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  1. The national museum is located at

  2. A.
    Mumbai
    B.
    Lucknow
    C.
    New Delhi
    D.
    Pune

  3. The only Indian woman who become President of the World Health Organisation so far is/was

  4. A.
    Smt. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
    B.
    Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur
    C.
    Smt. Vijayalakshmi Pandit
    D.
    Dr. Sushila Nayar

  5. The News Agency "Associated Press" is of

  6. A.
    Indonesia
    B.
    America
    C.
    Bangladesh
    D.
    China

  7. The Olympic Flame was lit for the first time at the Amsterdam stadium in

  8. A.
    1981
    B.
    1928
    C.
    1938
    D.
    1948

  9. The significance of peace is denoted by which of the following symbol?

  10. A.
    Olive branch
    B.
    Green light
    C.
    Lotus
    D.
    Red flag

  11. The objective of India's space programme was

  12. A.
    mass communication and education via satellite
    B.
    survey and management of natural resources
    C.
    development of indigenous satellites and satellite launch vehicles
    D.
    All of the above

  13. The number of permanent members of the UN Security Council is

  14. A.
    3
    B.
    4
    C.
    5
    D.
    6

  15. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, awards the Nobel Prize in

  16. A.
    physics
    B.
    economics
    C.
    chemistry
    D.
    both (a) and (c)

  17. The prize winning title of Arundhati Roy for Booker's Prize in 1997 was

  18. A.
    Amsterdam
    B.
    The God of Small Things
    C.
    Disgrace
    D.
    Last Orders

  19. The 'pulse' of the aquatic environment can be ascertained by measuring

  20. A.
    nitrogen
    B.
    oxygen
    C.
    alkalinity
    D.
    conductivity