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Which one of the following statements about the Missile Technology Control Regime is not correct?

 

A) The Missile Technology Control Regime is an informal and voluntary partnership initially formed among G-7 countries. B) Members of the Missile Technology Control Regime prevent the proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology capable of carrying above 500 kg payload for more than 300 km.
C) China applied to join the Regime but members did not offer the membership. D) No other country outside the membership follows the Regime rules.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No other country outside the membership follows the Regime rules.

Explanation:

The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) is a multilateral export control regime. It is an informal and voluntary partnership among 35 countries to prevent the proliferation of missile and unmanned aerial vehicle technology capable of carrying above 500 kg payload for more than 300 km.The Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) was established in April 1987 by the G7 countries.

The People's Republic of China is not a member of the MTCR but has agreed to abide by the original 1987 Guidelines and Annex, but not the subsequent revisions.Israel, Romania and Slovakia have also agreed to voluntarily follow MTCR export rules even though not yet members.

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Echoes may be heard more than once due to successive or multiple

 

A) Rarefactions B) Reflections
C) Diffractions D) Refractions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Reflections

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Which is the longest part of alimentary canal?

 

A) Oesophagus B) Small intestine
C) Large intestine D) Buccul cavity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Small intestine

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

Woodrow Wilson was referring to the liberal idea of the economic market when he said that the free enterprise system is the (much) efficient economic system.

A) most B) many
C) mere D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) most

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Arrange the following descending chronological order based on the year received the nobel prize

A. Mother Teresa         B. Rabindranath Tagore

C. Dr. C.V Raman        D. S.Chandrashekhar

E. Hargobinda Khurana

A) B,A,D,C,E B) B,C,E,D,A
C) B,C,E,A,D D) B,A,C,E,D
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B,A,D,C,E

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Which of the following areas has the largest production of coal in China?

 

A) Shaanxi B) Xinjiang  
C) Inner Mongolia D) Hebei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shaanxi

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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?

1.TheDeccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.

2.The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.

3.The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.

4.The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoerishment of the peasants.

 

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

 

A) 1 only B) 1 and 3 
C) 2 and 4 only D) 1,2,3 and 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1,2,3 and 4

Explanation:

In 1861, civil war broke out in the USA. USA was the largest supplier of cotton to Britain. Once the civil war broke out, the demand for cotton from India became high and this led to a surge in cotton cultivation in India and there was a period of ‘boom’ then.In May and June 1875, peasants of Maharashtra in some parts of Pune, Satara and Ahmednagar districts revolted against increasing agrarian distress. The Deccan Riots of 1875 targeted conditions of debt peonage (kamiuti) to moneylenders.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.

 

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A forensic tool used to identify the chemical makeup?

 

A) calibur B) lie detector
C) gas chromatograph D) ballistics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gas chromatograph

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