PART I 1) Mr.

Yukio Hatoyama was in news recently for which of the following reasons a) He came to India recently for receiving Indira Gandhi Peace Prize b) He was the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 c) He has recently been elected as the Prime Minister of Japan d) He was the recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry e) He got the Oscar Award recently of best Screen play 2) What percent of the Indian population is poor, according a report released report? a) 39 b) 38 c) 36 d) 37 e) 48 3) MSME stands for a) Macro Small and Medium Enterprises b) Micro Strong and Medium Enterprises c) Micro Sick and Medium Enterprises d) Micro Small and Medium Enterprises e) Macro Sick and Medium Enterprises 4) Who among the following is the Chief Judge of Supreme Court? a) K G Balakrishnan b) K G Bhaktavatchalam c) A K Balakrishnan d) G K Balakrishnan d) None of the above 5) T-90 is a(n) a) Core Banking Solution b) Operating System c) Banking Practice d) Car e) Tank 6) Who wrote Jinnah India Partition, Independence? a) Sardar Patel b) Manmohan Singh c) Yashwant Sinha d) Kushwant Singh e) Jaswant Singh 7) Who is the President of the International Academy of Astronautics? a) Madhavan Nair b) Kev Nair c) Sam Pitroda d) Jean Mitchell Contant e) Stefania Fernandez 8) Jamaican Athlete Usain Bolt has recently made a record by finishing 100 metres in a) 9.89 seconds b) 9.91 seconds c) 9.58 seconds d) 9.68 seconds e) 9.78 seconds 9) Pankaj Advani is associated with which of the following games? a) Chess b) Billiards c) Table Tennis d) Badminton e) Politics 10) Nehru Cup is associated with which of the following games? a) Chess b) Cricket c) Football d) Tennis e) Volleyball 11) Which of the following Economic indicator is not correct at present? a) Bank Rate : 6 % b) Repo Rate : 4.75 % c) CRR : 5 % d) Reverse Repo Rate : 3.25% e) SLR : 25 % 12) Rate of Interest on Savings Bank Accounts in India is fixed by RBI at a) 4.5 % b) 4 % c) 5 % d) 3.5 % e) 3 %

13) Indias Forex Reserves as at the end of August 2009 is a) 276 trillion US Dollars b) 276 million US Dollars c) 276 billion Rupees d) 276 billion US Dollars e) 276 million Rupees 14) SDR stands for a) Statutory Drawing Rights b) Special Drawing Rights c) Standard Drawing Rights d) Supervisory Drawing Rights e) Statutory Democratic Rights 15) Vyas Samman was conferred on a) Lakshminandan Bora b) Bhimsen Joshi c) A R Rahman d) V K Sarawat e) Mannu Bhandari 16) Which was the venue of the G20 Finance Ministers Meet held recently? a) London b) New Delhi c) Islamabad d) Geneva e) Singapore 17) UN day is observed every year on which of the following date? a) October 14 b) November 14 c) October 24 d) February 23 e) October 31 18) The film Kanchivaram in Tamil was directed by a) Balu Mahendra b) Priyadarshan c) Mani Ratnam d) Bharathi Raja e) K P Balachander 19) Which of the following country is not a member of ASEAN? a) Singapore b) Malaysia c) Japan d) India e) Indonesia 20) Which country was recently suspended from Commonwealth Nations? a) India b) Pakistan c) Afghanistan d) Sri Lanka e) Fiji 21) International negotiations on global climate change is scheduled to be held during December 2009 in the following place. a) New Delhi, India b) Copenhagen, Denmark c) London, UK d) Chennai, India e) Geneva, Switzerland 22) Which is the most populous country in Africa? a) South Africa b) Somalia c) Egypt d) Tanzania e) Nigeria 23) The nations first indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine is named as a) INS Arihant b) INS Vikrant c) INS Agrani d) Prithvi e) Agni II 24) The revolutionary leader Corazon Aquino who expired recently belongs to which of the following countries? a) Philippines b) Japan c) Vietnam d) Indonesia e) Malaysia 25) Montek Singh Ahluwalia holds the post of a) Chairman, Planning Commission b) Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission c) Finance Minister d) Election Commissioner e) Chairman, SBI 26) Which of the following countries has recently introduced different VISA formalities for the people of Kashmir, thereby differentiating them from those from rest of India? a) Pakistan b) China c) Sri Lanka d) USA e) UK

