Which one of the following books is authored by Yann Martel,
the winner of the Booker Prize 2002?
1 The ole man and the sea
2 The Blind Assassin
3 Life of Pi
4 Disgrace
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1 Answers APPSC, Civil Service, Group 2 II,
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Which country won the silver medal for hockey in Athens Olympics 2004? 1 Austrialia 2 Pakistan 3 The Netherlands 4 Germany
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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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UNESCO has declared 1995 as the (1) International year of Child's Right (2) International year of Preserving Indigenous Culture (3) International year of Shelter (4) International year of Tolerance