Annamalai University 2007 B.A General Studies - Preliminary 2003 - Solved - Question Paper

9. Which 1 of the subsequent Articles of the Indian Constitution provides that ‘It shall be the duty of the Union to protect every State against external aggression and internal disturbance’?
(a) Article 215 (b) Article 275
(c) Article 325 (d) Article 355 (d)
10. ‘A’ walks around a circular field at the rate of the 1 round per hour while ‘B’ runs around it at the rate of 6 rounds per hour. They begin in the identical direction from the identical point at 7.30 a.m. They shall 1st cross every other at
(a) 8.30 a.m. (b) 8.10 a.m.
(c) 7.48 a.m. (d) 7.42 a.m. (d)
11. Consider the subsequent statements :
In India, stamp duties on financial transactions are
1. levied and collected by the State Government
2. appropriated by the Union Government
Which of these statements is / are accurate ?
(a) Only one (b) Only two
(c) Both one and two (d) Neither one nor 2 (c)
12. Which 1 of the subsequent statements is accurate ?
(a) East Timor was a British colony for 4 centuries
(b) The European colonial rulers handed over East Timor to Indonesia in 1975
(c) The United Nations took over East Timor in 1999 to prepare it for independence.
(d) East Timor finaly declared its independence in December 2001. (c)
13. Match List-I (Item in the Indian Constitution) with List-II (Country from which it was derived) and choose the accurate ans using the codes provided beneath the lists:
List I List II
(Item in the Indian (Country from which
Constitution) it was derived)
A. Directive Principles 1. Australia of State Policy
B. Fundamental Rights 2. Canada
C. Concurrent List in 3. Ireland
Union-State Relations
D. India as a Union of 4. United Kingdom
States with greater
powers to the Union
5. United States of America
Codes :
A B C D
(a) five four one two
(b) three five two one
(c) five four two one
(d) three five one two (d)
14. With reference to Indian defence, which 1 of the subsequent statements is NOT accurate ?
(a) With the induction of Prithvi-II, the IAF is the only air force in the world with surface-to-surface ballistic missiles under its command

Earning:   Approval pending.