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  1. Rajiv Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, was assassinated in

  2. A.
    1961
    B.
    1971
    C.
    1981
    D.
    1991

  3. Pan - American Highway, north-west Alaska to Southernmost Chile is the worlds

  4. A.
    longest road
    B.
    highest road
    C.
    busiest road
    D.
    None of the above

  5. Raja Rammohan Roy

  6. A.
    was a social reformer who tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage
    B.
    advocated widow remarriage and woman's education
    C.
    was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj
    D.
    All of the above

  7. South Indian temples have

  8. A.
    tall towers with curving sides that taper at the top
    B.
    gateway towers shaped like trapezoidal pyramids
    C.
    both are correct
    D.
    None of the above

  9. South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in

  10. A.
    May 1993
    B.
    May 1994
    C.
    May 1995
    D.
    May 1996

  11. Recently lead free petrol was introduced in our country because

  12. A.
    they are not needed now as anti-knock agents
    B.
    they tower the efficiency of the engine
    C.
    they cause less pollution
    D.
    to reduce the cost of petrol

  13. Rabindranath Tagore receive Nobel Prize in 1913 in the field of

  14. A.
    physics
    B.
    peace
    C.
    literature
    D.
    economy

  15. People who secretly indulge in anti-national or anti-government activities and help the enemy are called

  16. A.
    Second column
    B.
    Third column
    C.
    Fourth column
    D.
    Fifth column

  17. Sulphur is not present in

  18. A.
    iron pyrites
    B.
    gypsum
    C.
    coal
    D.
    chlorapatite

  19. Oxygen was independently discovered by

  20. A.
    Rutherford
    B.
    William Ramsay
    C.
    Joseph Priestley
    D.
    Neils Bohr