CLAT GK Sample Paper I

CLAT Sample Questions General Knowledge India Political 1. The head of the government of Germany is called Chancellor The first woman German Chancellor visited India in Oct 2007. Her name is a) Angela Merkal b) Dr. Helmut Kohl c) Gerhard Schröder d) Helmut Schmidt 2. The PM of India visited China in Jan 2008. Besides 10 agreements, the main document signed is a) “A shared vision for the 21st Century”, b) Memorandum of Understanding on Railways and Land Resources c) MOU on Geo-sciences Development d) MOU on the export of tobacco to China 3. In 2007 elections were held for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Goa, Uttar Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab and Uttar Khand state legislative assemblies. In which three states did BJP win? a) Himachal Pradesh, Manipur and Gujarat b) Himachal Pradesh, Gujarat, and Uttaranchal c) Uttaranchal, Maniput and Goa d) Maniput, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh 4. In 2007, this state came under President’s rule. Elections to the legislative assembly are likely in 2008. Which state are we talking about? a) Tamil Nadu b) Kerala c) Karnataka d) Tripura 5 The National Security Adviser of India is a) Brijesh Mishra b) Shiv Shankar Menon c) Shayam Saran d) M K NarayananInternational 6. Barack Obama is a presidential candidate in the USA. He belongs to a) Democratic Party b) Republican Party c) Independent 7. The term of office of George Bush as the President of the USA ends in a) 20 Jan 2009 b) 20 Dec 2008 c) 04 Jul 2008 d) 04 Nov 2008 8. The World Economic Forum is the foremost global community of business, political, intellectual and other leaders of society who are committed to improving the state of the world. The Forum is an independent, not-forproofi organization that brings these leaders together to work on projects that improve people’s lives. It meets once a year and has met in Jan 2008. Where is the meeting held every year? a) Paris, Frnace b) London, UK c) Davos, Switzerland d) Lisbon, Portugal 9. The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded to two "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change" . The two are: a) Dr Pachaouri and Al Gore b) Ang San Sui Kyi and the Dalai Lama c) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Gore Jr. d) Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank 10. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is an intergovernmental body, headquartered in Switzerland, is open to all member countries of the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Its activities are guided by the mandate given to it by its parent organisations WMO and UNEP. The IPCC was established to provide the decision-makers and others interested in climate change with an objective source of information about climate change. Its current Chairman is an Indian. Name him. a) Dr RK Pachauri b) Giri Narasimhan c) Harihar Rajaram d) Verghese Kurien