106: Consider the following countries:
1. Australia
2. Namibia
3. Brazil
4. Chile
Through which of the above does the Tropic of Capricorn pass?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
107: Genetically modified "golden rice" has been engineered to meet human nutritional requirements. Which one of the following statements best qualifies golden rice ?
(a) Its modified genes cause the fortification of its grains with vitamin D grains have been fortified with genes to provide three times higher grain yield per
(b) Its modified genes cause the synthesis of all the nine essential amino acids
(c) The grains have been fortified with genes to provide three times higher grain yield per acre than other high yielding varieties
(d) Its grains contain pro-vitamin A which upon ingestion is converted to vitamin A in the human body
108: Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Railway Zone Headquarters
(1) North Eastern Railway : Gorakhpur
(2) South Eastern Railway : Bhubaneshwar
(3) Eastern Railway : Kolkata
(4) South East Central Railway : Bilaspur
(a) North Eastern Railway
(b) South Eastern Railway
(c) South East Central Railway
(d) Eastern Railway
109: Match items in the List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists:
List I (Country)
(A) Netherlands
(B) Ukraine
(C) Poland
(D) Japan
List II (Name of Parliament)
1. Diet
2. States General
3. Supreme Council
4. Sejm
(a) 2 3 4 1
(b) 2 1 4 3
(c) 4 3 2 1
(d) 4 1 2 3
110: Which was the Capital of Andhra State when it was made a separate State in the year 1953 ?
(a) Guntur
(b) Kurnool
(c) Nellore
(d) Warangal