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57946.Arrange in chronological order :

1. Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

II.Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma

III.K. R. Narayanan

iv.P. Venkataraman.

Of these
IV, II, III and I
III, I, II and IV
I, III, IV and II
11, IV, I and Ill.
57948.Among the following which is not related to Industrial Development and Finance ?
TIDCO
SIPCOT
TIIC
ITC
57950.Which of the following oil companies is not a public sector company?
Chennai Petroleum Company
Mangalore Refinerles & Petrochemicals
Hindustan Oil Companies Ltd.
Reliance Petroleum Ltd
57952.Which of the following fund(s) is/are operated directly from the Prime Minsters Office ?

I.The Prime Ministers National Relief Fund ( PMNRF }.

II.National Defence Fund ( NDF ).

of these
I only
II only
Both I & II
Neither I nor II.
57954.Haemoglobin is the pigment useful to transport gases. They are present in Red Blood cells. Identify the animal which has blood without pigments.
Human
Birds
Earthworm
Cockroach.
57956.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

List I - List 11

(Rivers ) ( Origin )

a)Mahanadi 1.Nasik Hills

b)Periyar 2.Mahabaleswar hills

c)Godavari 3.Amarkantak

d)Krishna 4.Cardamon hills.

Codes :
3 4 1 2
4 3 1 2
1 2 3 4
2 4 1 3.
57958.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

List I - List II

a)Cholera 1.Fungi

b)African sleeping sickness 2.Virus

c)Phlegm 3.Bacteria

d)Dandruff 4.Protozoa.

Codes :
c) 2 1 3 4
3 4 2 1
4 2 1 3
1 3 4 2
57960.In Tamil Nadu the most windforms are with districts of
Kanyakumari, Coimbatore. Tiruppur
Tuticorin, Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli
Neyveli, Kanchipuram. Chennai
Coimbatore, Erode, Dharmapuri.
57962.The name of the organisations which are associated in the Chandrayan I mission are given below. Identify the wrong one :
ISRO
BARC
NASA
ONGC
57964.Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : Planet Saturn when put in water it would float.

Reason (R) : The planet Saturn has a specific gravity less than one. Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false, but (R) is true.
57966.How much current is consumed for a tubelight which has 40W for domestic use ?
0.2 A
0.5 A
1 A
5.75 A
57968.Thumba equatorial rocket launching station was established at which place in India ?

I.Bangalore

II.Sriharikota

III.Mahendragiri

IV. Thiruvananthapuram.

Of these
III only
I only
IV only
II only
57970.Among the following taxes which is not considered as a direct tax ?
Income tax
Sales tax
Gift tax
Wealth tax.
57972.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

List I List II

a)Gold collar workers 1.Involved in quaternary activities

b)White collar workers 2.Involved in secondary activities

c)Red collar workers 3.Involved in quinary activities

d)Blue collar workers 4.Involved in primary activities.

Codes :
4 2 1 3
1 3 2 4
3 1 4 2
3 1 2 4
57974.In India, the first Agriculture Research Centre was started by
Lord Lytton
Lord Curzon
Lord Canning
Lord Ripon.
57976.Consider the following statements :

Assertion (A) : The partition of Bengal in 1905 provided a spark for the rise of extremism in the Indian National movement.

Reason (R): Curzons real motives were to divide the Hindus and Muslims in Bengal and to break the growth of Bengali nationalism.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below :
Both (A) and (R) are true, but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true, but (R) is false
(A) is false. but (R) is true.
57978.In which tax the incidence and impact is on one and the same person ?
Income tax
Sales tax
Value added tax
Service tax.
57980.Arrange the following in chronological order :

1. Sama Veda

II. Rig Veda

III. Yajur Veda

IV. Atharva Veda.

of these
I, III, II & IV
III, IV, I & II
IV, I, II & III
II, III, I & IV
57982.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given
below :

List I - List II

a)First Five-Year Plan1.Self-sufficiency

b)Second Five-Year Plan2.Agriculture and Industrial development

c)Third Five-Year Plan3.Agriculture development

d)Fourth Five-Year Plan4.Heavy industries development.

Codes :
2 4 1 3
1 2 3 4
3 4 2 1
3 4 1 2
57984.Match List I with List II correctly and select your answer using the codes given below :

List I -List II

a)H. J. Bhaba 1. industrial and Scientific research

b)S. S. Bhatnagar 2.Atomic energy

c)D. S. Kothari Research 3.Indian Space Organisation

d)Vikram Sarabhai 4.Defence Science Organisation.

Codes :
2 1 4 3
2 4 1 3
1 2 3 4
3 2 4 1
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