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Which of the following countries had emerged as World’s largest Cell phone maker ? (As per the figures available upto April 2005)
(A) India
(B) USA
(C) Japan
(D) China
(E) None of these

What is India’s position in terms of the number of Internet users in the world ?
(A) 3rd
(B) 4th
(C) 5th
(D) 10th
(E) None of these

Asian Junior Table Tennis Championship matches were played recently in—
(A) China
(B) India
(C) South Korea
(D) Singapore
(E) None of these

The 13th SAARC meet was held in—
(A) Dhaka
(B) Kathmandu
(C) Islamabad
(D) New Delhi
(E) None of these

Who amongst the following is the Chairman of the Central Information Commission (CIC) set up recently under the Right to Information Act ?
(A) Sam Pitroda
(B) M. S. Swaminathan
(C) Rakesh Mohan
(D) Wajahat Habibullah
(E) None of these

Rahul Dravid was appointed the Captain of the Indian Cricket Team for one day series against which of the following ?
(1) Sri Lanka
(2) South Africa
(3) Australia
(A) Only (1)
(B) Only (2)
(C) Only (1) and (2)
(D) Only (3)
(E) (1), (2) and (3) all

India wants that the UN Security Council must have at least—
(A) 5 permanent members including India and China
(B) 7 permanent members including India and China
(C) 9 permanent members including India and China
(D) 11 permanent members including India and Pakistan
(E) 15 permanent members in both permanent and non-permanent category

India, recently decided to conduct a joint air exercise with which of the following countries ?
(The exercise was in news recently as a group of people was not in favour of such joint ventures)
(A) Britain
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) China
(D) France
(E) USA

Thomas C. Schelling and Robert J. Aumann won the ‘Nobel Prize-2005’ for their contribution in the field of—
(A) Physics
(B) Economics
(C) Chemistry
(D) Literature
(E) None of these

Which of the following is true about the recent discussion on the tariff reduction formulae proposed at the WTO?
(A) India accepted the formulae presented by South Africa as it more or less matches with the formulae presented by it. South Africa was given the responsibility to find an amicably acceptable solution to the same
(B) India along with several others presented formulae which were accepted by the USA but the EU refused to accept it
(C) USA, Australia, and EU presented a formula which is not acceptable to India
(D) India wishes to resign from the membership of the WTO as it is not ready to sacrifice the interests of the agriculturists of India
(E) None of these

‘Food For Oil’ programme running in which of the following countries was in news recently ?
(A) Kuwait
(B) Iran
(C) Iraq
(D) Lebanon
(E) None of these

One number is wrong in the following number series given in each of the following questions. You have to identity that number and assuming that a new series starts with that number following the same logic as in the given series, what will be the third number in the new series?

3  5  12  38  154  914  4634

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following number series?

7          35      210          ?      6300        31500

Directions: Below question consists of a question and two statements numbered I and II given below it. You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements are sufficient to answer the question. Read the question and both the statements and give the answer.

What is the salary of X?

I. He spends 13% on insurance premium, 5% on medicines and 14% on rest expenses.

II. Even after spending of 32% of his salary, he is able to save Rs.4080

Two dice are tossed. The probability that a total score is a prime number is:?

A dice is rolled three times and a sum of three numbers appearing on the uppermost face is 15. What is the chance that the first roll was four?

A deck of 52 cards is taken. From this, 4 cards are to be chosen such that exactly two of them are hearts and exactly two of them are kings. In how many ways can this be done?

In a four-digit number, the first digit is greatest and the last digit is smallest. Sum of middle two digits is even. How many such four-digit numbers, having all digits different, can be there if the first digit is 9?

The number of ways in which 20 different flowers of two colors can be set alternately on a necklace, there being 10 flowers of each color, is

A man has to travel from Allahabad to Lucknow and then from Lucknow to Kolkata. If there are 5 routes from Allahabad to Lucknow and 4 routes to go from Lucknow to Kolkata, then how many options are available for the man to travel from Allahabad to Kolkata via Lucknow?

In how many ways we can arrange the letters of the word “ARRAGEET”?

3 Girls and 4 boys are to be seated in a row on 7 chairs in such a way that all the three girls always sit together. In how many different ways can it be done?

A circular ring has an inner radius of 10 cm and outer radius of 20 cm. A point P is taken on its inner boundary and a point Q is taken on its outer boundary such that P, Q, and center of a ring are collinear. Another point R is taken on the outer boundary such that PR = 2PQ. With PR as radius, a sphere is formed. What will be the volume of the sphere (in cubic cm)?

In a square sheet of side length 10 cm, midpoints of two adjacent sides are joined. The sheet is cut along the joined line so that the remaining piece left is a pentagon. Taking the average of lengths of five sides of this pentagon as radius, a circle is drawn. What is the area of the circle drawn (in square cm)? (Take π = 3.14)

How many cubes each of surface area of 6 sq. dm. can be made from a meter cube?

A cistern is filled with a tap in 15 hours. Due to a leak in the bottom of the cistern, it takes 5 hours longer to fill the cistern. If the cistern is full how long will it take the leak to empty it?(assume rate of leakage will be constant).

Rs. 78 is divided among 7 men, 11 women and 5 boys so that each woman may have thrice as much as a boy and as much as a man and a boy together. Find the share of a man?

Two boats have the same speed of 10 km/hr in still water. The first boat starts from a point P and goes upstream. At the same time, the second boat starts from same point P and goes downstream. After 3 hours, the sum of distances covered by them is 60 km. What is the speed of the stream (in km/hr)?