. Who among the following is not associated with medicine in ancient India? (a) Dhanvantri (b) Bhaskaracharya (c) Charaka (d) Susruta

. Which one of the following is used for dating archaeological specimens in wood, bones and shells? (a) Uranium -238 (b) Argon isotope (c) Carbon -14 (d) Strontium -90

. Which one of the following is a feature common to both the Indian Federation and the American Federation? (a) A single citizenship (b) Three lists in the Constitution (c) Dual judiciary (d) A federal supreme court to interpret the Constitution

. In Mizoram the settlement pattern is mostly of ‘linear type’ along the ridges because (a) The valleys are cooler than the ridges (b) Accessibility is easier on the ridge tops (c) The ridges are cooler than the valleys (d) The valleys are densely forested

. In Mughal paintings one notices the adoption of the principle of foreshortening whereby near and distant people and things could be placed in perspective. This was due to the influence of the (a) British (b) Dutch (c) Portuguese (d) Danish

. The Government of India has totally banned the export of “Burnt Coal” (Jhama) because it contains recoverable amount of a metal/element used in transistors. Which one of the following is that element? (a) Phosphorus (b) Germanium (c) Silicon (d) Tungsten

. Which one of the following is in the Concurrent List in the Constitution of India? (a) Population control and family planning (b) Public health and sanitation (c) Capitation taxes (d) Treasure trove

. Asokan inscriptions were first deciphered by (a) Buhler (b) Robert Sewell (c) James Prinsep (d) Codrington

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. Which one of the following sets of economists strongly favoured a market economy? (a) Adam Smith, Keynes, Hicks (b) Adam Smith, Marx, Strumlin (c) Adam Smith, Hayek, Friedman (d) Adam Smith, Ricardo, J.K. Galbraith

. Which one of the following approaches comes under the category of biotechnology? (a) Use of living organisms or substances obtained from them in industrial processes (b) Modernizing the commercial industries to produce products for use in biological research (c) Use of modern technology to investigate biological disorders (d) Use of industrial technology to increase the biosphere

. Which one of the following is correctly matched? (a) Dr. Kurien : Space Science (b) Dr. Malcom Adiseshaiah : Cooperative Movement (c) Dr. Abdul Kalam : Development Economics (d) Dr. Pramod Karan Sethi : Jaipur Foot

. Which one of the following seeds can benefit a patient of diabetes mellitus by normalizing his blood sugar level? (a) Coriander seeds (b) Mustard seeds (c) Cumin seeds (d) Fenugreek seeds

. Which of the following places have their standard times that are the same as GMT? 1. Accra 2. Dublin 3. Madrid 4. Lisbon Choose the correct answer from the codes given below: (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 1, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 2 and 4 (d) 2, 3 and 4

. Among the four works mentioned below which one is encyclopedic in nature (a) Amarakosa (b) Siddhantasiromani (c) Brhat Samhita (d) Ashtangahydaya

. Consider the following passage: “In the course of a career on the road spanning almost thirty years, he crossed the breadth of the Eastern hemisphere, visited territories equivalent to about 44 modern countries, and put behind him a total distance of approximately 73,000 miles”. The world’s greatest traveler of pre-modern times to whom the above passage refers is (a) Megasthenes (b) Fa Hien (c) Marco Polo (d) Ibn Battuta