With which game/sport is S. Apoorwa associated ? (a) Carom (b) Chess (c) Swimming (d) Table Tennis

Match List-I (Player) with List-II (Game/Sport) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Player) (Game/Sport) A. Marat Safin 1. Badminton B. Gopi Chand 2. Football C. Michael Owen 3. Lawn Tennis D. Nari Contractor 4. Cricket A B C D (a) 3 2 1 4 (b) 4 1 2 3 (c) 3 1 2 4 (d) 4 2 1 3

Which one of the pairs is not correctly matched ? (a) Abdulla Ahamad Badawi : Malaysia (b) Lee Hsien Loong : China (c) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono : Indonesia (d) Thakshin Shinawatra : Thailand

Match List-I (Institute) with List-II (City) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Institute) (City) A. National Institute of 1. Chennai Ocean Technology B. National Centre for 2. Goa Antarctic and Ocean Research C. Indian National Centre for Indian 3. Hyderabad Ocean Information Services 4. Visakhapatnam A B C (a) 1 2 3 (b) 2 3 4 (c) 1 2 4 (d) 2 1 3

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched? UN Organisation Headquarters (a) UNICEF : New York (b) UNCTAD : Geneva (c) UNDP : Rome (d) UNEP : Nairobi

Match List-I (Tourism Place) with List-II (State) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Tourism Place) (State) A. Munnar 1. Gujarat B. Lonavla 2. Kerala C. Pachmarhi 3. Madhya Pradesh D. Saputara 4. Maharashtra A B C D (a) 1 3 4 2 (b) 2 4 3 1 (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 2 3 4 1

Match List-I (Book) with List-II (Author) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Book) (Author) A. Chitra 1. Bankim Chandra Chatterjee B. Devdas 2. Rabindranath Tagore C. Durgesh Nandini 3. Sharat Chandra Chatterjee D. Ganadevata 4. Tara Shankar Bandopadhyay A B C D (a) 2 3 1 4 (b) 1 4 2 3 (c) 2 4 1 3 (d) 1 3 2 4

Match List-I (Invention) with List-II (Inventor) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists : List-I List-II (Invention) (Inventor) A. Television 1. James Watt B. Transformer 2. J. L. Baird C. Steam Engine 3. Goddard D. Rocket Engine 4. William Stanley A B C D (a) 1 3 2 4 (b) 2 4 1 3 (c) 1 4 2 3 (d) 2 3 1 4

What is the bond between two amino acids in protein called ? (a) Ester bond (b) Glycosidic bond (c) Peptide bond (d) Phosphodieser bond

Which one of the following phenomena cannot be observed on the surface of the moon? (a) Rising and setting of the sun (b) Solar eclipse (c) Motion of comets (d) Twinkling of stars

What is the observation of multiple colours in thin films of oil floating on the surface of water due to ? (a) Selective absorption of light (b) Dispersion of light (c) Diffraction of light (d) Interference of light

Whose experiments proved that the speed of light was always the same ? (a) James Clark Maxwell (b) Michelson and Morley (c) Miller and Stanley (d) Werner Heisenberg

Consider the following statements : 104 Edwin Hubble discovered that distant galaxies are moving away from us. 105 Max Planck proposed that light comes in the form of quanta (packets of energy) 106 Stephen Hawking proposed a new theory combining the General Relativity and Uncertainty Principle. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Consider the following statements : 107 When two water droplets merge with each other to form a large droplet, energy is liberated. 108 The excess pressure inside a soap bubble is directly proportional to its surface tension. 109 When a drop of water breaks into two droplets of equal size, the sum of the surface areas of the two droplets is equal to that of the original drop. Which of the statements given above are correct ? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3

Consider the following statements : 110 The nerve tissues in human body contain phosphorus. 111 In nature, sulphur always occurs in the combined state. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ? (a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2

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