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1. Tata Steel acquires Thai steel Co, becomes 8.7 MT co. Indian steel major Tata Steel's globalisation
initiatives gathered momentum, with the company announcing that it would acquire Thailand's largest steel producer Millennium
Steel Company (MS) in a deal worth 175 million USD. 2. Kingfisher Airlines introduces King Mobile Service Kingfisher Airlines, the winner of the 'New Airline of the Year 2005' Award in the Asia Pacific and Middle East region, has launched King Mobile, a unique service to enable a guest to get latest flight information on his or her mobile phone using SMS function. 3. OVL-CNPC make joint bid for Syrian oilfields • ONGC
Videsh Ltd and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) have for the first time ever made a joint bid for acquiring an oilfield
abroad 4. ONGC-CNPC win bid for PetroCanada's Syrian oilfields • State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp and China National Petroleum Corp have won the bid to acquire about 37 percent stake in Syrian oilfields of Canadian oil company Petro-Canada for 484 million Euro. 5. Ranbaxy settles patent case with Cephalon for Provigil
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd has said it had entered into an out of court settlement with Cephalon Inc for the patent infringement
dispute in the 6. CCEA approves cost estimate of Tehri transmission system The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the revised cost estimate of transmission system associated with 1,000 MW Tehri Hydro Electric Project. 7. ABN Amro Bank outsources its ATM services to Euronet ABN
Amro Bank will outsource the operation of its existing network of 90 ATMs in
Model Question Paper
1. Where is the first branch of Wal-Mart going to set up? a. Bangalore b. Mumbai
c. Dehli d.
Ghorakpur 2. On which date the Bomb spot took place in a. July15 b. July 6 c. July 2 d. July 20 3. Where was the G8 summit held this year?
a. 4. Where is the Sethusamudram project launched in
a. Vishakapattam b. 5. Indian IT revenue has been increased by _______ ? a. 30% b.31% c.33% d.28% 6. How many Indian players are selected for ICC World XI squad to play the series of test and odieies against Aus XI? a. 3 b.4 c.5 d.6 7. Who is the official sponsorer of match between ICC World XI and AUS XI? a. Pepsi b.LG c. Johny Walker d.Microsoft 8. Who set the national record for Womens 3000 meters steeplechase in swimming? a. J.Laxmi b.P.Iyer c.R.Prabhu d.S.Shanti 9. Who is the under 10 World Chess champion? a. P.harikrishna b.D.Hari c.S.Grover d.K.Humpy 10. Who won the Rajiv Gandhi Seva Award? a. Kabir Bedi b.Zaputuo Angami c.Purushottam lal d.Harish Hande 11.”Patriotism is the last refuge of a Scoundrel” Who said these words? A. Oscar Widle b. Edmund Burke c. Jawaharlal Nehru d.Samuel Johnson 12.The govt of which state in July 2005 Launched the Country’s first ever Insurance scheme covering the entire population of that state?
a. 13. What % rise in the ICICI Net Profit? a. 31% b. 33% c.30% d.28% 14 Which is the worlds cleanest country?
a.U.S b.Iceland c.New 15. Who won the Madrid Masters Cup? a.Roger Federer b.Andrew Roddick c.Nadal d.Coria 16. Name the Cricketer who has created an individual World Record for the two times? a. Sachin Tendulkar b. Brain Lara c. Shane Warne d. M.Maralidharan 17. Name the Player of chess who won Chess Oscars for 5 times? a.Carry Casparav b. V.Anand c. d. 18. Who is the Worlds Top Boxer? a. M.C. Meryeon b. Flyod Mayweather c. Harold Pinter d. Rossette Raymaond 19. Which company has received USFNA approval for __________tablets in multiple strengths? a.Dr.Reddy b. Cipla c. Dabur d. Glimepiride ans 20. Under which scheme
a. 21. Which is the
world’s largest media company? a. Sony b.LG c. Time Warner a d.Motorola 22. Which Two Banks have merged with each other? a.PNB& Centurian bank b.PNB & Indus Industrial Bank c. Centurian bank & Indus Industrial Bank d. PNB & HDFC 23. Who became a. King Fahd b.Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz c.Zahir Khan d. Mohammad Usloom 24. Who had topped the Forbes List of August 2005 of the 100 most powerful women in the world? a. Oprah Winfrey b.Melinda Gates c. Sonia Gandhi d. Condoleezza Rice 25. WiMax stands for? a. Wimbeldon’s list for Maximum Records b. Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Accesss c. Weather Index of World’s Maximum Temperature. d. None of the Above. 26. Against whom has Vishwanathan Anand Won in the Chess Classic Mainz 2005? a. Parvin Thipsay b. P. Harikrishan c. Alexander Grischuk d. Gabriel Sargissian 27. The notorious Prison of Abu Ghraib Near Baghdad was in news in August,2005, the reason was a. Massive fire b.unearthing plot of Jailbreak c.release of prisoners’ d.none of the above 28. The first river link project signed in August 2005 links the river Ken and Betwa . The two states involved are
a. Punjab and Haryana b.Gujarat and d. M.P and U.P 29. ‘CHEETAL’ is a ___________ a. Historic horse b. spotted dear c. flightless bird d. striped mouse 30. Who is the Head of the Knowledge Commission recently appointed? a.Rahul Gandhi b. Sonal Mansingh c. Arjun Ramphal d. Sam Pitroda 31. Who is the writer of ‘Shalimar the Crown’? a.Salman Rushdie b.Satish Naipaul c.Kushwant Singh d. Deepti Naval 32. Embraer-135 Business Jet inducted in sept-2005 into the fleet of the Indian Air Force for VVIP travel is from _______
a. 33. Who among the following paired with M. Bhupathi and won the US Open Mixed Doubles Tennis Title in sept 2005?
