventh largest economy 3. sixth largest economy 4. fourth largest economy 47. The scheme Ladli launched by the Government of India relates to the welfare of 1. mothers giving birth to baby girl. 2. baby girl. 3. whole family. 4. girls after marriage. 48. The role of Price Mechanism in a free economy is to determine 1. what to produce and in what quantities. 2. what techniques to be used for the production of these quantities. 3. how the income should be distributed between the owners of the resources and the producers. 4. All of these. 49. The Gross National Product is measured by all of the following well-known methods, except the 1. Product method. 2. Expenditure method. 3. Value added method. 4. Income method. 50. The National Technical Research Organization (NTRO), a premium scientific agency, under the National Security Advisor, in the Prime Ministers Office, is located in 1. Bangalore. 2. Chennai. 3. Delhi. 4. Mumbai.

51. The first branch of any Indian bank in Qatar was set up by 1. Central Bank of India. 2. Indian Overseas Bank. 3. ICICI Bank. 4. Punjab National Bank. 52. UTI bank having decided to relinquish the UTI brand name chose the new brand name of 1. Excel Bank. 2. Trade Bank. 3. Axis Bank. 4. Super Bank. 53. In which year was the Reserve Bank of India established? 1. 1935 2. 1948 3. 1950 4. 1952 54. A parallel computer developed in India is 1. IBM360 2. PARAM 3. CRAY1 4. ILLIAC 55. What is the source of electric energy in an artificial satellite? 1. A mini nuclear reactor 2. A dynamo 3. A thermopile 4. Solar cells 56. Dr. Manmohan Singh recently declared this Indian river as NATIONAL RIVER. The name of the river is 1. Brahmaputra. 2. Mahanadi. 3. Ganga. 4. Kosi. 57. The ozone layer of atmosphere absorbs 1. visible radiations. 2. ultraviolet radiations. 3. radio waves. 4. infrared radiations. 58. The disease caused by eating fish due to mercury poisoning is called 1. Mina Mata. 2. Diarrhoea. 3. Dysentery. 4. Cholera. 59. The material used for making carry bags for shopping purpose is a polymer of 1. Ethylene. 2. Acetylene. 3. Vinyl Chloride. 4. Propylene. 60. The purification of muddy water by alum is due to 1. Dialysis. 2. Coagulation. 3. Emulsification. 4. Filtration.

61. Air is completely removed from an electric bulb to prevent 1. oxidation of tungsten filament. 2. bursting of the bulb. 3. loss of light due to absorption. 4. None of these. 62. The Pashmina variety of wool is obtained from 1. sheep. 2. camel. 3. rabbit. 4. goat. 63. The meeting point of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats is 1. Cardamom Hills. 2. Palni Hills. 3. Annamalai Hills. 4. Nilgiri Hills. 64. International Rice Research Institute is situated in 1. Philippines. 2. Indonesia. 3. Malaysia. 4. India. 65. Which one of the following is the finest natural harbour of India? 1. Marmagao 2. Mumbai 3. Mangalore 4. Kochi 66. Who among the following Tomar rulers is credited with founding the city of Delhi 1. Anangpal 2. Vajrata 3. Rudrane 4. Devaraja 67. Where is the Public Sector Nepa Newsprint factory located? 1. Himachal Pradesh 2. Madhya Pradesh 3. Tamil Nadu 4. Maharashtra 68. Which city is called the Boston of the East? 1. Mumbai 2. Ahmedabad 3. Coimbatore 4. Madurai 69. Constellations appear to change their positions at different times of the night because the 1. Earth revolves round the sun. 2. Earth rotates about its axis. 3. Constellations move faster than the Earth. 4. Both (1) and (2) 70. Which is the largest river system of the peninsular region? 1. Godavari 2. Kaveri 3. Narmada 4. Mahanadi

SNAP Specific questions 71. Surya Shekhar Ganguly is a player of 1. Chess 2. Cricket 3. Golf 4. None of the above 72. Army Day is observed on 1. 16th January 2. 15th January 3. 17th January 4. 20th January 73. NIA stands for (1) National Aeronautics Agency (2) National Investigation Agency (3) National Armament Agency (4) None of these 74. W2M is (1) Indias proposed mission to Jupiter (2) The first Satellite by ISRO for a foreign customer (3) European Unions mission to Mars (4) IndiaJapan joint mission to Space 75. IBEx is 1) NASA's Probe (2) EU's Probe (3) EU NASA joint Probe (4) None of the above 76. ITR stands for (1) International Tariff Rate (2) Integrated Trial Rate (3) Integrated Trial Range (4) Integrated Test Range 77. Recently National River Status has been granted to (1) Mahanadi (2) Ganga (3) Sindhu (4) Brahmaputra 78. Pt. Bhimsen Joshi who has been declared 'Bharat Ratna' winner was born in (1) Gadag (2) Palakkad (3) Pune (4) Mysore 79. Under the revised pay scale of Judges as approved by the Union Cabinet on November 27, 2008, which of the following pairs/ matches is not correct? (1) Chief Justice of India Rs. 1 lakh per month (2) Chief Justice of the High Court Rs. 90,000 per month (3) Judge of the High Court Rs. 80,000 per month (4) Judge of the Supreme Court Rs. 85,000 per month 80. The Security forces of India launched..... to flush out terrorists which wreaked havoc in Mumbai in the last week of November 2008. (1) Operation Liberate Mumbai (2) Operation Sea Storm (3) Operation Black Tornadoes (4) Operation Thunder Storm