27) Which of the following states in India is a disputed territory, according to China? a) Tamil Nadu b) Assam c) Arunachal Pradesh d) Sikkim e) Manipur 28) Golden Handshake is a term associated with a) Share Market b) Retirement benefitsc) Voluntary Retirement benefits d) Smuggling e) the game of Chess 29) NPA stands for a) Naturally Performing Assets b) Non-Perfect Assets c) New Performing Assets d) Non-Performing Activity e) Non-Performing Assets 30) Who is the Chief of Naval Staff? a) Admiral Talhiani b) Admiral Suresh Mehta c) Admiral Deepak Kapoor d) General Deepak Kapoor e) Admiral Nirmal Verma 31) Name the new LTTE Chief who was arrested in a foreign country and brought to Colombo for questioning. a) Velupillai Prabakaran b) Anton Balasingham c) Varadaraja Perumal d) Selvarasa Padmanabhan e) A K Anthony 32) Name the prominent Indian social activist who has done pioneering work for development of rural communities, and who has been named along with five others for the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay Award for 2009? a) Sandeep Pandey b) Arvind Kejriwal c) Rajender Singh d) Deep Joshi e) None of the above 33) Rajya Sabha passed the Constitution (109th Amedment) Bill 2009 that seeks Extention of reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies for another a) 5 years b) 10 years c) 15 years d) 20 years e) None of these 34) Who has been appointed Chairperson of the Childrens Films Society of India? a) Shabana Azmi b) Ravina Tandon c) Nandita Das d) Konkana Sen Sharma e) None of these 35) Which country will host the World Tiger Summit in 2010? a) Thailand b) Kenya c) India d) South Africa e) China 36) Who is the author of the Book Wish Maker? a) Ali Sethi b) David Garner c) Ajit K Ghose d) Nomaan Majid e) None of these 37) Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand? a) Ramesh Rawat b) Sudesh Nautiyal c) Ramesh Pokriyal d) Harish Rawat e) None of these 38) Union Minister for renewable energy Farooq Abdullah has inaugurated the worlds Largest solar steam system, installed at Sri Sai Baba Sansthan at a) Shirdi b) Puttabarthi c) Ujjain d) Kaladi e) None of these 39) The International Hockey Federation confirmed that ______ will host the 2010 Mens Hockey World Cup after internal problems surrounding the sport are Resolved. a) Australia b) New Zealand c) England d) India e) Pakistan 40) Which of the following has become the first private company to get protection from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF)? a) Wipro b) Infosys c) TCS d) Mahendra Satyam e) HCL

