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Exam Year: 1997

  • Consider the map given below : The places marked A, B, C and D in the map are respectively known for the cultivation of

    (a)

    groundnut, ragi, tobacco and sugarcane

    (b)

    groundnut, sugarcane, ragi and tobacco

    (c)

    ragi, sugarcane, groundnut and tobacco

    (d)

    ragi, groundnut, sugarcane and tobacco

    Correct Answer:

  • The Basque separatist organisation is active in

    (a)

    Russia

    (b)

    Cyprus

    (c)

    Portugal

    (d)

    Spain

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • The world’s fastest computer has been able to perform (as of Dec. 1996)

    (a)

    106 operations per second

    (b)

    109 operations per second

    (c)

    1012 operations per second

    (d)

    1015 operations per second

    Correct Answer:

  • Consider the map given below : The places marked A, B, C and D in the map are respectively

    (a)

    Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain, Rain shadow region and Chotanagpur plateau

    (b)

    Chattisgarh plain, Chotanagpur plateau, Rift valley region and Rain shadow region

    (c)

    Rift valley region, Chattisgarh plain, Chotanagpur plateau and Rain shadow region

    (d)

    Chattisgarh plain, Rain shadow region, Chotanagpur plateau and Rift valley region

    Correct Answer:

  • One of the important agreements reached in the 1996 Ministerial Conference of WTO relates to

    (a)

    Commerce in Information Technology

    (b)

    Multilateral Agreement on Investment

    (c)

    Multi-fibre Agreement

    (d)

    Exchange of Technical Personnel

    Correct Answer:

  • The Prime Minister of which one of the following countries is chosen by the ruling prince from a slate of three candidates put up to him by the President of France ?

    (a)

    San Marius

    (b)

    Liechtenstein

    (c)

    Malta

    (d)

    Monaco

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • The canal-carrying capacity of Farakka is

    (a)

    75,000 cusecs

    (b)

    70,000 cusecs

    (c)

    40,000 cusecs

    (d)

    35,000 cusecs

    Correct Answer:

  • Consider the map given below : The predominant languages spoken in the areas marked A, B, C and D are respectively

    (a)

    Brajbhasha, Bhojpuri, Maithili and Awadhi

    (b)

    Awadhi, Maithili, Bhojpuri and Brajbhasha

    (c)

    Brajbhasha, Awadhi, Bhojpuri and Maithili

    (d)

    Maithili, Bhojpuri, Brajbhasha and Awadhi

    Correct Answer:

  • Which one of the following factors is responsible for the change in the regular direction of the ocean currents in the Indian Ocean?

    (a)

    Indian Ocean is ‘half an ocean’

    (b)

    Indian Ocean has monsoon drift

    (c)

    Indian Ocean is a land-locked ocean

    (d)

    Indian Ocean has greater variation in salinity

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Proportional representation is NOT necessary in a country where

    (a)

    there are no reserved constituencies

    (b)

    a two-party system has developed

    (c)

    the first-past-post system prevails

    (d)

    there is a fusion of Presidential and Parliamentary forms of governments

    Correct Answer:

    (b)