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| Two dice are thrown simultaneously. The probability that the
product of the two numbers on the two dice is an even number is
(a) 1/2
(b) 3/4
(c) 5/16
(d) 3/8 | | 2 |
| Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of Lik Sabha and
State Legislative Assemblies from 5 years to 6 years.
(b) The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the advice
of the Prime Minister.
(c) Money Bills cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
(d) One third members of the Rajya Sabha retire on the
expiry of every third year. | | 2 |
| Who among the following is the Chairman of Planning
Commission in India ?
(a) Finance Minister of India
(b) Prime Minister of India
(c) President of India
(d) Home Minister of India | ICFAI | 3 |
| Which among the following became the first woman Prime
Minister in the world?
(a) Indira Gandhi
(b) Kim Campbell
(c) Margaret Thatcher
(d) Sirimavo Bandaranaike | | 3 |
| Crop yield Formulation Unit which has developed statistical
models to forecast crop yield works under the control of
(a) Ministry of Water Resources
(b) Department of Agriculture and Co-operation
(c) India Meteorological Department
(d) Department of Food and Public Distribution | | 1 |
| The foreign traveler who visited India during Vijayanagar
period was
(a) Megasthenes
(b) Yuan Chwang
(c) Fa-hien
(d) Nicolo Conti | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Bermuda situated in Western Atlantic Ocean is a United
Kingdom Overseas Territory.
2. 38th Parallel divided boundary between North and South
Vietnam before unification.
3. Bahamas situated near Florida is one of the states of USA.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 1 and 2 | | 1 |
| The device to convert alternating current into direct current is
(a) Transformer
(b) Rectifier
(c) Alternator
(d) Condenser | | 3 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Part ?B? of the Budget speech of the Finance Minister
includes description of the initiatives on economic front to
be taken up by the Government for the coming year in
addition to direct and indirect tax proposals.
2. The receipts on account of the partial disinvestments of
Central Government?s holdings in the equity capital of
public sector enterprises are revenue receipts.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2 | | 1 |
| Two pipes ?A? and ?B? can fill a tank in 15 minutes and 20
minutes respectively. Both the pipes are opened together but
after 4 minutes, pipe ?A? is turned off. What is the total
time required to fill the tank ?
(a) 10 mt 30 sec
(b) 14 mt 40 sec
(c) 10 mt 20 sec
(d) 11 mt 45 sec | | 1 |
| Recently, Government disinvested stake in VSNL, IBP and IPCL to
(a) Bharti Telesonic, Reliance and GAIL, respectively
(b) Tata Group of Industries, Indian Oil Corporation and
Reliance, respectively
(c) Bharti Telesonic, Royal Dutch Shell and Pfizer, respectively
(d) Motorola, Kuwait petroleum and Ranbaxy, respectively | | 1 |
| The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is appointed by the
(a) Prime Minster
(b) President
(c) Finance Minster
(d) Home Minister | | 1 |
| The flowers in a basket become double every minute and the
basket gets full in one hour. In how much time, the basket
was 1/32 full ?
(a) 12 minutes
(b) 32 minutes
(c) 45 minutes
(d) 55 minutes | | 1 |
| The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 culminated in the
signing of a pact in 1931 by Gandhiji and
(a) Lord Irwin
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Wavell
(d) Lord Curzon | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Falkland Islands are situated in Pacific Ocean.
2. Red Sea separates Sudan from Egypt.
3. England, Norway, Denmark surround North Sea.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1and 3
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only | | 2 |
| The organisation of petroleum exporting countries
controls..........of world oil exports? | | 2 |
| ?Raksha Kavach? is
(a) A new safety equipment designed for the soldiers of
Indian Army
(b) An anti-collision device to prevent collision between
trains designed by the Konkan Railway Corporation
(c) A new design for earthquake resistant buildings
(d) A new device for the Indian airports for the safe
landing of aircrafts | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Alluvial soil is rich in chemical properties and is
capable of yielding Rabi and Kharif crops.
2. Black soil is suitable for cotton, groundnut.
3. Rabi crops are reaped in outumn after sowing in the June.
Which of these statements are correct?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3 | Reliance | 1 |
| In a group of 36 persons, a total of 16 take tea while 9
take tea but not coffee. How many persons in this group take
coffee but not tea?
(a) 27
(b) 20
(c) 25
(d) 11 | | 2 |
| A factory has three belt conveyors fitted in its loading
station. Conveyors ?A? and ?B? operating simultaneously lift
all the goods in the same time during which the goods can be
lifted by the conveyor ?C? operating alone. Conveyor ?B?
lifts all the goods five hours faster than the conveyor ?C?.
The durations of time required to lift all the goods,
individually by the conveyors ?A?, ?B? and ?C? are
(a) 17, 12, 8 hrs.
(b) 15, 10, 6 hrs.
(c) 16, 11, 7 hrs.
(d) 14, 9, 5 hrs. | | 1 |
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