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12313.The number of sovereign countries who are members of the United Nations, is
180
182
183
191
13282.When did China exploded first atomic device?
1962
1963
1964
1965
13428.Which of the following is in liquid form at room temperature?
Lithium
Sodium
Francium
Cerium
13491.The largest dune files are found in
Middle East
North Africa
both (a) and (b)
None of the above
13505.The landforms that are influences by several process namely, weathering, erosion, deposition are known as
polygenetic landforms
structural landforms
polycyclic landforms
None of the above
13740.The magnetic field of earth, Magnetosphere expands to about
9600 km above the earths surface
8000 km above the earths surface
64,000 km above the earths surface
None of the above
13778.The planet with the maximum number of natural satellites (moons), so far discovered is
Jupiter
Neptune
Saturn
Uranus
12066.Study of life in outer space is known as
endbiology
exobiology
enterbiology
neobiology
12131.Rohinton Baria Trophy is associated with
football
hockey
cricket Inter-University
inter-university sports and athletics
12140.The Salal Project is on the river
Chenab
Jhelum
Ravi
Sutlej
12212.Deforestation in the uplands may cause pollution in rivers through
leaching of salts
erosion and silting
inflow of forest material
increased discharge rate
12250.The headquarter of a few agencies related to the UN are located in Vienna, which is in
Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Sweden
13211.Plants growing on sand are called as
chasmophytes
oxylophytes
lithophytes
psammophytes
13239.Plants are killed in winter by frost
because of desiccation and mechanical damage to the tissues
because no photosynthesis takes place at such low temperature
because respiration ceases at such low temperature
because there is no transpiration
13274.What is the function of a dynamo?
To convert heat energy into light energy
To convert light energy into heat energy
To convert mechanical energy into electrical energy
To convert electrical energy into mechanical energy
13509.The languages used in China is
Chinese, English
Chinese, Arabic
Chinese, French
Chinese, Korean
13547.Changing computer language of 1s and 0s to characters that a person can understand is...
Highlight
Clip art
Decode
Execute
13632.What is not always necessary for accessing the Web?
A Web browser
A connection to an Internet Access Provider
A computer
A modem
13728.The model that describes how various geological processes create, modify and influence rock is called
water cycle
energy cycle
rock cycle
None of the above
9668.Study of Eye diseases
Opthalmology
Pathology
11933.INS Venduruthy is located at
Kochi
Lonavla
Jamnagar
Mumbai
12186.Which of the following crops is regarded as a plantation crop?
Coconut
Cotton
Sugarcane
Rice
12257.The largest airport in the world is
Palam Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Cochin International Airport
King Khalid International Airport
12351.To consider the large number of agenda items, General Assembly has how many main committees?
Five
Seven
Nine
Fifteen
13236.Mumps is a disease caused by
fungus
bacterium
virus
None of these
13265.When did Yuri Alekseyevich Gagaris of Russia, the first man to reach space, reached space?
1960
1961
1962
1963
13279.When did US solar system probe Voyager-two discovered six new moons of the planet Uranus?
1986
1916
1946
1966
13426.Most soluble in water is
camphor
sulphur
common salt
sugar
13493.The hydrological cycle is a conceptual model that describes
the storage of water between biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and lithosphere
the movement of water between biosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere and hydrosphere
both (1) and (2)
None of the above
13629.What is the Websites code for the country Mongolia?
MN
ML
MG
MO
9690.How many Hours in 4 days?
96
48
11972.In the last World Cup Hockey Finals in 2002, Germany beat ____
Pakistan
Australia
India
Spain
12082.Sculpture flourished during
Egyptian civilization
Indus valley civilization
Chinese civilization
None of the above
12259.The increased use of groundwater for irrigation purposes has led to
salinization
lowering of the water table
water logging
All of the above
12350.Walt Disney was
the President of America during World War I
the creator of cartoon films starring popular cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck
the British physician known for his discovery of Addisons disease
None of the above
13349.In which year was MIDI(Musical Instrument Digital Interface) introduced?
1987
1983
1973
1977
13443.Balloons are filled with
nitrogen
helium
oxygen
argon
13519.The highest mountains in Africa, which is not part of any mountains chain, is
Mt. Aconcagua
Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mt. Kosciuszko
Mont Blanc
13616.Which of the following operating systems is produced by IBM?
OS-2
Windows
DOS
UNIX
13636.The first web server was built in:
1990 in Geneva, Switzerland
1985 in Berkeley, California
1988 in Cambridge, Massachusetts
1947 in Berningham, UK
13638.The IBM PC-XT was the first to include a hard drive. What was the capacity of this disk?
20 MB
1.44 MB
10 MB
750 KB
13671.The minor planets revolving between the orbits of Jupiter and Mars are called
Novas
Comets
Meteors
Asteroids
13680.The most important factor that is affecting all the chemical weathering processes is
vegetation
topography
climate
None of the above
10982.With which sport is the Jules Rimet trophy associated?
Basketball
Football
Hockey
Golf
10987.The 2006 World Cup Football Tournament held in
France
China
Germany
Brazil
11904.For seeing objects at the surface of water from a submarine under water, the instrument used is
kaleidoscope
periscope
spectroscope
telescope
12101.Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds
longest road
highest road
busiest road
None of the above
12170.Unlike other parts of the Indian Coast, fishing industry has not developed along the Saurashtra coast because
there are few indentions suitable for fishing
of overwhelming dependence on agriculture and animal husbandary
the sea water is relatively more saline
of industrial development leading to widespread pollution of coastal area
12192.The first NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) conference was held at
Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
Caire (Egypt)
Lusaka (Zambia)
Algeria (Algeria)
12197.The member of SEATO (South-East Asia Treaty Organisation) are
Australia, France, New Zealand
Philippines, Thailand
UK and USA
All of the above
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