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1. PH of blood remains constant due to


a) blood pressure 6. Somato Tropic Hormone is concerned
b) buffer action with
c) perspiration a) Body growth
d) respiration b) Metamorphosis
c) Digestion
2. The part of the brain in control of d) Reproduction
voluntary muscles is
a) cerebellum 7. The larva of the housefly is called
b) medulla oblongata a) maggot
c) pons b) caterpillar
d) cerebrum c) grub
d) wriggler
3. Colour vision is made possible by the cells
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a) Parthenogenesis
c) fovea b) Morphogenesis
d) blind spot c) Histogenesis
d) Paedogenesis
4. The hormone that contains iodine is
a) Prolactin 9. Insect pollination is known as
b) Vasopressin a) Hydrophily
c) Thyroxine b) Ornithophily
d) Adrenalin c) Anemophily
d) Entomophily
5. The blood pressure is controlled by the
hormone 10. The father of genetics is
a) Vasopressin a) Mendel
b) Oxytocin b) Morgan
c) Oestrogen c) Darwin
d) Testasterone d) Muller

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11. An astronomical unit of distance is d) Galileo


a) a kilomitere
b) light year 16. A stationary elevated object has
c) the average distance from the earth to a) Kinetic energy
the sun b) potential energy
d) none of the above c) momentum
d) both potential and kinetic energy
12. The sun continuously produces an
enormous amount of energy. This is due to 17. On applying a constant force to a mass,
a) nuclear fission it moves with a uniform
b) nuclear fusion a) velocity
c) chemical combustion b) momentum
d) boiling c) acceleration
d) angular velocity
13. The unit of power in SI is
a) Joule 18. A pressure gauge for fluids is called
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a) a hydrometer
c) Joule/ Sec b) a manometer
d) Erg/ Sec c) a lactometer
d) an anemometer
14. Where does the CG of a rubber ring lie?
a) on the outer surface 19. The aneroid barometer uses
b) in the inner surface a) mercury
c) at the centre of the ring b) distilled water
d) none of the above c) alcohol
d) does not use any liquid
15. Who discovered that the free fall
acceleration is the same for any object at a 20. The instrument used to measure
given place? atmospheric pressure is
a) Newton a) Pyrometer
b) Pascal b) Eudiometer
c) Archimedes c) Barometer

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d) Hydrometer 25. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?


a) Panini
b) katyayana
21. Which of the following was the centre c) Jayadeva
of inland trade of the Satavahanas? d) Bharatha
a) Nasik
b) Srikakulam 26. The first image of the Buddha was caved
c) Taraga out during the reign of
d) Surat a) Ashoka
b) Pusyamitra Sunga
22. Which of the following works of c) Kanishka 1
Kalidasa gives information about the d) Menander
Andhras?
a) Sakuntala 27. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art,
b) Malavikagnimitra which flourished during the Kushana period
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a) Greece
b) Rome
23. Whose general was Appolodotus? c) Both (a) and (b)
a) Euthyroid d) China
b) Demetrius
c) Diodotus 28. The worship of images ( of Buddha) in
d) Antichos India began during the period
a) Mauryan
24. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in b) Sunga
the delta of the river c) Kushana
a) Tungabhadra d) Gupta
b) Cauvery
c) Krishna 29. The last great ruling dynasty of
d) Godavari Magadha was
a) Sunga
b) Kanva

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c) Kusana d) Elephant
d) Gupta

30. Kanishka is associated with an era which 34. Nephrons are found inside
is known as a) Liver
a) Vikram era b) Lung
b) Saka-Shalivahan era c) Brain
c) Saka era d) Kidneys
d) Gupta era

35. The rate of heart beat is accelerated by


hormone
a) adrenaline
b) acetylcholine
31. Oxygen transport is a function of c) thyroxine
d) pituitrin
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b) Red Blood Corpuscles
c) Blood Platelets
36. Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles
d) Plasma
belong to the class
a) Aves
32. In plants water is carried upwards by b) Reptilia
a) phloem c) Mammalia
b) paranchyma d) Amphibia
c) xyelm
d) meristem
37. Animals that feed only on dead flash
are
33. The animal that excretes uric acid a) herbivorous
a) Monkey b) carnivorous
b) Lizard c) omnivorous
c) Mouse d) carrion-eaters
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d) Sodioum thiosulphate

38. Carbohydrates are mainly needed for 43. Brine is a solution of


a) growth a) Sodium chloride in water
b) immunity b) Iodine in alcohol
c) repair c) Sulphur in carbon disulphide
d) energy d) Potassium iodide in water

44. Lunar caustic is


39. Most of the enzymes are
a) Calcium sulphate
a) proteins
b) Ammonium chloride
b) lipids
c) Caustic soda
c) acids
d) Silver nitrate
d) alkalis

40. The liver destroys old


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45. The formula for cane sugar is
a) leucocytes a) C6H12O6
b) thrombocytes b) C2H5OH
c) erythrocytes c) C12H22O11
d) lymphocytes d) C7H8O7

41. Which of the following is a halogen?


a) Radon 46. Temporary hardness is due to the
b) Astatine presence of
c) Cesium a) Calcium carbonate
d) Ruthenium b) Calcium bicarbonate
c) Magnesium sulphate
42. The compound used in photography is d) Calcium sulphate
a) Ammonium dichromate
b) Copper sulphate
c) Magnesium sulphate
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47. The compounds produced by plants in 51. Chronometer is an instrument to


the process of photosynthesis are measure
a) Carbohydrates a) heat
b) Proteins b)electric potential
c) Salts c) time
d) Fats d) distance between two points

52. What is the minimum velocity required


48. The metal which reacts most violently for a rocket to overcome earths gravity and
with cold water is travel into space?
a) Calcium a) 18 km/sec.
b) Sodium b) 11.2 km/sec.
c) Magnesium c) 21 km/sec.
d) Potassium d) 35 km/sec.

53. The motion of the pendulum of a wall


clock is an example of
49. Boiler scales contain
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a) linear motion
a) Calcium carbonate b) vibratory motion
b) Magnesium bicarbonate c) rotational motion
c) Calcium sulphate d) none of these
d) Magnesium sulphate
54. The weight of a body is
a) maximum at the equator
50. The first organic compound prepared in b) minimum at the equator
the laboratory was c) minimum at the poles
a) Acetic acid d) the same everywhere
b) Chloroform
c) Urea 55. In which of the following will a piece of
d) Methane iron weight most?
a) in air
b) in an atmosphere of oxygen
c) in an atmosphere of
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d) in vacuum
60. The hydraulic jack to lift heavy vehicles
56. The theory that the earth constituted in automobile service stations is one of the
the center of the universe around which the applications of
sun, and the planets revolved was a) Pascals law
propounded by b) Principle of Archimedes
a) Copernicus c) Boyles law
b) Ptolemy d) Hookes law
c) Newton
d) Kepler

57. The force that keeps a body in a circular 61. The religious movements of Buddhism
motion is called and Jainism were led by _____________.
a) the centripetal force
b) the centrifugal force a) Sudras
c) the frictional force b) Kshatriya Princes
d) all the above c) Vaisyas
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d) Brahmins
58. The earth satellite Aryabhatta was put
in orbit by India on
a) October 20, 1978
b) November 14, 1978 62. Mudra Rakshasa was written by
c) January 26, 1979
____________.
d) April 19, 1975
a) Kalidasa
b) Visakadatta
59. When ice melts, its volume
c) Bana
a) decreases
d) Bharavi
b) increases
c) remains the same until all the ice has
melted and then increases
d) remains the same
63. The capital of the king Kharavela of
Kalinga was ______________.

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a) Taxila b) Athens
b) Pataliputra c) Macedonia
c) Kalinganagara d) Carthage
d) Pushpapura

68. Kanishka was the follower of


64. Chandragupta Mourya _____________.
was_____________. a) Hinduism
a) A benevolent despot b) Jainism
b) Autocrat c) Hinayanism
c) Democrat d) Mahayanism
d) A pious ruler

69. Vardhamana Mahavira died at


______________.
65. The Buddha attained nirvana at a) Pavapuri
______________. b) Kundagrama
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c) Pataliputra
b) Sarnath d) Taxila
c) Sanchi
d) Kusinagara

70. Pushyamitra Sunga was a staunch of


___________.
66. Kautilya hailed from ______________. a) Buddhist
a) Taxila b) Jain
b) Srinagar c) Hindu
c) Pataliputra d) Atheis
d) Nepal
71. The Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder
Day is observed on ____________.
67. Alexander was the son of Philip II of (a) 5th November
_____________. (b) 21st October
a) Sparta (c) 30th October
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(d) 19th November 75. Which is the largest animal in the world
?
(a) Blue Whale
(b) Rhinoceros
(c) Hippopotamus
72. Which one of the colours used in the (d) Elephant
paintings at Ajanta was obtained from (e) None of these
imported Lapis Lazuli?
(a) Red
(b) Blue 76. First Battle of Panipat took place in the
(c) Yellow year
(d) Green (a) 1518
(e) None of these (b) 1526
(c) 1556
(d) 1761
73. Which temple was ransacked by (e) None of these
Mahmud Gazni serveral times ?
(a) Meenakshi Temple
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(b) Golden Temple 77. Homer was the greatest poet of the
(c) Ayodhya Temple language namely:
(d) Somnath Temple (a) Greek
(e) None of these (b) Latin
(c) English
(d) Spanish
74. Which is the capital of Dadra and Nagar (e) None of these
Haveli ?
(a) Kothar
(b) Silvassa 78. Most of the people of the middle-east
(c) Naroli belong to the group of people ?
(d) Kavaratti (a) Alpine
(e) None of these (b) Mediterranean
(c) Nordic
(d) Negro
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(e) None of these (b) 1958


(c) 1959
(d) 1960
79. Which one of the following sweeteners (e) None of these
does not provide any energy to the body ?
(a) Glucose
(b) Fructose 83. Rickets is caused by the deficiency of
(c) Maltose ___________.
(d) Saccharin (a) Vitamin A
(e) None of these (b) Vitamin B
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
80. Obra, where a large thermal power (e) None of these
station has been built, is in ___________.
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh 84. What percentage of farmland in India is
(c) Uttar Pradesh dependent on rainfall ?
(d) Maharashtra
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(a) 70 %
(e) None of these (b) 75 %
(c) 78 %
(d) 80 %
81. Most of the precipitation in India is (e) None of these
____________ in nature.
(a) cyclonic
(b) convectional 85. India did not contribute its troops for
(c) orographic UN peace-keeping operations in
(d) stormy __________.
(e) None of these (a) Korea
(b) Mozambique
(c) Haiti
82. When was television started in India as (d) Bosnia
an experimental service ? (e) None of these
(a) 1957
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86. The first country which recognized the


emergence of Bangladesh was 90. Which one of the following Union
___________. Territories of India has more than one
(a) Sri Lanka district
(b) Soviet Russia (a) Chandigarh
(c) USA (b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) India (c) Lakshadweep
(d) Puducherry
(e) None of these
87. Which Indian ruler conquered Java and
Sumatra ? 91. Who was the Political guru of Gandhiji ?
(a) Rajaraja Chola (a) Dadabhai Nauroji
(b) Rajendra Chola (b) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(c) Samudragupta (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Vikramaditya (d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(e) None of these (e) None of these

88. Raja Rammohun Roy was the founder of


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92. The Headquarters of Asian
______________. Development Bank is at ____________.
(a) Arya Samaj (a) Paris
(b) Brahmo Samaj (b) Washington
(c) Ramakrishna Mission (c) Manila
(d) Prarthana Samaj (d) Canberra
(e) None of these (e) None of these

89. The most industrialized country in Asia


is _____________. 93. The vitamin which is amply found in
(a) Japan South Indian Idli is _____________.
(b) South Korea (a) Vitamin A
(c) Taiwan (b) Vitamin B
(d) Malaysia (c) Vitamin C
(e) None of these (d) Vitamin D
(e) None of these
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98. Which State in the Indian Union is the


