1976: The rainbow and the rainbow-like colours seen on a thin film of oil on a water surface are two phenomena. They are
(a) Similar in nature and both are due to refraction of light
(b) Different in nature and rainbow is due to interference of light, while colour of thin film is due to diffraction
(c) Similar in nature and both are due to interference of light
(d) Different in nature and rainbow is due to refraction, while colour of thin film is due to interference of light
1977: Match List-I with List-II and Select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:
List-I(Persoan) List-II(Position/Organization)
A. Nancy Pelosi 1. WTO
B. Margaret Chan 2. Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
C. Pascal Lasmy 3. WHO
D. Steve Ballmer 4. Microsoft
(A) 2 1 3 4
(B) 4 3 1 2
(C) 4 1 3 2
(D) 2 3 1 4
1978: While adding the first few continuous natural numbers, a candidate missed one of the numbers and wrote the answer as 177. What was the number missed?
(A) 13
(B) 14
(C) 12
(D) 11
1979: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer by using the codes given below the lists:
List I----------List II
I. Surendranath Bannerjee-------(A) Hind Swaraj
II. M. K. Gandhi-----------------(B) The Indian Struggle
III. Subhash Chandra Bose-------(C) Autobiographical Writings
IV. Lajpat Rai-------------------(D) A Nation in Making
Codes :
(a) I - D, II - A, III - C, IV - B
(b) I - A, II - D, III - C, IV - B
(c) I - A, II - D, III - B, IV - C
(d) I - D, II - A, III - B, IV - C
1980: The abolition of the I.A.S. and the I.P.S. has been recommended by the
(a) Dhebar Commission
(b) Kalekar Commission
(c) Kher Commission
(d) Rajamannar Commission