IIFT specific questions 81. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Country Currency (1) Brazil- Reais (2) China -Yuan (3) Mexico -Pesos (4) Thailand- Ringgit 82. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists List I List II (City) (Stadium) I. Bengaluru (A) Sawai Mansingh II. Chennai (B) Sardar Patel III. Motera (C) Chinnaswami IV. Jaipur (D) Chidambaram (1) I(A), II(B), III(C), IV(D) (2) I(C), II(D), III(B), IV(A) (3) I(A), II(C), III(B), IV(D) (4) I(C), II(B), III(D), IV(A) 83. What is the correct chronological order of conferring Bharat Ratna to the following? I. M.S. Subbalakshmi II. Professor Amartya Sen III. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam IV. Sushri Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Select the correct answer using the code given below (1) I-II-III-IV (2) III-I-II-IV (3) II-I-IV-III (4) IV-III-I-II 84. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists List I List II (Medicinal Product) (Source) I. Quinine (A) Poppy plant II. Morphine (B) Bacterium III. Penicillin (C) Cinchona bark IV. Tetracycline (D) Fungus (1) I(C), II(D), III(A), IV(B) (2) I(B), II(C), III(A), IV(D) (3) I(C), II(A), III(D), IV(B) (4) I(B), II(A), III(C), IV(D) 85. Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Nobel Laureate of 2008 Discipline (1) Martti Ahtisaari Peace (2) Yoichiro Nambu Physics (3) JeanMarie Gustave Le Clezio Literature (4) Osamu Shimomura Physiology 86. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using code given below the Lists List I List II (Player) (Sport) I. Gagan Narang (A) Archery II. Akhil Kumar (B) Swimming III. Mangal Singh Champia (C) Boxing IV. Virdhawal Khade (D) Rifile Shooting (1) ID, IIA, IIIC, IVB (2) IB, IIC, IIIA, IVD (3) ID, IIC, IIIA, IVB (4) IB, IIA, IIIC, IVD

87. In which of the following years the Fundamental Duties have been added to the existent Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India? (1) 1965 (2) 1976 (3) 1979 (4) 1982 88. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists List I List II (Provision of the Constitution of India) (Source) I. Amendment (A) Constitution of Germany II. Directive Principles (B) Constitution of Canda III. Emergency Power of President (C) Constitution of South Africa IV. The Union State Relations (D) Irish Constitution (1) IA, IIB, IIID, IVC (2) IC, IID, IIIA, IVB (3) IA, IID, IIIB, IVC (4) IC, IIA, IIID, IVB 89. In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organization (WTO)? (1) 1991 (2) 1995 (3) 2000 (4) 2005 90. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists. List I List II (Multipurpose River Project) (Hydel Power Station) I. Rihand (A) Hirakud II. Gandak (B) Balmikinagar III. Chambal (C) Pipri IV. Mahanadi (D) Kota (1) IC, IID, IIIB, IVA (2) IA, IIB, IIID, IVC (3) IC, IIB, IIID, IVA (4) IA, IID, IIIB, IVC

Answer Key 1.(3) 2.(2) 3.(3) 4.(4) 5.(2) 6.(2) 7.(4) 8.(4) 9.(2) 10.(3) 11.(3) 12.(1) 13.(3) 14.(3) 15.(2) 16.(1) 17.(1) 18.(3) 19.(4) 21.(2) 22.(1) 23.(1) 24.(2) 25.(2) 26.(3) 27.(4) 28.(2) 29.(1) 31.(3) 32.(1) 33.(4) 34.(1) 35.(1) 36.(2) 37.(1) 38.(2) 39.(3) 41.(3) 42.(3) 43.(4) 44.(3) 45.(2) 46.(4) 47.(2) 48.(4) 49.(3) 51.(3) 52.(3) 53.(1) 54.(2) 55.(4) 56.(3) 57.(2) 58.(1) 59.(1) 61.(2) 62.(4) 63.(4) 64.(1) 65.(4) 66.(1) 67.(2) 68.(2) 69.(4) 71.(1) 72.(2) 73.(2) 74.(2) 75.(1) 76.(4) 77.(2) 78.(1) 79.(4) 81.(4) 82.(2) 83.(2) 84.(3) 85.(4) 86.(3) 87.(2) 88.(2) 89.(3)

20.(4) 30.(2) 40.(4) 50.(3) 60.(4) 70.(1) 80.(3) 90.(3)