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first Asian to compose a symphony for Royal Philhar-  26. The Lal Bahadur Shastri Academy which trains Indian
             monic Orchestra of London ?                         Administrative Services (IAS) officers is situated at
         a.  Nadeem - Sharavan    b. Anand - Milind           a.  Mussoorie           b. Dehradun
         c.  Shiv Hari            d. None of these            c.  Srinagar            d. Khandala


         17. National Science Centre is located at            27. Late Sri K. Shankar Pillai was associated with wich of
         a.  Delhi                b. Bangalore                   the following fields ?
         c.  Bombay               d. Kolkata                  a.  Social service      b. Cartooning
                                                              c.  Motion Pictures     d. Music

         18. Who is Mickey Kantor ?
                                                              28. The first field Marshal of India was
         a.  U.S. trade representative
                                                              a.  Vaidya              b. K.M. Cariappa
         b. American Noble Prize winner for Economics
                                                              c.  Sunder ji           d. S.H.F.J. Manekshaw
         c.  U.S. Film actress
         d. Wife of a former Americal President
                                                              29. In which of the following cities Lal Bahadur Stadium
                                                                 is located ?
         19. When was the first air-conditioned train introduced in
                                                              a.  Lucknow             b. Kolkata
             India ?
                                                              c.  Hyderabad           d. Cuttack
         a.  1936                 b. 1946
         c.  1969                 d. 1975
                                                              30. Who among the following is a famous table player ?
                                                              a.  Ali Akbar Khan      b. Birju Maharaj
         20. Who among the following was the first woman Chief  c.  Ravi Shanker      d. Swappan Kumar
             Justice of a High Court ?
         a.  Geeta Mukherjee      b. Leila Seth               31. Headquarters of the newly created South-Western
         c.  Sujata Manohar       d. Rani Jethmalani             Railway Zone is locate at
                                                              a.  Jabalpur            b. Hubli
         21. The first English newspaper in India was started by  c.  Bangalore       d. Bhopal
         a.  Dadabhai Naoroji     b. J.A. Hickey
         c.  Lord William Bentinck  d. Rabindranath Tagore    32. Indian Cancer Research Institute is located at
                                                              a.  New Delhi           b. Calcutta
         22. The National Design Institute is located at      c.  Mumbai              d. Chennai
         a.  Hyderabad            b. Chandigarh
         c.  Ahmedabad            d. Dehradun                 33. Pady Clarke Ha Ha Ha, a very popular book, is writ-
                                                                 ten by
                                                              a.  Norman Angell       b. Roddy Doyle
         23. The Centre for Cellular amd Molecular Biology is situ-
                                                              c.  Arnold Tonybee      d. Juan Benet
             ated at
         a.  New Delhi            b. Hyderabad
                                                              34. The headquarters of the National Reaserch Labora-
         c.  Patna                d. Jaipur
                                                                 tory for Conservation of Cultural Property is located
                                                                 in
         24. The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Develop-  a.  Jaipur        b. New Delhi
             ment has been set up at which of the following places?  c.  Pune         d. Lucknow
         a.  Lucknow              b. Bombay
         c.  New Delhi            d. None of these            35. Prof. Amartya Sen has earned worldwide distinction
                                                                 in which of the following fields/areas ?
         25. Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with            a.  Economics           b. Geology
         a.  painting             b. classical music          c.  Biochemistry        d. Astrophysics
         c.  light music          d. instrumental music
                                                                                               Ans. on page 50

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