94. Acid rain is due to the air pollution by smallest in area ?
(a) Carbon dioxide (a) Sikkim
(b) Carbon monoxide (b) Nagaland
(c) Methane (c) Goa
(d) Nitrous oxide and Sulphur dioxide (d) Asom
(e) None of these (e) None of these

95. A 24-hour hotline for HIV/AIDS


information service is in ____________. 99. The famous Bengal famine took place in
(a) New Delhi the year
(b) Mumbai (a) 1936
(c) Bangalore (b) 1941
(d) Hyderabad (c) 1943
(e) None of these (d) 1915
(e) None of these
96. The river Volga pours its water into the
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(a) Black Sea 100. Triton is a satellite of
(b) Caspian Sea (a) Jupiter
(c) Baltic Sea (b) Mercury
(d) Arabian Sea (c) Uranus
(e) None of these (d) Neptune
(e) None of these
97. The pioneer of the Bhakti Movement in
India was _____________.
(a) Kabir
(b) Ramanand 101. Khaddar soils are found
(c) Tukaram a) in piedmont plains
(d) Shankaracharya b) in flood plains
(e) None of these c) over low plateaux

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d) over steep slopes b) Indus-Ganga Brahmaputra Plain


c) The Peninsular Plateau
102. The minimum forest cover necessary d) The Coastal Plains
to maintain ecological balance is
a) 50% of the total land area 107. What is the standard time of India with
b) 40% of the total land area reference to Greenwich Mean Time?
c) 33% of the total land area a) 5:30 hours slow
d) 25% of the total land area b) 11 hours fast
c) 5:30 hours fast
103. Which of the following is not a part of d) 11 hours slow
the great plains?
a) Indo-Gangetic Divide 108. Ahmedabad is situated on the river
b) Ganga Delta bank of
c) Assam Valley a) Sabarmati
d) Kerala Coastal Plain b) Mahi
c) Luni
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a) Godavari and Palkonda Range
b) Godavari and Jamshedpur 109. Sivasamudram waterfalls is on the
c) Palar and Cauveri river
d) Satpura and Mohadeo-Maikal range a) Krishna
b) Godavari
105. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer c) Mahanadi
passes through the d) Cauvery
a) Central part
b) Northern part 110. Where is Pygmalion Point also known
c) Southern part as Indira Point?
d) Western part a) Lakshadweep
b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
106. Which of the following physiographic c) Rameswaram
feature of India is geologically the oldest? d) Point Calimere
a) Himalayan Mountain Chain

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115. Which one is a water-soluble vitamin?


a) A
b) C
111. The smallest size of cell which can be c) D
seen directly by the eye is d) E

a) 1 micron
b) 10 micron
c) 100 micron 116. The metallic part of hemoglobin is
d) 1000 micron a) copper
b) molybdenum
c) nickel
d) iron
112. Dr. Kharanas work relates to
a) synthesis of simple DNA
b) genetic code
c) reduction of mutation
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d) synthesis of RNA from the bacterial cell 117. Hormones are carried from their place
of production by
a) ducts
113. Tse-Tse fly is the vector of
b) blood
a) malaria parasite
c) lymph
b) try peorosoma
d) musous
c) piroplasm
d) microfilaria
118. Injection of insulin causes
a) increase of glucose in blood
114. Man has _________ pairs of salivary
b) decrease of glucose in blood
glands.
c) increase in blood pressure
a) 3
d) decrease in blood pressure
b) 4
c) 6
d) 8
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119. The gestation period for the elephant 2. Kerosene


is 3. Hydrazine
a) 10 months 4.Alcohol
b) 15 months
c) 22 months
d) 30 months 124. Who founded the Swaraj Party ?
1. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
2. Surendranath Banerjee
120. Diabetes is caused by 3. Hakim Azmal Khan
a) fall in insulin level 4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b) increase in insulin level
c) eating too much sugar
d) decrease in glucose 125. The highest peak of the Western Ghats
is -
121. Freedom fighter Khudiram Bose was 1. Doda - Betta
executed on : 2. gurusikhar
1. 11th August, 1908 3. Anaimudi
2. 31th March, 1911
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4. Kodaikanal
3. 11th August, 1911
4. 29th March, 1931
126. In a storm, the roofs of some houses
are carried away. This is in accordance with
:
122. Who was the last Mughal Emperor ?
1. Bahadur Shah I 1. Law of inertia
2. Akbar II 2. Bernoulli's theorem
3. Shah Alam II 3. Principle of Archimedes
4. Bahadur Shah II 4. Pascal's law

123. Which of the following is used in fuel 127. Which national leader was popularly
to propel rockets ? known as Lokmanya ?
1. Petrol 1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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2. Chittaranjan Das a) Sri John Marshall


3. Bipin Chandra Pal b) RD Banerji
4. Surendranath Banerjee c) A. Cunningham
d) Daya Ram Sahani

128. Which Chinese traveller visited India


132. Jatakas are the stories of
during the time of Harsha Vardhana ?
a) Buddha's life
1. Megasthenes
b) Buddha's previous lives
2. Hieun Tsang
c) The lives of the future Buddhas
3. I- Tsing
d) Great saints of Buddhism
4. Fa - Hien

133. Of all the states in northern India in


129. Wind speed is measured by -
6th century BC which of the following states
1. Anemometer
emerged as the most powerful?
2. Tachometer
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b) Magadha
4. Seismometer
c) Kashi
d) Kosala

130. Who was the only woman ruler of


Delhi sultanate ? 134. Koutilya ( also known as Vishnugupta
1. Meher - Unnisa and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra
2. Mumtaz Mahal which has been compared with
3. Sultan Raziya a) Plato's State
4. None of these b) Machiavelli's Prince
c) Karl Marx's Das Kapital
d) Hitler's Mein Kampf

131. Of the following scholars who was the


first to discover the traces of the Harappan
135. Mohenjo-Daro is situated in
Civilisation?
a) Montgomery district
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b) Larkana district
c) Chandigarh area
140. The last Mauryan king was
d) Gujarat
a) Pushyamitra sunga
b) Ashoka
c) Harsha
136. Mahavira was d) Brihadratha
a) the 20th Tirthankara
b) the 21st Tirthankara 141. Palk Strait separates India from
c) the 23rd Turntables a) Pakistan
d) the 24th Tirthankara b) China
c) Andaman Island
d) Sri Lanka
137. The Buddhist Doctrines were written in
a) Sanskrit
b) Pali
142. Which of the following States of India
c) Tibetan
do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of
d) Not written in any language but orally
transmitted
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a) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
b) Gujarat
c) Karnataka
138. The first Buddhist Council was held at d) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
a) Lumbini
b) Kapilavastu
c) Rajagriha 143. Which of the following Indian islands
d) Avanti lie between India and Sri Lanka?
a) Elephanta
139. "The Indica" was written by b) Nicobar
a) Koutilya c) Rameshwaram
b) Patanjali d) Salsette
c) Megasthanes
d) Panini

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144. One of the states not bisected by the


Tropic of Cancer is
148. The southern-most point in Indian
a) Orissa
territory is in
b) Gujarat
a) Tamil Nadu
c) West Bengal
b) Lakshadweep
d) Rajasthan
c) Trivandrum
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands

145. Which of the following rivers lies in a


rift valley
149. The river Damodar ends in
a) Luni
a) River Ganga
b) Chambal
b) River Hooghly
c) Son
c) The Bay of Bengal
d) Tapi
d) Salt Lake

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146. Which of the following is characterised
150. The amount and intensity of monsoon
by excessive dampness with a thick growth
rainfall is determined by the frequency of
forest and a variety of world life?
a) western disturbances
a) Bhabbar
b) duststorms
b) Bhangar
c) cyclones
c) Terai
d) tropical depressions
d) Khadar

151. Where was the first Buddhist council


147. The Ganga Indus Plain widens organized?
a) from east to west (A) Pataliputra
b) from west to east (B) Kashmir
c) at the middle (C) Nalanda
d) no where (D) Rajgir (Rajgriha)

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152. The great silk route of India was 156. Which of the following magazine had
started by- beam published by Mahatma Gandhi in
(A) Kanishka South Africa?
(B) Chandragupta (A) Navjeevan
(C) Ashoka (B) Indian Opinion
(D) Pushymitra shunga (C) Harijan
(D) African news

153. Who among the following participated


in the revolt of 1857? 157. Lucknow pact was signed between
(A) Sahadat Khan Congress and the Muslim league by the
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil effort of-
(C) Bhagat singh (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(D) Batukeshwar Dutt (B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
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(D) Annie Besant
154. The Gupta ruler who had been titled as
Kaviraj was
(A) Srigupta 158. From which veda classical music has
(B) Chandragupta II been taken?
(C) Samudragupta (A) Rig veda
(D) Skandgupta (B) Samaveda
(C) Yajurveda
(D) Atharva Veda
155. Who was the editor of Samwad
Kaumudi
(A) Raja rammohan Roy 159. Whose disciple was Sheikh Nizamuddin
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Auliya?
(C) Rabindranath Tagore (A) Sheikh Salim Chisti
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterji (B) Jamaluddin Suleman
(C) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
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(D) Baba Farid (D) Hakim Khan Sur

160. Who gave the slogan Jai-Hind? 164. Which of the following dynasties was
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose ruling over North India at the time of
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru Alexaners invasion?
(C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel (A) Nanda
(D) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Sunga
(C) Maurya
(D) Kanva
161. In which language Maratha
newspaper was published by Bal Gagadhar
Tilak? 165. To which religion Sanchi Stupa is
(A) Hindi related?
(B) Marathi (A) Hindu
(C) English (B) Muslim
(D) Gujarati (C) Boudh
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(D) Jain

162. Who rebuilt the top storey of Qutub 165. Hydraulic brakes work on the principle
Minar after it was destroyed by lightning? of ____________.
(A) Iltutmish (A) Bernoullis theorem
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak (B) Pascals law
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq (C) Stocks law
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq (D) Newtons law of motion

163. Who was the commander of the army


of Mahrana pratap in the battle of 166. The rust on the iron is __________.
Haldighati ? (A) Ferrous oxide
(A) Man Singh (B) Ferric oxide
(B) Sawai Singh (C) Sulfur dioxide
(C) Rana Chundawat (D) Sodium chloride
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167. Fibula is the bone of which organ of 171. The red colour of tomato is due to the
the body? presence of _________.
(A) Leg (A) Keratin
(B) Hand (B) Myosin
(C) Mouth (C) Lycopene
(D) Brain (D) Carotene

168. Which of the following is used in 172. What is the source of energy of stars
photography? and sun?
(A) Sodium bromide (A) Electromagnetic induction
(B) Potassium chloride (B) Electrostatic force
(C) Silver bromide (C) Nuclear fission
(D) Sodium sulphate (D) Nuclear fusion
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169. Bleeding from gums is due to the 173. Which of the following colour of the
deficiency of which of the following light has maximum wavelength?
vitamins? (A) Red
(A) Vitamin B (B) Green
(B) Vitamin C (C) Yellow
(C) Vitamin D (D) Violet
(D) Vitamin K

174. Electric flow in metals is by


170. Which of the following is a chemical __________.
change? (A) Neutrons
(A) Melting of iron (B) Protons
(B) Heating of iron (C) Free electrons
(C) Magnetism of iron (D) Protons and neutrons
(D) Rusting of iron
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175. Which of the following is the product 179. Which of the following is essential for
of digestion of proteins? both photosynthesis and respiration?
(A) Carbon dioxide (A) Water
(B) Glucose (B) Oxygen
(C) Lactic acids (C) Sunlight
(D) Amino acids (D) Cytochrome

