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Exam Year: 2008

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    Which one of the following is also called Stranger Gas?

    (a)

    Argon

    (b)

    Neon

    (c)

    Xenon

    (d)

    Nitrous oxide

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Mixture of which one of the following pairs of gases is the cause of occurrence of most of the explosions in mines?

    (a)

    Hydrogen and oxygen

    (b)

    Oxygen and acetylene

    (c)

    Methane and air

    (d)

    Carbon dioxide and methane

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Which one of the following pairs of metals constitutes the lightest metal and the heaviest metal, respectively?

    (a)

    Lithium and mercury

    (b)

    Lithium and osmium

    (c)

    Aluminum and osmium

    (d)

    Aluminum and mercury

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    How much is one barrel of oil approximately equal to?

    (a)

    131 litres

    (b)

    159 litres

    (c)

    257 litres

    (d)

    321 litres

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Who among the following Gandhian followers was a teacher by profession?

    (a)

    A.N. Sinha

    (b)

    Braj Kishore Prasad

    (c)

    J.B. Kriplani

    (d)

    Rajendra Prasad

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Where was the first session of the Indian National Congress held in December 1885?

    (a)

    Ahmedabad

    (b)

    Bombay

    (c)

    Calcutta

    (d)

    Delhi

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which one of the following was a journal brought out by Abul Kalam Azad?

    (a)

    Al-Hilal

    (b)

    Comrade

    (c)

    The Indian Sociologist

    (d)

    Zamindar

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Assertion (A): Radio waves bend in a magnetic field.
    Reason (R): Radio waves are electromagnetic in nature.

    (a)

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

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true and 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)

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    Assertion (A): The Congress Ministries in all the provinces resigned in the year 1939.
    Reason (R): The Congress did not accept the decision of the Viceroy to declare war against Germany in the context of the Second World War.

    (a)

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

    (b)

    Both A and R are individually true and 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)

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    ‘Hand-in-Hand 2007’, a joint anti-terrorism military training was held by the officers of the Indian Army and officers of the Army of which one of the following countries?

    (a)

    China

    (b)

    Japan

    (c)

    Russia

    (d)

    USA

    Correct Answer:

    (a)