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Pointing towards a photograph Mr. Ajit said, "She is my father's wife's son's only sister." What is the relation of the person in the photograph with Mr. Ajit?
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Pointing towards a photograph Mr. Ajit said, "She is my father's wife's son's only sister." What is the relation of the person in the photograph with Mr. Ajit?
Three circles of radius 5 cm each, touch each other. If the points of contact are P, Q and R, then what is the area of the triangle PQR in sq. cm?
The right-angled triangle ABC is such that ∠B = 90°. Point D is picked on BC such that triangles ABC and DBA are similar. If AB : BC = m : n, what is ΔABC : ΔABD, where Δ denotes the area of a triangle?
On a large ground, there is a straight tall vertical wall of length 28 m. A goat is tied to a point on the ground which is at the middle of the wall, using a rope. If the length of the rope is 21 m, what is the area of the region (in sq. m) around the wall that the goat can access?
A rectangular wall is divided into four squares of equal size where there are two rows each having two squares. The top left square is coloured with green. If, including green, there are three colours available and each square is coloured using any one of these three colours such that no two adjacent squares get painted with the same colour; then how many colour combinations are possible?
Which of the following statements about National Emergency is/are correct?
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the impeachment of a Judge of the Supreme Court of India is not correct?
Which of the following are India's G20 priorities?
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Which of the following are the objectives of SAARC?
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Pure, demineralized water, free from all soluble mineral salts is obtained by which of the following method?
Consider the following redox reaction:
2Cu₂O (s) + Cu₂S (s) ⟶ 6Cu (s) + SO₂ (g)
Identify the species among the following acting as oxidant and reductant, respectively:
Which one of the following statements is not correct regarding the setting of cement?
Which one is the most abundant of all the elements on Earth?
Which one of the following metals does not react with oxygen directly?
Consider the following observations about the largest stupa at Sanchi:
Which of the observations given above are correct?
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(Inscription/Event) : (Time Period)
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
Which one of the following activities was not a part of the daily time-table for a King as prescribed in Arthashastra?
Which organelle other than nucleus in eukaryotic cells has its own DNA, ribosomes and proteins?
For protein synthesis, the amino acids are recognized and carried by:
In vertebrates, smooth endoplasmic reticulum in cells of which organ plays a crucial role in detoxification of toxic compounds?
The rate of an enzyme catalyzed reaction depends:
Both starch and glycogen are made up of glucose, however:
In some viral infections, number of platelets are reduced quickly. Platelets are essential because:
The focus of the Second Five Year Plan was:
An Indian businessperson buys shares in a British car company. This transaction will be reflected in:
Which of the following are High Frequency Indicators of the Indian economy?
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Suppose an Indian citizen makes an investment abroad and earns a positive return on her investment. Which of the following is correct?
If the Cash Reserve Ratio is lowered by the RBI, supply of money in the economy will:
Which one of the following is the main cause of the acid rains?
Biogas is considered to be an excellent fuel which burns without smoke. The main constituent of biogas is:
The depletion in atmospheric ozone layer in last century was due to:
Which one of the following holds true for a freely falling object?
A sound wave of frequency of 2 kHz has a wavelength of 35 cm in a given medium. How long will it take to travel a distance of 2.1 km through the medium?
Which one of the following conservation laws is a consequence of the Newton's third law of motion?
Which one of the following is a permeable rock that allows water to pass through it?
Which one of the following is the deepest, inland and protected port on the east coast of India?
The greatest diversity of animal and plant species is found in:
Which one among the following statements about 'Drumlin' is correct?
Which one of the following is the busiest sea route and links two industrially developed regions of the world?
Using the code given below identify the type of farming on the basis of given characteristics:
Car A takes 1 hour more than car B, which travels at a speed of 60 km per hour, to cover some fixed distance. If car A had doubled its speed, it could cover the distance in 1 hour less time than car B travelling at 60 km per hour. What is the original speed of car A in km per hour?
Suppose A, B and C are three taps fixed to the bottom of a tank with draining capacity 1 : 2 : 3. When all three of them are on, it takes 1 hour to drain out the full tank. If A and C are on but B is off, then how much time, in minutes, will it take to empty out a full tank of water?
Assume that the Earth is a spherical ball of radius x km with a smooth surface so that one can travel along any direction. If you have travelled from point P on the Earth's surface along the East direction a distance of πx km, which direction do you have to travel to return to P so that the distance required to travel is minimum?
If x and y are two-digit prime numbers such that y is obtained from x by interchanging its digits and x − y = 36, then what is the value of xy?
Sixty-four cubes of sides 2 cm each are combined to form a cube of side 8 cm. If four of the smaller cubes along the diagonal of a surface are removed from the surface of the large cube, which one of the following statements about the surface area of this solid object is true?
Which of the following statements about Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are correct?
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Which of the following statements about Quad is/are correct?
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The National Human Rights Commission was established under the statute of:
Which of the following is/are not an official language(s) of the United Nations?
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The method used in separating a mixture of two miscible liquids having sufficient difference in their boiling points is:
Which one of the following statements is correct?
The common element in graphite, fullerene, diamond and graphene is:
The gas generated on reacting zinc with dilute sulphuric acid is:
An aqueous solution of a salt is known as brine. The salt is:
Which one of the following commissions was not associated with public services in India?
Who among the following was known as 'Lokhitwadi'?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I (Harappan Site):
List II (Location):
Which one of the following pairs of books and their authors is not correctly matched?
Which of the following is/are important markers for the archaeologists to identify an archaeological site as a 'center of craft production'?
