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          Mizoram Public Service Commission (MPSC) Previous Year Question Paper
1. Which of the following Cups/Trophies is associated with Lawn tennis?
A.Santosh Trophy
B.Davis Cup
C.FIFA Cup
D.Subrato Cup
E.Copa America
2. Coin of which of the following denominations is called small coin?
A.Rs.5/-
B.Rs.2/-
C.50 paisa
D.Rs.1/-
E.None of these
3. Who among the following is not a Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India at present?
A.K.C.Chakraborty
B.Anand Sinha
C.Subir Gokarn
D.H.R.Khan
E.Usha Thorat
4. What does the letter F denote in NBFC, a banking term?
A.Fiscal
B.Financial
C.Functional
D.Formal
E.None of these
5. Who is the author of the book "Unleashing India"?
A.Kamal Nath
B.S.Jaipal Reddy
C.Veerappa Moily
D.P.Chidambaram
E.Pranab Mukherjee
6. Which programme was launched in 2009 to create a slum free India?
A.Indira Awas Yojana
B.Rajiv Awas Yojana
C.Bharat Nirman
D.PURA
E.None of these
7. Which of the following is a credit rating agency of Indian origin?
A.FMC
B.SEBI
C.CRISIL
D.IBA
E.None of these
8. Sensex is a term associated with which of the following stock exchanges?
A.BSE
B.NSE
C.USE
D.OTCEI
E.None of these
9. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011?
A.Ralph Steinman
B.Bruce Beutler
C.Jules Hoffman
D.Tomas Transtromer
E.None of these
10. Who is the present Solicitor-General of India?
A.Rohinton Nariman
B.Vinod Rai
C.Ashok Chawla
D.Soli Sorabjee
E.None of these
11. Which country's senate voted to remove President Fernando Lugo from office in an impeachment trial in June 2012? (He was replaced by Federico Franco)
A.Chile
B.Paraguay
C.Uruguay
D.Peru
E.Suriname
12. Fatou Bensouda became the first woman and the first African to head the team of prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC),The Hague on June 15, 2012. She is a former Minister of Justice of which of the following countries?
A.Rwanda
B.Kenya
C.Gambia
D.Uganda
E.Nigeria
13. Didier Drogba played a part in an exhibition football match in India in June 2012. To which country does this footballer belong?
A.England
B.Argentina
C.Ghana
D.Ivory Coast
E.Egypt
14. Dr. Shanta Sinha was presented the Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award in June 2012 by the Upendra Nath Brahma Trust in Guwahati. Shanta Sinha is the Chairperson of the?
A.National Commission for Women (NCW)
B.Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
C.Children's Film Society India (CFSI)
D.National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR)
E.None of these
15. DEPB is an export incentive scheme of the Indian Govern-ment provided to exporters in India. What is its full form?
A.Duty Enforcement and Promotion Board
B.Development, Export and Procurement Board
C.Duty Entitlement Pass Book
D.Development, Export and Procurement Bureau
E.None of these
16. What does the letter 'M' denote in the abbreviation MRTP, an act that has been repealed?
A.Market
B.Money
C.Minimum
D.Monopolies
E.Maximum
17. Which of the following does not come under secondary sector?
A.Manufacturing
B.Construction
C.Automotive Industry
D.Tourism
E.Textile Industry
18. Shivarama Karanth (1977),Girish Karnad (1998) and Chandrasekhar Kambar (2010) have received the Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honor, for writings in which of the following Indian languages?
A.Malayalam
B.Kannada
C.Tamil
D.Hindi
E.Sanskrit
19. More than 20 years after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, which of the following leaders delivered Nobel Prize acceptance speech in Oslo, Norway in June 2012?
A.Nelson Mandela
B.Dalai Lama
C.Shirin Ebadi
D.Aung San Suu Kyi
E.Alva Myrdal
20. Daniel Hillel won the World Food Prize for 2012. He belongs to which of the following countries?
A.USA
B.UK
C.Israel
D.Norway
E.Sweden
21.The World Health Organization (WHO) has removed India from its list of Polioendemic countries. Which three countries are now left on the endemic list?
A.Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan
B.Algeria, Rwanda and Kenya
C.Sudan, Afghanistan and Australia
D.Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria
E.None of these
22. According to the Asia-Pacific Regional Millennium Develop-ment Goals (MDG) report 2011-12, India has not done well in which of the following areas?
A.Improving the primary education enrolment rate
B.Promoting gender equality
C.Increasing forest cover
D.Bringing infant mortality down
E.Bringing down the tuberculo-sis prevalence rate
23. Which city hosted the India- European Union (EU) annual summit in February 2012?
A.Brussels (Belgium)
B.London (U.K.)
C.New Delhi (India)
D.Paris (France)
E.None of these
24. The Supreme Court declared the allocation of 2G spectrum by the UPA Government "illegal" and cancelled how many telecom licenses allotted on or after January 10, 2008? (The licenses had been allotted to 11 companies during the tenure of former Telecom Minister A. Raja)
A.113
B.122
C.132
D.112
E.116
25.Which country has agreed to put a freeze on its nuclear progra-mme in exchange for food assis-tance from the United States of America?
A.Iran
B.Syria
C.Venezuela
D.North Korea
E.Libya
26. Which two countries signed a non-aggression pact in February 2012? (The two sides had agreed to respect each other's soverei-gnty and territorial integrity?
A.Iran and Iraq
B.North Korea and South Korea
C.Sudan and South Sudan
D.Afghanistan and Pakistan
E.Argentina and Great Britain
27. Waheed Hassan became the President of which of the following countries in February 2012?
A.Iran
B.Syria
C.Afghanistan
D.Egypt
E.Maldives
28. Who replaced Ali Abdullah Saleh as the President of Yemen in February 2012?
A.Ali Muhammad Mujawar
B.Mohammed Basindawa
C.Ali Salim Al-Beidh
D.Abd-Rabbuh Mansour Al-Hadi
E.Haidar Abu Bakr al- Attas
29. India's largest electricity producer National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will supply 250 MW power to which of the following countries? (NTPC entered into the deal with this country through NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of NTPC, on February 28, 2012)
A.Myanmar
B.Pakistan
C.Bangladesh
D.Sri Lanka
E.Nepal
30. Sauli Niinisto assumed office as the 12th President of which of the following countries on March 1, 2012?
A.Denmark
B.Finland
C.Sweden
D.Norway
E.Netherlands
