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Which one of the following is considered as ‘good cholesterol’ with reference to individuals facing the risk of cardio-vascular dieses and hypertension?
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Which one of the following is considered as ‘good cholesterol’ with reference to individuals facing the risk of cardio-vascular dieses and hypertension?
Which of the following pairs of vitamin and disease is/are correctly matched?
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The rate of change of momentum of a body is equal to the resultant:
After a hot sunny day, people sprinkle water on the roof-top because:
Consider the following map of India:
The areas marked in the map given above account for the production of which one of the following cash crops?
Pir Panjal Range in the Himalayas is a part of:
Consider the following statements regarding laterite soils of India:
Which of the following statements regarding Mediterranean and Monsoon climate is / are correct?
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The handle of pressure cookers is made of plastic because it should be made non-conductor of heat. The plastic used there is the first man-made plastic, which is:
Methyl Isocyanate gas, which was involved in the disaster in Bhopal in December 1984, was used in the Union Carbide factory for production of:
The Germplasm is required for the propagation of plants and animals. Germplasm is the:
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Dengue virus is known to cause low platelet count in blood of patient by :
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The SI unit of mechanical power is :
Two systems are said to be in thermal equilibrium if and only if:
‘German silver’ is used to make decorative articles, coinage metal, ornaments etc. The name is given because :
Plants contain a variety of sterols like stigmasterol, ergosterol, sitosterol etc., which very closely resemble cholesterol. These plant sterols are referred as :
With which one of the following countries, India has signed an MoU under the International Cooperation on Brahmaputm and Sutlej rivers?
Headquarters of which one among the following Railway Zones in India is situated at the highest elevation from the mean sea level ?
Stalactites and stalagmites are features of:
Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the given planets in increasing order of their size (diameter)?
In artificial insemination (AI) process, which of the following is / are introduced into the uterus of the female?
Genetically modified (GM) crops contain modified genetic material due to :
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Which one of the following statements is correct? The velocity of sound :
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following vitamins has a role in blood clotting?
Vitamin B12 deficiency causes pernicious anemia. Animals cannot synthesize vitamin B12. Humans must obtain all their vitamin B12 from their diet. The complexing metal ion in vitamin B12 is:
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The Mahatma Gandhi National Marine Park is located in:
Which of the following statements is / are correct?
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Which one of the following islands is of volcanic origin?
Glucose is a source of energy. Which one of the following types of molecule is Glucose?
The living content of cell is called protoplasm. It is composed of:
Norman Borlaug won Nobel Peace Prize for his contributions in:
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A myopic person has a power of -1.25 Dioptre. What is the focal length and nature of his lens?
A piece of ice, 100 g in mass is kept at 0°C. The amount of heat it requires to melt at 0°C is (take latent heat of melting of ice to be 333.6 J/g):
Which one of the following hormones contains peptide chain?
Which one of the following is an example of chemical change?
Which one of the following is the cause of long-term sea-level change?
Consider the following tributaries of river Brahmaputm :
Which one of the following is the reason due to which the wind in the southern hemisphere is deflected towards its left?
The ‘eye’ of the cyclone has:
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Which one of the following statements about bar magnet is correct?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which of the following statements regarding chemical industry in India is / are correct?
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Which of the following statements about India’s scientific and research mission in Antarctica is/are correct?
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The synthetic rubber has replaced natural rubber for domestic and industrial purposes. Which one of the following is the main reason behind that?
A person rings a metallic bell near a strong concrete wall. He hears the echo after 0.3 s. If the sound moves with a speed of 340 m/s, how far is the wall from him?
Arrange the following popular hill stations of India in terms of their height (from highest to the lowest) from the mean sea level:
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Consider the following statements:
Which of the following is / are Constitutional Body / Bodies?
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Which of the following statements relating to the Bandung Conference on Afro-Asian Resurgence (1955) are correct?
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Who among the following archaeologists was the first to identify similarities between a pre-Harappan culture and the mature Harappan culture?
Which one of the following is the common element between the Kailasanatha Temple at Ellora and the Shore Temple at Mamallapuram?
Which of the following is/are not depicted in the Rajput paintings?
