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| Sportsmen and the sports in which they attained worldwide
distinction are listed below. Which one of the following
pairs is not correct?
(a) K D Singh-Hockey
(b) Don Bradman-Cricket
(c) Billie Jean King-Tennis
(d) Pele-Chess | | 1 |
| The National Literacy Mission launched in 1988 aims at
attaining full literacy (i.e.sustainable threshold level of
75%) by the year
1 2004
2 2005
3 2008
4 2010 | | 1 |
| . Acid precipitation is now regarded as a serious problem in
some European and Asian countries. Its major cause or source is
(a) Discharge of acidic effluents onto neutral or slightly
alkaline land where the acidic components precipitate
(b) Emissions of sulphur oxides and nitrogen oxides from
thermal power plants and burning of fossil fuels; these
oxides dissolve in atmospheric water vapour and fall back on
earth as acid rain
(c) Neutral carbon dioxide released during respiration of
living organisms dissolves in water, forming carbonic acid
which is the chief contributor to acidity in rain water.
(d) Chlorofluorocarbons readily react with various chemicals
near the earth’s surface, producing acidic intermediates
which cause acid precipitation. | | 1 |
| The Commander-in-Chief of the Indian Army is
(1) Rajula Khan
(2) Saxena
(3) S.F. Rodrigues
(4) None of the above | | 1 |
| Who founded the Hindu Shahi dynasty of Punjab?
(a) Vasumitra
(b) Kallar
(c) Jayapala
(d) Mahipala | | 2 |
| The first aluminium smelting plant was located in Alwaye in
Kerala due to
(1) Availability of Bauxite in close proximity
(2) Availability of cheap and abundant hydro-electric power
(3) Easy accessibility to market
(4) Closeness of Cochin port | | 1 |
| A new perfume named after a famous cine personality was
launched recently? Who is that cine personality ?
1 Raj Kapoor
2 Lata Mangeshkar
3 Hema Malini
4 Johra Sehgal | | 1 |
| The famous Chilka Lake is situated in:
(a) Rjasthan
(b) Orissa
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal | | 1 |
| India adopted planning as the means to achieve growth with
justice when
(1) Millions of displaced persons came from Pakistan
(2) India was declared a soverein democratic republic in 1950
(3) Agricultural production slowed down
(4) India attained Independence | | 1 |
| If a person with a spring balance and a body hanging from it
goes up and up in an aeroplane, then the reading of the
weight of the body, as indicted by the spring balance, will:
(A) go on increasing
(B) go on decreasing
(C) first increase and then decrease
(D) remain the same | | 1 |
| . Why does the thunder rumble
(a) Due to vibrations of multiple echoes
(b) Thunder is produced in succession
(c) Thunder moves with the clouds which are moving all the time
(d) None of these | | 1 |
| Bata can fly in the night because
(1) It can see in the dark
(2) It can produce and receive ultrasonics
(3) It is not a bird
(4) None of these | | 1 |
| In human body, the leg bones are
1 Humerus & Femur
2 Fibula & Tibia
3 Fibula & Ulna
4 Portal vein | | 1 |
| Which one of the following is popularly known as ?Lady with
the Lamp??
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Florence Nightingale
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Isabella Archer | | 1 |
| The Highest urbanization in India is found in :
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Andhra Pradesh
(3) Maharashtra
(4) Uttar Pradesh | | 1 |
| The ad line ?Connecting people? is linked with which company/
1 Hutch
2 Airtel
3 Reliance Infocomm
4 None of these | | 3 |
| As per figures released recently, the outstanding Foreign
Debt of India has
1 Reduced (compared to last year?s same period)
2 Been stable since last six months
3 Increased marginally
4 Increased substantially | | 1 |
| The Winter Olympic Games in the year 2002 was held at
(a) Tokyo
(b) Salt Lake City, USA
(c) Athens
(d) Beijing | | 1 |
| Who is designated s the next President of the World Bank
with effect from 01 June 2005?
1 David C. Mulford
2 Warren Buffett
3 Paul Wolfwitz
4 Phillip Purcell | | 1 |
| . The New Population Bomb refers to
(a) An increase in the population of the aged in the Third World
(b) Rapidly growing urban population in the Third World
(c) Large scale distress migration in the Third World
(d) Deluge of Soviet emigrants | | 1 |
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