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Exam Year: 2007

  • What is the average distance (approximate) between the Sun and the Earth?

    (a)

    70×10^5 km

    (b)

    100×10^5 km

    (c)

    110×10^6 km

    (d)

    150×10^6 km

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following pairs of countries joined the European Union in January 2007?

    (a)

    Bulgaria and Romania

    (b)

    Bulgaria and Belgium

    (c)

    Romania and Slovenia

    (d)

    Hungary and Croatia

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Who among the following have been the Union Finance Ministers of India?
    1. V.P. Singh
    2. R. Venkataraman
    3. Y.B. Chavan
    4. Pranab Mukherjee
    Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3 only

    (b)

    1, 3 and 4 only

    (c)

    2 and 4 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Which one of the following is the correct sequence in the decreasing order of production (in million tonnes) of the given foodgrains in India?

    (a)

    Wheat-Rice-Pulses-Coarse cereals

    (b)

    Rice-Wheat-Pulses-Coarse cereals

    (c)

    Wheat-Rice-Coarse cereals-Pulses

    (d)

    Rice-Wheat-Coarse cereals-Pulses

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • A train completes a journey with a few stoppages in between at an average speed of 40 km per hour. If the train had not stopped anywhere, it would have completed the journey at an average speed of 60 km per hour. On average, how many minutes per hour does the train stop during the journey?

    (a)

    20 minutes per hour

    (b)

    18 minutes per hour

    (c)

    15 minutes per hour

    (d)

    10 minutes per hour

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • Amit starts from a point A and walks to another point B, and then returns from B to A by his car and thus takes a total time of 6 hours and 45 minutes. If he had driven both ways in his car, he would have taken 2 hours less. How long would it take for him to walk both ways?

    (a)

    7 hours 45 minutes

    (b)

    8 hours 15 minutes

    (c)

    8 hours 30 minutes

    (d)

    8 hours 45 minutes

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • Parimarjan Negi has excelled in which one of the following games?

    (a)

    Billiards

    (b)

    Swimming

    (c)

    Chess

    (d)

    Weightlifting

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • A person has to completely put each of three liquids: 403 litres of petrol, 465 litres of diesel, and 496 litres of Mobil Oil in bottles of equal size without mixing any of the above three types of liquids such that each bottle is completely filled. What is the least possible number of bottles required?

    (a)

    34

    (b)

    44

    (c)

    46

    (d)

    None of the above

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • A and B can complete work together in 5 days. If A works at twice his speed and B at half of his speed, this work can be finished in 4 days. How many days would it take for A alone to complete the job?

    (a)

    10

    (b)

    12

    (c)

    15

    (d)

    18

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • If all the numbers from 501 to 700 are written, what is the total number of times the digit 6 appears?

    (a)

    138

    (b)

    139

    (c)

    140

    (d)

    141

    Correct Answer:

    (c)