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Which one of the Five Year Plans had a high priority to bring inflation under control and to achieve stability in the economic situation?
Which of the following statement(s) is / are true with respect to Phillips Curve?
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Which one of the following nations is not a member of the Eurasian Economic Union?
BRICS leaders signed the agreement to establish a New Development Bank at the summit held in:
Shishu, Kishor and Tarun are the schemes of:
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The Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005) was concerned with :
As per the Constitution of India, the Writ of Prohibition relates to an order:
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Which one among the following was not an attribute of Samudragupta described in Prayag Prashasti?
Kamandaka’s Nitisara is a contribution to:
The Lilavati of Bhaskara is a standard text on:
Which of the following statement(s) are true with respect to the concept of ‘EFFICIENCY’ as used in mainstream economics?
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The first summit of the Forum for India-Pacific Islands Cooperation (FIPIC) was held in:
Which one of the following island nations went for Parliamentary elections in the month of August 2015?
Which one of the following nations has faced severe economic crisis in the year 2015 resulting in default in repayment of IMF loan?
Who among the following Prime Ministers of India were defeated by a vote of No Confidence?
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Which of the following statements regarding Rajya Sabha is/are correct?
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Which of the following statements relating to the office of the President of India are correct?
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The followers of Gorakhnath were called:
What were the 12 states of the Sikh confederacy called?
Which of the statements given below is / are correct?
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Which of the following is / are the example(s) of Transfer Payment(s)?
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The Erawan shrine, which witnessed a major bomb blast in August 2015, is located at:
Who among the following is the first Indian sportsperson to reach the finals in the World Badminton Championship (Women) in 2015?
Which one of the following Articles / Schedules in the Constitution of India deals with Autonomous District Councils?
Which of the following statements with regard to UID / Aadhar Card are correct?
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Which of the following statements about Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) are correct?
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Human Development Report for each year at global level is published by:
Which one among the following statements about the coins of the Gupta rulers is correct?
The agrahara in early India was:
Which of the following statements relating to the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 are correct?
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Leander Paes won the US Open Mixed Doubles Tennis Title (2015) partnering with:
Who among the following is the winner of the World Food Prize (year 2015)?
In which one of the following judgments of the Constitutional Bench of the Supreme Court of India, the ‘rarest of rare’ principle in the award of death penalty was first laid down?
Consider the following statements about the President of India:
In which one of the following cases, the Constitutional validity of the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights of Divorce) Act 1986, was upheld by the Supreme Court of India?
Which of the following statements about the Vijayanagara Empire is / are true?
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Iqta in medieval India meant:
Which one of the following books was not illustrated with paintings in Akbar’s court?
Which of the following is not a ‘Public Good’?
Which one of the following is not among the aims of the Second Five Year Plan (1956-57 to 1960-61)?
The National Policy for Children, 2013 recognizes every person as a child below the age of:
Which one of the following is not a monitorable target of the Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Abhiyan?
Which one of the following is not an objective of the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)?
Which of the following statements with regard to preventive detention in India is / are correct?
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A Member of Lok Sabha does not become disqualified to continue as a Member of the House if the Member:
Which one of the following languages is not recognized in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of India?
Which kingdom did the temple of Hazara Rama belong to?
Consider the following statements about votive inscriptions in the second century BC:
Consider the following statements:
Which of the following is/are example(s) of ‘Near Money’?
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Which one of the following terms is used in Economics to denote a technique for avoiding a risk by making a counteracting transaction?
‘Citizenfour’, the 87th Academy Award winner in the category of documentary feature, is based on the life of:
Which one of the following is not a thrust area in the Railway Budget 2015-16?
Which one of the following services of India Post has permanently been discontinued?
The category of ‘Overseas Citizens of India’ was entered in the Citizenship Act of India through an amendment in the year:
The Right to Education was added to the Fundamental Rights in the Constitution of India through the :
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Consider the following statements:
Which of the following statements is / are true?
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Which of the following statements are correct?
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Which of the following statement(s) is /are false?
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The rank of Major General in Indian Army is equivalent to:
Among the currently operational Indian Satellites, there is no :