176. By which of the following process pure 180. Which of the following measurements
water can be obtained from sea water? is not a unit of distance?
(A) Filtration a) Ammeter
(B) Evaporation b) Cubit
(C) Distillation c) Parsec
(D) Fractional distillation d) Angstrom
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177. The sound having the frequency of
more than 20000 Hz is called __________. 181. Pure water freezes at what
(A) Audible temperature?
(B) Subsonic a) 47 F
(C) Infrasonic b) 32 F
(D) Ultrasonic c) 0 F
d) 19 F

178. Which one of the following element is


not obtained by electrolytic process? 182. Which one of the following remains
(A) Sodium constant while throwing a ball upward?
(B) Iron a) Displacement
(C) Calcium b) Kinectic energy
(D) Potassium c) Acceleration
d) Velocity
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187. Force of attraction between the


183. Which law is also called law of inertia? molecules of different substances is called
a) Newton first law a) Surface tension
b) Newton second law b) Cohensive force
c) Newton third law c) Adhesive force
d) All of above d) None of above

184. Solar cell converts 188. What is newton third law of motion?
a) Sound energy into electrical energy a) Every body maintains its initial state rest
b) Electrical energy into mechanical energy or motion unless no external force is
c) Solar energy into electrical energy applied)
d) Electrical energy into light energy b) The rate of change in momentum of a
body is directly proportional to the applied
force on the body and takes place in the
direction of force.
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185. Who discovered Diode Bulb? c) To every action there is equal and
a) Henry Becquerel opposite reaction.
b) Sir J.S. Fleming d) None of above.
c) Lee De Forest
d) Archemedes

189. Which is true?


186. Siphon will fail to work if
a) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
a) both its limbs are of unequal length
pressure is more at centre
b) the temperature of the liquids in the two
b) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
vessels are the same
pressure is less at centre.
c) the level of the liquid in the two vessels
c) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
are at the same height
pressure is same at all points
d) the densities of the liquid in the two
d) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
vessels are equal
pressure is different at all points

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194. The hot, dry, dusty local wind of the


190. 'Each action has an equal and opposite Sahara Desert is known as :
reaction' - this is known as : 1. Sirocco
1. Newton's First Law 2. Mistral
2. Newton's Second Law 3. Chinook
3. Newton's Third Law 4. Harmattan
4. Newton's Fourth Law

195. Blood is :
1. Acidic
`191. How many bones are there in the 2. Alkaline
human body ? 3. Neutral
1. 187 4. Like a buffer
2. 287
3. 206
4. 306 196. Which of the following is responsible
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for geotropic response in the plants ?
1. Gibberellin
192. Herbivores are : 2. Cytokinin
1. Primary consumers 3. Abcisic acid
2. Secondary consumers 4. Auxin
3. Tertiary consumers
4. Decomposers
197. Which of these rivers has inland
drajnage ?
193. Kaziranga wild life sanctuary is famous 1. Sabarmati
for : 2. Luni
1. Lions 3. Narmada
2. Tigers 4. Tapi
3. One - horned rhinocerous
4. Deers
198. Conversation of oils into solid fat is
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known as : 203. Which of the following is used to


1. Oxygenation dissolve noble metal?
2. Nitrogenation (A) Nitric Acid
3. Hydrogenation (B) Aqua regia
4. Fatogenation (C) Sulphuric acid
(D) Hydrochloric acid

200. The oldest mountain system in India is


the - 204. Which of the following is known as
1. Aravallis Devil fish'?
2. Karakoram (A) Pila
3. Vindhyas (B) Sepia
4. Western Ghats (C) Torpedo
(D) Octopus

201. Which rays are mainly used to find out


invisible hand-writings, forged documents
205. Which part of the human body is most
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affected by typhoid?
(A) Ultraviolet rays
(A) Stomach
(B) Infrared ways
(B) Renal
(C) Beta rays
(C) Lungs
(D) Gamma rays
(D) Intestine

202. The property of a body when it resists


206. The halogen which is most reactive is
any change in its motion in a straight path
__________.
or at rest, is called __________.
(A) Chlorine
(A) Reaction
(B) Fluorine
(B) Inertia
(C) Bromine
(C) Capillarity
(D) Iodine
(D) Viscosity

207. Which chemical is used for the


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preservation of foods? (C) Nicotine


(A) Sodium chloride (D) Heroine
(B) Sodium benzoate
(C) Potassium permanganate
(D) Boric acid 212. Which corpuscles are mainly affected
in leukemia?
(A) White blood corpuscles
208. Rearing of silk worm for the (B) Red blood corpuscles
production of silk is called _______. (C) Blood platelets
(A) Silviculture (D) Blood plasma
(B) Apiculture
(C) Sericulture
(D) Pisciculture 213. Cyclotron is a device which -------
(A) Provides energy charged particles.
(B) Measures the pollution level of vehicles
209. Which part of body is responsible for (C) Takes a three dimensional picture
the production of urea? (D) Analyzes the amount of water vapour in
(A) Kidney
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the atmosphere
(B) Spleen
(C) Heart
(D) Liver 214. Flemings lefthand rule is used to
determine -----
210. For which diseases treatment (A) The current flow direction of the
radioactive Iodine is used? magnetic field
(A) Thyroid disease (B) The direction of induced current due to
(B) Blood cancer impact of magnetic field
(C) Hemophilia (C) The direction of current motion in
(D) Skin disease magnetic field.
(D) None of these
211. Which chemical substance is present in
tobacco?
(A) Morphine 215. Which part of human head is
(B) Quinine associated with the beats of lungs and
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heart? (C) Thiruvananthapuram


(A) Spinal cord (D) Kalpakkam
(B) Diencephalon
(C) Hypothalamus 220. Which of the following disease is
(D) Medulla oblongata caused by Virus?
(A) Hepatitis
(B) Tuberculosis
216. Which part of the camera works
(C) Typhoid
similar to that of the retina of humans eye?
(D) Cholera
(A) Lens
(B) Film
221. A fuse wire should have following
(C) Shutter
characteristics -----
(D) None of these
(A) Low melting point, high resistance
(B) High melting point, low resistance
217. What is the normal blood pressure of
(C) Low melting point, low resistance
human?
(D) High melting point, high resistance
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222. Which of the following are
(C) 100 / 140 mm of Hg
decomposers?
(D) 80 / 120 mm of Hg
(A) Animals
(B) Birds
218. Which type of radiation is absorbed by (C) Bacteria and Fungi
the upper layer of the atmosphere? (D) Soil and water
(A) Radio waves
(B) Ultraviolet 223. Which type of coal is used to produce
(C) Infrared thermal electricity?
(D) Visible (A) Bituminous
(B) Anthracite
219. Where is Indira Gandhi Atomic (C) Lignite
Research Center located? (D) Peat
(A) Sriharikota
(B) Mumbai

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224. Which of the following is the substitute


for wool? 229. What is metabolism?
(A) PVC (A) Analysis of bio molecule
(B) Mercerized cotton (B) Catalysis of bio molecule
(C) Polythene (C) Analysis and catalysis of bio molecule
(D) Nylon 6, 6 (D) None of these

225. Which of the following element is 230. Decibel is the unit of __________.
essential for the formation and growth of (A) Intensity of sound
bones and cartilages? (B) Intensity of light
(A) Zinc (C) Frequency of light
(B) Silicon (D) Frequency of sound
(C) Magnesium
(D) Calcium 231. Who is called as the father of
Renaissance in India?
226. What is the minimum distance for (A) Swami Vivekanand
visibility for a common eye? (B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(A) 25 mm
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(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(B) 25 m (D) Keshav Chandra Sen
(C) 25 cm
(D) 1 m
232. Who had shown maximum retaliation
227. Solder is an alloy of _________. against the British?
(A) Tin and zinc. (A) Sikhs
(B) Tin and lead (B) Rajputas
(C) Zinc and lead (C) Marathas
(D) Copper and zinc (D) Mughals

228. An unfertilized human egg has --------


(A) One X chromosome 233. Annie Besant established Home rule
(B) One Y chromosome League in _____.
(C) One X and one Y chromosome (A) 1919
(D) Two X chromosomes (B) 1912
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(C) 1916
(D) 1922 238. Which of the following country is
known as the Country of Pagoda?
(A) Malaysia
234. Shahjahan built Moti Masjid in which (B) Mauritius
city? (C) Myanmar
(A) Jaipur (D) Bhutan
(B) Agra
(C) Delhi
239. Who was the author of Geet Govind?
(D) Lahore
(A) Jaidev
(B) Surdas
(C) Kabir
235. What was the real name of Amir
(D) Raidas
Khusro?
(A) Abdul Khusro
240. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi was
(B) Abdul Hussain
a part of:
(C) Abdul Khan
(D) Abdul Hasan
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(A) Non cooperation movement
(B) Civil Disobedience movement
(C) Quit India movement
236. Which one of the following is correctly
(D) Home Rule movement
matched?

(A) Ellora Shakas


241. Who is known as Quaide Azam?
(B) Meenakshi Temple Pallavas
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(C) Khajuraho Chandelas
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(D) Mahabalipuram Rashtrakutas
(C) Benazir Bhutto
(D) A P J Abdul Kalam
237. Indianisation of Civil Services is done
by ------
(A) Lord Mountbatten
242. The Delhi sultan who imposed Jizya tax
(B) Lord Lytton
on Brahmins was --------
(C) Lord Ripon
(A) Balban
(D) Lord Curzon
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(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq b) Neem


(C) Alauddin Khilji c) Amla
(D) Firoz Tughlaq d)Tulsi

243. Who established Gadar party and in 247. Which of the following is a good
which year? source of Vitamin E ?
(A) Liaquat Ali in 1931 a) Skim milk
(B) V.D Savarkar in 1915 b) Raw tomatoes
(C) Vallabh Bhai Patel in 1919 c) Vegetable Oil
(D) Lala Hardayal in 1913 d) Calfs liver

248. Which one of the following organs


244. Who among the following had not
breaks fat to produce cholesterol?
participated in the battle of 1857?
a) Liver
(A) Nana Sahib
b) Intestine
(B) Tatya Tope
c) Kidneys
(C) Bhagat Singh
(D) Rani Lakshmibai
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d) Lungs

249. Which of the following is warm


245. Who was the Mughal emperor of India blooded animal?
when East India company was established a) Shark
in London? b) Snake
(A) Akbar c) Lizard
(B) Jahangir d) Bat
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Aurangzeb

250. Among the following animals choose


the one having three pair of legs
246. Which plant is called Herbal Indian
_________?
Doctor?
a) Scorpion
a) Mango
b) Bug
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c) Mite 255. Who discovered the polio vaccine?


d) Spider a) Konradzuse
b) Eli Whitnecy
c) Louise Pasteur
251. Dog bite can cause rabies. Which
d) Jones Salk
among the following other animal can also
causes rabies?
a) Bat
b) Donkey 256. Hydrogen bomb is based on the
c) Horse principle of ____________?
d) Crocodile a) Natural radioactivity
b) Nuclear fission
c) Nuclear fusion
252. The plants, which grow under water
d) Artificial radioactivity
stress conditions of deserts are -
a) Sciophytes
b) Epiphytes
c) Xerophytes 257. The father of modern chemistry is
d) Heliophytes
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__________?
a) Lavoisier
b) Dalton
253. DNA stands for
c) Mendeleeff
a) Double Neuron Activation
d) Priestley
b) Dinucleic Acid
c) Degenerated Neuron Activation
d) Deoxyribonucleic Acid
258. Which one of the following substances
does not have a melting
point____________?
254. Who started vaccination? a) Sodium chloride
a) Paul Muller b) Mercury
b) Jonas Edward Salk c) Bromine
c) Edward Jenner d) Glass
d) Robert Frost

