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12046.Karl Marxs ideology advocated
a classed unique society
a united society
a classed society
None of the above
12080.Shares with a fixed rate of dividend that entitle their holders to priority payment over those who hold ordinary shares of a company are called
preference shares
bull
bear
shareholder
12356.The three abundant elements in the earths crust are aluminium, oxygen and silicon. The correct order of their abundance is
oxygen, aluminium, silicon
aluminium, silicon, oxygen
oxygen, silicon, aluminium
silicon, oxygen, aluminium
12390.The trophy given for exemplary conduct displayed by an athlete during the Olympic games is
Mohammad Toher Trophy
Count Alberto Bonacossa Trophy
Tokyo Trophy
None of the above
13214.Normal adult human male has
10 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
14 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
18 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
24 gram of haemoglobin/100 gram of blood
13225.Norepinephrine increases
respiration
urine production
saliva production
blood pressure
13305.When did Christopher Columbus discovered the West Indies?
1455 AD
1492 AD
1139 AD
1556 AD
13385.CD computer abbreviation usually means ?
Command Description
Change Data
Copy Density
Compact Disc
13631.What is NAT?
Network Address Translation
Network Administration Tool
Novell Address Transfer
Newly Added Technology
13647.What is the World Wide Web?
A computer game
A software program
The part of the Internet that enables information-sharing via interconnected pages
Another name for the Internet
13773.The original founders of Common wealth of Independent States, in December 1991, are
Tadjikistan, Khirghizia and Turkemenistan
Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan
Russia, Ukraine and Byelorus
Moldavia, Khazakhastan and Uzbekistan
13810.The plants grown in equatorial regions include
wheat, barley, maize
evergreen dense forests, rubber trees, groundnuts
groundnuts, soyabeens, potatoes
evergreen coniferous forests, oats, cocoa
9670.What is the approximate playing time of full version of `Jana Gana Mana`, the National Anthem of India?
52 seconds
42 seconds
9933.Which one is the largest district by areawise in Tamilnadu
Viluppuram
Tiruvannamalai
Tirupur
Pudukkottai
12127.The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men`s and women`s singles were won, respectively by
Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf
Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams
Andre Agassi and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
Marat Safin and Serena Williams
12141.The only zone in the country that produces gold is also rich in iron is
North-eastern zone
North-western zone
Southern zone
None of the above
13232.Outer covering of virus made up of protein is
capsid
coat
virion
viriod
13403.The hardest substance available on earth is
Gold
Iron
Diamond
Platinum
13548.Whats a web browser?
A kind of spider
A computer that stores WWW files
A person who likes to look at websites
A software program that allows you to access sites on the World Wide Web
13609.Name the terminals of an FET.
Drain, Gate, Source
Positive, Negative, Neutral
Anode, Cathode, Triode
Emitter, Base, Collector
13622.What is LCP?
Local Connection Protocol
Lost Connection Problem
Link Control Protocol
Laggy Connection Problem
13814.Which of the following is concerned with the description and mapping of the main features of the universe?
Cosmography
Cosmology
Geomorphology
None of these
10995.The main objectives of the UN are
to maintain peace and security in the world
to work together to remove poverty, disease and illiteracy and encourage respect for each others rights of basic freedom.
to develop friendly relations among nations
All of the above
11993.Ms. Medha Patkar is associated with the
Tehri project
Enron project
Sardar Sarovar project
Dabhol project
12074.Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Service is an International Airline of
Afghanistan
Belgium
East Africa
Australia
12077.Taoism is followed in
worldwide
Iran and north-west India
China, Taiwan, Nauru, Brunei, Singapore and Vietnam
Japan
12092.Oxford university was founded in
1139 AD
1163 AD
215 BC
55 BC
12133.Rare Earth factory is situated in
Allepey (Kerala)
Aluva (Kerala)
Ambernath (Maharashtra)
Avadi (Tamil Nadu)
12354.To which country did the first Secretary-General of the UN belong?
Austria
Sweden
Burma
Norway
13303.What is the measurement of the volleyball court?
5 m x 4 m divided into two parts by a net
8 m x 7 m divided into two parts by a net
18 m x 9 m divided into two parts by a net
12 m x 11 m divided into two parts by a net
13335.Most modern TVs draw power even if turned off. The circuit the power is used in does what function?
Sound
Remote control
Color balance
High voltage
13373.What was the first ARPANET message?
"lo"
"hello world"
"mary had a little lamb"
"cyberspace, the final frontier"
13530.The largest fresh water lake of Africa, area wise is
lake Victoria
lake Tanganyika
lake Malawi
Lake Rudolf
13757.The period of daylight
is nearly constant near the equator
varies with latitude and the season
reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar zones in summer
All of the above
13763.The pyramidal peaks that form when several cirques chisel a mountain form three more sides are called
horns
cirques
aretes
medial moraines
9665.Karachi is called as................city of Pakistan.
biggest
big
9672.Which is the biggest continent in the world ?
Asia
Africa
10988.Satellite launching station is located at
Sriharikotta (Andhra Pradesh)
Solapur (Maharashtra)
Salem (Tamilnadu)
Warangal (Andhra Pradesh)
11952.Hundred year war was fought between
France and England
Greek and Persian forces
Civil war in England
None of the above
12222.The headquarter of the International Committee of Red Cross are at
Geneva
Paris
Rome
Stockholm
12387.The trophy know by the name of Grand Prix is associated with
table tennis
lawn tennis
table tennis and lawn tennis
table tennis, lawn tennis and shooting
13201.Neurospora is used as genetic material because
it has short life cycle of 10 days
the product of single meiosis can be easily analysed
meiotic products are linearly arranged in the form of ordered tetrads
is a diploid fungus
13228.Radioactivity is a phenomenon of the spontaneous emission of
protons (alpha particles)
electrons (beta particles)
gamma rays (short wave electromagnetic waves)
All of the above
13273.What is the range of missile Akash?
4 km
25 km
500 m to 9 km
150 km
13289.When did US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin land on the moon?
July 21, 1969
July 21, 1970
July 21, 1963
July 21, 1972
13292.When did 19 NATO members and 11 Partners for Peace join hands for peace plan for Kosovo Crisis?
1999
1989
1979
1969
13599.ROM stands for...
Royal Ontario Museum
Read Only Memory
Read on Monday
Real Obsolute Memory
13718.The modern theory of plate tectonics states
the creation of oceanic crust and the drifting of continents
the convention currents within the earths mantle cause the creation of new oceanic crust at the mid oceanic ridges
that the oceanic crust is destroyed at areas where this crust type becomes subducted under the lighter continental crust
All of the above
13737.The minerals resources of north-eastern zone include
coal, Fe, Mn, Cu, Mica, U, diamond
crude Petroleum and natural gas
Fe, Au(gold)
natural gas, Fe, Au, Mn, U
13798.The products of ____ are a major source of sediments for erosion and ____
weathering, deposition
deposition, weathering
rocks, weathering
rocks, deposition
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