. Given below are two settlements, one labeled as Assertion (A) and the other labeled as Reason (R) : Assertion (A) : Hong Kong is to revert to China from British control in a few years Reason (R) : The people of Hong Kong have opted for it in a referendum. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is true? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A (c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is true

. Indian expertise was recently used in the archaeological restoration of the monuments at (a) Angkor Wat (b) Jerusalem (c) Rome (d) Yucatan

. The pitch of the voice of women is in general (a) Higher than that of men (b) Marginally lower than that of men (c) Much lower than that of men (d) The same as that of men

. An aero plane take off from 300 North Lat., 500 East Long., and lands at the opposite end of the earth. Where does it land? (a) 300 North Lat., 500 West Long. (b) 300 South Lat., 500 West Long. (c) 500 North Lat., 300 West Long. (d) 300 South Lat., 1300 West Long.

. The heart of human embryo starts beating (a) In the first week of its development (b) In the third week of its development (c) In the fourth week of its development (d) In the sixth week of its development

. Given below are voting percentages of a political party secured in three successive elections to the Lok Sabha: Years 1984 1989 1991 Percentages of Votes 7.4 11.4 22.4 The party which secured these percentages of votes was (a) Congress(I) (b) Bahujan Samaj Party (c) Bharatiya Janata Party (d) Communist Party of India (Marxist)

. To know whether the rich are getting richer and the poor getting poorer, it is necessary to compare (a) The wholesale price index over different periods of time for different regions (b) The distribution of income of an identical set of income recipients in different periods of time (c) The distribution of income of different sets of income recipients at a point of time (d) The availability of food grains among two sets of people, one rich and the other poor, over different periods of time.

. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the (a) Harappan culture (b) Chalcolithic cultures of Western India (c) Vedic texts (d) Silver punch-marked coins

. The length of its day and the tilt of its axis are almost identical to those of the earth. This is true of (a) Uranus (b) Neptune (c) Saturn (d) Mars

. If father has blood group A and mother has blood group O then which one of the following blood groups may be found in their son? (a) B (b) AB (c) O (d) B, AB or O

. The main function of the I.M.F is to (a) Arrange international deposits from banks (b) Help to solve balance of payments problems of member countries (c) Act as a private sector lending arm of the World Bank (d) Finance investment loans to developing countries

. Who among the following was the leader of a number of Anti-British revolts in Sambalpur? (a) Utirat Singh (b) Surendra Sai (c) Kattabomman (d) Sayyid Ahmed Barelvi

. Which one of the following is a language of Baluchistan but linguistically Dravidian? (a) Brahui (b) Kui (c) Parji (d) Pengo

. In an electronic watch, the component corresponding to pendulum of a pendulum clock is a (a) Transistor (b) Crystal oscillator (c) Diode (d) Balance wheel

Talent,

. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer from the codes given below the lists: List I List II (Crops) (Crop pests) A. Rice 1. Aphid B. Wheat 2. Gundhi bug C. Sugarcane 3. Greasy cutworm D. Gram 4. Top shoot borer moth 5. Bollworm (a) A B C D 2 3 4 5 (b) A B C D 3 1 2 4 (c) A B C D 2 1 4 3 (d) A B C D 5 4 1 3