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| A and B stand in a circular ring with 10 other persons. If
the arrangement of 12 persons is randomly done, the change
that there are exactly 3 persons between A and B is
(a) 3/10
(b) 2/11
(c) 2/13
(d) 3/11 | | 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 |
| Consider the following statements :
1. Intel?s Pentium IV is an operating system used in PCs
2. During booting period of a PC, the operating system is
first loaded.
3. Analogue computers are useful only in scientific field
while digital computers have application in scientific as
well as in business, administrative functions.
4. Micro-computer is another name for micro-processor.
Which of these statements are correct ?
(a) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 1 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4 | | 1 |
| Combustion of a candle is a
(a) Photochemical reaction
(b) Exothermic reaction
(c) Physical change
(d) Endothermic reaction | FermiLab | 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 |
| Which positional value divides the series into equal parts ?
(a) Median
(b) Second quartile
(c) 5th Decile
(d) All of these | | 2 |
| 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 |
| Recently, Cannes Film Festival was held in
(a) Switzerland
(b) France
(c) Italy
(d) England | | 2 |
| Carbohydrates are stored in the body as
(a) Sugars
(b) Starch
(c) Glucose
(d) Glycogen | | 4 |
| Which of the following statements is not correct ?
(a) The 42nd Amendment extended the term of Lik Sabha and
State Legislative Assemblies from 5 years to 6 years.
(b) The president can dissolve the Lok Sabha on the advice
of the Prime Minister.
(c) Money Bills cannot be introduced in the Rajya Sabha.
(d) One third members of the Rajya Sabha retire on the
expiry of every third year. | | 2 |
| Shri Rajender Singh won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for
(a) Emergent Leadership
(b) Community Leadership
(c) Illiteracy Eradication
(d) Bio-technology | | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| East Timor, the latest independent nation in the world, was
ruled by
(a) Indonesia
(b) Australia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Philippines | | 4 |
| when was former american president john kennady murdered? | | 3 |
| 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 |
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