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Exam Year: 2008

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    With which one of the following is BRIT (Government Of India) engaged?

    (a)

    Railway Wagons

    (b)

    Information Technology

    (c)

    Isotope Technology

    (d)

    Road Transport

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Where was the first desalination plant in India to produce one lakh liters of freshwater per day based on low-temperature thermal desalination principle commissioned?

    (a)

    Kavaratti

    (b)

    Port Blair

    (c)

    Mangalore

    (d)

    Valsad

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    How is the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference wherein the agreements were signed to set up IBRD, GATT, and IMF, commonly known?

    (a)

    Bandung Conference

    (b)

    Bretton Woods Conference

    (c)

    Versailles Conference

    (d)

    Yalta Conference

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which of the following is/are included in the Directive Principles of State Policy?

    (a)

    1 Only

    (b)

    2 Only

    (c)

    Both 1 and 2

    (d)

    Neither 1 nor 2

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Under which one of the following Constitution Amendment Acts, four languages were added to the languages under the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, thereby raising their number to 22?

    (a)

    Constitution (Ninetieth Amendment) Act

    (b)

    Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act

    (c)

    Constitution (Ninety-second Amendment) Act

    (d)

    Constitution (Ninety-third Amendment) Act

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Which of the following are among the million-plus cities in India on the basis of data of the Census, 2001?

    (a)

    1, 2 and 3 only

    (b)

    2, 3 and 4 only

    (c)

    1 and 4 only

    (d)

    1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Which of the following are the public sector undertakings of the Government of India?

    (a)

    1 and 2 Only

    (b)

    2 and 3 Only

    (c)

    1 and 3 Only

    (d)

    1, 2 and 3

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development (Rio+10) held?

    (a)

    Davos

    (b)

    Nova Scotia

    (c)

    Johannesburg

    (d)

    Shanghai

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Which two countries follow China and India in the decreasing order of their populations?

    (a)

    Brazil and USA

    (b)

    USA and Indonesia

    (c)

    Canada and Malaysia

    (d)

    Russia and Nigeria

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Amongst the following States, which one has the highest percentage of rural population (on the basis of the Census, 2001)?

    (a)

    Himachal Pradesh

    (b)

    Bihar

    (c)

    Odisha

    (d)

    Uttar Pradesh

    Correct Answer:

    (a)