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259. Which one of the following elements is a) Number of electrons


the poorest conductor of heat? b) Number of nutron
a) Zinc c) Number of protons
b) Lead d) Total number of protons and neutrons
c) Mercury
d) Sodium
264. Which of the following is produced
during the formation of photochemical
260. Which one among the following agents smog ?
is added to domestic LPG cylinder to help in a) Nitrogen Oxides
the detection of gas leakage? b) Hydrocarbons
a) Chloroform c) Methane
b) Thioethanol d) Ozone
c) Methano
d) Ethanol
265. The oxide of Nitrogen used in medicine
as anaesthetic is ?
261. The photoelectric effect is described as BankExamsToday.com
a) Nitrogen pentoxide
the ejection of electrons from the surface of
b) Nitrous oxide
a metal when _______________?
c) Nitric oxide
a) Electron of suitable velocity impinge on it
d) Nitrogen dioxide
b) Light of suitable wavelength falls on it
c) It is heated
d) It is placed in strong electric fiel
266. Generally the wire of the electric fuse
is made up of ____________.
262. Milk is a ______________?
(A) Nickel
a) Element
(B) Glass
b) Metal
(C) Tin
c) Mixture
(D) Alloy of Tin and glass
d) None of these
267. Dry cell is a type of __________.
(A) Primary cell
263. Atomic number is equal to
(B) Secondary cell
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(C) Tertiary cell (B) Yellow, Green and Red


(D) Quaternary cell (C) Blue, Green and Red
(D) Blue, Green and Yellow
268. Photosynthesis takes place in
_________. 273. Galvanized iron has a coating of
(A) Mitochondria ___________.
(B) Ribosome (A) Aluminum
(C) Chloroplast (B) Silver
(D) Nucleolus (C) Galena
(D) Zinc
269. Which of the following is not a true
fish? 274. Which of the following is not a plant
(A) Star fish hormone?
(B) Saw fish (A) Cytokinins
(C) Guitar fish (B) Ethylene
(D) Pipe fish (C) Gibberellin
(D) Insulin
270. Lead in pencil is made up of _______.
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(A) Coal 275. Rocket works on the principle of --------
(B) Lamp black (A) Conservation of energy
(C) Graphite (B) Conservation of momentum
(D) Lead (C) Bernoullis theorem
(D) Relativity Concept
271. Which of the following instrument is
used to measure blood pressure? 276. Which of the following gas is not a part
(A) Sphygmomanometer of atmosphere?
(B) Hydrometer (A) Chlorine
(C) Multimeter (B) Nitrogen
(D) Salinometer (C) Helium
(D) Oxygen
272. There are three primary colours. These
are ------ 277. When World Environment Day is
(A) Blue, Yellow and Red celebrated?
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(A) 21st June


(B) 5th June
(C) 5th July 282. The Central Arid Zone Research
(D) 21st July Institute (CAZRI) is located at
a) Jaipur
278. What is the unit of resistance? b) Jodhpur
(A) Ampere c) Jaisalmer
(B) Coulomb d) Jallandhar
(C) Henry
(D) Ohm

279. Natural rubber is a polymer of 283. K. Macmillan invented


__________. a) Bicycle
(A) Butadiene b) Barometer
(B) Isoprene c) Calculating Machine
(C) Ethylene d) Centigrade Scale
(D) Styrene
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280. Which one of the following vitamin is 284. Which one among the following
water soluble? radiations carries maximum energy?
(A) Vitamin A a) Ultraviolet rays
(B) Vitamin K b) Gamma rays
(C) Vitamin D c) X- rays
(D) Vitamin B d) Infra red rays

281. The absorption of ink by blotting paper 285. What elements three isotopes have
involves different names?
a) Capillary action phenomenon a) Helium
b) Viscosity of ink b) Oxygen
c) Siphon action c). Carbon
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d) The densities of the liquid in the two


vessels are equal
286. Water is a _____________ Conductor
of electricity.
a) Super conductor 290. Which is true?
b) Bad conductor a) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
c) Speed conductor pressure is more at centre
d) None of these b) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
pressure is less at centre.
c) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
287. Zinc Oxide is pressure is same at all points
a) Acidic d) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
b) Basic pressure is different at all points
c) Neutral
d) Amphoteric
291. Deposits having a fixed period to
maturity are referred as -

288. On which one of the following


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1. Duration deposits
2. Time deposits
conservation laws, does a rocket work?
3. Both of above
a) Mass
4. None of these
b) Energy
c) Linear momentum
d) Angular momentum
292. Currency notes and coins are popularly
termed as -
1. White money
2. Black money
289. Siphon will fail to work it
3. Flat money
a) Both its limbs are of unequal length
4. None of these
b) The temperature of the liquids in the two
vessels are the same
293. Goods that are of durable nature and
c) The level of the liquid in the two vessels
are used in the production process are
are at the same height
known as -

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1. Capital goods 4. None of these


2. District goods
3. Both of above 297. What are consumption goods ?
4. None of these 1. Goods that are consumed when
purchased by thier ultimate consumer are
294. What is cash Reserve Ratio ? known as consumption goods.
1. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction of 2. Goods that are consumed when
deposits of commercial banks must keep purchased by thier ultimate consumer are
with SBI. known as Complexity goods.
2. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction of 3. Both of above
deposits of commercial banks must keep 4. None of these
with RBI.
3. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction of 298. What is High Powered Money ?
deposits of commercial banks must keep 1. The total liability of the monetary
with ICICI authority of the country, SBI, is called the
4. None of these Monetary Base or High Powered Money.
2. The total liability of the monetary
295. What is cdr or the Currency Deposit
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authority of the country, ICICI, is called the
Ratio ? - Monetary Base or High Powered Money.
1. The Currency Deposit Ratio is the ratio 3. The total liability of the monetary
of money held by the public in currency to authority of the country, RBI, is called the
that they hold in bank deposits. Monetary Base or High Powered Money.
2. The Currency Deposit Ratio is the ratio of 4. None of these
money held by the public in currency to
that they hold in Post Office deposits.
3. Both of above
299. What is narrow money ?
4. None of these
1. Currency notes plus coins held by public,
demand deposits held by commercial banks
296. In India, the currency notes are issued
and saving deposits with the Post Office
by -
saving banks are termed as board money
1. SBI
2. Currency notes plus coins held by public,
2. RBI
demand deposits held by commercial
3. ICICI
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banks and saving deposits with the Post 1. Demand deposits


Office saving banks are termed as narrow 2. Requested deposits
money. 3. Application deposits
3. Both of above 4. None of these
4. None of these

302. What is depreciation ?


1. The deletions, which is made from the
300. Most commonly used measured of
value of gross investment in order to
money supply is -
accomodate regular wear is called
1. Net time deposits of the commercial
depreciation.
banks+ currency and coins held by public +
2. The deletions, which is made from the
demand deposits held by the commercial
interest of gross investment in order to
banks. It is also known as aggregate money
accomodate regular wear and tear of
resources.
capital is called depreciation.
2. Net time deposits of the commercial
3. The deletions, which is made from the
banks+ currency and coins held by public +
value of gross investment in order to
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accomodate regular wear and tear of
banks. It is also known as aggregate time
capital is called depreciation.
resources.
4. None of these
3. Net time deposits of the commercial
banks+ currency and coins held by public +
demand deposits held by the commercial
303. What is Statuary Liquidity Ratio ?
banks. It is also known as aggregate
1. Banks are required to maintain a given
monetary resources.
fraction of their total demand and time
4. None of these
deposits in form of specified liquid assets
which is known as Statuary Liquidity Ratio.
2. Banks are required to maintain a given
301. The balance in saving, or current fraction of their total wish and time
account deposits, held by public in deposits in form of specified liquid assets
commercial banks, and used for setting which is known as Statuary Liquidity Ratio.
transactions by means of drawing cheque 3. Banks are required to maintain a given
etc, are known are - fraction of their total need and time
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deposits in form of specified liquid assets (C) Calcium


which is known as Statuary Liquidity Ratio. (D) Magnesium
4. None of these
308. What is the chemical name of baking
soda?
304. New capital formation or net (A) Sodium carbonate
investment is measured as - (B) Sodium bicarbonate
1. Enough investment = Gross investment- (C) Sodium hydroxide
Depreciation (D) Sodium chloride
2. Net investment = Gross investment-
Depreciation 309. Which gas is essential for the process
3. Below investment = Gross investment- of photosynthesis?
Depreciation (A) Nitrogen
4. None of these (B) Hydrogen
(C) Oxygen
(D) Carbon dioxide
305. The coins are issued by -
1. Government of Bangladesh
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310. In sea water which of the following
2. Government of India salts is found in the highest quantity?
3. Government of Pakistan (A) Calcium chloride
4. Government of Sri Lnaka (B) Sodium chloride
(C) Potassium chloride
306. Which of the following vitamin is (D) Potassium permanganate
obtained from sunlight?
(A) Vitamin A 311. Twinkling of stars is due to the effect
(B) Vitamin B of _______.
(C) Vitamin D (A) Refraction of light
(D) Vitamin C (B) Reflection of atmosphere
(C) Refraction of atmosphere
307. Which substance is mixed to stiffen (D) Total internal reflection
rubber?
(A) Sulphur 312. Which one of the following is not a
(B) Iron synthetic fibre?
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(A) Cotton 317. Which metal is used in the filament of


(B) Nylon bulbs?
(C) Polystyrene (A) Copper
(D) Rayon (B) Silicon
(C) Molybdenum
313. The process of formation of vapour (D) Tungsten
from solid camphor is called ________.
(A) Freezing 318. The distance between the successive
(B) Evaporation crests of the wave is called as its
(C) Sublimation ___________.
(D) Condensation (A) Amplitude
(B) Frequency
314. The particles which are present in the (C) Wavelength
nucleus of the atom are __________. (D) Altitude
(A) Proton and electron
(B) Electron and neutron 319. Grey revolution is related to
(C) Proton and neutron production which of the following?
(D) Proton, electron and neutron
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(A) Oilseeds
(B) Fishes
315. Which organ is primarily affected from (C) Pulses
Spondylitis? (D) Cereals
(A) Lung
(B) Vertebral column 320. Who propounded the theory of Purity
(C) Kidney of Gametes?
(D) Liver (A) Mendel
(B) Darwin
316. Which type of mirror is used while (C) Lamarck
shaving? (D) Hugo de Vries
(A) Concave mirror
(B) Convex mirror
(C) Plane mirror
321. Various non-living things such as plants
(D) No specific mirror
and animals, in a habitat, are known ass -

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1. Positive components
2. Abiotic components 325. Earthworms breath thorough -
3. Negative components 1. The Lungs
4. None of these 2. The skin
3. The Chest
322. Photosynthesis in the desert plants is 4. None of these
carries out by -
326. The largest component of air is -
1. Usually by stems
1. Nitrogen
2. Usually by Ripe
2. Oxygen
3. Usually by unripe
3. Carbon Dioxide
4. None of these
4. None of these

327. The process of getting rid of wastes by


the living organisms is known as -
323. The process of changing of water
1. Incretions
vapour is called -
2. Excretions
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3. Both of above
4. None of these
3. Evaporation
4. None of these
328. The layer of air around the earth is
known as -
1. spacecraft
324. What are stimuli ? 2. Atmosphare
1. Changes in our surroundings that make 3. Environment
us respond to them, are called stimuli. 4. None of these
2. Changes in our surroundings that make
us respond to them, are said stimuli 329. Aquatic habitat is -
3. Changes in our surroundings that make 1. The habitat of plants and animals that
us respond to them, are told stimuli live in water
4. None of these 2. The habitat of plants and animals that
live on earth
3. Both of above
4. None of these
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1. unnatural
330. Breathing is the part of a process 2. surroundings
which is known as - 3. Habitat
1. Spiration 4. None of these
2. Respiration
3. Both of above 335. The process through which the plants
4. None of these loss water through leave is known as -
1. Spiration
331. Sea animals intake oxygen with the 2. Transpiration
help of - 3. Both of above
1. Mouth 4. None of these
2. Gills
3. Pectoral Fin
4. None of these
336. New style of Persian known as sbaq-i-
332. Sea animals like dolphins and whales Hindi is said to have developed by -
do not have gills, they breathe in air 1. Adim Khusrau
through -
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2. Nadim Khusrau
1. Nostrils or blowholes 3. Amir Khusrau
2. Mouth 4. None of these
3. Pectoral Fin
4. None of these 337. In the Indian political arrangement's
residuary power are vested with -
333. The stems of the plants of ponds or 1. The Corner
lakes are - 2. The Centre
1. Complete and heave 3. The Side
2. Hollow and light 4. None of these
3. Both of above
4. None of these 338. The credit of development of which
musical instruments is given to Amir
334. The surroundings where organisms live Khusrau ?
is called - 1. Piyano And Tabla
2. Sitar And Tabla
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3. Harmonium And Tabla 343. Loss of vision is caused by the


