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Exam Year: 2004

  • Which one of the following does not border Panama?

    (a)

    Costa Rica

    (b)

    Pacific Ocean

    (c)

    Colombia

    (d)

    Venezuela

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Who among the following was never the Lok Sabha Speaker?

    (a)

    K.V.K. Sundaram

    (b)

    G.S. Dhillon

    (c)

    Baliram Bhagat

    (d)

    Hukum Singh

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Consider the following international languages:
    1. Arabic
    2. French
    3. Spanish
    The correct sequence of the languages given above in the decreasing order of the number of their speakers is:

    (a)

    3-1-2

    (b)

    1-3-2

    (c)

    3-2-1

    (d)

    1-2-3

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

    (a)

    Reinhold Messner : Computer Technology

    (b)

    Harlow Shapley : Astronomy

    (c)

    Gregor Mendel : Hereditary Theory

    (d)

    Godfrey Hounsfield : CT Scan

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Match List-I (Institute) with List-II (Located At) and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists.
    List-I ……………………………………………………………List-II
    (Institute) …………………………………………………(Located At)
    A. Indian Institute of Geomagnetism …………1. Coimbatore
    B. International …………………………………………..2. Mumbai
    Advanced Research
    Centre for Power
    Metallurgy and New
    Materials
    C. Salim Ali Centre for ………………………………….3. Jabalpur
    Ornithology and
    Natural History
    D. Tropical Forestry ……………………………………….4. Hyderabad
    Research Institute

    (a)

    2 3 1 4

    (b)

    1 4 2 3

    (c)

    2 4 1 3

    (d)

    1 3 2 4

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which Article of the Constitution of India says, ‘No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment’?

    (a)

    Article 24

    (b)

    Article 45

    (c)

    Article 330

    (d)

    Article 368

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • According to the National Human Rights Commission Act, 1993, who amongst the following can be its Chairman?

    (a)

    Any serving Judge of the Supreme Court

    (b)

    Any serving Judge of the High Court

    (c)

    Only a retired Chief Justice of India

    (d)

    Only a retired Chief Justice of High Court

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Consider the following geological phenomena:
    1. Development of a fault
    2. Movement along a fault
    3. Impact produced by a volcanic eruption
    4. Folding of rocks
    Which of the above cause earthquakes?

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3

    (b)

    2 and 4

    (c)

    1, 3 and 4

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • More than 40 Heads of States/Governments were invited by Vladimir Putin in May, 2003 to:

    (a)

    Discuss the issues related to the rehabilitation of Iraq

    (b)

    Celebrate the tricentenary of the city of St Petersburg

    (c)

    Convene a meeting of European and CIS countries to discuss the issue of missile shield for European and CIS countries

    (d)

    Develop the strategies for containing global terrorism

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    In which one of the following countries, did an ethnic violence between the communities of Hema and Lendu result in the death of hundreds of people?

    (a)

    Democratic Republic of Congo

    (b)

    Indonesia

    (c)

    Nigeria

    (d)

    Zambia

    Correct Answer:

    (a)