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Exam Year: 2007

  • Assertion (A): A jet aircraft moving at Mach Number equal to 1 travels faster at an altitude of 15 km than while moving at sea level.
    Reason (R): The velocity of sound depends on the temperature of the surrounding medium.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Assertion (A): There are no tea plantations in any African country.
    Reason (R): Tea plants need fertile soil with high humus.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Assertion (A): According to the Wavell Plan, the number of Hindu and Muslim members in the Executive Council were to be equal.
    Reason (R): Wavell thought that this arrangement would have avoided the partition of India.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • Assertion (A): River Kalinadi is an east-flowing river in the southern part of India.
    Reason (R): The Deccan Plateau is higher along its western edge and gently slopes towards the Bay of Bengal in the east.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • ,

    Which one of the following parts of the pitcher plant becomes modified into a pitcher?

    (a)

    Stem

    (b)

    Leaf

    (c)

    Stipule

    (d)

    Petiole

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Assertion (A): The Council of Ministers in the Union of India is collectively responsible both to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
    Reason (R): The Members of both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha are eligible to be the Ministers of the Union Government.

    (a)

    Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A.

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A.

    (c)

    A is true but R is false

    (d)

    A is false but R is true

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Raghu Rai is well known for which one of the following areas?

    (a)

    Research in Mathematics

    (b)

    Photography

    (c)

    Water harvesting

    (d)

    Pollution control

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • Which one of the following Organisations won the CSIR Award for Science and Technology (S&T) Innovations for Rural Development, 2006?

    (a)

    CLRI

    (b)

    IARI

    (c)

    NDDB

    (d)

    NDRI

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Which one of the following cities does not have the same clock time as that of the other three cities at any given instant?

    (a)

    London (U.K.)

    (b)

    Lisbon (Portugal)

    (c)

    Accra (Ghana)

    (d)

    Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Four wires of the same material and of dimensions as under are stretched by a load of the same magnitude separately. Which one of them will be elongated maximum?

    (a)

    Wire of 1 m length and 2 mm diameter

    (b)

    Wire of 2 m length and 2 mm diameter

    (c)

    Wire of 3 m length and 1.5 mm diameter

    (d)

    Wire of 1 m length and 1 mm diameter

    Correct Answer:

    (c)