1. Pneumoconiosis afflicts the workers who work mainly in: (a) Tanneries (b) Coal mining industry (c) Distilleries (d) Glass industry Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three? 2. (a) Bimbsara (b) Gautama Buddha (c) Milinda (d) Prasenjit 3. Consider the following statements: The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for 1. the provincial autonomy. 2. the establishment of Federal Court. 3. All India Federation at the ceph'e. Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 aVId 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 4. Consider the' following statements: 1. Warren Hastings was the first Governor General who established a regular police force in India on the British pattern. 2. A Supreme Court was established at Calcutta by the Regulating Act, 1773. . 3. The Indian Penal Code came into effect in the year 1860. Which of the statements given above are correct? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3 5. Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the battle fought in India in the 18th Century? (a) Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey (b) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Buxar (c) Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Plassey - Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar (d) Battle of Ambur - Battle of Buxar - Battle of Wandiwash - Battle of Plassey 6. Which countries played in the Lawn Tennis Davis Cup Final in the year 2004? (a) Switzerland and United States of America (b) Spain and United States of America (c) Australia and Argentina (d) Sweden and Belgium 7. Where do the Sahariya tribals, who were recently in the news, live?' (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Assam (c) Rajasthan (d) Orissa 8. Whose autobiography is the book "My Music, My Life"? (a) Pandit Shiv Kun~ar Sharma (b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (c) Pandit Ravi S.harlkar (d) Ustad Zakir Hussain
9. Consider the following statements: 1. India is the onl1 country in the world producing all the five known commercial varieties of silk. 2. India is the largest producer ot sugar in the world. Which of the stateJt\ents given above is/ are correct? (a) I only (b) 2 only (c) Both 1 and 2 (d) Neither 1 nor 2 10. Which one of the following pairs is not.correctly matched? (a) Arjul1 : Indigenously produced Main Battle Tank (MBT) (b) Phalcon : Cruise missile supplied by Russia to India . (c) Saras : Indigenously developed civilian passenger aircraft (d) Operation Seabird: New Indian Naval Base at Karwar