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  1. Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in

  2. A.
    1963
    B.
    1965
    C.
    1966
    D.
    1967

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  3. The agreement according to which the UK, the USA and the former USSR cannot assist other countries in acquiring technology to develop nuclear weapons, is known as

  4. A.
    Izmir Treaty
    B.
    Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)
    C.
    both (a) and (b)
    D.
    None of the above

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  5. The 'Red Triangle' symbol denotes

  6. A.
    Air India
    B.
    family planning
    C.
    culture and civilization
    D.
    None of the above

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  7. P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in ____ in 1984 Olympics.

  8. A.
    400 m final
    B.
    800 m final
    C.
    400 m hurdle
    D.
    the marathon

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  9. Photophobia is

  10. A.
    a disease cause by too much sunlight
    B.
    abnormal intolerance of light
    C.
    the adjustment of the eye for light
    D.
    the ability to perceive light

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  11. Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because

  12. A.
    it always lets the steam escape
    B.
    high pressure crushes the hard covering of rice grains
    C.
    it does not let the heat energy escape easily
    D.
    high pressure raises the boiling point of water

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  13. The ancient Olympics Games came to a sudden end when the Roman Emperor Theodosius banned them as paper manifestations. The modern Olympic Games were received after a lapse of nearly

  14. A.
    ten centuries
    B.
    twelve centuries
    C.
    fifteen centuries
    D.
    eighteen centuries

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  15. Reproductive cells in human beings are produced

  16. A.
    in greater numbers for a longer period of time in the male
    B.
    for a longer period in the female than in male
    C.
    in equal number in both sexes
    D.
    in greater numbers by the female than by the male

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  17. Study of earthquakes is known as

  18. A.
    ecology
    B.
    seismology
    C.
    numismatics
    D.
    None of the above

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  19. The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men's and women's singles were won, respectively by

  20. A.
    Pete Sampras and Steffi Graf
    B.
    Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams
    C.
    Andre Agassi and Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario
    D.
    Marat Safin and Serena Williams

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