Q. In August 2010, a container ship and collided with another ship in the Arabian Sea near Mumbai. Which one of the following was the consequence of that?
1) The container ship was tilted, some boxes fell into the sea, some moderate scale of oil spill took place and subsequently the ship was made upright
2) The container ship was just tilted and subsequently made upright
3) The container ship was not damaged
4) The container ship sank and the entire oil of the ship spilled in the sea causing great damage to th
Q. In August 2010, Russian President hosted a summit of four nations to discuss about the menace of terrorism and narcotics at the Black Sea Resort Sochi. The countries attended were
1) Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Tajikistan
2) Brazil, Russia, India and China
3) Russia, Afghanistan, India and Pakistan
4) Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan
Q. Despite being a republican State, India is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations whose head is the British Monarch. This is because
1) this membership does not affect the sovereign nature of the Indian Republican
2) this membership only shows that the British ruled over India
3) members of the association are sovereign and independent
4) it is a symbol of the unity among the members of the association
Q. Which one among the following is not correct?
A special category State invariably
1) has poor infrastructure
2) is a border State
3) has harsh terrain
4) has low literacy rate
Q. Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I List II
(Event) (Place/Person)
A. Tarmashirin Khan's 1. Vijayanagar
invasion of India
B. Visit of Farnao Martinz 2. Zainul Abidin
Evangelho, the Portuguese
factor
C. Visit of the traveller Nuniz 3. Champaner
D. Network of canals in 4. Muhammad Tughlaq
Kashmir Valley
1) (a)
2) (b)
3) (c)
4) (d)
Q. Evergreening of patents is done by
1) applying for extension of patent term
2) citing another use of the same product
3) citing another process of forming the same product
4) citing another product with same use
Q. Why is Switzerland unable to join European Union (EU) till 2010 despite its government's persistent effort to do so?
1) The Swiss people continue to vote against joining the EU as they do not want to lose Switzerland's sovereignty
2) Few EU countries like France and Germany are opposed to Switzerland's joining the UNION
3) EU rejected Switzerland's application as Swiss Government did not agree to use EURO as currency
4) All of the above
Q. Eco-Mark is given to an Indian product which is
1) environment-friendly
2) rich in protein
3) economically viable
4) pure and unadulterated
Q. Along with goods manufactured using child labour, some of the developed countries have started to boycott goods manufactured in developing countries using 'sweat labour'. 'Sweat labour' implies goods produced by
1) labourers working in inhuman/unhealthy working conditions
2) female labourers at a very low wage
3) labourers working for more than eight hours a day without any break
4) labourers where there is a wage discrimination between male and female labourers
Q. Consider the following statements with regard to the mining industry of India:
1. The spatial distribution of minerals is uneven.
2. The mining industry since colonial days has been exportoriented.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1) 1 only
2) 2 only
3) Both 1 and 2
4) Neither nor 2
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