1036: Which one of the following countries is not a participating team in the Football World Cup 2006 to be held in Germany in July 2006 ?
(a) Russia
(b) Togo
(c) Ivory Coast
(d) Switzerland
1037: Which one of the following dynasties was ruling over North India at the time of Alexander's invasion ?
(a) Nanda
(b) Maurya
(c) Sunga
(d) Kanva
1038: Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the
(a) Scythians
(b) Hunas
(c) Yue-chis
(d) Sakas
1039: A great deal of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) to India comes from Mauritius than from many major and mature economies like UK and France. Why?
(a) India has preference, for certain countries as regards receiving FDI
(b) India has double taxation avoidance agreement with Mauritius
(c) Most citizens of Mauritius have ethnic identity with India and so they feel secure to invest in India
(d) Impending dangers of global climatic change prompt Mauritius to make huge investments in India
1040: The memory of a computer is commonly expressed in terms of Kilobytes or Megabytes. A byte is made up of
(a) eight binary digits
(b) eight decimal digits
(c) two binary digits
(d) two decimal digits