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Exam Year: 2008

  • ,

    What is the purpose of the US Space Agency’s Themis Mission, which was recently in the news?

    (a)

    To study the possibility of life on Mars

    (b)

    To study the satellites of Saturn

    (c)

    To study the colorful display of high latitude skies

    (d)

    To build a space laboratory to study stellar explosions

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    India is a member of which of the following?
    1. Asian Development Bank
    2. Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
    3. Colombo Plan
    4. Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

    (a)

    1 and 3 only

    (b)

    2 and 4 only

    (c)

    1, 2 and 3 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

  • ,

    Which one of the following is the largest (area wise) Lok Sabha constituency?

    (a)

    Kangra

    (b)

    Ladakh

    (c)

    Kachchh

    (d)

    Bhilwara

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    For India, China the UK and the USA, which one of the following is the correct sequence of the median age of their populations?

    (a)

    China < India < UK < USA

    (b)

    India < China < USA < UK

    (c)

    China < India < USA < UK

    (d)

    India < China < UK < USA

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

  • ,

    How is Sarosh Zaiwalia well-known?

    (a)

    A leading theater personality

    (b)

    A leading wildlife photographer

    (c)

    A leading international legal expert

    (d)

    A leading orthopedic surgeon

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    Ebrahim Alkazi is an eminent personality in which one of the following areas?

    (a)

    Heart Surgery

    (b)

    Civil Aviation

    (c)

    Theatre

    (d)

    Transport Engineering

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

  • ,

    Bimbavati Devi is a well-known dancer of which type of dance?

    (a)

    Manipuri

    (b)

    Bharat Natyam

    (c)

    Kuchipudi

    (d)

    Odissi

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Where are Tapovan and Vishnugarh Hydroelectric Projects located?

    (a)

    Madhya Pradesh

    (b)

    Uttar Pradesh

    (c)

    Uttarakhand

    (d)

    Rajasthan

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?

    (a)

    Aurobindo Ghosh

    (b)

    R.C. Dutt

    (c)

    Syed Ahmad Khan

    (d)

    Viraraghavachari

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Who among the following used the phrase ‘Un-British’ to criticize the English colonial control of India?

    (a)

    Anandmohan Bose

    (b)

    Badruddin Tyabji

    (c)

    Dadabhai Naoroji

    (d)

    Pherozeshah Mehta

    Correct Answer:

    (c)