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Zayed bin Sultan-al-Nahyan was a long-serving President of which of the following?

(a) Oman
(b) Kuwait
(c) United Arab Emirates
(d) Saudi Arabia
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Answer: (c) United Arab Emirates

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

  1. Theatre
  2. Violin
  3. Research in Physics
  4. Cancer treatment
  5. Water-harvesting A B C D

List-I A. E. C. G. Sudarshan B. V. Shanta C. T. N. Krishnan D. Mahesh Dattani

List-II

(a) 3 1 2 4
(b) 3 4 2 1
(c) 2 4 5 1
(d) 2 1 5 4
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Answer: (b) 3 4 2 1

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

  1. Director-General, FAO
  2. President, European Commission
  3. World Bank appointed expert for adjudicating on the Baglihar Hydel Project
  4. Litterateur

List-I A. Harold Pinter B. Jacques Diouf C. Jose Manuel Barroso D. Raymond Lafitte

List-II

(a) A-4 B-3 C-2 D-1
(b) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3
(c) A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
(d) A-2 B-3 C-4 D-1
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Answer: (b) A-4 B-1 C-2 D-3

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?

(a) Sigmund Freud : Psychoanalysis
(b) Anna Freud : Child psychiatry
(c) Milton Friedman : Economic
(d) Eric R. Kandel : Literature
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Answer: (d) Eric R. Kandel : Literature

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists:

  1. Theatre training
  2. Women’s labour sector
  3. Management teaching
  4. Litterateur and Social Worker for the country’s tribal communities

List I (Person) A. Ela Bhatt B. Mahasweta Devi C. Ebrahim Alkazi D. Vijay Govindarajan

List II (Area of work)

Codes:

(a) A-3 B-1 C-4 D-2
(b) A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3
(c) A-3 B-4 C-1 D-2
(d) A-2 B-1 C-4 D-3
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Answer: (b) A-2 B-4 C-1 D-3