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Exam Year: 2009

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    A person has 4 coins each of different denomination. What is the number of different sums of money the person can form (using one or more coins at a time) ?

    (a)

    16

    (b)

    15

    (c)

    12

    (d)

    11

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which one of the following brings out the publication called “Energy Statistics” from time to time?

    (a)

    Central Power Research Institute

    (b)

    Planning Commission

    (c)

    Power Finance Corporation Ltd.

    (d)

    Central Statistical Organization

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Among the following, which one is not a football club ?

    (a)

    Arsenal

    (b)

    Aston Villa

    (c)

    Chelsea

    (d)

    Monte Carlo

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    Who of the following scientists proved that the stars with mass less than 1.44 times the mass of the Sun end up as White Dwarfs when they die?

    (a)

    Edwin Hubble

    (b)

    S. Chandrashekhar

    (c)

    Stephen Hawking

    (d)

    Steven Weinberg

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Who of the following is a football player ?

    (a)

    Fernando Alonso

    (b)

    Kimi Raikkonen

    (c)

    Lewis Hamilton

    (d)

    Nicolas Anelka

    Correct Answer:

    (d)

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    When Leander Paes won the “mixed doubles” at the US Open in the year 2008 who of the following was his partner?

    (a)

    Ana Ivanovic

    (b)

    Cara Black

    (c)

    Dinara Safina

    (d)

    Jelena Jankovic

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Who of the following is the author of the book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ ?

    (a)

    Al Gore

    (b)

    Barack Obama

    (c)

    Bill Clinton

    (d)

    Hillary Clinton

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Which one of the following is not a drug/pharma company ?

    (a)

    Chevron

    (b)

    Nicholas Piramal

    (c)

    Pfizer

    (d)

    Zydus Cadila

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Six persons A, B, C, D, E and F are standing in a row. C and D are standing close to each other alongside E. B is standing beside A only. A is fourth from P. Who are standing on the extremes ?

    (a)

    A and F

    (b)

    B and D

    (c)

    B and F

    (d)

    None of the above

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    A person travels 12 km due North then 15 km due East after that 15 km due West and then 18 km due South. How far is he from the starting point?

    (a)

    6 km

    (b)

    12 km

    (c)

    33 km

    (d)

    60 km

    Correct Answer:

    (a)