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In which one of the following islands of India is an active volcano found?
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In which one of the following islands of India is an active volcano found?
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List-I (Pass):
Which one of the following longitudes determines the Indian Standard Time?
Which one of the following is the oldest mountain range in India?
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List-I (River):
Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest water salinity?
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
River – City
Which one of the following cities will never get the vertical rays of the sun?
Which of the following diseases is not caused by viruses?
Which one of the following sequences of the oil refineries of India as they occur from south to north is correct?
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List-I (Multipurpose River Project):
Which one of the following States of India is the largest producer of lignite coal?
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
National Park – State
Which one of the following oil fields of India is the oldest and still producing oil?
The shaded area in the map given above is the major producer of which one of the following?
Which one of the following States is the largest producer of black pepper in India?
The Buddha delivered his first sermon, known as 'Turning of the wheel of law' at
Which one of the following is the longest National Highway in India?
In human beings, the opening of the stomach into the small intestine is called
In which one of the following places is the Forest Survey of India (FSI), a national organization engaged in forest cover mapping, forest inventory and training in the field of remote sensing and GIS, located?
The Veerappa Moily Commission in its report on Administrative Reforms among other aspects has suggested doing away with which one of the following pairs of Articles of the Constitution of India?
Who among the following has created world record in the men's 100 metres sprint event at 2008 Olympic Games?
What does Fuwa, the Official Mascot of the 2008 Olympic Games, contain?
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List-I (Year):
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Person – Bank
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Nobel Laureate of 2008 – Discipline
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List-I (Player):
Consider the following statements about IAEA:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Who among the following has been awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour, the highest civilian distinction of the Government of France?
Madhya Pradesh shares its border with how many States?
Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Country – Currency
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List-I (City):
Who among the following had won the Wimbledon Women's Singles Title, 2008?
Who among the following is the first man (after Bjorn Borg in 1980) to win the French Open and Wimbledon Singles Title back to back?
Which one of the following books had been named as winner of the Best of the Booker Award in 2008?
Which one of the following countries has recently carried out military operations in Georgia?
Which one of the following Committees/Commissions was formed to study and suggest pricing pattern for oil and natural gas sectors in India?
Which one of the following countries has adopted a new Constitution in the year 2008 aiming to pursue a modern, multi-party, democratic system and giving more power to the judiciary and legislature?
Which one of the following countries has recently tested a two-stage satellite launch rocket named the Safir-e-Omid or the Ambassador of Peace?
Consider the following statements about Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT):
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In appreciation of his environmental research and campaigns, space agency NASA has recently named a minor planet after whom among the following?
Who among the following has issued the coin rupee for the first time?
Which one of the following was the original name of Tansen, the famous musician in the court of Akbar?
Who among the following was not a member of the Cabinet Mission?
What is the correct sequence of the following events?
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Under which one of the following systems of assessment, the British Government collected revenue directly from the farmers?
Who among the following has started the Public Works Department in India in AD 1848?
Who among the following was thrice elected President of the Indian National Congress?
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List-I (Person):
Who among the following Urdu poets was invited to the Second and Third Round Table Conference?
What is the correct sequence of the following events?
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In which of the following years was the first Railway line between Bombay and Thane laid?
Who among the following was not a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar?
In Buddhism, what does Patimokkha stand for?
Who among the following was the founder of the Muslim League?
Whose philosophy is called the Advaita?
Consider the following Vice-Presidents of India:
In which one of the following Ministries the census organization has been functioning on a permanent footing since 1961?
Which of the following is not a recommendation of the Ashok Mehta Committee on Panchayati Raj?
With reference to the Constitution of India, which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched?
Subject – List
The head of a district (Ahara), the principal coordinator of the revenue and the officer in charge of general and military functions in his jurisdiction during Mauryan Empire was known as
Which one among the following States has the highest gender disparity?
Who among the following recommends to the Parliament for the abolition of the Legislative Council in a State?
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Who among the following had moved the objectives resolution which formed the basis of the Preamble of the Constitution of India in the Constituent Assembly on December 13, 1946?
Which one of the following is the largest Committee of the Parliament?
Who among the following was not a member of the Constituent Assembly?
In which of the following years the Fundamental Duties have been added to the existent Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India?
Consider the following statements with respect to Attorney General of India:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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List-I (Provision of the Constitution of India):
Who among the following was elected as the President of All-India Khilafat Conference met at Delhi in 1919?
According to Article 164(1) of the Constitution of India, in three States there shall be a Minister in charge of tribal welfare who may in addition be in charge of the welfare of the Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes. Which one of the following States is not covered by the Article?
In which of the following years was the All-India Trade Union Congress formed in Bombay?
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the tenures of the following Presidents of Indian National Congress?
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Who among the following was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
In which of the following years was General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) absorbed into the World Trade Organization (WTO)?
Consider the following statements:
X-rays
If a small raindrop falls through air
Television signal cannot be received generally beyond a particular distance due to
Because of which one of the following factors, clouds do not precipitate in deserts?
Which one of the following is an object with such a strong gravitational field that even light cannot escape from its surface?
Which one of the following is a medium range surface to air missile?
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List-I (Vitamin):
Which one of the following is the tide produced as a consequence of moon and sun pulling the earth in the same direction?
Aqua regia used by alchemists to separate silver and gold is a mixture of
Commercial vulcanization of rubber involves
In which one of the following is higher percentage of carbon found?
Which one of the following when dissolved in H2O gives hissing sound?
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Which one of the following is heavy water used in nuclear reactor?
Which one of the following is used as a mordant in dyeing and tanning industry?
By which one of the following, an old written material which cannot be read easily, can be read?
Which one of the following characteristics is common among parrot, platypus and kangaroo?
Which one of the following petroleum refinery products has the lowest boiling point?
In which one of the following places was Asia's first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) set up?
Which one of the following feature films is official nominee for Oscar, 2008 from India?
What is the correct chronological order of conferring Bharat Ratna to the following?
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Which one of the following zones of the atmosphere is rich in ozone gas?
Which one of the following is an example of vestigial organ in man?
Which one of the following is a free-living bacterium that helps in nitrogen fixation in soil?
Which one of the following is associated with the formation of brown air in traffic congested cities?
Which one of the following is the permissible level of noise in a silent zone at daytime?
Which one of the following is the first National Park established in India?
Bryophytes are photosynthetic but do not have vascular tissue and true roots. This feature enables them to resemble with which of the following?
The genetically engineered 'Golden Rice' is rich in which of the following?
Consider the following statements:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following is categorized as millet?
The plant dye Henna imparts orange-red colour to skin and hairs due to its reaction with which of the following?
Which one of the following plants is preferred for mixed cropping in order to enhance the bioavailability of nitrogen?
The 'Red Data Book' containing information on all wild plants and animals in danger of extinction has been published by which one of the following?
Wavelengths of which of the following colours of the visible spectrum of light are maximally absorbed by green plants?
Consider the following regions of India:
Which of the above is/are biodiversity hot spot/hot spots?
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List-I (Medicinal Product):
A Forgotten Empire, written by the renowned historian Robert Sewell is about which one of the following Empires?
Which one of the following is considered as the drug of last resort for human being?
Directions: The following five (5) items consist of two statements, one labelled as 'Assertion (A)' and the other as 'Reason (R)'. Examine them and select the correct answer using the code below. Code: (A) Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A; (B) Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A; (C) A is true but R is false; (D) A is false but R is true.