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Exam Year: 2008

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. The Legislative Assembly of each State shall consist of not more than 450 members chosen by direct election from territorial constituencies in the State.
    2. A person shall not be qualified to be chosen to fill a seat in the Legislative Assembly of a State if he/she is less than 25 years of age.

    (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 is/are correctly matched?
    Theory/Law – Associated Scientist
    1. Continental Drift: Edwin Hubble
    2. Expansion of Universe: Alfred Wegener
    3. Photoelectric Effect: Albert Einstein.

    (a)

    2 and 3 only

    (b)

    3 only

    (c)

    1 only

    (d)

    None of these

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
    Irrigation Project – State
    1. Damanganga: Gujarat
    2. Girna: Maharashtra
    3. Pamba: Kerala.

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    1 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

  • ,

    Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
    List-I (Organization) – List-II (Associated Convention/Person/Place/Headquarters).
    List-I (Organization) List-II (Associated Convention/Person/Place/Headquarters)

    A. Amnesty International 1.Visculi
    B. Common wealth of Independent States (CIS) 2.Paris
    C. Danube Commission 3.Peter Beneson
    D. Europian Space Agency 4.Belgrade Convention

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

    (a)

    3-1-4-2

    (b)

    4-2-3-1

    (c)

    3-4-2-1

    (d)

    4-1-3-2

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) in respect of carbon credits is one of the Kyoto Protocol Mechanisms.
    2. Under the CDM, the projects handled pertain only to the Annex-I countries.

    (a)

    1 Only

    (b)

    2 Only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Consider the following statements:
    1. A widely used musical scale called diatonic scale has seven frequencies.
    2. The frequency of the note Sā is 256 Hz and that of Nī is 512 Hz.

    (a)

    1 only

    (b)

    2 only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following statements:
    1. The Nuclear Suppliers Group has 24 countries as the members.
    2. India is a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.

    (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 (Board) and List-II (Headquarters):
    A. Coffee Board – 1. Bangalore
    B. Rubber Board – 2. Guntur
    C. Tea Board – 3. Kottayam
    D. Tobacco Board – 4. Kolkata.

    (a)

    2-4-3-1

    (b)

    1-3-4-2

    (c)

    2-3-4-1

    (d)

    1-4-3-2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
    1. Francis Collins: Mapping human genome
    2. Sergey Brin: Google Search Engine
    3. Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

    (a)

    1 and 2 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    3 only

    (d)

    1,2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    What is the name of the scheme which provides training and skills to women in traditional and non-traditional trades?

    (a)

    Kishori Shakti Yojana

    (b)

    Rashtriya Mahila Kosh

    (c)

    Swayamsiddha

    (d)

    Swawlamban

    Correct Answer:

    (d)