Who has been appointed the new Solicitor General of India ? (a) B. Dutta (b) F. H. Nariman (c) Goolam E. Vahanvati (d) Soli Sorabji

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The 2004 Man Booker Prize has been awarded to Alan Hollinghurst for his novel A. My Life B. Vernon God Little C. The Line of Beauty D. Burial at Sea

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The Mansabdari system was introduced by: (a) Sher Shah (b) Jehangir (c) Aurangzeb (d) Akbar

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. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been specifically termed as ‘municipal relations’? (a) Centre’s control of the State in the legislative sphere (b) Centre’s control of the State in financial matter (c) Centre’s control of the state in the administrative sector (d) Centre’s control of the state in the planning process

2 Answers   AFCAT, Hindalco, IAF, IAS,

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The Sorts star, the sports magazine published from India, has chosen who amongst the following as the sportsperson of the year for 1996, the announcement for which came recently? 1 Sachin Tendulkar 2 Viswanathan Anand 3 Leander Paes 4 None of these

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What is India?s second permanent station at Antarctica called? (A) Swetha (B) Chakra (C) Maitree (D) Dakshin Gangotri

5 Answers   NIO,

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Who among the following won the double trap event of the Masters Cup 2004 Shooting Championship in Ceske Budjovice (Czech Republic)? (a) Sheikh Ahmed Al-Maktoum (b) Wang Cheng (c) Rajyavardhan S. Rathore (d) None of these

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The earthworm increases the fertility of soil because it 1 Adds nitrogen to it 2 Survives by eating harmful bacteria of soil 3 Turns over large masses of soil 4 Its secretion makes fertililsers easily dissolvable

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Who built the rock-cut temples at Mahabalipuram? (a) King Narasimha Varman (b) Raja Simha Varman (c) Mahendra Varman (d) None of the three above

2 Answers   NIFT,

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Which among these parts of India contains lava rocks? (1) Northern part of Deccan (2) Southern part of Deccan (3) Eastern Himalayas (4) Aravalli Mountains

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The hedge-fund, Long Term Capital Management, which was recently embroiled in controversies, was founded by which of the following economists from their Nobel Prize award money? 1 Robert Lucas and Robert Mundell 2 Robert Merton and Myron Scholes 3 J.A.Mirrless and William Vickery 4 Franco Modigliani and Robert Solow

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The transmission from one neuron to another takes place through chemicals called neuro transmitters. Which of the following are neuro transmitters ? 1. Adrenalin 2. Thyroxine 3. Acetylcholine (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 1 only (d) 3 only

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