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Exam Year: 2006

  • Projects and Development India Limited is Mainly engaged is design engineering, procurement and supervision of construction/commissioning in which area?

    (a)

    Pharmaceutical plants

    (b)

    Petroleum refineries and sugar factories

    (c)

    Ship-building yard

    (d)

    Fertilizer and allied chemical plants

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following is the correct statement? Service tax is a/an

    (a)

    direct tax levied by the Central Government.

    (b)

    indirect tax levied by the Central Government

    (c)

    direct tax levied by the State Government

    (d)

    indirect tax levied by the State Government

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Who is the President of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research?

    (a)

    President of India

    (b)

    Vice-president of India

    (c)

    Prime Minister of India

    (d)

    Union Minister of Science and Technology

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Consider the following statements: 1. Life Insurance Corporation of India is the oldest insurance company in India. 2. National Insurance Company Limited was nationalized in the year 1972 and made a subsidiary of General Insurance Corporation of India. 3. Headquarters of United India Insurance Company Limited are located at Chennai. Which of the statements given above are correct?

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3

    (b)

    1 and 2, only

    (c)

    2 and 3, only

    (d)

    1 and 3, only

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: List-I: A. Harold Pinter, B. Jacques Diouf, C. Jose Manuel Barroso, D. Raymond Lafitte; List-II: 1. Director-general, FAO, 2. President, European Commission, 3. World Bank appointed expert for Adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project, 4. Litterateur.

    (a)

    4 3 2 1

    (b)

    4 3 2 1

    (c)

    2 1 4 3

    (d)

    2 3 4 1

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • A mixed doubled tennis game is to be played between two teams (each team consists of one male and one female). There are 4 married couples. No team is to consist of a husband and his wife. What is the maximum number of games that can be played?

    (a)

    12

    (b)

    21

    (c)

    36

    (d)

    42

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • In an office, the number of persons who take tea is twice the number of persons who take only coffee. The number of persons who take coffee is twice the number of persons who take coffee is twice the number of persons who take only tea. Consider the following statements: 1. The sum of the number of persons who take either tea or coffee or both is four times the number of persons who take both coffee and tea. 2. The sum of the number of persons who take only coffee and those who take only tea is twice the number of persons who take both coffee and tea. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Huangpu River flows through which one of the following cities?

    (a)

    Beijing

    (b)

    Ho Chi Minh City

    (c)

    Shanghai

    (d)

    Manila

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Which one of the following countries is the leading producer of uranium?

    (a)

    United States of America

    (b)

    Canada

    (c)

    Germany

    (d)

    Zambia

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • There are three parallel straight lines. Two points A and B are marked on the first line, points C and D are marked on the second line, and points E and F are marked on the third line. Each of these 6 points can move to any position on its respective straight line. Consider the following statements:

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)