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OBSERVERS (ENGINEERING)
PREVIOUS PAPER - 2013
GENERAL STUDIES
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3) Africa
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3) Trivandrum
4) Jaipur
3) S.R. Das
4) A.K. Sarkar
3) Uttar Pradesh
2) Guwahati
1) M. Patanjali Sastri
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4) Maulana Azad
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1) North America
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4) 31
1) `16,43,297 crore
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3) NH - 8
1) 4.11%
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4) 80 million
1) `2,03,672 crore
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3) 70 million
Allocation for Health and Family Welfare Ministry in the 2013 - 14 Union Budget
1) `5,00,000 crore
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1) `37,330 crore
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3) Surendranath Benerjee
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1) Dadabhai Naoroji
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2) 60 million
1) NH - 2
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3) 122
To how manys more people does the Union Govt. want to Impact vocational skills by the end of 12th
Five Year Plan?
1) 50 million
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In the recently held Karnataka Assembly Elections, how many seat are around by the Congress Party?
1) 120
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2) B.K. Mukherjee
2) Maharastra
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2) China
2) Gandhi Plan
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2) 1991
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3) widows
4) Rural welfare
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2) Plague
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2) 1948
4) Thyphoid
3) 1947
4) 1950
1) Telugu Velugu
2) Telugu Nadu
3) Telugu Bhasha
4) Telugu Rachana
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3) Pune
4) Thane
2) June - 6
3) June - 7
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2) Wangari Maathai
4) June - 8
3) MacMahon Line
3) Jody Williams
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1) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3) Aruna Asif Ali
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3) Cholera
1) Betty Williams
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1) Durand Line
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3) C
1) June - 5
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1) Surat
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2) Physically handicapped
1) 1949
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4) 1993
1) Untouchables
1) TB
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4) Sarvodaya Plan
3) 1992
1) A
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3) People Plan
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4) Australia
Before Independence of India, M.N. Roy prepared an economic plan. Name of that plan is?
1) Bombay Plan
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3) Brazil
2) Chakravarthy Rajagopalachari
4) All the above
2) To develop skills in students so that they get employment immediately after education
3) To discourage students go to general education courses
4) To promote country's economic development at a faster rate
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2) Kohima
3) Aizawl
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4) Imphal
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2) 21-5-2013
2) Uttara khand
3) Harrison
4) Poulsen
3) Neptune
4) Venus
2) Mercury
3) Neptune
4) Venus
2) Mercury
3) Neptune
4) Venus
2) Mercury
3) Neptune
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Largest Planet
2) Mercury
1) ABCDCD
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1) LNMKNL
3) KLMNLN
2) Linnaeus
3) Leeuwenhoek
4) Paul Berg
2) G.J. Mendel
3) T.H. Morgan
4) Erdman
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Father of Genetics
1) Aristotle
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4) Venus
2) KLLMNN
Father of Biology
1) Aristotle
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3) ABCCDD
4) Venus
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4) Davy
1) Jupiter
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1) Jupiter
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4) Puducherry
4) Berline
1) Jupiter
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4) Meghalaya
3) Plimsoll
2) Berline
1) Jupiter
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3) Foucault
1) Jupiter
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2) Harrison
2) Marconi
1) Gillette
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3) Karaikal
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2) Visakhapatnam
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3) Himachal Pradesh
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4) 23-5-2013
Of the following, which State does not share its boundry with China?
1) Nagaland
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3) 22-5-2013
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For coordinating disaster management activities for all natural hazards, the Nodal Agency at the Central
Govt. is
1) Ministry of Home Affairs
4) Ministry of Communications
1) Asia
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2) Africa
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Discoverer of Barometer
3) Gating
4) Harrison
2) Davy
3) Harrison
4) Foucault
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2) Gillette
1) 182
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3) Meghalaya
1) Toricelli
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2) Bihar
1) Caxton
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4) All continents
2) Breaches in tanks
3) Speedy winds
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3) Australia
1) Excessive rainfall
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U.N. Disaster Management Team (UNDMT) is responsible for solving problems resulting from
disasters in
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3) 174
4) 163
Fill the gaps with appropriate letters in the following letter seris:
P_RPQ_P_R_Q_P
1) QRQPR
2) PQQQR
3) PQRQQ
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Fill the gaps with appropriate letters in the following letter series:
B_BA_AB_BA_AB_ _A
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2) BBBAAA
3) ABABAB
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2) Marcello
4) Shahjahan
2) 27-4-1499
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3) 27-3-1497
2) Karaikal
2) Karaikal
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4) Surat
2) Balasore
4) Surat
3) Acetic acid
4) Banzoic acid
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2) Teflon
3) Glass
4) Mercury
2) Limestone
3) Gypsum
4) Magnesia
3) Deep green
4) Prussian blue
2) Hydrochloric acid
3) Acetic acid
4) Citric acid
2) Wolffia
3) Saphira
4) Rafia
2) Yellow
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3) Jehangir
2) Salim
1) Vilet
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4) Linnaeus
1) Alumina
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3) G.J. Mendel
1) Ice cream
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2) T.H. Morgan
1) Sodium Carbonate
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4) William Harvey
1) Machilipatnam
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3) Karl Landsteiner
1) Machilipatnam
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2) Carolus Linnaeus
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Father of Cytology
1) Akbar
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3) Hippocrates
1) Robert Hooke
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Father of Medicine
1) Paul Berg
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Smallest plant
1) Lemna
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Largest flower
1) Macrozamia
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4) Antibiotics
2) Coffee
3) Ginger
4) Pepper
2) Banana
3) Guava
4) Litchi
3) Insects
4) Fungi
2) Nematodes
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3) Thailand
4) U.S.A.
2) China
2) 123
3) 125
4) 111
On what date did the Lok Sabha pass a historic Lokpal and Lokayuktas Bill, 2011?
1) 28-12-2011
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Number of new Directive Principles added by the 42th & 44th Constitutional Amendments in the Indian
Constitution
1) 121
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Protecting all monuments of historic interest and national importance is a Directive Principle in the
Indian Constitution under Article
1) Russia
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4) 34 years
When the President Procliams National Emergency under Article 352, on grounds of war or external
aggression, the rights guaranteed by Article - are automatically suspended.
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2) 37 years
2) Antipyretics
'King of Fruits'
1) Weeds
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3) 10 years
1) Mango
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2) 16 years
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1) Tea
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4) Struthio
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1) Tranquilisers
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3) Balaenoptera
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2) Loxodonta
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4) Rafflesia Arnoldii
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3) Darlingtonia
Tallest animal
1) Giraffe
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2) Saphira
2) 24-12-2011
3) 22-12 -2011
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4) Kerala
3) Meghalaya
4) Tripura
3) Adilabad
4) Nellore
2) Medicine
3) Physics
4) Peace
Both the Nobel Prize Winners for 2012 in the field of Economics come from?
2) USA
3) China
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4) France
In the Civil Services Examination 2012 - 13 conducted by UPSC, the first position was secured by
2) V. Sriram
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3) Stuti Charan
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3) Tamil Nadu
In Which field did Mo Yan (China) get the Nobel Prize for 2012?
1) A.J. Varghese
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4) Maharashtra
1) UK
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1) Literature
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4) Mawsynram
3) Madhya Pradesh
2) West Bengal
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3) Yanam
1) Hyderabad
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4) Krishna
2) Bihar
1) Manipur
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3) Godavari
1) Maharashtra
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2) Brahmaputra
2) Idukki
1) Uttar Pradesh
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4) Chandrasekhar
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3) Morarji Desai
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2) A.B. Vajpayee
2) Uzbekistan
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3) Kyrgyzstan
4) Haritha V. Kumar
According to UNICEF report how many children drop out of schools without completing basic
eduction?
1) 90 million
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4) 60 million
100. India has recently signed a pact with the Asian Development Bank for a loan of
1) $ 255 million
2) $ 254 million
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1) France
2) Greece
3) $ 253 million
4) $ 252 million
3) Iraq
4) Australia
3) Iraq
4) Australia
3) Hand
4) Horse
2) Greece
1) Elephant
2) Cycle
2) K.C. Niyogi
3) K. Santhanam
4) Mahaveer Tyagi
105. As per 2011 census, the Indian state with lowest literacy rate in the country
1) Arunachal Pradesh
2) Rajasthan
3) Bihar
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4) Jharkhand
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106. Port Louis is the capital of
1) Myanmar
2) Morocco
3) Maldives
4) Mauritius
3) 2014
4) 2015
2) 2013
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109. Recipient of 'Padma Vibhushan' Award on the eve of India's 64th Republic Day
1) S. Haider Raja
2) D. Rama Naidu
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2) Kolkata
3) New Delhi
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4) Surat
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2) 4
3) 5
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112. In a particular code SHINE is written as EPLL. In the same code HEART is to be written as
1) UTIMD
2) UDITM
3) UTDIM
4) MIDUT
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113. In a particular code NATURE is written as OBVWUH. In the same code ANCHOR is to be written as
1) BOEJRU
2) EQJBUR
3) RJOBUE
4) RJOUEB
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114. In a particular code FAME is written as 100. In the same code MIND is to be written as
1) 178
2) 160
3) 180
4) 176
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2) Sama Veda
3) Yajur Veda
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4) 112
3) 20
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2) Ajatasatru
3) Bindusara
4) Brihadratha
3) Lumbini
4) Bodha Gaya
2) Kapilavastu
1) Jahangir
2) Salim
3) Shah Jahan
4) Aurangzeb
3) Thunder
4) Lighting
3) Flood
4) None of these
2) Tsunami
2) Tsunami
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123. 'Tsunami' is the word derived from
1) Japanase
2) Chinese
3) Greek
4) French
124. The date on which a powerful earthquake struck South Eastern Iran and caused heavy damage
including killing 30,000 people
1) 26 - 12 - 2003
2) 26 - 11 - 2003
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4) 26 - 10 - 2002
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3) Cyclone
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3) 13%
4) 14%
3) Tsunamis
2) Earthquakes
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2) China
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3) Canada
4) Brazil
3) 1887
4) 1888
3) Lord Wellesley
4) Lord Bentinck
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4) Oman
2) Lord Dalhousie
136. Indian National Congress was split into two groups in the year?
1) 1905
2) 1906
3) 1907
4) 1908
3) Rangoon
4) Kathmandu
2) Moscow
2) Tulsi Ram
3) Rabindranath Tagore
4) Debendranath Tagore
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139. The number of Sovereign countries who are members of UNO
1) 180
2) 185
3) 183
4) 193
2) October -24
3) November - 24
4) June - 7
2) New York
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4) San Francisco
2) 1965
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3) 1975
2) German
3) Japanese
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144. Of the follownig, which is besides other things, concerned with human rights and freedoms without
distinction of race, sex, language or religion?
1) UNICEP
2) UNEPA
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3) Cuba
4) South Africa
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1) Taiwan
2) Israel
3) Nation's Library
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147. South Sudan, which became the 193rd member of UNO, is in the continent of
1) South America
2) Europe
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3) Asia
2) Dag Hammarskjold
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3) U. Thant
4) Africa
149. Of the following which country is not a permenent member of UN security Council?
1) Britain
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2) May - 22
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3) Canada
4) France
3) May - 23
4) May - 24
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1-2; 2-3; 3-2; 4-1; 5-1; 6-3; 7-1; 8-4; 9-3; 10-1; 11-3; 12-1; 13-1; 14-4; 15-2; 16-3; 17-2; 18-1; 19-4;
20-1; 21-4; 22-1; 23-4; 24-1; 25-1; 26-4; 27-4; 28-2; 29-1; 30-3; 31-1&4; 32-2; 33-1; 34-1; 35-1; 36-4;
37-1; 38-1; 39-2; 40-3; 41-2; 42-1; 43-1; 44-2; 45-4; 46-1; 47-4; 48-1; 49-1; 50-1; 51-1; 52-3; 53-1; 54-3;
55-1; 56-3; 57-4; 58-3; 59-4; 60-1; 61-4; 62-1; 63-1; 64-4; 65-4; 66-3; 67-1; 68-3; 69-3; 70-1; 71-4; 72-1;
73-3; 74-4; 75-1; 76-2; 77-1; 78-1; 79-1; 80-4; 81-1; 82-2; 83-2; 84-1; 85-2; 86-1; 87-1; 88-3; 89-1; 90-1;
91-1; 92-4; 93-2; 94-2; 95-1; 96-2; 97-4; 98-4; 99-2; 100-4; 101-4; 102-1; 103-1; 104-2; 105-3; 106-4;
107-3; 108-3; 109-1; 110-3; 111-3; 112-3; 113-1; 114-3; 115-1; 116-1; 117-1; 118-4; 119-3; 120-1; 121-2;
122-4; 123-1; 124-1; 125-4; 126-4; 127-4; 128-2; 129-4; 130-4; 131-1; 132-4; 133-1; 134-1; 135-4; 136-3;
137-1; 138-4; 139-4; 140-2; 141-1; 142-2; 143-4; 144-3; 145-1; 146-4; 147-4; 148-1; 149-3; 150-4.
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