4. None of these deficiency of -
1. Vitamin A
339. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque is located in 2. vitamin B
- 3. Vitamin C
1. Gujrat 4. vitamin D
2. Bihar
344. The Qutab Minar is said to have
3. Delhi
dedicated to Sufi Saint -
4. None of these
1. Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Karki
2. Sheikh Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki
340. Turks learnt the use of the Arch and
3. Sheikh Qutub-ud-Din Karki B
Dome method from -
4. None of these
1. The Namros
2. The Romans
345. Namdeva was a Bhakti saint in -
3. The Manros
1. Maharashtra
4. None of these
2. New Delhi
341. The preamble to our constitution
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3. Mumbai
4. None of these
makes a solemn resolve to constitute India
into a -
346. Centre-state relations are mentioned
1. Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic
in which part of the Indian Condtitution ? -
Republic
1. Part X
2. Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
2. Part XI
3. Sovereign Socialist Secular
3. Part XII
4. None of these
4. Part XIII
342. Citizenship in included in which part of
347. Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of -
the Indian constitution ?
1. Vitamin A
1. Part I
2. Vitamin B
2. Part II
3. Vitamin C
3. Part III
4. Vitamin D
4. None of these

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348. Directive Principles of State Policy are b) animal charcoal


included in - c) coconut charcoal
1. Part IV of the Indian Constitution d) lamp black
2. Part V of the Indian Constitution
3. Part VI of the Indian Constitution 353. Artificial diamonds were produced by
4. None of these a) Moissan
b) Davy
349. How many fundamental duties are c) Faraday
included in the Indian Constitutain ? d) Marie Curie
1. 10
2. 11 354. Marsh gas is
3. 12 a) ethane
4. 13 b) ethylene
c) acetylene
350. The states, having a population less d) Methane
than that of..., were exempted from
constituting Panchayats at the intermediate 355. The oldest known organic compound is
level, -
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a) urea
1. Ten lakh b) methane
2. Twenty lakh c) acetic acid
3. Thirty lakh d) benzene
4. Fourty lakh
356. Vinegar is the trade name for
a) chloroform
351. Marble is b) acetic acid
a) Calcium carbonate c) phenol
b) sodium carbonate d) carbon tetrachloride
c) magnesium sulphate
d) ferric chloride 357. The scientist who synthesized the first
organic compound (urea) in the laboratory
352. The form of carbon used in was
decolourising suger solution is a) Wohler
a) wood charcoal b) Dalton

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c) Lavoisier c) 1952
d) Fischer d) 1955

358. Methylated spirit is a mixture of 363. The normal life of the House of the
a) methyl alcohol and acetic acid People is five years, but it may be dissolved
b) methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol earlier by the
c) ethyl alcohol and pyridine a) Speaker
d) methyl alcohol and pyridine b) Prime Minister
c) President
359. The simplest hydrocarbon is d) Vice- President
a) benzene
b) methane 364. Mr led the first minority
c) ethane government of the country
d) butane a) Morarji Desai
b) Charan Singh
360. During fermentation, the by- product is c) VP Singh
a) ethyl alcohol d) Chandrasekhar
b) methyl alcohol
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c) Carbon monoxide 365. There shall be a President of India,
d) carbon dioxide according to Article
a) 50
361. Which is the oldest of all the federal b) 51
Constitutions in the world? c) 52
a) Ireland d) 53
b) Canada
c) USA 366. There shall be a Vice-President of
d) Australia India, according to Article
a) 63
362. The French Settlement of Pondicherry b) 64
was ceded to India by the French c) 54
Government in d) 57
a) 1950
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367. What is the final formality without


which no Central Bill can become a law in
371. The Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang,
our country?
called the Prince of Pilgrims visited India
a) Signature of the Prime Minister
during the reign of
b) Signature of the Speaker, Lok Sabha
a) Harsha
c) Signature of the President
b) Chandragupta II
d) none of these
c) Dharampala
d) Devapala
368. During the period 15th August 1947 to
the 26th January 1950, the political status of
372. Harshacharita the biography of Harsha,
India was that of a
was written by
a) Sovereign Republic
a) Banabhatta
b) Dominion in the British Commonwealth
b) Sudraka
of Nations
c) Sri Harsha
c) Sovereign Republic and a member of the
d) Gunadhva
Commonwealth
d) Sovereign State
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373. Harsha was defeated by
a) Sasanka
369. When both the offices of the Speaker
b) king of Valabhi
and Deputy Speaker are vacant, the Duties
c) Bhaskarvarman
of the Speaker shall be performed by a
d) Pulkesin II
member of the Lok Sabha appointed by the
a) Prime Minister
374. Kalhanas Rajatarangini is a work on
b) President
the history of
c) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
a) Kashmir
d) Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
b) Malwa
c) Bengal
370. Business in Parliament can be
d) Gujarat
transacted
a) Only in Hindi
375. Indias earliest contact with Islam was
b) only in English
established through
c) In Hindi or in English
a) Turkish invasions of the 11th
d) In only regional language
12th centuries
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b)Arab invasion of Sindh in the 7th century 380. The worship of images in India began
c) Sufi saints and Arab travellers during the ________ period.
d) Arab merchants of Malabar coast a) Mouryan
b) Sunga
376. The capital of the Pallavas was c) Kusana
a) Madurai d) Gupta
b) Mahabalipuram
c) Kanchi or Conjeevaram
d) Thanjavur
381. The minimum velocity required by a
377. The foundation of the Dravidian style satellite to escape earth's gravitational pull
of architecture in South India was laid by is
a) Pandyas a) 18 km/s
b) Pallavas b) 11.2 km/s
c) Cholas c) 21 km/s
d) Chalukyas of kalyani d) 35 km/s

378. The masterpiece of Chola sculpture is


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382. The period of a
geostationary(synchronous) satellite
the famous Nataraja or the Dancing Shiva orbiting the earth over the equator is
image at a) 16 hours
a) Thanjavur b) 12 hours
b) Chidambaram c) 20 hours
c) Kalahasti d) 24 hours
d) Sri Sailam
383. The escape velocity of a satellite
projected from the surface of the earth is
379. The greatest Kusana ruler, whose independent of
contribution to Buddhism was even greater a) the mass of earth
than that of Ashoka was b) the mass of the satellite
a) Kadphises c) the radius of the earth
b) Kanishka I d) gravitation of the earth
c) Vaishka
384. In compact porous soil, the water rises
d) Huvishka
and evaporates. The rising of the water is
due to
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a) capillarity c) temperature of air and of the liquid


b) cohesion d) all the above
c) adhesion
d) viscosity 390. In a refrigerator, the refrigerant is
a) Nitrogen
385. A temperature below absolute zero for b) Oxygen
an ideal gas c) Chlorine
a) cannot be attained experimentally d) Freon
b) can be attained
c) is impossible
d) does not exist at all
391. The study of flower and flowering
386. Mercury is used in thermometers plants is known as
because a) Bryology
a) it has high thermal conductivity
b) Arthology
b) it has uniform expansivity
c) it has high boiling point and low freezing c) Anthology
point d) Angiology
d) all the above
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392. Chromosome theory of Inheritance
387. Heat is transmitted from one end of a was propounded by
metal rod to its other end by the method of a) Sutton & Boveri
a) conduction
b) Mandel
b) convection
c) radiation c) Muller
d) sublimation d) Beadle & Tatum

388. The mode of travel of heat energy 393. In a gamete there will be
from the sun across the empty space a) One pair of sex chromosomes
beyond the earth's atmosphere is known as b) Only one sex chromosome
a) conduction
c) No sex chromosome
b) convection
d) Only autosomes
c) radiation
d) absorption
394. Which of the following is true?
389. The evaporation rate depends on a) Theophrastus is known as Father of
a) the nature of the liquid Botany
b) area of the exposed surface of the liquid
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b) Aristotle is known as Father of Zoology c) Jacob & Monod


c) Agrostology is study of Grass d) Johanson
d) All are True
400. Saurology is the study of
395. The Green Revolution in India owes a) Snakes
much to b) Fossils
a) M.S. Swaminathan c) Lizards
b) T.S. Venkataraman d) Arteries and Veins
c) Norman Borlaug
d) Prime Minister

396. The study of factors connected with


401. Mutations could be created by X- rays.
the improvement of Human Race is called
This is found by
a) Evolution
a) Muller
b) Eugenics
b) Morgan
c) Euthenics
c) Meyer
d) Etiology
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d) Flemming

397. Genes are made of


402. Hormone promoting maleness in
a) Carbohydrates
flowering plants is
b) Proteins
a) Indole Acetic Acid
c) Fats
b) Kinetin
d) Nucleotides
c) Cytokinin
d) Gibberellin
398. Gerontology is the study of
a) Skin
403. An inherited characteristic which does
b) Ageing
not appear in one generation but can
c) Grape Wine
appear in the next is called
d) Liver
a) dominant
b) recessive
399. Who coined the term Gene?
c) homozygous
a) Mandel
d) heterozygous
b) Devries

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404. Maize is attacked by


a) Phytophthora 409. Find the wrong one.
b) Pythium a) Cell wall is present in Animal Cell
c) Ustilago b) Plastid is present in Animal cell
d) Puccinia c) Centromeres is present in Plant Cell
d) All are flase
405. Necrosis is a symptom which is
recognized by 410. A Bead like structure found on
a) Pattern colouration on leaves Chromosome is called
b) little leaves a) Nucleus
c) out growth b) Gene
d) death of tissues c) Leucoplast
d) Chromoplast
406. Which of the following is True?
a) Longest cell is Neuron
411. The first national Emergency declared
b) Schilden and Schwan established Cell
in October 1962 lasted till
Theory
c) The word Cell was coined by Robert
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a) 1965
b)1966
Hooke
c)1967
d) All are True
d)1968

407. Which of the following is True?


412. Until the year______________, a no-
a) Ribosome Palade
confidence motion was never moved in the
b) Lysosome De Duve
Lok Sabha
c) Centrosome Boveri
a) 1962
d) All are True
b)1964
c)1965
408. __________ is known as the Kitchen of
d)1963
the Cell?
a) Vacoule
413. Which state is covered by Article 370
b) Nucleus
of the Constitution?
c) Chloroplast
a) Arunachal Pradesh
d) Golgi Body
b) Mizoram
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c) Jammu and Kashmir


d) Haryana 418. The first Prime Minister of Jammu and
Kashmir was
414. The maximum membership of the a) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Rajya Sabha is limited to b) Maharaja Sri Hari Singh
a) 240 c) Yuvaraj Karan Singh
b) 245 d) Dr Farooq Abdullah
c) 250
d) 260 419. Appointment of District Judges in a
State shall be made by the
415. Who enjoys the right to impose a) Governor of the state
reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental b) Governor of the state in consultation
Rights of citizens? with the High Court of the State
a) The President c) State Public Service Commission
b) Union Parliament d) State Chief Secretary
c) The Prime Minister
d) The Supreme Court 420. Rajha Sabha is considered to be a
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permanent House because
416.State Legislatures have ________ role a) its members never retire
in the election of the Vice-President of India b) the House is never dissolved
a) a specific c) one-third of its members retire after
b) no every 2 years
c) an indirect d) one-fourth of its members retire after
d) a conclusive every 3 years

