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1766. Who among the following has got the Golden Pen of Freedom award recently ?
A. Salman Rushdie
B. Saymoor Hersh
C. Raraj Sarkoohi
D. Vidia Naipaul
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1767. Which of the following bodies/organisations is celebrating its 50th anniversary in the year 1999 ?
A. NATO
B. WHO
C. UNO
D. Commonwealth
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1768. Which of the following famous dancers is not an exponent of the Odissi dance style ?
A. Sonal Man Singh
B. Sanjukta Panigrahi
C. Yamini Krishnamurthy
D. Madhavi Mudgal
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1769. Which of the following represents the industrial growth rate registered during the first nine months of the current fiscal year ? (as recorded in March 1999)
A. 2%
B. 2.8%
C. 3%
D. 4.8%
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1770. Dr. C. Rangarajan, the Governor of Andhra Pradesh, was recently in the news because
A. he resigned from the post of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh.
B. he was nominated for the UN Economic and Social Council as Indias representative.
C. he was awarded the Honorary Doctorate of Osmania University.
D. he was selected for Financial Express Award for Economics, 98.
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