. The only instance when the President of India exercised his power of veto related to (a) The Hindu Code Bill (b) The PEPSU Appropriation Bill (c) The Indian Post Office (Amendment) Bill (d) The Dowry Prohibition Bill

KPSC Karnataka Public Service Corporation,

. When there is depletion of ozone in the stratosphere the wavelength of radiation striking the earth’s surface will be (a) 10-10 m (b) 10-7 m (c) 10-2 m (d) 100 m

. The title given by the British Government to Mahatma Gandhi which he surrendered during the Non- Co-Operation Movement was (a) Hind Kesari (b) Kaiser-e-Hind (c) Rai Bahadur (d) Rt. Honorable

APSC, IAS, Ignou, SSC, Value Labs,

. ‘The Lifeline Express’ is (a) The world’s first hospital on rails operating in India (b) An instrument used for watching the fluctuations in the blood pressure of a patient under general anesthesia (c) A de-addition programme to save drug addicts (d) A popular health magazine founded by Ramnath Goenka

. The solar eclipse achieves totality only in limited geographical regions because (a) The size of the shadow of the moon on the earth is small compared to the cross-section of the earth (b) The earth is not a smooth flat surface, but has elevations and depressions (c) The trajectories of the earth around the sun and the moon around the earth are not perfect circles (d) Sun rays can reach most of the peripheral regions of the shadow of the moon due to atmospheric refraction

. The Chief Minister of a State in India is not eligible to vote in the Presidential election is (a) He himself is a candidate (b) He is yet to prove his majority on the floor of the Lower House of the State legislature (c) He is a member of the Upper House of the State legislature (d) He is a caretaker Chief Minister

RRB,

. Given below is a dairy of disasters involving hazardous chemicals. Which one of the following is correctly matched? (a) 1959, Minamata / Nigaita, Japan : Leakage at pesticide plant (b) 1976, Seveso, Italy : Mercury discharged into waterways (c) 1984, Bhopal, India : Leakage of dioxin (d) 1987, Kotka, Finland : Monochlorobenzene split in harbour

. Which one of the following types of borrowing from the IMF has the softest servicing conditions? (a) Second tranche loan (b) SAF (c) ESAF (d) Oil facility

. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of (a) Ajatashatru (b) Ashoka (c) Dharmapala (d) Kanishka

. The book The Man who knew Infinity by Robert Kanigel published in 1991 and extensively reviewed in news papers in India is the biography of (a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Homi Bhabha (c) Sir C.V. Raman (d) Srinivasa Ramanujan

. Which one of the following is correctly matched? Countries Purpose for which the U.N. Peace Keeping Force is maintained (a) Lebanon : For supervising a 1992 accord (b) El Salvador : To deliver humanitarian aid (c) Mozambique : To supervise a referendum (d) Cyprus : To maintain peace between the two dominant ethnic groups in the country

. In India the Public Sector is most dominant in (a) Steel production (b) Organized term-lending financial institutions (c) transport (d) Commercial banking

Banaras Hindu University BHU,

. The last in the succession of Jaina Tirthankaras was (a) Parsvanatha (b) Rishabha (c) Mahavira (d) Manisubrata

. The abolition of the I.A.S and the I.P.S has been recommended by the (a) Dhebar Commission (b) Kalekar Commission (c) Kher Commission (d) Rajamannar Commission

LLB,

. Which one of the following is the best strategy for environment-friendly, sustainable development in Indian agriculture? (a) Expansion of cultivable land increased use of superphosphate, urea and effective biocides (b) Wider popularization of high-yielding crop varieties, better and more frequent irrigation and increased frequency of aerial sprays of inorganic fertilizers and pesticides (c) Mixed cropping, organic manures, nitrogen-fixing plants and pest-resistant crop varieties (d) Improved farm implements and machinery, use of potent insecticides to minimize post-harvest grain losses and monoculture cropping practices