417. Fundamental Duties are


a) proclaimed during an emergency by the
421. The famous ruler of ancient India who
President
is said to have been converted to Jainism,
b) enshrined in the Constitution
towards the end of his life, is
42nd Amendment (1976)
a) Bindusara
c) not provided for in the Indian
b) Samudragupta
Constitution
c) Chandragupta
d) provided for by an Act of Parliament
d) Ashoka
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c) Doctrine
422. The harappan economy was primarily d) Knowledge
_____________ in nature .
a) Rural 427. The Kushan rule was brought to an end
b) Industrial by
c) Urban a) The Nagas
d) Capitalist b) The Britishers
c) Samudragupta
423. Who was the first Muslim invader to d) The Hindu Shahi Dynasty
enter India?
a) Mohammed Ghauri 428. Ashoka has been particularly
b) Mohammed-bin-Qasim influenced by the Buddhist monk
c) Mohammed Ghazni a) Ambhi
d) Qutab-ud-din Aibak b) Upagupta
c) Asvaghosha
424. The best specimens of Mauryan art are d) Vasubandhu
represented by their
a) Stupas
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429. During Kanishka's reign, the centre of
b) Pillars political activity shifted from Magadha to
c) Chaityas a) Delhi
d) Caves b) Ayodhya
c) Kannauj
425. Who among the following was the d) Purushapura (peshawar)
founder of the Nanda dynasty?
a) Mahapadma Nanda 430. Which of the following contributes
b) Ashoka Nanda most for the revival of Sanskrit language?
c) Dhana Nanda a) Kushanas
d) None of the above b) Mauryas
c) Guptas
426. The word 'Veda' has been derived d) Indo-Greeks
from the root word 'Vid' which means
a) Divinity
b) Sacredness

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431. The first woman to become the Prime (d) The Parliament
Minister in the world was ____________. (e) None of these
(a) Smt. Indira Gandhi
(b) Smt. Margaret Thatcher
(c) Smt. Srimavo Bhandarnaike 435. Oldest Botanical Garden present in our
(d) Smt. Kim Campbell country is at __________.
(e) None of these (a) Bangalore
(b) Kolkata
(c) Lucknow
(d) Srinagar
(e) None of these
432. Acetamide is
(a) Neutral
(b) Basic 436. The capital of Haryanka king Bimbisara
(c) Acidic was _____________.
(d) Amphoteric (a) Vaishali
(e) None of these (b) Ujjain
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(c) Rajgira or Girivaraja
(d) Champa
433. New Economic Policy deals with (e) None of these
(a) Privatisation
(b) Globalisation
(c) Liberalisation 437. The principal patrons of Gandhara art
(d) All the above were _____________.
(e) None of these (a) Mauryas
(b) Satavahanas
(c) Sakas and Kushanas
434. Who is authorised to impose (d) All of the above
reasonable restriction on Fundamental (e) None of these
Rights ?
(a) The Supreme Court
(b) The President 438. Which of the following pairing is
(c) The Prime Minister incorrect ?
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(a) Gujarat-Ahmedabad 442. Name the instrument used for


(b) Arunachal Pradesh-Itanagar measuring humidity
(c) Assam-Dispur (a) barometer
(d) Nagaland-Kohima (b) thermometer
(e) None of these (c) hygrometer
(d) hydrometer
(e) None of these
439. Name the place where Gautam
Buddha was born __________.
(a) Bodh Gaya 443. The first US President who visited India
(b) Kushinagar was _____________.
(c) Lumbini (a) Kennedy
(d) Pavapuri (b) Eisenhower
(e) None of these (c) Jimmy Carter
(d) Georage Washington
(e) None of these
440. Which is the largest sea in the world ?
(a) South China Sea
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(b) Mediterranean Sea 444. India's BSF was organised on
(c) Black Sea (a) December 1, 1965
(d) Red Sea (b) August 15, 1965
(e) None of these (c) January 30, 1948
(d) April 28, 1922
(e) None of these
441. Scholar Amir Khusro was patronised by
the ruler
(a) Akbar 445. The headquarters of the UN University
(b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlak is located at _____________.
(c) Shahjahan (a) Geneva
(d) Babur (b) Bonn
(e) None of these (c) Tokyo
(d) New York
(e) None of these
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450. Which one of the following languages


is spoken by the largest number of persons?
(a) English
446. Electromagnetic waves in nature are (b) Chinese
(a) longitudinal (c) Hindi
(b) longitudinal stationary (d) Russian
(c) transverse (e) None of these
(d) transverse stationary
(e) None of these
451. Which one of the following is an egg
laying mammal?
(a) Spiny ant-eater
447. Which one of the following is a (b) Scaly ant-eater
protein? (c) Bat
(a) Rayon (d) Whale
(b) Terycotton (e) None of these
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452. Which one of the following has the
longest duration?
448. In which of the following dance forms (a) Era
has Sanjukta Panigrahi excelled? (b) Eons
(a) Bharatanatyam (c) Period
(b) Odissi (d) Epoch
(c) Kathak (e) None of these
(d) Kuchipudi
(e) None of these
453. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the
Planning Commission?
449. Who was the first 'Bharat Ratna' (a) Prime Minister
awardee to be elected President of India? (b) Finance Minister
(a) Dr. Rajemdra Prasad (c) Planning Minister
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan (d) Vice-President
(c) Dr. Zakir Hussain (e) None of these
(d) Shri V. V. Giri
(e) None of these
454. An instrument to detect the purity of
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milk is (c) Bhaskar


(a) Lactometer (d) Dhanvantari
(b) Hygrometer (e) None of these
(c) Manometer
(d) Sonometer
(e) None of these 459. McMohan line is the border between
(a) India and China
(b) India and Nepal
455. Martyr's Day is observed on (c) India and Pakistan
(a) 30 January (d) India and Burma
(b) 5 September (e) None of these
(c) 2 October
(d) 7 December
(e) None of these 460. National Calendar of India is based on
which 'Samvat':
(a) Vikram Samvat
456. Who among the following is known as (b) Saka Samvat
'Iron Man of India'. (c) Christian Era
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(e) None of these
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
(e) None of these 461
The largest continent is
(a) Africa
457. Where was the first Peasant (b) Asia
Movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi? (c) Australia
(a) Bardali (d) America
(b) Danoh
(c) Champaran
(d) Wardnu
(e) None of these
462
The state in which the real power emanates
458. Who among the following wrote a from the people is a
treatise on medicine in ancient India? (a) Socialist state
(a) Aryabhatta (b) Sovereign State
(b) Charaka (c) secular State
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(d) Democratic State The United Nations Organisation came into


existence on
(a) Oct. 24, 1944
463 (b) Oct. 24, 1945
The same person cam be re-elected as the (c) Oct. 24, 1946
President of India ? (d) Oct. 24, 1947
(a) Once only
(b) twice
(c) Any number of times 468
(d) Three-times The project that was across the Ganges is
(a) Hirakud
(b) Kosi
464 (c) Bhakra Nagal
The Governor is appointed by (d) Farakka
(a) prime Minister
(b) Chief Minister
(c) President of India 469
(d) Chief justice The creation Pakistan was first advocated
by
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(a) Syed Ahmed Khan
465 (b) Muhammad Iqbal
The Annapurna peak is situated in (c) M.A. Jinnah
(a) Himalayas (d') Ali brothers'
(b) Vindhyas
(c) Nilgiris
(d) Aravallis 470
Murrah breed of buffaloes is found in
(a) Central region
466 (b) North- eastern region
The position of India in the world according (c) North- western region
to its size is (d) Southern region
(a) Second
(b) Fifth
(c) First 471
(d) Seventh Vimana style of Architecture in temple is
the contribution of
(a) Cholas
467 (b) Rashtrakutas
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(c) Chalukyas
(d) Pallavas

476
472 In India the major export of iron ore is from
What is the minimum age laid down for a (a)Visakhapatnam
person to seek election to the Rajya Sabha? (b) Paradip
(a) 21 years (c) Marmugao
(b) 25 years (d) Haldia
(c) 30 years
(d) 35 years
477
Which one of the following was an ancient
473 Janapada?
The president may nominate two members (a) Panchala
of Lok Sabha belonging to (b) Tamralipti
(a) Anglo -Indian Community (c) Amaravati
(b) Indian Chirstains (d) kanchipuram
(c) Parsee Community
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478
474 The Vedic god to whom largest number of
The largest rice- producing State in India is hyums are addressed in the Rigveda is
(a) Andhra Pradesh (a) Varuna
(b) Kerala (b) Rudra
(c) Uttar Pradesh (c) Indra
(d) West Bengal (d) agni

479
Which one of the following is the youngest
475
folded mountain range in India?
Whom dos the president sen his resignation
(a) Aravalli Hills
letter to
(b) Eastern Ghats
(a) Vice-m President
(c) Western Ghats
(b) Prime Minister
(d) Himalayas
(c) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(d) Solicitor-General
480
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The Akbarnama was written by (a) 1947


(a) Abdul Fazal (b) 1948
(c) Ibn Batuta (c) 1951
(c) Badauni (d) 1952
(d) Fersishta
485
The President of the Constituent Assembly
481 of India was
The Permanent Settlement was introduced (a) Jawaharlal Nehru
by Cornwallis in 1793 in (b) Rajendra Parsad
(a) Madras and Bombay (c) B.R. Ambedkar
(b) Bihar and Madras (d) Alladi Krishnaswami
(c) Bangal and Bihar
(d) Bengal and Bombay 486
' Who was the founder if Nalanda University
?
482 (A) Harshvardhan
Who among the following was associated (b) Chandragupta II
with the azad Hind Fauj ? (c) Kumargupta I
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(d) Gopal
(b) Shah Nawaz khan
(c) Asaf Ali 487
(d) Ali Zaheer Which one of the following colours has the
longest wavelenght?
(a) Green
483 (b) Yellow
The Constitution of India has laid down that (c) Blue
the two Houses of Parliament must be (d) Red
summoned at least
(a) once a year 488
(b) twice a year Mho is a unit of
(c) Thrice a year (a) Potential differnce
(d) four times a year (b) Current
(c) specific resistance
(d) conductance
484
The First year plan was launched in India in 489
the year
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The number of neutrons in the nucleus of The Ghadar (Rebellion) party in the USA
31 P is was formed by
(a) 15 (a) Bhai Parmanand
(b) 16 (b) Lala Hardayal
(c) 31 (c) Raja Mahendra Pratap
(d) 46 (d) Baba Gurmukh Singh

490
Which one of the following lists of four 494
planets in our solar System is arranged The person who went to England and shot
according to their distance from the sun? General Dyer dead to avenge the
(a) Mercury, Venus, Earth , Mars Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was
(b) Earth, Venus, Mars , Mercury (a) Bhagat Singh
(c) Mars, Venus, Earth, Mercury (b) Madan Lal Dhingra
(d) Mercury, Earth, Mars, Venus (c) Veer Savarkar
(d) Udham Singh
491
Azad Hind Fauj ( Indian National Army) was
organised by 495
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Myanmar was separated from India in the
(b) Subhas Chandra Bose year
(c)Mohit sen (a) 1919
(d) Rani Lakshami Bai` (b) 1925
(c) 1935
(d) 1945

492.
496
According to the quantity theory, the
Who was the author of Religion of Man?
quantity of money determines the
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(a) Interest rate
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Level of real output
(c) S. Radhakrishan
(c) Price level
(d) Aurobindo Ghosh
(d) Level of employment

497
Which of the following is the most porous
493
rock ?
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(a) Basalt (d) Thimpu


