Stenographer BS-16 2019 Past Paper Page - 9

81) If you holding you opponent in a half nelson what kind of combat are you in?
(A) Karate
(B) Judo
(C) Jujitsu
(D) Wrestling

82) Which British king ascended the throne at age of ten?
(A) William IV
(B) Edward VI
(C) Edward IV
(D) Aethelred

83) What is the region of origin of the very English tree,Elm?
(A) England
(B) North America
(C) Southern Europe
(D) Japan

84) Which explorer discovered the West Indies?
(A) Sir Francis Drake
(B) Vasco da Gama
(C) Christopher Columbus
(D) Caption Cook

85) Which country in Asia has the largest railway network?
(A) Japan
(B) Burma
(C) China
(D) India

86) What is an antigen?
(A) It is a chemical,which can alter the genetic structure
(B) It is an immunity-destroying virus
(C) It is an antibody, which fights with hostile bacteria
(D) It is a virus or bacterium or some foreign substance, which invades the body

87) 'Anybody who hates children and dogs can't be all bad' - who said that?
(A) Mark Twain
(B) George Bemard Shaw
(C) Oscar Wilde
(D) W.C. Fields

88) What is the meaning of lugubrious?
(A) Unbalanced
(B) Excessively mournful
(C) Clumsy
(D) Vast and unwieldy

89) Where are the headquarter of the UNESCO?
(A) New York
(B) Rome
(C) Paris
(D) Geneva

90) In our solar system, which planets have no satellites?
(A) Neptune
(B) Venus
(C) Pluto
(D) Mercury
(E) (b) and (d)