Assam Prelims PSC 2009 Solved Paper (Part 3 of 10)

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  1. World՚s largest producer of gold is
    1. Saudi Arabia
    2. USA
    3. South Africa
    4. Canada
    • Answer: a
  2. When was Mizoram converted into a Union Territory?
    1. 1969
    2. 1972
    3. 1949
    4. 1951
    • Answer: b
  3. Which is the world՚s longest railway line?
    1. Trans-Siberian line
    2. Texas Railway line
    3. Trans-Austin line
    4. Trans-American line
    • Answer: a
  4. For a healthy adult Indian, the Body Mass Index (BMI) Should be in the range of
    1. 11.51 − 18
    2. 18.5 − 24.9
    3. 25 − 30
    4. None of the Above
    • Answer: b
  5. Black hole is an object to be found
    1. at the bottom of oceans
    2. in the sky
    3. inside a current carrying conductor
    4. None of the above
    • Answer: a
  6. Minimum velocity required by a body to escape earth՚s gravitation (escape velocity) is
    1. 9.5 km/s
    2. 11.2 km/s
    3. 13 km/s
    4. 24.25 km/s
    • Answer: b
  7. Which one of the following is not an operating system of computers?
    1. Sun 05
    2. BSD
    3. GNEXT/Linux
    4. Windows NT
    • Answer: a
  8. Which is the largest moon in the solar system?
    1. Ganymede
    2. Titan
    3. Lo
    4. Callisto
    • Answer: a
  9. Pacemaker is implanted in heart when one of the following is defective
    1. SA node
    2. AV node
    3. Purkinje fibre
    4. Bundle of His
    • Answer: a
  10. When a person is undergoing prolonged fasting, his/her urine will contain abnormal quantity of
    1. fat
    2. ketone
    3. amino acid
    4. glucose
  • Answer: b