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Objective Questions for preparation for CSAT 2011.

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Question 1 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On 13th Nov. 2010, The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) had announced that it will launch three satellies in 2011 to study climate change. Which one is incorrect from the followings?

  1. SARAL
  2. RISAT-1
  3. Megha-Tropiques
  4. IMS-1
Question 2 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

With which country India sign an MoU for cooperation in the fields of protection, preservation, promotion and management of natural and cultural heritage on 15th Nov, 2010?

  1. Seychelles
  2. France
  3. Syria
  4. Sri Lanka
Question 3 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country's collaboration to set up the Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra, which receives clearance in the month Nov, 2010 from the Union Environment Ministry?

  1. Germany
  2. Iran
  3. France
  4. UAE
Question 4 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who led the eight-member Indian scientific team to conduct studies on the South Pole region on Nov 22, 2010?

  1. Reza Alaei
  2. Thomas Matussek
  3. Rasik Ravindran
  4. Bashar al-Assad
Question 5 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is the winner of Dubai World Golf Championship, held in Nov, 2010?

  1. Sebastian Vettel
  2. Rafael Nadal
  3. Robert Karlsson
  4. Joseph Abraham
Question 6 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

On 26th Nov, 2010, NASA announces that the Cassini spacecraft has found an oxygen atmosphere on Rhea. It is the moon of which planet?

  1. Jupiter
  2. Mars
  3. Venus
  4. Saturn
Question 7 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the Nepal Open Squash Championship in Nov, 2010?

  1. Lin Dan
  2. Jang Mi-Ran
  3. Dipika Pallikal
  4. Kyle Lindsay
Question 8 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Nov, 2010?

  1. Sanam Singh
  2. Sebastian Vettel
  3. H. S. Prannoy
  4. Robert Karlsson
Question 9 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

From which Factory, Indian Railways's first AC double-decker rake is rolled out in the month of Oct, 2010?

  1. Varanasi
  2. Chittaranjan
  3. Chennai
  4. Kapurthala
Question 10 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which number of India's Nuclear Power Reactor started its operations in the month of Nov, 2010?

  1. 17th
  2. 18th
  3. 19th
  4. 20th
Question 11 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which award is given in the field for Architecture (for 2010 the award given on 24th Nov, 2010 in Doha, Qatar)?

  1. Feroz Gandhi Award
  2. Aga Khan Award
  3. Shanthi Swaroop Bhatnagar Award
  4. Manav Seva Award
Question 12 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which one is India's only government award for an environment film, (for 2010 this award was given on 30th Nov, 2010)?

  1. Indira Gandhi Award
  2. Dadasaheb Phalke Award
  3. Vasudha Award
  4. Nargis Dutt Award
Question 13 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who won the Miss World 2010 title on 30th Oct, 2010?

  1. Emma Wareus
  2. Adriana Vasini
  3. Alexandria Mills
  4. Emma Britt Waldron
Question 14 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country won the 2010 Davis Cup in the month of December?

  1. Argentina
  2. France
  3. Serbia
  4. Czech Republic
Question 15 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who is chosen for the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2010, on 19th Nov, 2010?

  1. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2. Mohamed El Baradei
  3. Sheikh Hasina
  4. Luiz inacio lula da Silva
Question 16 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country completed its first nuclear power plant, named Bushehr, on 27th Nov, 2010?

  1. Indonesia
  2. Iran
  3. Pakistan
  4. Bangladesh
Question 17 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the sequence of winning titles by Saina Nehwal during 2010 (between June 2010 to Dec, 2010)?
i. 2010 Indonesia Super Series
ii. 2010 India Open Grand Prix Gold
iii. 2010 Hong Kong Super series
iv. 2010 Singapore Open Super Series

  1. ii, i, iii, iv
  2. i, ii, iii, iv
  3. ii, i, iv, iii
  4. i, ii, iv, iii
Question 18 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which combination is correct about Miss Earth 2010, the event held in Nha Trang, Vietnam on 4th Dec, 2010?

  1. Miss Earth 2010: Watsaporn Watanankoon
  2. Miss Earth Air 2010: Jennifer Pazmino
  3. Miss Earth Water 2010: Yeidy Bosquez
  4. Miss Earth Fire 2010: Nicole Faria
Question 19 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Who was the doubles' partner of Somdev Devvarman in Asia Games 2010?

  1. Karan Rastogi
  2. Leander Paes
  3. Mahesh Bhupathi
  4. Sanam Singh
Question 20 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which country in the month of Nov, 2010 celebrated the election of their first women President?

  1. Haiti
  2. Brazil
  3. Suriname
  4. Colombia
Question 21 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Match the followings, in news in the month of Nov. 2010:

 
Player: Sport:
A. Blanka Vlasic i. Squash
B. Paddler Soumyajit Ghosh ii. Athletics
C. H. S. Prannoy iii. Table Tennis
D. Dipika Pallikal iv. Badminton
  1. (A, ii), (B, iii), (C, iv), (D, i)
  2. (A, i), (B, iii), (C, iv), (D, ii)
  3. (A, ii), (B, iv), (C, iii), (D, i)
  4. (A, iv), (B, iii), (C, ii), (D, i)
Question 22 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which statement(s) is correct about International Events held during Nov, 2010?

i. Iranian nuclear scientist Majid Shahriari died after bumb blasts in Tehran.
ii. Russian President Vladimir Putin met to Iranian President to discuss the Iranian nuclear programee and bilateral relations.
iii. D. M. Jayaratne is new President of Sri Lanka.
iv. Lisbon, hosted the NATO summit on 20th Nov, 2010, is the capital of Portugal.

  1. i
  2. i and ii
  3. i and iii
  4. i and iv
Question 23 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which three Indian Performing -art Forms are inscribed by the UNESCO in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in the month of Nov, 2010?
i. Mudiyettu
ii. Chhau Dance
iii. Kalbelia Folk Songs and Dances
iv. Ghoomer Folk Dance

  1. i, ii and iv
  2. i, ii and iii
  3. ii, iii and iv
  4. i, iii and iv
Question 24 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

Which number of summit held in Seoul, South Korea, of the 2010 G20 Summit, on 12th Nov, 2010?

  1. 2nd
  2. 3rd
  3. 4th
  4. 5th
Question 25 Multiple Choice (Single Answer)

What is the rank of India in the world in terms of production of nuclear energy, till Nov, 2010?

  1. 3rd
  2. 4th
  3. 5th
  4. 6th
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