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Exam Year: 2008

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. Orange Prize is awarded to a work of published fiction in English by a woman.
    2. Pulitzer Prize is awarded by the Commonwealth Foundation to a citizen of any Commonwealth country for any literary work in English.

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    Tributary River – Main River
    1. Chambal: Narmada
    2. Sone: Yamuna
    3. Manas: Brahmaputra.

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3

    (b)

    1 and 2 only

    (c)

    2 and 3 only

    (d)

    3 only

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    1. Salt-water crocodile is found in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
    2. Shrew and tapir are found in the Western Ghats of the Malabar region.

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Person) – List-II (Area).
    List-I(Person) List-II(Area)

    A. Sabyasachi Mukherjee 1. Microfinance loans

    B. Aniruddha Bahal 2. Pharmaceuticals

    C. Vikram Akula 3. Fashion designing

    D. Yusuf Hamied 4. Investigative journalism

    A B C D A B C D
    (a) 1 2 3 4 (b) 3 4 1 2
    (c) 1 4 3 2 (d) 3 2 1 4

    (a)

    1-2-3-4

    (b)

    3-4-1-2

    (c)

    1-3-2-4

    (d)

    3-2-1-4

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    1. Ajman is one of the seven Emirates of the UAE.
    2. Ras al-Khaimah was the last Sheikhdom to join the UAE.

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    1. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer was the Chief Justice of India.
    2. Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer is considered as one of the progenitors of public interest litigation (PIL) in the Indian judicial system.

    (a)

    1 Only

    (b)

    2 Only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
    Institute – Location.
    1. National Centre for Cell Science Mysore
    2. Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics Hyderabad
    3. National Brain Research Centre Gurgaon
    Select the correct answer using the code given below:

    (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 codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Author) List-II (Work)

    A. Bankimchandra 1.Shatranj ke Khilari

    B. Dinabandhu Mitra 2. Debi Chaudhurani

    C. Premchandra 3. Nil-Darpan

    4. Chandrakanta

    (a)

    2 4 1

    (b)

    3 4 2

    (c)

    2 3 1

    (d)

    3 1 4

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    1. Chokmagalur is well-known for sugar production.
    2. Mandya is well-known as a coffee-production region.

    (a)

    1 Only

    (b)

    2 Only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • ,

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Person) – List-II (Area).
    A. K.P.Singh 1.Banking
    B. Vikram Pandit 2.Fiction writing
    C. Roopa Farooki 3. Retail business
    D. Kishore Biyani 4. Real estate

    A B C D A B C D
    (a) 4 2 3 1 (a) 3 1 2 4
    (b) 3 2 1 4 (b) 4 1 2 3

    (a)

    4-2-3-1

    (b)

    3-2-1-4

    (c)

    3-2-1-4

    (d)

    4-2-1-3

    Correct Answer:

    (b)