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In humans, urea is mainly formed from the metabolism of which one of the following components of food?
The lymph is mainly formed from the plasma of blood and it surrounds the cells. The main difference between blood and lymph is:
For the digestion of carbohydrate, protein and fat, enzymes such as amylase, trypsin and lipase are required. It is secreted into the duodenum through:
Lactic acid is formed in the muscles during exercise or running. It is formed:
Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means:
Which one of the following is the largest component of revenue expenditure in the Union Budget 2022-23?
Adequacy of foreign exchange reserves of a country is captured by which of the following indicators?
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If all the people of the economy increase the proportion of income they save, the total value of savings in the economy will either decrease or remain unchanged. This phenomenon is known as:
The banks are required to maintain a certain ratio between their cash in hand and total assets. This ratio is known as:
A simple harmonic motion of a particle is represented as, y = 10 cos ωt 10. The acceleration of the particle at time t = π/2ω will be: (symbols here carry their usual meanings)
A wire of resistance R is cut into four equal parts. These parts are then connected in parallel. If the equivalent resistance of this combination is R′, then the ratio R′/R is:
In experiment #1, a bar magnet is moved towards a conducting wire loop axially, with the magnet's north pole facing the loop. In experiment #2, the same process as in experiment #1 is repeated except that the south pole of the magnet faces the loop. Which one of the following statements is true in this context?
Which one of the following correctly explains the change in seasons on Earth?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I (Temperate Grassland):
List II (Region):
Consider the following statements about millets:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Directions: The next three items are based on a survey on occurrence of vowels in a certain book irrespective of whether they are in upper or lower case.
Vowel: A=20%, E=45%, I=15%, O=8%, U=12%
For how many pairs of vowels is the chance of occurrence of any one of the two more than 34% in the book?
Directions: The next three items are based on a survey on occurrence of vowels in a certain book irrespective of whether they are in upper or lower case.
Vowel: A=20%, E=45%, I=15%, O=8%, U=12%
Among the three vowels which occur minimum number of times, what is the percentage of occurrence of the letter that occurs the maximum number of times among them?
Directions: The next three items are based on a survey on occurrence of vowels in a certain book irrespective of whether they are in upper or lower case.
Vowel: A=20%, E=45%, I=15%, O=8%, U=12%
If "O" and "U", irrespective of upper or lower case, occur exactly 5040 times, then how many times does the letter "E" occur in the book in the upper or the lower case?
Suppose a, b and c are three distinct natural numbers such that a + b + c = abc.
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
How many three-digit numbers are possible such that the difference between the original number and the number obtained by reversing the digits is 396? (no digit is repeated)
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Which of the following statements is/are correct about 'Action for Climate Empowerment' (ACE)?
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What is 'Climate Neutral Now' initiative?
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Which of the following statements is/are correct about KAVACH-2023?
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Which one among the following statements with reference to the 'Neolithic Period' is not correct?
Which one of the following is not a pottery type?
Which one of the following political centers finds a mention in Ashokan inscriptions?
Which one of the following statements with reference to the ancient Indian coins is not correct?
Consider the following statements about the practice of Vedic sacrifices:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Trans-Siberian Railway from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok does not run across:
Consider the following statements about Barchans:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists:
List I (International Convention):
List II (Theme):
The Judgment of the Supreme Court in Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties v. Union of India 2004 is related to which of the following?
Which among the following deals with Habeas Corpus?
Which among the following statements regarding the powers of the High Courts under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is not correct?
Which among the following is not correct?
'Basel Convention', 'Rotterdam Convention' and 'Stockholm Convention' relate to which of the following?
Which of the following is/are not correct about the Mother's Absolute Affection Programme?
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Which of the following statements about the Right to Information Act, 2005 is/are correct?
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Who among the following was the first pro-tem Speaker to be unanimously elected as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Consider the following statements with reference to Jainism:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following pairs with reference to textiles in Southern India:
(Tax): (Meaning)
Which one of the following animals does not come under the category of four noble animals (Maha-Ajaneya Pasu) carved on the round drum (Anda-Phalaka) of the lion capital at Sarnath?
The ruler Vindhyashakti during the period preceding the Gupta Age is associated with which one of the following dynasties?
The ancient Indian medical treatise for horses called Ashvashastra is attributed to which one of the following persons?
The celebrated group of poets in medieval Mathura and Vrindavana called the Ashta-Chhapa were the successors of which one of the following medieval Bhakti Saints?
Consider the following statements about Laterite soil found in India:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which of the following statements about Ragi crop grown in India is correct?
Consider the following statements about rock structure:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Consider the following statements about Ramsar Wetland sites in India:
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Which of the following soil formation process takes place in Phumdis (floating fields) in Loktak Lake of Manipur?
Which one of the following statements is correct about Spring tides?
Consider the following statements about IPL cricket tournament:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements about Khelo India University Games (KIUG):
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Exercise Ajeya Warrior is a biennial training event between the Indian Army and the army of:
The journey of the First Phase of Sagar Parikrama Yatra, an initiative of the Government of India, was started from:
The annual Kheer Bhawani Mela is organized at:
NISAR satellite is manufactured jointly by Indian Space Research Organisation and:
'Operation Kaveri' is a rescue operation launched by the Government of India to evacuate Indian citizens who were stranded in:
'Rail Vikas Nigam Limited' is a:
What are Airawat, Param Siddhi, Pratyus and Mihir?
Which one of the following Indian Naval Ships has recently concluded a 17,000-nm trans-ocean intercontinental voyage?