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

(d) Sultan Tipu of Mysore gave money for the construction of the idol of Goddess Sarda in the Shringeri temple (a)
94. Which of the subsequent Constitutional Amendments are related to raising the number of Members of Lok Sabha to be elected from the States ?
(a) sixth and 22nd
(b) 13th and 38th
(c) seventh and 31st
(d) eleventh and 42nd (c)
95. How did Sultan Qutb-ud-din Alibak die ?
(a) He was treacherously stabbed to death by 1 of his ambitious nobles
(b) He was killed in a battle with Taj-ud-din Yildiz, the ruler of Ghazni who entered into a contest with him over the capture of Punjab
(c) He sustained injuries while besieging the fortress of Kalinjar in Bundelkhand and succumbed to them later
(d) He died after a fall from his horse while playing Chaugan (d)
96. Among the subsequent which planet takes maximum time for 1 revolution around the Sun ?
(a) Earth (b) Jupiter
(c) Mars (d) Venus (b)
97. Which 1 among the subsequent languages has largest number of speakers in the world ?
(a) Bengali (b) French
(c) Japanese (d) Portuguese (a)
98. Which 1 of the subsequent provisions was NOT made in the Charter Act of 1833 ?
(a) The trading activities of the East India Company were to be abolished
(b) The designation of the supreme authority was to be changed as the Governor-General of India in Council
(c) All law-making powers to be conferred on governor-General in Council
(d) An Indian was to be appointed as a legal regulations Member in the Governor-General’s Council (d)
99. With reference to normal human beings, consider the subsequent statements :
1. In response to the presence of HCI, secretin is produced from the duodenum.
2. Enterogastrone is produced in the small intestine in response to the presence of fatty acids.
Which of these statements is / are accurate ?
(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) Both one and two
(d) Neither one nor two (c)
100. Survey of India is under the Ministry of
(a) Defence
(b) Environment and Forests
(c) Home Affairs
(d) Science and Technology (c)

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