(b) Granite
(c) Sandstone
(d) slate 502
kalahari Desert is in the Country of
(a) south Africa
498 (b) china
Western Ghats belong to which type of (c) Botswana
vegetation? (d) Kenya
(a) Mangrove
(b) Deciduous
(c) Tropical 503
(d) Hill Forest The head office of Asian Development Bank
is Located in
499 (a) Kuala Lumpur
Which of the following terms is used for the (b) Tokyo
thick/forests of the equatorial region of (c) Bangkok
South America? (d) Manila
(a) Llanos
(b) Campos BankExamsToday.com
(c) Pampas 504
(d) Selvas According to the Indian Constitution,the
time gap between two session of
parliament should not exceed
500. (a)two months
Which of the following is farthest from the (b) three months
sun? (c) six months
(a) Mercury (d) four months
(b) Mars \
(c) Neptune
(d) Uranus 505.
The Civil Service in India was organised by
501 (a) Sir john shore
Which of the following towns is situated (b)Lord William Bentinck
from the highest altitude? (c) Lord cornwallis
(a) Lhasa (d) Lord Auckland
(b) Kathmandu
(c) Gartole
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Which of the following objectives is set


506 forth in the preamble?
In which way Sarnath is associated with (a) Social -Economic and Political justice
Lord Buddha? (b) Liberty ,Equality and Fraternity
(a) He resided there (c) National Sovereignty
(b) he was born there (d) All of the above
(c) He ruled there
(d) He preached his first sermon there
511
The structure of the Union Government is
507 shaped after the Models of the
The Indian Institute of Advanced study is (a) Canadin Constitution
located in which city? (b) Australian Constitution
(a) Bengaluru (c) American Constitution
(b) Shimla (d) British Constitution
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Bhopal
(d) None of these

508 BankExamsToday.com
512. Lac is secreted by
\Who was the person behind conversion of a) trees like rubber
East India Company from a trading b) certain kinds of birds
Company into Regional power? c) some animals
(a) Lord Warren Hastings d) a certain type of insect which feeds on
(b) Lord Clive the saps of trees such as Palas, Ber and
(c) Lord Dalhausie
Kusum
(d) Lord Wellesely

513. Gujarat is noted for the cultivation of


509 a) Cotton
The First Trade Union in India was b) Sugercane
(a) Bombay Postal Union c) Saffron
(b) Madras Labour Union d) Jute
(c) Printers Union Of India
(d) All India Trade Union Congress
514. Black soil derived from volcanic rocks,
with humus is suitable for growing
510 a) rice
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b) wheat 519. The Hirakud Project harnesses the


c) cotton water of the ____________ river.
d) grapes a) Ganga
b) Sutlej
515. Which of the following is a rabi crops? c) Mahanadi
a) Cotton d) Tapi
b) Mustard
c) Maize 520. The Talcher Thermal Power Station is
d) Rice in
a) Orissa
516. The Satpura Thermal Power Station is b) Maharashtra
in c) West Bengal
a) Uttar Pradesh d) Meghalaya
b) Jammu and Kashmir
c) Madhya Pradesh 521. The Damodar Valley Project concerns
d) Maharashtra two States
a) Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh
517. Tobacco was introduced into India by
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b) West Bengal and Bihar
the c) Maharashtra and Karnataka
a) Chinese d) Haryana and Punjab
b) Portuguese
c) English 522
d) French Yen is the currency of
(a) Russia
(b) Pakistan
518. In which of the following areas of India
(d) France
is there an overlapping plantation of tea (d) Japan
and coffee? (d) None of these
a) North-east
b) North-west
c) South-west
d) South-east
523.
D.D.T. Is a/an
(a) Fungicide
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(b) Insecticide (b) Jodhpur


(c) Manure (c) Nagpur
(c) Explosive (d) Kolkata
(d) None of these
528
Which is the highest gallantry Award ?
524 (a) Bharat Ratna
Which of the following Indian states has the (b) Param Veer Chakra
longest coast line ? (c) Ashok Chakra
(a) Andhra Pradesh (d) Shaurya Chakra
(b) Gujarat (e) None of these
(c) Kerala
(d) Maharashtra 529
(d) NOne of these Who is the author of Religion of Man?
(a) Mahatma Gandhi
525 (b) Ravindra Nath Tagore
Green colour plants is due to the presence (c) Sarvapalli Radha Krishan
of (d) Aurobindo Ghosh
(a) Sodium (e) None of these
(b) Phosphorus BankExamsToday.com
(c) ChlorophyII 530
(d) Iron The leading producer of petroleum in India
(e) None of these is
(a) Maharashtra
526 (b) Gujarat
India-born American Scientist, (c) Assam
Subramanium Chandarsekhar had won the (d) Tamil Nadu
Nobel Prize for his work in the area of (e) Bihar
(a)Nuclear medicine
(b)Biochemistry
(c) Astrophysics 531
(d) Molecular biology What is the minimum legal age of marriage
(e) None of these for girls in India?
(a) 16 years
527 (b) 18 years
Among the following cities, Which one is (c) 21 years
nearest to the Topic of Cancer? (d) 23 years
(a) Delhi (e) None of these
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(c) Rubber
532 (d) Graphite
"Sati" system was abolished by (e) None of these
(a) Lord Maculay
(b) Lord Auckland 537
(c) Lord Dalhousie The smallest plants on the earth are the
(d) Lord Curzon (a) Ferns
(E) None of these (b) Algae
(c) Fungi
533 (d)Bacteria
Moraji Desai became the Prime Minister of (e) NOne of these
India in the year
(a) 1977 538
(b) 1976 Who amongst the following has written the
(c) 1978 famous book The path to power?
(d) 1980 (a) Bill Clinton
(e) None of these (b) V.P. Singh
(c) Margaret Thatcher
534 (d) Mikhail Gorbachev
With which sports is Geet Sethi associated BankExamsToday.com
(e) Kilm Young Sam
(a) Cricket
(b) Billiards 539
(c) Football Which of the following gasses makes the
(d) Basketball major proportion of air?
(e) nine of these (a) Carbon dioxide
(b) Argon
535 (c) Nitrogen
Laws of genetics were discovered by (d) Oxygen
(a) Geogor Mondel (e) Chlorine
(b) Chrales Darwin
(c) C.V. Raman 540.
(d) Thomas alva Edison Panjshir Valley which is very famous in
tourist, is situated in
536 (a) Afganistan
Which of the following is a good conductor (b) Pakistan
of electricity? (c) India
(a) PVC (d) Turkmenistan
(b) Glass
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541 (b) Sugar and Water mixture


The Bailadila mines is a rich source of which (c) Wood
of the following? (d) Sand and sugar mixture
(a) Iron ore (e) None of these'
(b) Coal
(c) Copper ore 546. On the following types of
(d) Diamonds electromagnetic radiation which has the
(e) Zinc ore longest wave-length?
a) ultraviolet rays
542 b) gamma rays
The quorum of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha c) radio waves
is d) infrared waves
(a)1/10 of the local membership
(b) 1/5 of the total membership 547. Of the following which has got the
(c) 1/6 of the total membership highest frequency?
(d) 1/8 of the total membership a) ultraviolet rays
b) gamma rays
543 c) radio waves
The kalinga Prize is given by which of the d) infrared waves
following organisation/world bodies? BankExamsToday.com
(a) UNICEF 548. Radio waves sent out by radio stations
(b) UNESCO are reflected by
(c) IAEA a) troposphere
(d) Rajiv Gandhi Foundation b) stratosphere
(e) None of these c) mesosphere
d) ionosphere
544
What is the currency of France? 549. The maximum range of most T.V
(a) Rupee signals is from 121 to 240 km only because
(b) Pound a) The curvature of earth limits the range
(c) Dollar of reception
(d) Euro b) the signals are weak
(e) None of these c) the signals are absorbed by air
d) the antennae are not powerful enough
545
Which amongst the following is a 550. rays from the headlight of a motor car
homogeneous mixture? are rendered parallel by suitably using
(a) Cloud a) a convex mirror behind it
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b)a concave lens behind it (d) Mizoram


c) a concave mirror in front of it
d) a concave mirror behind it

551. Which of the following has the highest 556


refractive index? One of the following was a renowned
a) Crown glass musician in Akbar's Court ?
b) Water (a) Birbal
c) Flint glass (b) Abul Fazal
d) Diamond (c) Tansen
(d) Todarmal
552. When light travels from one medium (e) None of these
to another there is a chance in its
a) velocity 557
b) wavelength The headquarters of the International Court
c) frequency of Justice is located ta
d) both (a) and (b) (a) Hague
(b) Geneva
553. we see the sun before it actually rises (c) Rome
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(d) Vienna
a) refraction (e) None of these
b) reflection
c) total internal reflection 558
d) parallax Which of the following is not mentioned in
the Constitution of India ?
554. Diamond shines because of its (a) U.P.S.C.
a) purity (b) Finance Commission
b) hardness (c) Planning Commission
c) high density (d) Election Commission
d) high refrective index and low critical (e) NOne of these
angle
559.
555 Who Said "Swaraj is my birth right and I will
People's Liberation Army has been formed have it "?
in on of these States (a) Lokmanya Tilak
(a) Assam (b) Pandit Nehru
(b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Lajpat Rai
(c) Nagaland (d) B.R. Ambedkar
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(e) None of these The minimum marriage year under the law
for a male i India is
560. (a) 20 Years
Rusting of Iron is an Example of (b) 16Years
(a) Decompostion (c) 25 years
(b) Redioactive Decay (d) 18 years
(c) Oxidation (2) None of these
(d) Reduction 565.
(e) None of these Which one of the following substances is
the hardest ?
561. (a) Diamond
Who was the author of Mahabharat? (b) Brass
(a) Valmiki (c) steel
(b) Ved Vyas (d) Iron
(c) Tujsi Das (e) None of these
(d) Kalidas '
(e) None of these
566.
562. "Zero" was invented by the
Which of the following countries has the BankExamsToday.com
(a) Indians
highest population in the world ? (b) Arabs
(a) China (c) Greeks
(b) India (d) Egyptians
(c) USA (e) None of these
(d) Russia
(e) None of these 567.
The major constitution of air is
563. (a) Oxygen
Under the Indian constitution the power (b) Carbon dioxide
dissolving the Lok Sabha rests with (c) Nitrogen
(a) The prime Minister (d) Hydrogen
(b) The President (e) None of these
(c) The Speaker
(d) Council of Ministers 568.
(e) None of these Who was the originator of "Bhoodan
Movement" ?
564 (a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) Motilal Nehru
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(c) Acharya Kriplani 573.


(d) Acharya Vinoba Bhave Increase of Carbon dioxide in atmosphere
(e) None of these causes
(a) Fall in earth's Temperature
569 (b) Rise in earth's temperature
Konark sun Temple is situated in (c) Increase in ultraviolet rays
(a) Karnataka (d) Uniformity in earth temperature
(b) U.P. (e) None of these
(c) Orissa
(d) Bihar 574.
(e) None of these Renaissance first started in
(a) Germany
570. (b) Russia
The remains of Vijaynagar Empire can be (c) Portugal
found in (d) India
(a) Bijapur (e) None of these
(b) Golconda
(c) Hampi 575.
(d) Jaipur Who was the leader of the 1857 revolt at
(e) None of these BankExamsToday.com
kanpur ?
(a) Ranjit singh
571. (b) Rani Jhansi
The land of the midnight sun is (c) Tantya Tope
(a) Belgium (d) Nana Saheb
(b) Russia (e) None of these
(c) Japan
(d) Norway 576.
(e) None of these Richter scale is used to measure
(a) Wind intensity
572. (b) Speed of lightning
Which of the following subjects does not (c) Depth of ocean
belong to the Union List? (d) Magnitude of earthquakes
(a) Atomic energy (e) None of these
(b) Defence
(c) public Health and Sanitation 577.
(d) Post and Telegraph The theory of relativity was put forth by
(e) None of these (a) Albert Einstein
(b) Edison
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(c) Galileo Quit India Movement was started in the


(d) Newton year
(e) None of these (a) 1939
(b) 1941
578. (c) 1942
Radioactivity was first discovered by (d) 1945
(a) Pasteur (e) None of these
(b) Newton
(c) Watson 583.
(d) Madam Curie "Durand Line" Marks the frontier between
(e) None of these (a) Iran and Iraq
(b) Pakistan and India
579. (c) Russia and China
The largest paninsula in the world is (d) India and China
(a)Southern India (e) None of these
(b) Eastern India
(c) Alaska 584.
(d) Labrador The film " Gandhi" was produced by
(e) Arabia (a) Satyajit Ray
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(b) Shayam Benegal
580. (c) Mrinal Sen
Fishes respire through (d) Richard Attenborough
(a) Lungs (e) None of these
(b) Nose
(c) Heart
(d) fins 585.
(e) None of these The river which flows between Vindhya and
Satpura ranges is
581. (a) Narmada
The unit of energy produced by food in the (b) Tapti
human body is called (c) Mahanadi
(a) Watt (d) Godavari
(b) DNA
(c) Calorie
(d) Ampere
(e) None of these 586.
Ozone can be detected by Using
582. (a) Na
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(b) Ag (e) None of these'


(c) Hg
(d) Ar 591.
Which of the following is the German
587. Airline ?
Zurich, which is known as the financial (a) Lufthansa
capital of Europe, is situated in which (b) Transworld Airline
country ? (c) Aeroflot
(a) Switzerland (d) Cathay Pacific
(b) France (e) United Airlines
(c) Italy
(d) The Netherlands 592.
(e) None of these The Science dealing with the production,
control and application of very low
588. temperatures is known as
National Dairy Research Institute is located (a) Cryogenics
at which of the following places ? (b) Iconography
(a) Karnal (c) Osteology
(b) Ghaziabad (d) Ethology
(c) Baroda BankExamsToday.com
(e) Cytology
(d) Patiala
(d) None of these 593.
Lunishree , a high yielding seed, is a variety
589. of
The largest reserve of 'Sal' forests is found (a) rice
in (b) wheat
(a) Dehradun Valley (c) groundnut
(b) Nilgiri Hills (d) pea
(c) the Aravallis (e) potato
(d) Eastern peninsula
594.
590. Manipur is located on the border of which
Which of the follwing is the capital of country ?
United Arab Emirates ? (a) Pakistan
(a) Sharjah (b) Nepal
(b) Dubai (c) Bhutan
(c) Abu Dhabi (d) Bangladesh
(d) Ras-al-Khaimah (e) Myanmar
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Sitara Devi is a meastro of which of the


595. following dance forms ?
The change of season on earth is caused by (a) Odissi
which of the following ? (b) Kathak
(a) The earth rotating on its own axis (c) Kuchipudi
(b) The Moon revolving around the Earth (d) Bharatanatyam
(c) The Earth revolving around the sun (e) None of these
(d) The sun rotating on its own axis
(e) None of the above 600.
The term 'Billion' is an expression of which
596. of the following?
Which of the following is the currency of (a) Ten lakhs
Italy ? (b) Ten millions
(a) Dollar (c) Hundred lakhs
(b) Shilling (d) Hundred crores
(c) Rial (e) None of these
(d) Euro
(e) None of these 601.
Nine Degree Channel Separatres
597. BankExamsToday.com
(a) Daman and Diu
The Headquarters of SAARC is located in (a) Car Nicobar and Great Nicobar
which city ? (c) North Andaman and South Andaman
(a) New Delhi (d) Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
(b) Colombo (e) None of the above
(c) Islamabad
(d) Kathmandu 602.
(e) None of these The study of written records and their
authenticity is known as
598. (a) Phrenology
Which of the following plants/institutes of (b) Cytology
Indian Railways is located at Kapurthala ? (c) Chronology
(a) Wheel and Axle Plant (d) Lexicography
(b) Institute of Rail Transport (e) Philology
(c) Rail Coach Factory
(d) Diesel Locomotive Works 603
(e) None of the above The two destinations, Guwahati and Imphal
' are connected by
599. (a) Only Airways
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(b') Only Roadways (e) None of these


(c) Only Airways and Roadways
(d) Only Roadways and Railways 608.
(e) Airways, Roadways and Railways all Article 45 of the Indian Constitution is
related to which of the following
604 provisions?
The denisty of milk can be measured by (a) Free and compulsory education for all
which of the following ? children till they complete the age of 14
(a) Pyrometer (b) Safeguard of the interests of the
(b) Salinometer minorities
(c) Lectometer (c) Reservation for SCs and STs in
(d) Calorimeter Government jobs
(e) None of these (d) Nomination of members to the
parliament from the Ango-Indian
605. Community .
Which of the following Food items is not a (e) None of the above
source of Vitamin C?
(a) Potato 609.
(b) Mango Soils of Western Rajasthan have a high
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content of
(d) Carrot (a) Aliuminium
(e) Orange (b) Calcium
(c) Nitrogen
606. (d) Phosphorus
The parliament of Japan is Known as
(a) Diet 610.
(b) Althing Sports Day is celebrated every year on
(c) Federal Assembly August 29 in honour of
(d) Senate (a)Dhyan CHand , The Hockey Wizard
(e) Cortes (b) Vijay Merchant , the famous Cricket
Player
607. (c) Mihir Sen, the first Indian to swim across
Which of the following is the currency of the English Channel
Saudi Arabia ? (d) All the sportsmen who brought honour
(a) Dollar to the country in the field of sports
(b) Rial (e) None of these
(c) Dinar
(d) Kroner
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611. Haridwar is well -known for which one of


Which is the deepest ocean in the world ? the following industries ?
(a) Arctic (a) fertilisers
(b) Atlantic (b) Cement
(c) Pacific (c) Heavy Electricals
(d) Indian (d) Silk Texitiles

61 6.
A gun kicks back when a bullet is fired .It is a
612. good example of Newton's
At which place on earth there is always day (A) First Law
and night of an equal; duration ? (b) Second Law
(a) On the tropic of Cancer (c) Third Law
(b) On the Poles (d) None of these
(c) On the tropic of Capricorn
(d) On the Equator
617.
Which of the following diseases is caused by
61 3. the deficiency of Iron in human body ?
All the following countries are permanent BankExamsToday.com
(a) Anaemia
members of the Security Council EXCEPT (b) Scurvy
(a) China (c) Dermatosis
(b) France (d) Beri-beri
(c) Germany
(d) USA
618.
Which art from saw the maximum
614. development during the period of Mughals?
In human body vitamins B1,B2,B12 and K (a) Sculpture
are produced in the (b) painting
(a) Liver (c) Dancing
(b) Spleen (d) Architecture
(c) Stomach
(d) Intestines
Ques 619
The biggest dome in the world is at
615. (a) Bijapur
(b) Bidar
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(c) Fatehpur Sikri


(d) Golconda 624
'Which is the largest Ahmed
620 (a) Alfa Centauri
All the following belong to the 'nervous (b) Fobos
system'EXCEPT (c) Cirrus
(a) Capillaries (d) Omega
(b) Nerves
(c) Brain
(d) Spinal Cord 625
The biggest satellite of the Solar
621 System,Ganimyd is the satellite of which
Who is said to be the father of nuclear planet ?
research in India ? (a) Saturn
(a) Raja Ramanna (b) Jupiter
(b) U.R. Rao (c) Neptune
(c) Homi j. Bhaba (d) Mars
(d) C.V. Raman

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622. Which of the following soils is best suited
Name of the only Indian Prime Minister for the production of cotton ?
who never faced the parliament during his (a) Black Soil
tenure ? (b) Yellow Soil
(a) Atal Behari Vajpayee (c)Phosphaic Soil
(b) Choudhary Charan Singh (d) Laterite Soil
(c) Chandrasekhar
(d) Vishwanath Pratap Singh
627.
623 The United Nationas university is located in
Differential piece Rate System Of payment which of the following cities ?
of wages was first introduced by (a) Geneva
(a) Fayol (b) New York
(b) Taylor (c) Paris
(c) Merrick (d) Tokyo
(d) None of the above

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The book "big Egos and Small Man" has (b) RNA
been written by (c) Ribosome
(a) Ram Jethamalani (d) Endoplasmic reticulum
(b) Firoz Varun Gandhi\
(c) Soli Sorabjee 633
(d) None of these The inorganic natural resource of the earth
is
629. (a) Mineral fuels
Which of the following is not a conductor of (b) Wood
electricity ? (c) Coal
(a) Copper (d) Microbes
(b) Aluminium
(c) Water 634
(d) Tungsten Which of the following has high iron
Content ?
630 (a) Cheese
Nome of the only person who was (b) Egg
honoured with Padma Shree,Padma (c) Green vegetables
Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan and Bharat (d) Milk
Ratna as well ? BankExamsToday.com
(a) Mother Teresa 635
(b) Indira Gandhi Who has not been a Prime Minister of
(c) Rabindranath Tagore Pakistan ?
(d) Satyajit Ray (a) Liaqat Ali khan
(b) Ayub khan
631 (c) Benazir Bhutto
A bill becomes a law when (d) Nawaz Sharif
(a) Both Houses of parliament approve it by
requisite majority 636
(b) The council of Ministers approve it Harare is the Capital of
(c) The President gives his assent (a) Congo
(d) The Supreme Court upholds its (b) Zanzibar
constitutional Validity. (c)Zambia
(d) Zimbabwe

631 637
The genetic information is stored in A proclamation of Emergency ( Under
(a) DNA Article 356) Ceases to operate ( unless
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the end of 642
(a) One month Late Iftekhar Ahmad was Famous in which
(b) Two month of the following fields ?
(c) Three month (a) Acting
(d) Six month (B) Singing
(c) music
638 (d) Literature
The Association of South East Asian Nations
( ASEAN) has its headquarters at 643
(a) Manila Banabhatta was the court poet of which
(b) Jakarta emperor ?
(c) Kuala Lumpur (a) Vikramaditya
(d) Bangkok (b) kumargupta
(c) Harshvardhan
639 (d) Kanishka
International Women's Day is observed on
which of the following dates ? 644
(a) April 18 Article 254 of the Indian Constitution
(b) September 27 BankExamsToday.com
describes which of the following ?
(c) May 15 (a) The parliament has the power to
(d) March 8 increase the number of judges.
(b) The Union and States Have concurrent
640 powers to legislate on any matter
Ustab Zakir Husaain is an exponent of which enumerated in List III.
of the following musical instruments ? (C) In case of any conflict between Union
(a) Santoor laws and State laws, the Union laws shall
(b) Tabla prevail.
(c) Sitar (d) The Governor of a State is the executive
(d) Sarod head of the state Government .

641 645
The University which became famous in the Bomdila pass is in which of the following
post-Gupta Era was States of India ?
(a) Kanchi (a)Sikkim
(b) Taxila (b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Nalanda (c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Vallabhi (d) J&K
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646 of the following Indian States is having the
Central Drug Research Institute is located in largest percentage of Scheduled Castes ?
which of the following cities ? (a) West Bengal
(a) Mumbai (b) Uttar Pradesh
(b) Lucknow (c) Punjab
(c) New Delhi (d) Himachal Pradesh
(d) hyderabad

647
Citrus fruits are considered rich in Vitamin
(a) A
(b) D
(c) E
(d) C

648.
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar Award is given
for contribution in which of the following
fields ? BankExamsToday.com
(a) Sports
(b) Journalism
(c) Music
(d) Science and Technology

649.
Article 243 of the Constitution of India
inserted by a Constitutional Amendment
deals with which of the following ?
(a) Penchayati Raj System
(b) Extending the benefits if Reservation on
the basic of Mandal Commission
Recommendations
(c) Land Reforms
(d) To include Konkani, Manipur and Nepali
in the list of Official Language.

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