1001: Life expectancy is highest in the world in

(a) Canada
(b) Germany
(c) Japan
(d) Norway
1002: The phenomenon of mirage is due to:

(a) Increased absorption of light by air at higher temperature

(b) Change in the refractive index of air with the change in temperature

(c) Total internal reflection

(d) Decreased absorption of light by air at higher temperature
1003: In the Mahayana Buddhism, the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara was also known as

(a) Vajrapani

(b) Manjusri

(c) Padmapani

(d) Maitreya
1004: Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the Lists :

List I--------------------List II

(Person)---------------(Achievement)

I. Deep Sen Gupta---(A) India's youngest International Master in the Sangli International Chess Tournament, 2000

II. P. Hari krishna----(B) The first Indian ever to win a gold in discuss in the World Athletic Championship in Santiago, 2000

III. Seema Antil------ (C) Won the title in the Asian Junior Chess Tournament in Mumbai, 2000

IV. Tejas Bakre ------ (D) Won the Under-12 title in the World Youth Chess Festival in Oropesa, 2000

Codes:

(a) I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
(b) I-B, II-D, III-A, IV-C
(c) I-D, II-A, III-B, IV-C
(d) I-B, II-A, III-C, IV-D
1005: Match List-I (Indian Scientist/Scholar) with List-II (Area of work) and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists :

List I
A. C.N.R. Rao
B. Jagdish Bhagwati
C. G.N. Ramchandran
D. Ashok

List II
1. Telecommunication
2. Physics
3. Economics
4. Solid State Chemistry and Material Science

Codes :

A B C D

(a) 4 3 2 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 1 2 3
(d) 2 3 4 1