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Exam Year: 2005

  • Where are the Balearic Islands located?

    (a)

    Mediterranean Sea

    (b)

    Black Sea

    (c)

    Baltic Sea

    (d)

    North Sea

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Which of the above are included in the World Heritage List of UNESCO?

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3

    (b)

    1, 3 and 4

    (c)

    2 and 4

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following airports in India is the first to be owned by a public limited company?

    (a)

    Dabolim Airport, Goa

    (b)

    Cochin Airport

    (c)

    Hyderabad Airport

    (d)

    Bangalore Airport

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Which one of the following was probed by the Liberhan Commission?

    (a)

    Test Cricket match fixing

    (b)

    Best Bakery Case

    (c)

    Tehelka tapes Case

    (d)

    Demolition of the disputed structure at Ayodhya

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following is the correct statement? The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s independence; The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi; The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them; The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.

    (a)

    The modern Kochi was a Dutch colony till India’s independence.

    (b)

    The Dutch defeated the Portuguese and built Fort Williams in the modern Kochi.

    (c)

    The modern Kochi was first a Dutch colony before the Portuguese took over from them.

    (d)

    The modern Kochi never became a part of the British colony.

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following companies has started a rural marketing network called ‘echaupals’?

    (a)

    ITC

    (b)

    Dabur

    (c)

    Proctor and Gamble

    (d)

    Hindustan Lever

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • For which one of the following, is Satara well-known?

    (a)

    Thermal power plant

    (b)

    Wind energy plant

    (c)

    Hydro-electric plant

    (d)

    Nuclear Power plant

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Whose autobiography is the book ‘My Music, My Life’?

    (a)

    Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma

    (b)

    Ustad Amjad Ali Khan

    (c)

    Pandit Ravi Shankar

    (d)

    Ustad Zakir Hussain

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were recently in the news, live?

    (a)

    Andhra Pradesh

    (b)

    Assam

    (c)

    Rajasthan

    (d)

    Orissa

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which countries played in the Lawn Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004?

    (a)

    Switzerland and United States

    (b)

    Spain and United States of America

    (c)

    Australia and Argentina

    (d)

    Sweden and Belgium

    Correct Answer:

    (b)