Current Affairs – UPSC Prelims PYQs

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:

1. Banking
2. Fiction writing
3. Retail business
4. Real estate

List-I (Person) A. K. P. Singh B. Vikram Pandit C. Roopa Farooki D. Kishore Biyani

List-II (Area)

Rajiv Gandhi National Flying Institute is being established in which State?

Who among the following has been the Captain of the Indian team in Cricket Test Matches for the maximum number of times?

Consider the following statements:

1. The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 24 countries as its members.
2. India is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

‘Hand-in-Hand 2007’, a joint anti-terrorism military training was held by the officers of the Indian Army and officers of Army of which one of the following countries?

Elizabeth Hawley is well-known for her writings relating to which one of the following?

Where are the headquarters of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) located?

Which one of the following is NOT a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization?

Where was the first conference of the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs held in the year 1957?

Which of the following countries signed the Tshwane Declaration in October 2006?

Which one of the following Himalayan passes was reopened in the middle of the year 2006 to facilitate trade between India and China?

How is Steve Fossett known?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. WTO
2. Speaker, US House of Representatives
3. WHO
4. Microsoft

List-I (Person) A. Nancy Pelosi B. Margaret Chan C. Pascal Lamy D. Steve Ballmer

List-II (Position/Organization)

Codes:

In which of the following cities is the Global Automotive Research Center being set up?

Consider the following statements:

1. Republicans won majority in the US House of Representatives election held in the year 2006.
2. Republican Bobby Jindal won a seat in the US House of Representatives for the second time.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which one of the following countries is planning to construct a rival to the Panama Canal to link the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans?

With reference to the international meetings held in the year 2006, which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?

1. NAM Summit : Havana
2. APEC Meeting : Bangkok
3. EU–India Summit : Helsinki
4. UN Climate Change Conference : Geneva

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

Consider the following statements:

1. North Atlantic Co-operation Council (NACC) is the name of the new organization which has replaced the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
2. The United States of America and the United Kingdom became members of NATO when it was formed in 1949.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Who among the following is Chile’s first woman President?

What was the purpose of Operation Sukoon launched by the Government of India?

Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in 2007?

Which one of the following organizations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology Innovations for Rural Development, 2006?

Which of the following countries recently upgraded its defence agency to a full-fledged defence ministry?

Consider the following statements:

1. China has observer status at the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation.
2. India has observer status at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

In the latter half of the year 2006,

in which one of the following countries did a military coup take place?

Near the end of the year 2006,

which one of the following countries was suspended from the Commonwealth after a military coup?

Who was Leander Paes’s partner when he won the Doubles Final in the US Open Tennis Tournament?

Which of the following cities has been the venue of the Asian Games for the maximum number of times from the year 1951 to the year 2006?

Who among the following bowlers have taken more than 500 wickets in Test cricket?

1. Wasim Akram
2. Richard Hadlee
3. Glenn McGrath
4. Courtney Walsh

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Parimarajan Negi excelled

in which one of the following games?

Consider the following statements:

1. The nationwide scheme of the National Child Labour Projects (NCLP) is run by the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. Gurupadswamy Committee dealt with the issues of child labour.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Shahgarh area in Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan was in news in the year 2006 because of which one of the following?

MCA-21 is a major initiative taken up by the Government of India in which one of the following areas?

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? Well-known Company : Major Area of Work

What is the new administrative capital proposed for Myanmar?

Consider the following statements:

1. Petronet LNG Ltd. is setting up another LNG terminal at Mangalore.
2. The Head Office of the Dredging Corporation of India is at Visakhapatnam.
3. The Narwapahar Mine is operated by the Uranium Corporation of India Limited.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

Zayed bin Sultan-al-Nahyan was a long-serving President of which of the following?

In which state is the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development located?

What was the main reason for which Niger was in the news in recent times?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?

Which one of the following countries is not a member of ASEAN?

Whom did Croatia defeat in the Davis Cup-2005 Finals to win the Davis Cup-2005?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

1. Theatre
2. Violin
3. Research in Physics
4. Cancer treatment
5. Water-harvesting A B C D

List-I A. E. C. G. Sudarshan B. V. Shanta C. T. N. Krishnan D. Mahesh Dattani

List-II

Where is Davos—the venue of the annual meeting of World Economic Forum—located?

For which sport is the Val Barker Cup awarded in the Olympic Games?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Russia
2. Slovakia
3. France
4. Switzerland

List-I (Leading Woman Lawn Tennis Player) A. Daniela Hantuchova B. Patty Schnyder C. Nadia Petrova D. Amelie Mauresmo

List-II (Country)

Claims to the historical Macedonian territory have been a bone of contention between which of the following countries?

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

1. Director-General, FAO
2. President, European Commission
3. World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
4. Litterateur

List-I A. Harold Pinter B. Jacques Diouf C. Jose Manuel Barroso D. Raymond Lafitte

List-II

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

Which one of the following companies is associated with the exploration and commercial production of oil in Barmer-Sanchore basin of Rajasthan?