Q.9 Study of earthquakes is known as
(A) ecology
(B) seismology
(C) numismatics
(D) None of the above
Q.10 The 2005 Australian Open Tennis Championship titles for men's and women's singles were won, respectively by(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
Q.11 Penicillin was invented by
(A) Dr. Jonas E. Salk
(B) Gregory Mendel
(C) Paul Ehrlich
(D) A. Fleming
Q.12 Superconductivity is a phenomenon in which the resistance of a substance
(A) increases with temperature
(B) decreases with temperature
(C) does not change with temperature
(D) becomes zero at very low temperature
Q.13 Satyajit Ray received Magsaysay Award for journalism, literature and creative communication arts in
(A) 1963
(B) 1965
(C) 1966
(D) 1967
Q.14 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
(A) Izmir Treaty
(B) Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT)
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) None of the above
Q.15 The 'Red Triangle' symbol denotes
(A) Air India
(B) family planning
(C) culture and civilization
(D) None of the above
Q.16 P.T. Usha, who came close to bagging a bronze finished fourth in ____ in 1984 Olympics.
(A) 400 m final
(B) 800 m final
(C) 400 m hurdle
(D) the marathon
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