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Mahamastakabhisheka, a great religious event, is associated with which of the following?

  1. Bahubali

  2. Buddha

  3. Mahavir

  4. Nataraja


Correct Option: A

Which is India's first bullet train project? 

  1. Mumbai-Ahmedabad

  2. Delhi-Chandigarh

  3. Delhi-Jaipur

  4. Mumbai-Pune


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Mumbai-Ahmedabad

Match the following:

  List I(Authors) List II(Books)
A. Peddana 1. Manucharitam
B. Madaya 2. Raja Shekarcharitam
C. Surona 3. Prabhavati Pradyuman
D. Rama Raja Bhushan 4. Kavyalankora Sangrahamu
  1. A-1 B-2 C-3 D-4

  2. A-2 B-1 C-3 D-4

  3. A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1

  4. A-1 B-2 C-4 D-3


Correct Option: A

Which one of the following statement in regard to the participation of All India National Congress in the provincial assembly elections held in 1937, under the Government of India Act 1935, is not incorrect?

  1. Only the Right Wing of the Congress participated in the elections

  2. The objective of the reaffirmed election manifesto of the Congress was to use the Act in the maximum possible welfare of the common people of India

  3. Mahatma Gandhi did not address a single election meeting

  4. The Congress won the elections in half of the provinces


Correct Option: C

The war between India and Pakistan in Kashmir in 1965, the sending of Indian troops to Sri Lanka in 1987, and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 all demonstrate that in South Asia _________.

  1. the Shinto religion is a significant force

  2. United Nations peace-keeping forces are ineffective

  3. regional and ethnic rivalries remain strong

  4. nations are vulnerable to communist takeover


Correct Option: C

When two persons descend from a common ancestor but by different wives, they are said to be related to each other by _________________.

  1. Sapinda relationship

  2. Half blood

  3. Full blood

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B

______ was the leader of "Chipko Movement".

  1. Medha Patkar

  2. Subhash Gheising

  3. Balasaheb Doeras

  4. Sunderlal Bahuguna


Correct Option: D

Which country didn't allow USA to its land for war against Iraq? 

  1. Turkey

  2. Kuwait

  3. UAE

  4. Pakistan


Correct Option: B

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Principle Under the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956, no person shall be capable of being taken in adoption unless he or she is a Hindu, he or she not already been adopted, he or she has not been married, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who are married being taken in adoption, and he or she has not completed the age of fifteen years, unless there is a custom or usage applicable to the parties which permits persons who have completed the age of fifteen years being take in adoption.
Facts Vijay being natural father had given Tarun, a boy aged 10 years, in adoption to Manoj in March 2010 in accordance with the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act, 1956. In May 2012 Manoj gave Tarun in adoption to Sanjay. Subsequently in December 2013, Sanjay gaveTartm in adoption to Vijay.

  1. Adoption of Tarun by Sanjay is valid

  2. Adoption of Tarun by Vijay is valid

  3. Adoption of Tarun by Manoj is valid

  4. None of the above adoptions is valid


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

According to the principle given here, adoption of Tarim by Manoj is valid because all the conditions required to be fulfilled in accordance with the provisions of the Hindu Adoptions and Maintenance Act 1956 are completed. So, the adoption is valid.

DIRECTIONS: (Qs. 92-97)Given below/ a statement of principle followed by a failual situation. Apply the principle to the faile given below and dselect the most appropriate answer
Facts Michael works hard enough, walking down the streets, taking down the names of people who live at houses and makes a street directory as a result of that labour.

  1. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work which is ultimately produced

  2. Michael's exercise in making a street directory is not enough to justify in making claim to copyright in that work

  3. A street directory-cannot be enough to be considered as a literary work

  4. None of the above statement is correct


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

According to principle given here, Michael's exercise in making a street directory is sufficient to justify in making claim to copyright in that work, because the principle clearly states that, a literary work need not be of literary quality.
Even so prosaic a work as an index of railway stations or a railway guide or a list of stock exchange qualifies as a literary work if sufficient work has been expended in compiling it to give it a new and original character.