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  1. UN General Assembly elects a President and how many Vice Presidents at the start of its each regular session?

  2. A.
    Seven
    B.
    Fifteen
    C.
    Twenty one
    D.
    Two

  3. The treaty which ushered in NATO, was signed by the member nations at

  4. A.
    Geneva
    B.
    London
    C.
    Paris
    D.
    Washington

  5. The unit of current is

  6. A.
    ohm
    B.
    watt
    C.
    ampere
    D.
    None of the above

  7. Thomas Cup is associated with

  8. A.
    badminton
    B.
    billiards
    C.
    lawn tennis
    D.
    table tennis

  9. Theory of Idealism was expounded by George Hegal, Bishop George and Berkeley According to this

  10. A.
    mathli is an illusion and that the only reality that which exists mentally
    B.
    good was pleasure and that evil was pain
    C.
    base of knowledge is sense-experience, that is, observations governed by scientific principles
    D.
    all knowledge is derived from sensory experience, by observing and experimenting

  11. To which country does the present UN Secretary-General belongs?

  12. A.
    Ghana
    B.
    South Korea
    C.
    Spain
    D.
    Sweden

  13. Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating

  14. A.
    anemia
    B.
    goitre
    C.
    night blindness
    D.
    rickets

  15. To prevent loss of weight plants reduce transpiration by

  16. A.
    shedding of leaves
    B.
    reducing the size of leaves
    C.
    developing hair around stomata
    D.
    All of the above

  17. The term which denotes that each side has made equal point at game point, in Tennis, is referred to as

  18. A.
    baseline
    B.
    deuce
    C.
    fault
    D.
    grand slam

  19. The telescope is used for viewing

  20. A.
    distant objects
    B.
    near objects
    C.
    small objects
    D.
    living cells