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| Which one of the following cities is not a seaport?
(a) Sydney
(b) Southampton
(c) Rome
(d) Mumbai | | 1 |
| Life-saving antibiotics are obtained from:
(1) Algae
(2) Fungi
(3) Bacteria
(4) Medicinal plants | | 1 |
| The polymer of isoprene is called
1 Natural rubber
2 Polyethylene
3 Neoprene
4 Monoprene | | 1 |
| The agricultural scientist who developed ?miracle wheat?
that brought about ?Green Revolution? in India was
(a) Dr. Howard Forey
(b) Dr. Norman Borlaug
(c) Dr. Elwin Land
(d) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan | | 1 |
| Palanati battle was fought between
(1) Nalagama and Nagamma
(2) Nalagama and Malideva
(3) Nalagama and Brahma Naidu
(4) Malideva and Nagamma | | 2 |
| Oil refineries are located in all of the following States,
except:
(A) Andhra Pradesh
(B) Kerala
(C) Madhya Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu | | 3 |
| In India, which of the following has the lowest density of
population as per Census 2001?
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands
2 Arunachal Pradesh
3 Mizoram
4 Sikkim | | 2 |
| Service Tax, introduced by the government of services, levis
tax at the rate of
1 8%
2 12%
3 10%
4 5% | | 1 |
| Why are two blankets warmer than one?
(A) Two blankets have more wool and so, they are warmer
(B) Two blankets enclose air, which does not allow the cold
to penetrate
(C) Two blankets compress the air in between the body and
the blankets and this compression produces heat | | 1 |
| How is nigh blindness cured?
(1) By eating carrots which contain carotene
(2) By taking medicines
(3) By standing in the sun
(4) By using spectacles | | 1 |
| The most important ore of aluminum is
1 Bauxite
2 Calamine
3 Calcite
4 Galena | | 1 |
| What is the target of GDP growth fixed for the year 2004?
1 4.33%
2 5.5%
3 6%
4 6.33% | | 1 |
| The Ninety-First Amendment of the Constitution places a
restriction on the Council of Ministers not to exceed the
total membership of Lok Sabha
(a) 5 percent
(b) 7 percent
(c) 10 percent
(d) 15 percent | | 1 |
| In which of the following years ?Nobel Prizes were instituted?
(a) 1910
(b) 1901
(c) 1911
(d) 1903 | | 1 |
| A child is given ?triple antigens? within one year of birth.
Why ?
(1) To prevent diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough
(2) To prevent smallpox, malaria and filarial
(3) To cure Diphtheria
(4) All the above | | 1 |
| The process by which energy is transferred through space is:
(a) radiation
(b) convection
(c) conduction | | 1 |
| In which year was the Nobel Prize for Economics announced
for the first time?
(a) 1901
(b) 1919
(c) 1969
(d) 1970
(e) 1974 | | 2 |
| The hymns of Rig Veda are the work of:
(a) One author
(b) Four authors
(c) seven authors
(d) many authors | | 1 |
| The food in an onion is stored in the form of
(A) cellulose
(B) protein
(C) starch
(D) sugar | | 1 |
| Who among the following gave asylum to Zoroastrians who fled
by sea and by the coastal route from Persia to Western India
in the early eighth century?
1 Chalukyas
2 Cholas
3 Hoysalas
4 Rashtrakutas | | 1 |
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