DRDO Last Year Paper

Hii sir, I am Preparing for the DRDO CEPTAM Examination Will you please provide me the Sample Question Paper the DRDO CEPTAM Examination of General knowledge Section ?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

1. Miss Universe 2008 is—
(A) Riyo Mori
(B) Dayana Mendoza
(C) Lisa Lazarus
(D) Simaran Kaur Mundii
(E) None of these

2. Who among the following has awarded UNESCO / Guillermo Cano world press freedom
award for 2008 ?
(A) Anna Politkovskaya
(B) Amira Hass
(C) Raul Rivero
(D) Lydia Cacho Rebeiro
(E) None of these

3. The present Governor of Bihar is—
(A) R.L.Bhatia
(B) R.S.Gavai
(C) Buta Singh
(D) S.S.Sidhu
(E) None of these

4. India test- fired Nuclear Capable Agni III on May 7, 2008 for—
(A) Fourth time
(B) Second time
(C) Third time
(D) Fifth time
(E) None of these

5. Tenth century coins have been found from the city of—
(A) Guwahati
(B) Bareily
(C) Khandwa
(D) Ranchi
(E) None of these

6. The cyclone which struck Myanmar in May 2008 was—
(A) Willy - willy
(B) Nargis
(C) Fanoos
(D) Nasim
(E) None of these

7. The number of children, who are deprived of basic healthcare in India, as per the report—state
of the World‘s Mothers—brought out by global humanitarian organization ‗save the children‘
is—
(A) 60 million
(B) 50 million
(C) 67 million
(D) 55 million
(E) None of these

8. The country where the system of two Supreme Courts has been proposed is—
(A) Pakistan
(B) Nepal
(C) Sri Lanka
(D) Bhutan
(E) None of these

9. Which of the following is not a member of the NATO ?
(A) Austria
(B) Poland
(C) Hungary
(D) Spain
(E) None of these

10. Who became Britain‘s first Asian woman Lord Mayor ?
(A) Rekha Rani
(B) Anjula Sood
(C) Reshma Shah
(D) Kavita Sahni
(E) None of these

11. The newly elected President of Paragury is—
(A) Fernando De Silva
(B) Fernando Lugo
(C) Fernando Silvio
(D) Fernando Dominique
(E) None of these

12. Silvio Berlusconi was recently elected to the post of Prime Ministership of Italy. He belongs
to—
(A) Italian Nationalist Party
(B) The Patriotic Alliance
(C) People‘s Party of Italy
(D) People of Freedom Party
(E) None of these
13. PLA stands for—
(A) Party of Leninist Association
(B) People‘s Liberation Army
(C) People for Liberal Alliance
(D) People for Left Alliance
(E) None of these
14. The number of Af rican countries which attended the recently concluded India - Africa Forum
Summit is—
(A) 14
(B) 15
(C) 16
(D) 17
(E) None of these
15. According to a recent survey which of India‘s states has topped in rural electrification ?
(A) Maharashtra
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Rajasthan
(D) Karnataka
(E) None of these

16. Simran Kaur Mundi has been chosen—
(A) Miss India Earth 2008
(B) Miss India Universe 2008
(C) Miss India World 2008
(D) None of the above
(E) None of these

17. Which one of the following won Jawaharlal Nehr u Award for International Understanding
for 2007 ?
(A) Olafur Ragnar
(B) Javed Akhtar
(C) Luiz Lula da Silva
(D) The Milinda and Gates Foundation
(E) None of these

18. The book ‗Unaccustommed Earth‘ is written by—
(A) P. M. Nayyar
(B) Shobha De
(C) Jhumpi Lahiri
(D) None of these
(E) None of these

19. The 2008 Edition of Wisden Cricketers‘ Almanack–Crickets major annual reference work has named ―The Leading Cricketer of the World for 2007‖—
(A) Mc Grath
(B) Jacques Kallis
(C) Ricky Ponting
(D) Sachin Tendulkar
(E) None of these

20. India ranks …………… in foreign exchange forex reserve.
(A) Third
(B) Second
(C) Fifth
(D) Fourth
(E) None of these

21. Raghuram Rajan Committee is related to—
(A) Austerity in government expenditure
(B) Study of causes of rising prices
(C) Financial sector reforms
(D) Export- import balance
(E) None of these

22. The International Monetary Fund has estimated India‘s contribution to World Gross Domestic Product in Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) terms for 2007 to—
(A) 4•6%
(B) 6•4%
(C) 7•1%
(D) 3•9%
(E) None of these

23. According to data released by the Ministry of Finance, currently the per capita debt on each
of the roughly 110 crore Indians stands at—
(A) Rs. 71502
(B) Rs. 7218
(C) Rs. 10550
(D) Rs. 6103
(E) None of these

24. Which one of the three single cross improved hybrids of maize has not been developed and recommended for an All India level use by Chaudhry Charan Singh Haryana Agriculture University ?
(A) HPM–6
(B) HM–8
(C) HM–10
(D) HQPM–7
(E) None of these