General Knowledge Test 2009

Kimi Raikkonen won the 2007 Formula One World Championship, making him the winner of the Chinese Grand Prix that year (the final race where he clinched the title). Note that option B has a typo - it should be 'Lewis Hamilton' not 'Leis Hamilton'.

Annie Besant was the first woman to be elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1917.

The First Amendment to the Constitution of India, enacted in 1951, added the Ninth Schedule to protect land reform laws from judicial review.

Under Article 360 of the Indian Constitution, the President can declare a financial emergency, but it has never been invoked in India to date.

The President of India is empowered to suspend the enforcement of fundamental rights during a national emergency, except for those under Articles 20 and 21.

A cirque is an amphitheater-like valley formed by glacial erosion. It is a classic landform created by the movement of glaciers.

The fourth Buddhist council was held at Kundalvana in Kashmir under the patronage of the Kushan king Kanishka.

Mikheil Saakashvili served as the President of Georgia from 2004 to 2013.

Mahabir Pun is a Nepali scientist and social entrepreneur known for his work in bringing wireless internet to remote areas of Nepal.

The steel plants at Durgapur, Bhilai, and Rourkela were established with foreign collaboration during India's Second Five-Year Plan (1956-1961).

Sarthak Behuria served as the Chairman of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) during the period relevant to the question.

Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' deployment in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007.

Flag Telecom was acquired by the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) in 2003.

B. Muthuraman served as the Managing Director of Tata Steel for many years, significantly shaping the company's growth.

Animal's People is a novel written by the Indian author Indra Sinha, published in 2007. It deals with the aftermath of the Bhopal gas tragedy.

The sun is vertically overhead at the Tropic of Cancer during the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which occurs on June 21.

Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is defined as 76 cm of mercury (or 760 mm Hg).

In 2007, India's Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) was at 7% for part of the year before being adjusted by RBI. CRR is the percentage of deposits banks must keep with RBI. The 6%, 6.5%, and 7.5% options were rates at different times but 7% was indeed the rate during 2007.

Alexander Litvinenko was a former Russian FSB officer who died in London after being poisoned, leading to a significant diplomatic row between Russia and Britain.

Hajipur serves as the headquarters for the East Central Railway zone of the Indian Railways.

Eric Schmidt served as CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011, and as Executive Chairman until 2015. He was hired by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to provide adult supervision to the young company. Yahoo, HP, and IBM had different leaders during this period.

The slogan 'The bank that cares' is the official tagline of Bank of India.

Kushal Pal Singh (K.P. Singh) is the chairman of the real estate developer DLF Limited.