1006: Assertion (A) :
A man standing on a completely friction-less surface can propel himself by whistling.
Reason (R) :
If no external force acts on a system, its momentum cannot change.
(a) Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
(c) A is true, but R is false
(d) A is false, but R is true
1007: Who among the following won six gold medals in the 9th FINA - World Swimming Championship held in Fukuoka, Japan in the year 2001?
(a) Grant Hackett
(b) Ian Thorpe
(c) Michael Phelps
(d) Roman Sloudnov
1008: The two branches of a plant give two different fruits :- tomatoes and brinjals. This can be explained:
(a) By nature's freak
(b) By grafting one with the other
(c) By hybridisation
(d) Both A and B
1009: What is Agent Orange?
(a) An ace spying group trained by the Police in London
(b) A weed-killing chemical used by the US Military in the Vietnam War
(c) A technique used in the advanced railway safety procedure
(d) A special chemical used in making alloy steel
1010: "A graduate at 18, professor and associated editor of the Sudharak at 20, Secretary of the Sarvajanik Sabha and of the Provincial Conference at 25, Secretary of the National Congress at 29, leading witness before an important Royal Commission at 31, Provincial legislator at 34, Imperial legislator at 36, President of the Indian National Congress at 39......... a patriot whom Mahatma Gandhi himself regarded as his master." This is how a biographer describes
(a) Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
(b) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(c) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak