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Q2. Which of the following statement is correct with regard to the early Vedic age?
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Q3. Regarding the earliest surviving Buddhist art, what cannot be said to have particularly appealed to the Europeans is that it was.......
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Q4. The early Buddhist are incorporated pre-Buddhist elements as is best demonstrated .....
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Q5. Which is the earliest inscription that is the first official record in Sanskrit .........
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Q6. The 150 BC Pillar inscription of Besnagar refers to the great theistic cult of ........
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Q7. The "Treaty of Ghent" ended which early 19th century war?
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Q8. 1929 session of Indian National Congress at Lahore is considered as a very important one in Indian history because .....(1) the Congress passed a resolution demanding complete independence. (2) the rift between extremists and moderates was resolved (3) a resolution was passed rejecting the two nation theory. Pick the one that is correct.
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Q9. "Rupiah" a silver coin was introduced by Sher Shah. Who introduced the gold coin "Mohur"?
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Q10. Approximately how many Princely States were there at the time of independence?
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Q11. Argead Dynasty produced one of the world's greatest warriors. Who was that?
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Q12. Freedom fighter Mangal Pandey belonged to which of the following units of British East India Co., military?
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Q13. In which year was the Dutch East Indies co. established?
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Q14. Which Arab Emir was the first to conquer Sindh briefly, for the Ummayad Caliphate, laying the foundation of Islamic rule in India?
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Q15. Who among the following Indian rulers of 18th century is known as the "Plato of the Jat People"?
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Q16. What was the name of Stalin's daughter who defected to US in 1967?
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Q17. Which British Governor General of India, surrendered to the American French forces at Yorktown before coming to India?
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Q18. According to the Bible, who was the first King of the United Kingdom of Israel?
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Q19. Who established the Khmer Republic Government in Cambodia in 1970?
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Q20. What was the name of the aircraft that dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1942 during WW II?
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Q21. "Conch" is the symbol of which political party?
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Q22. What is the political symbol of Pattali Makkal Katchi?
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Q23. Blue, Yellow and Red horizontal bars flag is the political flag of…..
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Q24. Pattali Makkal Katchi is a political organization in Tamilnadu. It was started basically as a Caste based organization to support their causes. What was the Community?
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Q25. What is the symbol of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam?
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Q26. Who founded the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam?
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Q27. Ram Vilas Paswan founded which of the following party?
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Q28. Which was the first political party to rule Goa, immediately after liberation from the Portuguese?
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Q29. Who holds the record of being the youngest Chief Minister of a state?
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Q30. Maroon, White and Blue Horizontal stripes with an elephant at the centre is the party flag of ……
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Q31. What is the election symbol of Trinamool Congress founded by Mamata Bannerji on 23.12.1977, who was formerly with the Congress?
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Q32. Black, White and Red horizontal stripes with Anna symbol is the party flag of……
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Q33. "Namathu MGR" (our MGR) is the official publication of …..
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Q34. What is the symbol of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam?
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Q35. Who founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam?
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Q36. Who among the following is the longest serving party president of a political party?
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Q37. Black and Red horizontal bars is the political flag of …….
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Q38. "Murasoli" (Drum beat) is the official publication of …..
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Q39. India is regarded as a country with "Demographic Dividend". This is due to…..
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Q40. Rising Sun is the political symbol of which political party from Tamilnadu?
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Q41. What is OVI in relations to currency?
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Q42. Ad hoc Treasury Bill system of meeting budget deficit in India was abolished on .....
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Q43. Fiscal Deficit is financed by .......
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Q44. Indian road transport shares about ...........% of the total transport medium in the country.
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Q45. Expand SARFAESI ....
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Q46. 21 binders can bind 1400 books in 15 days. How many binders will be required to bind 800 books in 20 days?
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Q47. The sum of the two digits of a two digit number is 12 and the difference between the two digits of the two digits number is 6. What is the two digit number?
Correct answer : 4
Q48. The ages of Punitha, Anitha and Kavitha are in the ratio of 7:10:4 respectively. If the sum of their ages is 42 years, what is Kavitha's age?
Correct answer : 4
Q49. In a store there are 1880 pens. Twenty five percent of the pens are blue, fifteen per cent are red, twenty percent are green and remaining are black. What is the total number of black and green pens?
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Q50. Express 0.3% as a decimal
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Q51. The fungus employed in the baking and brewing industries is...............
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Q52. Ozone layer protects life on our planet by absorbing ....................
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Q53. The bigger portion of a monocot seed is the .
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Q54. The basic physiological unit of a plant is..................
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Q55. Chromosomes without centromere are called
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Q56. When frogs are under water, they respire through.............
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Q57. Carbon-di-oxide combines with reduced Haemoglobin to form.................
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Q58. The egg of human ais free of yolk and it is said to be ...........
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Q59. The Dolly, a cloned sheep was developed by...............
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Q60. Hyperglycemia destroys the tissue in the .....
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Q61. An example for Hesperidium is..............
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Q62. Velamen tissue is the characteristic feature of ............
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Q63. The gas that is released due to incomplete combustion of fossil fuels is.................
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Q64. The genetic materials of a virus is..............
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Q65. The blood collected from the anterior and posterior parts of the body of a frog by the pre and post caval veins is emptied into the ....................
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Q66. The endocrine gland which is attached to the hypothalamus of the brain is called .................
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Q67. A series of mitotic cell divisions that transform the fertilized egg into a multicellular body is called...........
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Q68. The potentiality of the embryonic stem cells to develop into different types of cells is called.................
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Q69. Communicable diseases are caused by
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Q70. ...................is an edible fungus
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Q71. Which is the lightest element in the periodic table?
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Q72. Among the following, which element does not contain neutron?
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Q73. .......... Exhibits acinitro tautomerism.
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Q74. ........is the isomerism exhibited by diethylamine and methyl propylamine.
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Q75. ……………is the compound that produces an oily nitrosoamine with aqueous nitrous acid.
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Q76. Reaction of Benzylamine with acetyl chloride gives us…….
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Q77. With nitrous acid, benzylamine gives which of the following?
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Q78. Pick the correct statement from the following:
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Q79. Aniline is a weaker base than which of the following?
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Q80. ........does not form diazonium salt.
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Q81. ..........is produced when Benzene diazonium chloride is boiled with water.
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Q82. ………………is obtained when benzene diazonium chloride is reduced with tin and HCl.
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Q83. .........is formed as an intermediate during the nitration of benzene.
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Q84. Mixture of amines are prepared by………………
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Q85. ………………is formed by the reaction of Aniline with benzoyl chloride.
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Q86. ……………….is formed when aniline reacts with phosgene.
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Q87. .........nitrogen compound is used to prepare sulpha drugs.
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Q88. Conversion of alkyl cyanide to aldehyde by stannous chloride and HCl is called as .......reaction.
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Q89. ..........is obtained when Benzene diazonium chloride reacts with acetic acid.
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Q90. .......is obtained when benzene reacts with benzene diazonium chloride.
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Q91. .........is the monosaccharide among the following.
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Q92. Microbial fuel cells are considered a source of sustainable energy. Why? (1) They use living organisms as catalysts to generate electricity from certain substrates. (2) They use a variety of inorganic materials as substrates. (3) They can be installed in waste water treatment plants to clense water and produce electricity. Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
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Q93. Sucrose is not ………………..
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Q94. Which of the following is the amino acid without chiral carbon?
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Q95. Pick the wrong statement about amino acid:
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Q96. Proteins are not sensitive to which of the following?
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Q97. Proteins are…………….
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Q98. ..........contains lipid.
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Q99. ………………….contains triglyceride.
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Q100. .........is not a saturated fatty acid.
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Q101. Cholesterol is an example of which of the following?
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Q102. The content of hair and nail is........
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Q103. ......... Is the important constituent of cell wall.
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Q104. Chlorofluorocarbons, known as Ozone - depleting substances are used in .... (1) in the production of plastic foams (2) in the production of tubeless tyres (3) in cleaning certain electronic components (4)as pressurizing agents in aerosol cans. Pick the correct answer
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Q105. Nucleic acids have ……………….. .
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Q106. Nucleic acid is made up of ……………….
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Q107. Which of the following sugar unit is present in nucleic acid?
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Q108. .......protein contains nucleic acid as prosthetic group.
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Q109. Glucose is a .....
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Q110. Nucleic acids are polymers of which of the following?
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Q111. Name the process of heating coal in the absence of O2
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Q112. Name the process of burning fuel?
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Q113. Name the process in which liquid is slowly converted into vapour?
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Q114. Name the phenomenon in which an induced current is set up in a closed coil whenever magnetic flux linked with it changes.
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Q115. Name the phenomena caused by ‘Scattering of light by the colloidal particles’ .
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Q116. Name the phenomenon due to which an unmagnetized magnetic substance behaves like a magnet due to the mere presence of another magnet.
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Q117. Name the nuclear reaction in which energy is used for peaceful purposes.
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Q118. Name the material which allow the light to pass but objects cannot be seen clearly
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Q119. Name the magnetic iron ore once used in primitive compass
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Q120. Name the gas from which a star is formed
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Q121. Name the first Satellite launched by India.
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Q122. Name process in which two light nuclear combined together to form heavy nucleus?
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Q123. Moving a charge of 2.5 × l0–6C from point A to B. requires 6.3. × l0–4 J of work. what is the potential difference between A and B. [v = w/q]
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Q124. Most of the magnetic power appears to be concentrated at certain points. What are they called?
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Q125. Most of the refraction of light entering the eye is done by
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Q126. Most of the energy we use originally comes from
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Q127. Momentum is defined as
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Q128. Mirrors used to concentrate sunlight to generate high temperature in, solar furnaces are ............. mirrors
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Q129. Microwaves are generated by the electronic device
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Q130. Maximum electricity produced in India is from
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Q131. Lakshadweep, Minicoy and Amindivi islands are close to...
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Q132. There are about 572 islands in the Andaman & Nicobar group of islands. Of them approximately how many are permanently inhabited?
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Q133. .........group of islands lies to the east of Chennai.
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Q134. To the west of the Gangetic Plains lies the ......plains.
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Q135. In India, the very highly densely populated areas are the ......
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Q136. ..........takes the least time to complete one revolution around the Sun.
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Q137. To the South of the Himalayas and to the north of the Tropic of Cancer lies the ......
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Q138. The IST is ahead of GMT by .......
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Q139. Himalayas are made up of ...... Rocks.
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Q140. Extra Peninsular India is made up of ......rocks.
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Q141. Which one of the following is essentially a solo dance?
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Q142. Which day is observed as "World Press Freedom Day"?
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Q143. Who is the Chairman of the London Organizing Committee for the 2012 Olympic Games?
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Q144. Which of the following is the first computer based game?
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Q145. Which was the first Indian state to be declared "Smoke Free"?
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Q146. If a ship is flying yellow flag what does it indicate?
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Q147. Ramtanu Pandey was a legendary .....
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Q148. Harvard University in USA is named after John Harvard. What was he?
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Q149. Which was the first multipurpose river valley project undertaken in free India?
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Q150. Which of the following is the highest waterfall in the world?
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Q151. In which city, the World Parliament of Congress was held and attended by Swami Vivekananda?
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Q152. Which of the following state of India has the largest forest cover?
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Q153. "Gayatri Mantra" in Hinduism is dedicated to.....
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Q154. Which of the following Vedas is the earliest composition?
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Q155. Which of the following crops can be cultivated for Ethanol?
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Q156. Who among the following was not a proponent of the Bhakti movement?
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Q157. Who first portrayed an adult Tarzan of the Apes in the movies?
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Q158. Which sporting term comes from the Persian word meaning "The King is dead"?
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Q159. "Merino" sheep is known for its wool. In which country it was originally developed?
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Q160. Which of these Jane Austen novels was published posthumously?
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Q161. Which country's postal stamps bear the name 'Helvetia'?
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Q162. Which city was once known as 'Petrogra' as well as 'Leningrad'?
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Q163. What does "Yugoslavia" mean?
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Q164. Who bowled the first ball ever in a test match?
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Q165. Where was the first oil well struck, in the world?
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Q166. In Hinduism who is the lord of "wealth"?
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Q167. "Bronze Wolf" Award is associated with which of the following?
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Q168. "Embraer" is a famous civil aircraft from which country?
Correct answer : 1
Q169. Who is the only athlete to win four consecutive olympic gold medals in long jump (between 1984-1996)?
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Q170. "Storting" is the parliament of which country?
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Q171. What is the capital of Brazil?
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Q172. Khong Kangjei is a local version of hockey in....
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Q173. Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd., was formerly a Public Sector Undertaking. It is now owned by ......
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Q174. What are "Polders" in Netherlands?
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Q175. EFGH : DEFG : : OPQR : ?
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Q176. If CGZ is coded as XTA, then DFP should be coded as .....
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Q177. Complete the following series: 2,5,7,11,14,19,23,29,.....,41,41
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Q178. Those who have binoculars can be members of "Bird Watchers Club". Some members of the club have camers. Those who have cameras can take part in the photo exhibition. Which of the following conclusions can be drawn from the above statements?
Correct answer : 4
Q179. How many such pairs of letters are there in the word IMPORTANCE, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have between them in the word as they have between them in the English alphabet?
Correct answer : 4
Q180. Rearrange the following six sentences A to F in proper order and then answer the question that follows: (A) When finally he regained consciousness, he saw that the sea was as calm as a pond. (B) "e;I'm always peaceful but it is the wind that creates waves and turns me into a monster"e;, the goddess continued. (C) "e;Do not blame me, my son, "e; said, the goddess. (D) A man who had survived a shipwreck struggled mightily against the waves and finally succeeded in reaching the shore, more dead than alive. (E) The sea heard him shout angrily and took the form of a goddess to defend itself. (F) "e;How deceitful you are!"e; he shouted at the sea, "e;You draw men into you showing your peaceful side but when they are in your power you put them in trouble"e;. Which of the following should be the FOURTH sentence in the rearrangement?
Correct answer : 2
Q181. Find a suitable option from the options given to replace the highlighted word/s. 5 will be the answer if "e;No correction is required"e; .... "e; "e; A captain is as good as his team is."e;
Correct answer : 1
Q182. Read the following sentence carefully and find out whether there is/are any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No Error' the answer is (5). (ignore errors of punctuation, if any) .......She always remembers (1) / to switch off all the (2) / lights and fans before (3) / leaving a rooms. (4) / No Error (5)
Correct answer : 4
Q183. Rearrange the following six sentences A to F in proper order and then answer the question that follows: (A) The next day, the priest discovered that one of the servants cut his stick shorter by two inches, fearing that it would grow. (B) When the priest questioned each of the servants, they denied. (C) One day a rich merchant's house was robbed, and he suspected one of his servants. (D) In this way, the wise old priest caught the thief. (E) He approached the wise priest in the village and asked for help on the matter. (F) The priest then gave them each a stick of equal length and said that the stick of the real theif would grow by two inches the next morning. From the above, which should be the FIRST sentence after the rearrangement?
Correct answer : 1
Q184. He will win the race if he .........running regularly.
Correct answer : 1
Q185. Choose the word which is most opposite in meaning to the word: SUMMONED
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Q186. Read the following sentence carefully and find out whether there is/are any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is 'No Error' the answer is (5). (ignore errors of punctuation, if any) .......Child labour is (1) / considered to be (2) / illegal in (3) / many countries. (4) / No error. (5).
Correct answer : 4
Q187. Choose the correct word to fill the blank from the given options: "e; Praful ...... to be promoted as he is very hard working."e;
Correct answer : 1
Q188. Who won the 2015 American Open Tennis Women's Singles Championship?
Correct answer : 3
Q189. Who won the 2015 American Open Tennis Men's Singles Championship?
Correct answer : 1
Q190. In September 2015, where was the joint exercise of the Indian and Australian Navy was held?
Correct answer : 2
Q191. To put information in a file on a magnetic disk, or in a computer's memory, so it can be used later ...
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Q192. ......are usually real technology buffs which modify computer hardware or software in a way that alters the creator's original content.
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Q193. Information travels between components the motherboard through......
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Q194. Which of the following was developed by Jon Von Neumann?
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Q195. Reinitialisation can be avoided by specifying the variable type as
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Q196. What is the name of the main page of a website?
Correct answer : 1
Q197. Expand EBCDIC
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Q198. The WWW standard allows programmers on many different computer platforms to show the information on a server. Such programmers are called .........
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Q199. Which of the following is not an example of storage device?