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Exam Year: 2008

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    Carpenter A can make a chair in 6 hours, carpenter B in 7 hours, and carpenter C in 8 hours. If each carpenter works for 8 hours per day, how many chairs will be made in 21 days?

    (a)

    61

    (b)

    67

    (c)

    73

    (d)

    79

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    In how many different ways can four books A, B, C, and D be arranged one above another in a vertical order such that the books A and B are never in continuous position?

    (a)

    9

    (b)

    12

    (c)

    14

    (d)

    79

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    What is the number of terms in the series 117, 120, 123, 126,….., 333?

    (a)

    72

    (b)

    73

    (c)

    76

    (d)

    79

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    In the series AABABCABCDABCDE…… Which letter occupies the 100th position?

    (a)

    H

    (b)

    I

    (c)

    J

    (d)

    K

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Selene-1, the lunar orbiter mission, belongs to which one of the following?

    (a)

    China

    (b)

    European Union

    (c)

    Japan

    (d)

    USA

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Recently, the manuscripts of which one of the following have been included in UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register?

    (a)

    Abhidhamma Pitaka

    (b)

    Mahabharata

    (c)

    Ramayana

    (d)

    Rig Veda

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    From which one of the following did India buy the Barak anti-missile defence systems?

    (a)

    Israel

    (b)

    France

    (c)

    Russia

    (d)

    USA

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Which of the above are sources of methane, a major greenhouse gas?

    (a)

    1 and 4 only

    (b)

    2 and 3 only

    (c)

    1, 2 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    What is the number of spokes in the Dharma chakra in the National Flag of India?

    (a)

    16

    (b)

    18

    (c)

    22

    (d)

    24

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Which one of the following is not essentially a species of the Himalayan vegetation?

    (a)

    Juniper

    (b)

    Mahogany

    (c)

    Silver fir

    (d)

    Spruce

    Correct Answer:

    (b)