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  1. Unofficial, and usually illegal, system of providing people with more then their share of goods and services where their prices are controlled, is called

  2. A.
    black money
    B.
    blue chip
    C.
    black market
    D.
    black economy

  3. Under which article in 1968, the number of votes required in the Security Council to convene a general conference to review the charter was increased from seven to nine?

  4. A.
    Article 81
    B.
    Article 98
    C.
    Article 109
    D.
    Article 115

  5. The term Ground Stroke is associated with which of the following games?

  6. A.
    Cricket
    B.
    Badminton
    C.
    Tennis
    D.
    Draughts

  7. The type of root system of all of the following is tap root system, except that of

  8. A.
    mango tree
    B.
    kachnar tree
    C.
    sunflower plant
    D.
    maize plant

  9. To which of the following countries does the news agency Cetreko belong?

  10. A.
    Czechoslovakia
    B.
    Indonesia
    C.
    France
    D.
    USA

  11. To produce sound it is necessary that

  12. A.
    the source should execute longitudinal vibrations
    B.
    the source should execute transverse vibrations
    C.
    the source may execute any type of vibrations
    D.
    the vibrations of source are not necessary

  13. The UN library is known by the name of

  14. A.
    Nation's library
    B.
    U Thant library
    C.
    Hammarskjoeld library
    D.
    Trygve Lie library

  15. The theory of inheritance of acquired character was propounded by

  16. A.
    Charles Darwin
    B.
    Gregor Mendel
    C.
    J.B. Lamarck
    D.
    Weismann

  17. Water is a good solvent of ionic salts because

  18. A.
    it has a high boiling point
    B.
    it has a high dipole moment
    C.
    it has a high specific heat
    D.
    it has no colour

  19. Vijayalakshmi Pandit was

  20. A.
    the first women minister of an Indian state (UP)
    B.
    the first women to become president of the UN General Assembly
    C.
    the first Indian women Ambassador to Moscow
    D.
    All of the above