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| 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 |
| Dhanvantari was
(a) A famous General of Chandragupta Maurya
(b) A noted physician in the court of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(c) A famous dramatist who lived during the time of Harsha
(d) A musician in the Court of Ashoka | | 1 |
| Stockholm Syndrome is a mental condition experienced by
(a) The young persons who take up jobs in the industry after
passing out from the Management Schools
(b) Persons who migrate from rural areas to urban cities,
during the earlier stages of their stay
(c) Drug-addicts in the rehabilitation centers
(d) Hostages and kidnap victims in which positive feelings
develop towards their captors | | 1 |
| What is the maximum number of pieces 1 cm in diameter and
20cm long that can be cut out of a cylindrical wooden block
20cm in length and 3cm in diameter ?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 6
(d) 7 | | 1 |
| Grassroots of democracy is | | 5 |
| 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 |
| Which is the correct sequence of the given American cities
from West to East?
(a) Salt Lake City ? Pittsburg-San Francisco-Boston
(b) San Francisco-Salt Lake City-Pittsburg-Boston
(c) Salt Lake City-San Francisco-Boston-Pittsburg
(d) San Francisco-Pittsburg-Salt Lake City-Boston | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements regarding of India :
1. Pressurised heavy water reactors have been set up at
Kaiga (Karnataka) and Rawatbhata (Rajasthan).
2. Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, is one of the
five Research Centres under the Department of Science and
Technology.
3. India has a vast resource of Thorium and the third stage
of Indian Nuclear Power Programme envisages the use of
Thorium for power generation.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 2 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) A and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements in respect of Soccer World
Cup :
1. Prior to FIFA-2002 Cup, Brazil had won the World Cup four
times.
2. ?Indomitable Lions? is the nickname for Cameroon team.
3. ?Azzurri? is the nickname for the Italian team.
4. Senegal, Slovenia and Ecuador participating in FIFA-2002
are the only teams participating in the World Cup for the
first time.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| Which tourist destination from amongst the following will be
developed as an international destination for Tourism
according to the Budget 2002-03 ?
(a) Port Blair
(b) Hampi
(c) Pushkar
(d) Nalanda | | 1 |
| 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 |
| If X is mortal, Y is wise, if Z is not good, a will suffer.
Y is not wise, if A suffers. If B is slave, X is immortal.
If A suffers, what follows ?
(a) X is mortal
(b) B is a slave
(c) Z is good
(d) Y is wise | | 1 |
| Latitude of a place is indicative of its
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Amount of rainfall
(d) Temperature | | 1 |
| when was former american president john kennady murdered? | | 4 |
| 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 |
| who is the first field marsal of indian army? | | 5 |
| 15 men can complete a work in 280 days. They started the
work and after every 10 days, 15 additional men were
employed. In how many days the work was completed?
(a) 70 days
(b) 60 days
(c) 55 days
(d) 50 days | | 1 |
| Three containers have their volumes in the ratio 3 : 4 : 5.
They are full of mixtures of milk and water. The mixtures
contain milk and water in the ratio of 4 : 1, 3 : 1 and 5 :
2 respectively. The contents of all these three containers
are poured into a fourth container. The ratio of milk and
water in the fourth container is
(a) 5 : 2
(b) 157 : 53
(c) 151 : 48
(d) 4 : 1 | | 1 |
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