2276: Consider the following names:
1. Archbishop Desmond Tutu
2. Lech Walesa
3. Shimon Peres
4. Yasser Arafat
Who among these won the Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 2, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
2277: A cubic metre of water at 0° C is solidified into ice. Density of ice is 0.96 of water at 0° C. Which of the following deductions are true?
I. Water expands when solidified.
II. Ice will float in water at 0° C with half its volume above the surface.
III. Density of all liquids are higher than its density when solidified.
(a) I only
(b) II only
(c) III only
(d) I and II
2278: The given map shows locations of airports labelled as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. What is the correct sequence of the airports in which the hijacked Indian Airlines plane IC-814 landed after its initial take off from Kathmandu in December 1999 ?
(a) 3, 1, 2, 4
(b) 2, 4, 1, 3
(c) 5, 4, 2, 3
(d) 5, 1, 3, 2
2279: The colour of a star is an indication of its
(a) distance from the sun
(b) luminosity
(c) distance from the earth
(d) temperature
2280: In an examination, every candidate took Physics or Mathematics or both 65.8% took Physics and 50.2% took Mathematics. The total number of candidates was 2000. How many took both Mathematics and Physics ?
(a) 750
(b) 700
(c) 550
(d) 500