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| 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 |
| East Timor, the latest independent nation in the world, was
ruled by
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Philippines | | 4 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Prime Meridian passes through Greenwich and is at 00
Longitude.
2. International Date Line on the map appears as a straight
line along 1800 Longitude.
3. While crossing International Date Line from east to west,
one gains a day.
4. Tropic of Cancer lies at23?0 Latitude S.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 1 and 3
(d) 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| Knesset is the name of the Parliament of
(a) Norway
(b) Sweden
(c) Israel
(d) Spain | | 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 |
| Carbohydrates are stored in the body as
(a) Sugars
(b) Starch
(c) Glucose
(d) Glycogen | | 4 |
| Which positional value divides the series into equal parts ?
(a) Median
(b) Second quartile
(c) 5th Decile
(d) All of these | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. For the three All-India Services, there are 24 State
Cadres including three joint cadres.
2. Union Public Service Commission is the cadre controlling
authority for Indian Administrative Service.
3. Staff Selection Commission is entrusted with the task of
making recruitment to all the Group ?B? and Group ?C? posts
under the Government.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
| Latitude of a place is indicative of its
(a) Time
(b) Altitude
(c) Amount of rainfall
(d) Temperature | | 1 |
| The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is appointed by the
(a) Prime Minster
(b) President
(c) Finance Minster
(d) Home Minister | | 1 |
| Consider the following statements :
While it is 6.30 AM (Sunday) in London, it is around
1. 2.30 AM (Sunday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
2. 8.30 PM (Saturday) in Honolulu (Hawaii)
3. 3.30 PM (Sunday) in Tokyo
4. 1.30 AM (Sunday) in Tokyo
which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 4 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 ?Grand Trunk Road? connects
(a) Kolkata and Mumbai
(b) Delhi and Chennai
(c) Kolkata and Amritsar
(d) Tirupati and Ludhiana | | 2 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. The demand for commodities having a large number of close
substitutes is less elastic than the commodities having a
smaller number of substitutes.
2. Luxury items have a highly elastic demand.
3. The commodities whose consumption cannot easily be
postponed have less elastic demand.
Which of these statements is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 1, 2 and 3 | | 1 |
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