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  1. Free market is

  2. A.
    a condition in the international market where nations do not impose customs duty or other taxes on import of goods
    B.
    market where the price of a commodity is determined by free play of the forces of supply and demand
    C.
    ports that are exempted from payment of customs duty on articles of commerce, primarily to encourage tourism
    D.
    None of the above

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  3. East Timor, which became the 191st member of the UN, is in the continent of

  4. A.
    Asia
    B.
    Africa
    C.
    Europe
    D.
    South America

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  5. Free surface of a liquid behaves like a sheet and tends to contract to the smallest possible area due to the

  6. A.
    force of adhesion
    B.
    force of friction
    C.
    centrifugal force
    D.
    force of cohesion

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  7. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

  8. A.
    started as a maths teacher and rose to the position of the principal of Ferguson College, Pune
    B.
    founded the servants of India Society
    C.
    served as President of the Indian National Congress in 1905
    D.
    All of the above

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  9. GNLF stands for

  10. A.
    Gorkha National Liberation Front
    B.
    Gross National Liberation Form
    C.
    Both option A and B
    D.
    None of the above

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  11. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in the children results in

  12. A.
    increased height
    B.
    retarded growth
    C.
    weakening of bones
    D.
    None of the above

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  13. Fa-Hien was

  14. A.
    the first Buddhist pilgrim of China to visit India during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya
    B.
    the discoverer of Puerto Rico and Jamaica
    C.
    the first Buddhist pilgrim of India to visit China
    D.
    None of the above

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