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| 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 |
| 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 leader is called the ?father? of India?s social reform
movement?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Raja Rammohan Roy
(c) G. K. Gokhale
(d) Lokmanya Tilak | | 1 |
| Carbohydrates are stored in the body as
(a) Sugars
(b) Starch
(c) Glucose
(d) Glycogen | | 4 |
| Shri Kiran Karnik is the
(a) President of NASSCOM
(b) Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India
(c) Chairman of Maharashtra State Public Service Commission
(d) Managing Director of Engineers India Ltd. | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements concerning United Arab
Emirates :
1. Oman is one of the seven Emirates which form the United
Arab Emirates.
2. Dubai is the capital of United Arab Emirates.
3. Fishing and tourism are the key industries of United Arab
Emirates.
Which of these statements is/are correct ?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Who among the following was a great protagonist of the
?Doctrine of Lapse??
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Minto
(c) Lord Curzon
(d) Lord Wellesley | | 2 |
| East Timor, the latest independent nation in the world, was
ruled by
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Philippines | | 4 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| First Municipal Corporation in India | | 3 |
| 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 |
| The ?Grand Trunk Road? connects
(a) Kolkata and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Chennai
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana | | 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. 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 |
| Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction | FermiLab | 1 |
| ?Sagar Samrat? is the name of
(a) An island near Port Blair
(b) A drilling ship in Bombay High
(c) An island near Maldives
(d) Name of a 5-star hotel in Goa | | 1 |
| Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology | | 1 |
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