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PART II 567 + 56.7 + 5.67 + 0.567 + 0.0567 = ? a) 632.87 b) 629.99 c) 630.87 d) 631.86 e) 609.99 65 / 1.3 X 6.8 /0.17 X 0.3 X 0.7 = ? a) 418 b) 419 c) 420 d) 421 e) None of these -55 X 67 + 88 = ? a) -3590 b) -3592 c) -3599 d) -3597 e) -8525 47% of 325 + 62% of 175 = ? a) 260.75 b) 261.25 c) 261.75 d) 262 e) None of these If a/b=1, then (a+x)/(a-x) = ? a) 0 b) c) 1 d) Date Inadequate e) None During first year, the population of a town increased by 5% and during the next year, the population decreased by 5%. If the total population is 9975 at the end of the second year, what was the population at the beginning of the first year? a) 12000 b) 11000 c) 10900 d) 9500 e) 10000 If As salary is 20% less than Bs salary, by how much percent is Bs salary more than As? a) 16.67% b) 20% c) 15% d) 30% e) 25% If a radio is purchased for Rs.490 and sold for Rs.465.50, find the loss percent. a) 10% b) 12% c) 8% d) 5% e) 4% A and B together can do a piece of work in 30 days. A having worked for 16 days, B finishes the remaining work alone in 44 days. In how many days shall B finish the whole work alone? a) 30 days b) 40 days c) 60 days d) 70 days e) None of the above A, B and C can complete a piece of work in 24, 6, 12 days respectively. Working Together, they will complete the same work in a) 1/24 days b) 7/24 days c) 3 3/7 days d) 4 days e) None of these 10 women can complete the work in 7 days and 10 children take 14 days to complete the work. How many days will 5 women and 10 children take to complete the work? a) 3 b) 5 c) 7 d) D.I. e) None of these Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 36 hours and 45 hours respectively. If both the pipes are opened simultaneously, how much time will be taken to fill the tank? a) 18 hours b) 20 hours c) 24 hours d) 30 hours e) None of these How many minutes does Aditya take to cover a distance of 400 m, if he runs at a speed of 20 km/hr? a) 1.2 b) 2 c) 1.5 d) 2.4 e) None of these A man standing on a railway bridge which is 180 m long. He finds that a train crosses the bridge in 20 seconds but himself in 8 seconds. Find its speed in kmph. a) 50 b) 52 c) 60 d) 72 e) 54 A train of length 150 metres takes 40.5 seconds to cross a tunnel of length 300 metres. What is the speed of the train in kmph? a) 20 b) 30 c) 32 d) 36 e) 40 In one hour, a boat goes 11 km along the stream and 5 km against the stream. The speed of the boat in still water (in kmph) is a) 3 b) 5 c) 8 d) 9 e) None of these In what ratio must rice at Rs.9.30 per kg be mixed with rice at Rs.10.80 per kg so

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that the mixture be worth Rs.10 per kg? a) 7:8 b) 14:15 c) 16:15 d) 8:7 e) 9:7 A sum of Rs.800 amounts to Rs.920 in 3 years at simple interest. If the interest rate is increased by 3%, it would amount to how much? a) 192 b) 992 c) 1000 d) 980 e) None of these Find the Compound Interest on Rs.7500 at 4% per annum for 2 years, compounded annually? a) 600 b) 606 c) 750 d) 612 e) None of these A sum of money doubles itself at compound interest in 15 years. In how many years will it become eight times? a) 30 b) 45 c) 60 d) 24 e) None of these The inner circumference of a circular track, 14 m wide, is 440 m. Find the radius of the outer circle. a) 84 m b) 70 m c) 96 m d) 98 m e) None of these The diagonal of a rectangle is thrice its smaller size. The ratio of the length to the breadth of the rectangle is a) 3:1 b) 3:1 c) 2:1 d) 22:1 e) None of these If the area of a square increases by 69%, then the side of the square increases by a) 12% b) 13% c) 30% d) 39% d) 69% The radii of two cones are in the ratio 2:1, their volumes are equal. Find the ratio of their heights. a) 4:1 b) 1:4 c) 2:1 d) 1:2 e) None of these Find the cube root of 105823817 a) 473 b) 493 c) 453 d) 443 e) None of these

PART III 66) All books are black. All pencils are black. a) All books are pencils b) Some books are pencils c) Some books are not pencils d) Either (b) or (c) above e) None of these 67) Some Engineers are not Doctors. Some Doctors are not Teachers. a) Some Engineers are not Teachers b) No Teacher is an Engineer c) Some Teachers are not Engineers d) Some Engineers are Doctors e) None of these 68) All chairs are seats. All Seats are tables. a) Some tables are not chairs b) Some chairs are tables c) All Chairs are tables d) Either (b) or (c) e) Both (b) and (c) 69) All people are Indians. Some Scientists are not Indians. a) Some people are not Scientists b) No scientist is an Indian c) Some Scientist are not people d) Some Scientists are people e) Either (c) or (d) 70) Some computers have memory. No Calculator has memory. a) No computer is a calculator b) Some calculators are not computers c) Some computers are calculators d) Some computers are not calculators e) None of these