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Exam Year: 2002

  • With reference to India, which one the following statements is not correct?

    (a)

    About one-third of the area of the country records more than 750 millimeters of annual rainfall

    (b)

    The dominant source of irrigation in the country is wells

    (c)

    Alluvial soil is the predominant type of soil in the northern plans of the country

    (d)

    The mountain areas accounts for about thirty percent of the surface area of the country

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • A solid cube just gets completely immersed in water when a 0.2 kg mass is placed on it. If the mass is removed, the cube is 2 cm about the water level. What is the length of each side of the cube?

    (a)

    12 cm

    (b)

    10 cm

    (c)

    8 cm

    (d)

    6 cm

    Correct Answer:

  • The historian Barani refused to consider the state in India under Delhi Sultans as truly Islamic because

    (a)

    the majority of the population did not follow Islam

    (b)

    the Muslims theologists were often disregarded

    (c)

    the Sultan supplemented the Muslim law by framing his own regulations

    (d)

    religious freedom was accorded to non-Muslims

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • The last opportunity to avoid the partition of India was lost with the rejection of

    (a)

    Cripps Mission

    (b)

    Rajagopalachari Formula

    (c)

    Cabinet Mission

    (d)

    Wavell Plan

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • A complete cycle of a traffic light takes 60 seconds. During each cycle the light is green for 25 second, yellow for 5 second and red for 30 second. At a randomly chosen time, the probability that the light will not be green is

    (a)

    1/3

    (b)

    1/4

    (c)

    5/12

    (d)

    7/12

    Correct Answer: