Answer / guest

( b ) Aryabhatta

Answer / afroj

(c) Aswaghosha

The term ?word? in computer technology refers to (A) bits formed into groups (B) coded instructions (C) memory size (D) language used

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Which of the following fertilizers leaves acidic residue? 1 Urea 2 Ammonium phosphate 3 Ammonium sulphate 4 None of these

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. 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

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Whom did India beat to get Gold Medal in the Commonwealth Women?s Hockey tournament held in the year 2002? 1 Australia 2 Canada 3 England 4 New Zealand

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Who among the following has played the role of Mahatma Gandhi in the film Gandhi? (A) Rohan Seth (B) Dilip Kumar (C) Ben Kingsley (D) Manoj Kumar

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Number of transistors per chip on a Pentium Chip with a clock frequency of 300 MHz is approximately (A) 100000 (B) 1000000 (C) 10000000 (D) 100000000

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The recent trade talks at Brussels failed because; (1) Some countries did not attend (2) Political differences among countries regarding sanctions against Saddam Hussein (3) Some European countries were not willing to stop subsidies to farm produce (4) None of the above

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Who amongst the following is the author of the recently released book ?A Thousand Suns?? 1 Vikram Seth 2 Sobha De 3 Dominique Lapierre 4 None of these

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. ‘Self-sufficiency’ in food, in the true sense of freedom from hunger, has not been achieved in India in spite of a more than three-fold rise in food grains production over 1950-1990. Which of the following are the reasons for it? 1. The green revolution has been restricted to small pockets of the country. 2. The cost of food is too high compared to the earnings of the poor. 3. Too much emphasis is laid on wheat and paddy compared to the coarse grains. 4. The gains of the green revolution have largely accrued to the cash crop rather than food crops. Select the correct answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 2 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

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Australasia or Oceania comprises of(1) Australia (2) New Zealand(3) New Guinea (4) Pacific Islands(5) Tasmania (A) 1, 2 and 4 (B) 1, 2 and 5 (C) 1, 2, 3 and 4 (D) 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

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Which one of the following is not a statutory body? (A) Election Commission (B) Finance Commission (C) Planning Commission (D) Union Public Service Commission

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Which one of the following places was the venue of the 1999 Miss World Contest? 1 Los Angeles 2 Japan 3 London 4 New Zealand

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