a. Daniela Hantuchova
b. Lisa Raymond c. Amelie Mauresmo d. Elena Dementieva 34. Who is elected as the a. Rossette Raymond b. Michaellle Jean c. Felicity Hufffman d. Epatha Spader 35. Who was the Hollywood Filmmaker who brought famous musicals like ‘West Side Story’ and ‘The Sound of Music’ to the big screen recently died ?
a. Robert Wise b. 36. a.99th b. 110th c.127th d. 156th 37.Who was appointed the new Chairperson of children’s
Film society of a. Raveena Tandon b. Anupam Kher c.Amol Palekar d. Nafisa Ali 38. Who among the following became Formula One
Racing’s youngest ever World Champion in
a. Kimi Raikkonean
b. Fernando Alonso c. Loris Capirossi d. J.P. Montoya 39. Who among the following is appointed as the
new ambassador of a.Pratap Trivedi b. J.D. Raveendran c. Anurag Ghosh d. Manbir Singh 40. Where in
a. Mumbai b. Bangalore c. Kolkatta d. Chennai 41. Who is the author of “Guiding Souls-Dialogues on the Purpose of Life”? a. Uma Vasudev b. P.V. Narasimha Rao c. Tapan Ghosh d. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 42. Which Nation completed the World’s Highest Railway Line at an average attitude of 4500 meters ?
a. Peru b.
China c. Haiti d. Singapore. 43. Dan Brown is the author of _______
a. The DA Vinci Code
b. The Butchers of d. Tales of the future. 44. Who is appointed as he new Chief Justice of a. Dhirendra Singh b. Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal c.Veer Singh Mehta d. Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 45. Who is the winner of 2005 Nobel Peace Prize? a. Harold Pinter b. Thomas C Schelling c. Mohammed Elbaradei d . Roy J Glauber 46. “INDRA 05” was a joint naval activity
conducted in October 2005 between
a. 47. Who has authored the book “Journey to Amity” a. A.P.J.Abdul Kalam b. I.K.Gujral c. Deepti Naval. d. Manmohan singh. 48. Who is the head of the Central Information Commission (CIC) constituted in October? a. Rashid Abdullah b. Wajahat Habibullah c. Manoj Oberoi d. Padma Balasubramanian 49. Who is a. Jullian Parker b. Sam Richard c. Helen Clark d. Martha Lopez 50. Which Indian State was in the news for the Gruesome Hacking of Karbi Tribals?
a. 51 Who was awarded the ‘Man Booker prize’ for the Novel “The Sea”? a. Andrew Fintoff b. Charles Krebs c. John Banville d. James Watson. 52. The Itamatepec
Volcano, also Known as
a. 53 The Author of the Management Book “ Business Maharajas” is _______? a. Steven Covey b. Gita Piramal c. Siva Khera d. Jyothiraditya Scindia 54. The New Chairman of the Railway Board is _______? a. R.K.Singh b. M.D.Mallya c. Jai Prakash Batra d. None 55. Trade by road between India And Pakistan resumed after 50 years at the _______ Border? a. Drass b. Kargil c. Wagah d. None 56. The Supreme court has passed a judgement in doing away with _________ in private unaided professional colleges. a. reservatios of seats b. revised curriculum c. hike in admission fees d. praticals in the science stream 57. ‘The Right of Information act’
has become effective in a. 10 Aug b. 15 june c. 25 july d. 30 may 58 Raymond Lafitte has been selected by the world bank to be the arbitrator over the Baglihar Dam Dispute between India And Pakistan. He is from _______?
a. 59. Who is the President of CII(Confederation of Indian Industry)? a. Y.C.Deveshwar b. Manmohan singh c. Ratan Tata d. Narayan Murthy. 60.Name the movie which portraits the condition and problems of Widows? a. Kafan b. shwet c. Pavithra d. Parthiv
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