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Which one of the following gases is released mostly from landfills in urban areas?
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Which one of the following gases is released mostly from landfills in urban areas?
Which one of the following is most sensitive to environmental change?
Which one of the following is the largest source of electricity in India?
The HIV virus weakens the immunity of a person because it destroys
Which one of the following air pollutants combines with the haemoglobin of human blood and reduces its oxygen-carrying capacity, leading to suffocation and may cause even death?
An irregular mode of reproduction resulting in the development of an embryo without fertilization is called
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Which one of the following is not an allotrope of carbon?
In paper manufacturing, degumming of the raw material is done using
Dolomite powder is applied in some agricultural lands. The purpose of applying it is to
Deficiency of fluoride leads to which one of the following health problems?
Excessive use of which of the following fertilizers may be responsible for the presence of a toxic substance in groundwater?
Which one of the following elements does not form solid hydrogen carbonate?
According to Census 2011, which one of the following is the correct sequence of States in decreasing order of their total size of population?
With reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct?
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Which of the following pairs of Indian State and tribal population are correct?
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The spring constant of a spring depends on its
In the gamma decay of a nucleus
In a bipolar junction transistor
The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0°C is known as
Which one of the following physical quantities has the same dimensions as that of Planck’s constant h?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following hormones is essential for the uptake of glucose by cells in the human body?
Which of the following cells do not contain nucleus?
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Biological catalysts are protein molecules which
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‘Altitude sickness’ is caused at high altitude due to
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
In case of a standard hydrogen electrode
The elemental composition of an adult human body by mass is
With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?
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If the latitude and longitudinal extent of an Indian State/UT is 15°48’00’’ N to 14°53’15’’ N and 74°20’13’’ E to 74°40’33’’ E, then which one of the following is that State/UT?
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Which of the following statements concerning atmosphere of the earth are correct?
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Which one of the following is not a tributary of the river Ganga?
Which one of the following pairs of lakes is connected by Soo Canal?
In total internal reflection, the light travels from
The energy of a photon, whose momentum is 10 MeV/c, where c is the speed of light, is given by
Liquids and gases never show
Light travels in a straight line (rectilinear propagation of light). This statement does hold if the medium of travel for light is
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Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?
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Which of the following statements regarding soil is/are correct?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion?
Which one of the following is correct?
Which one of the following statements concerning the natural vegetation of India is not correct?
Which one of the following statements concerning research centres in India is not correct?
Directions: The following three (3) items consist of two statements, Statement I and Statement II. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below. Code: (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true Q51.
Select the correct answer using the code given below. (a) Both the statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I (b) Both the statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I (c) Statement I is true but Statement II is false (d) Statement I is false but Statement II is true
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Which one of the following does not signify a battle tank?
Which of the following Gods are also known as Lokapalas or the Guardians of the Universe?
Which among the following Acts were repealed by Article 395 of the Constitution of India?
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On 26th November, 1949, which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India came into effect?
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Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly of India is/are correct?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which of the following voted for Brexit in June 2016?
Which one of the following statements about reusable space vehicle of ISRO is not correct?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following sources tells us about women protesting against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household?
The All India Census was
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What form of Shiva is most prominent in the Brihadeshvara Temple built by the Chola dynasty?
The basic structure doctrine with regard to the Constitution of India relates to
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Which of the following fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution of India belong only to the citizens?
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A citizen of India will lose his or her citizenship if he or she
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Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to protection of individuals being tried for offences?
Neil O’Brien, who died recently, was a famous
Consider the following statement:
“If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don’t give up. There is a way out.”
Who among the following made the above statement?
Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous ‘Dhanush’ artillery guns to be produced in India by
Who among the following won the Men’s Singles Title in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 2016?
Which of the following statements about the philosopher Shankara is/are true?
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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?
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Why are the Gypsies regarded as of Indian origin?
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The term Upari refers to which one of the following?
The ‘water frame’ of Richard Arkwright was a device for
The ‘four great needs’ of the people as identified by the Guomindang were
Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo?
The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the
Rakshasa type of marriage is
Who among the following was defeated by Chile to won the Copa America Football Championship, 2016?
Which one of the following is the highest altitude zoo in the world?
Which one of the following statements about the Missile Technology Control Regime is not correct?
The first Tejas squadron of Indian Air Force consists of
The headquarters of ‘Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific’ is located at
Which of the following with regard to the term ‘bank run’ is correct?
Which of the following will be the outcome if an economy is under the inflationary pressure?
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According to the Classical Theory of Employment, deviations from the state of full employment are
Capital deepening refers to
Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to Article 32 of the Constitution of India?
Which one of the following writs is issued by the Supreme Court to secure the freedom of a person upon unlawful arrest?
According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, which one of the following is not a fundamental duty?
Under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, an emergency can be declared if security of any part of India is threatened by
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Which one of the following statements is not true of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Andaman and Nicobar Command?
Who is the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee?
Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is
Which one of the following is correct?
Which one of the following is not one of the Commands of the Indian Army?
Which one of the following statements is correct?
Which one of the following is not an Air Defence Missile system?
Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to the composition of national income in India?
In India, the term ‘hot money’ is used to refer to
Which of the following is/are credit rating agency/agencies in India?
Who among the following is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?
The members of NAFTA are
Which of the following are constitutional provisions and laws for the protection of the rights of the Scheduled Castes in India?
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Which one of the following is not true about the powers of the Supreme Court?
The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India pertains to the administration of tribal areas in which of the following States?
Which one of the following statements with regard to the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India is not correct?
Consider the following statements about Harappan cities:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which of the following statements with regard to the conduct of elections in India is/are not correct?
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is not correct?
The right to form associations and unions is a right
Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?