ANSWERS ( Test : 9-Jan-11)

1. (c) 39. (d) 77. (a) 115. (d)

2. (b) 40. (d) 78. (d) 116. (c)
3. (b) 41. (b) 79. (d) 117. (c)
4. (a) 42. (b) 80. (c) 118. (c)
5. (b) 43. (a) 81. (a) 119. (c)
6. (c) 44. (c) 82. (b) 120. (c)
7. (c) 45. (a) 83. (c) 121. (a)
8. (c) 46. (a) 84. (d) 122. (a)
9. (b) 47. (a) 85. (c) 123. (b)
10. (b) 48. (b) 86. (a) 124. (c)
11. (a) 49. (b) 87. (d) 125. (d)
12. (d) 50. (b) 88. (d) 126. (d)
13. (d) 51. (d) 89. (d) 127. (c)
14. (a) 52. (b) 90. (d) 128. (a)
15. (b) 53. (d) 91. (c) 129. (a)
16. (d) 54. (b) 92. (d) 130. (a)
17. (c) 55. (a) 93. (d) 131. (d)
18. (a) 56. (d) 94. (a) 132. (d)
19. (d) 57. (d) 95. (a) 133. (a)
20. (c) 58. (a) 96. (d) 134. (b)
21. (b) 59. (c) 97. (a) 135. (d)
22. (d) 60. (b) 98. (c) 136. (a)
23. (b) 61. (a) 99. (d) 137. (c)
24. (d) 62. (c) 100. (c) 138. (d)
25. (d) 63. (b) 101. (a) 139. (d)
26. (b) 64. (b) 102. (d) 140. (a)
27. (d) 65. (b) 103. (d) 141. (c)
28. (a) 66. (b) 104. (c) 142. (d)
29. (a) 67. (b) 105. (c) 143. (c)
30. (d) 68. (b) 106. (d) 144. (d)
31. (a) 69. (b) 107. (a) 145. (a)
32. (c) 70. (c) 108. (a) 146. (a)
33. (c) 71. (b) 109. (a) 147. (b)
34. (c) 72. (c) 110. (d) 148. (d)
35. (a) 73. (d) 111. (d) 149. (b)
36. (b) 74. (c) 112. (b) 150. (c)
37. (d) 75. (c) 113. (a)
38. (b) 76. (a) 114. (a)
 EXPLANATIONS
76. It was raised on October 24, 2010.
It will be ca commando force,
trained in jungle warfare. It will be
deployed even in Maoist-affected
conflict zones. One of the aims of
raising all woman commando
force is to reduce complaints of
sexual violence alleged to have
been committed by security
forces.
100. India defeated Iran in the final of
the Men’s Kabaddi event in the
Asian Games 2010.
116. Kazakhstan and China won the
silver and bronze medals
respectively in the 4 x 400 m
women’s relay event.
119. Best Actress – Anannya
Chatterjee
Film – Abahoman (Bengali)
120. Abel Prize 2010 – John Torrence
Tate
The prize administered by
Norwegian Academy of Science
and Letters.
This award is named after the
great Norwegian mathematical
genius Niels Henrik Abel, who
died at the age of 26. Abel is
sometimes compared to Indian
Mathematical wizard Srinivasa
Ramanujan.
123. Gardasil, meant to prevent
cervical cancer among women.
Gardasil, marketed in India by
MSD Pharmaceuticals.
124. Prithvi-II: Surface-to-surface
missile and has a range of 290
km.
128. Location site will be at Bodi West
Hills in Their district, Tamil Nadu.
2
The project is a multi-institute
collaboration and there are 7
institutes like BARC (Mumbai), TIFR
(Mumbai), Institute of Physics
(Bhubneswar), Institute of
Mathematical Sciences (IMSc.),
Chennai, Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics (SINP), Kolkata, Variable
Energy Cyclofron Centre (VECC),
Kolkata, Harish Chandra Research
Institute (HRI), Allahabad.
129. Nitin Nohria – Dean of Harvard
Business School.
Bishakha Dutta – The Wikimedia
Foundation appointed its first ever
Indian Board Member.
Salil Shetty – Secretary General,
Amnesty Internatioinal.
Jhumpa Lahiri – Indian-American
Pulitzer Prize winning author,
appointed as a member of US
President’s Committee on the Arts
and Humanities, along with five
others.
130. Developer of an early personal
computer, that inspired Bill Gates to
found Microsoft. He passed away
recently.
134. President of Poland.
135. Billy Arjan Singh – Hunter turned
conservationist and author.
Vinda Karandikar – Noted Marathi
poet and Jnanpith Award winner.
K.N. Raj – Indian Economist
Hemendra Chandra Sen –
Renowned sarod and sitar maker.
136. India and Bangladesh will launch a
forum for cooperation in the
Conservation of the Sunderbans.
MALABAR – Naval Exercise
between India and USA.
16th SAARC Summit – Thimphu.
137. Crimea is an autonomous republic
under Ukraine.
Russia plans to open Naval base
in Ukraine. Russia is already
having Black Sea Naval base at
Sevastopol in Ukraine’s Crimea.
151. Paul Watson – Co-founded Green
Peace and now has two boats that
patrol in World’s Oceans and
confront anyone he has evidence
of acting criminally.
Jordan Romero – is a US mountain
climber, became the youngest
person to climb Mount Everest. He
was 13 years old when he reached
the summit (on 22 May 2010).
Oh Eun Sun – South Korean female
mountaineer. She is the first Korean
woman to climb the 7 summits. On
April 27, 2010, she claimed to have
become the first woman and the
21st person to climb all 14 eight-
thousanders.