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Which one of the following tribal groups is dominantly found in the ‘Blue Mountains’ ?
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Which one of the following tribal groups is dominantly found in the ‘Blue Mountains’ ?
Who among the following geographers is related to ‘primate city’ concept ?
Which one of the following islands is the largest ?
Arrange the following Tiger Reserves of India from North to South :
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Which one of the following proteins gives lustrous shiny appearance to silk fibre ?
Blue Baby Syndrome is caused by the contamination of
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Cell Organelle) (Function) A. Mitochondria
Human insulin molecule is composed of one a-chain having 21 amino acids and one b-chain having 30 amino acids. How many functional insulin genes occur in adult humans ?
Pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissues of a mollusk. Which one of the following is the main constituent of pearl ?
A biological community in its environment such as a pond, an ocean, a forest, even an aquarium is known as
An electron and a proton starting from rest are accelerated through a potential difference of 1000 V. Which one of the following statements in this regard is correct ?
Two wires are made having same length l and area of cross-section A. Wire 1 is made of copper and wire 2 is made of aluminium. It is given that the electrical conductivity of copper is more than that of aluminium. In this context, which one of the following statements is correct ?
A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of 40° with respect to surface normal. When it gets reflected from the mirror, it undergoes a deviation of
Infrared, visible and ultraviolet radiations/ light have different properties. Which one of the following statements related to these radiations/light is not correct?
After using for some time, big transformers get heated up. This is due to the fact that
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A person is standing on a frictionless horizontal ground. How can he move by a certain distance on this ground ?
In the reaction between hydrogen sulphate ion and water HSO₄⁻ + H₂O → H₃O⁺ + SO₄²⁻ the water acts as
How many hydrogen atoms are contained in 1.50 g of glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆) ?
The paste of a white material in water is used to maintain a fractured bone fixed in place. The white material used is called
Which one of the following types of glasses is used for making optical instruments ?
Most Ozone gas (about 90%) in the atmospheric layer of
What are the main constituents of biogas ?
In which two Indian States of the four mentioned below, it is necessary to hold certain minimum educational qualifications to be eligible to contest Panchayat Elections ?
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Which of the following statements about ‘delegation’ is/are correct?
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Which of the following features were borrowed by the Constitution of India from the British Constitution ?
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Which one of the following Schedules of the Constitution of India has fixed the number of Members of the Rajya Sabha to be elected from each State ?
Which one of the following statements about various horticulture crops of India for the year 2016-17 is not correct ?
The phenomenon of ‘demographic dividend’ of a country relates to
Arrange the following events in sequential order as they happened in India :
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The monetary policy in India uses which of the following tools ?
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Devaluation of currency will be more beneficial if prices of
Which one of the following peasant struggles was an outcome of British opium policy ?
Which one of the following statements about the Sayyid brothers during the period of Later Mughals is not true ?
Which of the following statements with regard to the heterodox sect between sixth and fourth century BC are correct ?
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Which one of the following combinations of year and event concerning the French Revolution is correctly matched ?
Who among the following is the author of the book, The Social Contract ?
Who among the following is the recipient of the Jnanpith Award, 2016 ?
The Sustainahle Development Goals (SDGs), which were adopted by the UNO in place of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), 2015, aim to achieve the 17 goals by the year
Teejan Bai, a recipient of the M.S. Subbulakshmi Centenary Award, 2016, is an exponent in
Who among the following is the recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, 2016 ?
The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 was given to
Which one of the following political parties was launched by Irom Sharmila in Manipur ?
Which one of the following planets was explored by Cassini Mission launched by NASA, which ended in September 2017 ?
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Strait) (Countries) A. Bass Strait
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Pass) (Place) A. Zoji La
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Concern) (Product) A. TISCO
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (National (Route) Highway) A. NH-2
One carbon credit is accepted as equivalent to
An emulsion consists of
Which of the following radioactive substances enters/enter the human body through food chain and causes/cause many physiological disorders ?
“Xeriscaping” is a concept related to
Joule-Thomson process is extremely useful and economical for attaining low temperature. The process can be categorized as
Ultrasonic waves are produced making use of
A person throws an object on a horizontal frictionless plane surface. It is noticed that there are two forces acting on this object— (i) gravitational pull and (ii) normal reaction of the surface. According to the third law of motion, the net resultant force is zero. Which one of the following can be said for the motion of the object ?
Consider the following statements :
Which of the above statements about operational principles of a nuclear reactor and a nuclear bomb is/are correct ?
The foul smell of urine of a healthy man having healthy food, when spilled on floor, is mainly due to the bacteria decomposition of
Desalination of seawater is done by using reverse osmosis. The pressure applied to the solution is
Which one of the following polymers does not contain glucose units ?
Tincture of iodine is an antiseptic for fresh wounds. It is a dilute solution of elemental iodine, which does not contain
The Fundamental Rights guaranteed in the Constitution of India can be suspended only by
Which of the following statements about the 73rd and 74th Constitution Amendment Act is/ are correct ?
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A Joint Sitting of the Parliament is resorted to, for resolving the deadlock between two Houses of the Parliament for passing which of the following Bills ?
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Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
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The President of India is elected by an Electoral College comprising of elected members of which of the following ?
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Consider the following statements about the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under the provisions of the Constitution of India :
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
Article 21 of the Constitution of India includes
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Who among the following was not a member of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly ?
Due to which of the following factors, the Industrial Revolution took place in England in the eighteenth century ?
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Which of the following indicators have been used by the World Economic Forum to calculate Global Competitiveness Index for 2016-17 ?
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In India, the base year of the new GDP series has been shifted from 2004-05 to
Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Types of (Explanation) Deficit) A. Fiscal Deficit
Consider the following :
With regard to nature of Mughal State, who among the following scholars argued that “the peculiar feature of the State in Mughal India was that it served not merely as the protective arm of the exploiting classes, but was itself the principal instrument of exploitation” ?
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Who was the editor of the journal Indian Social Reformer that was started in 1890 ?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (Mountain Range) : A. Satpura, B. Vindhya, C. Aravalli, D. Mahadeo ; List-II (Location in Map) : 1, 2, 3 and 4 refer to the locations marked in the map of India given in the question. Code : A B C D
Which of the following statements in respect to the Indian Peninsular Plateau are correct ?
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Which one of the following criteria got the highest weight for determination of shares of States in the formula given by the 14th Finance Commission ?
A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha can be held up by the Rajya Sabha for how many weeks ?
Constitutional safeguards available to Civil Servants are ensured by
A writ issued to secure the release of a person found to be detained illegally is
Which one of the following cannot be introduced first in the Rajya Sabha ?
The National Gommission for Women was created by
Who among the following was the Chief Justice of India when Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was introduced in the Indian Judicial System ?
Which twelfth century Sanskrit scholar was first responsible for the compilation of ‘Nibandhas’ or digests of epic and Puranic texts ?
Who among the following scholars argued that “capital created underdevelopment not because it exploited the underdeveloped world, but because it did not exploit it enough” ?
Which river is praised in the fifth century Tamil epic, Silappadikaram ?
Which one of the following statements about the Harappan Culture is not correct ?
Harshacharita has references to various presents sent by a ruler named Bhaskara to Harshavardhana. Bhaskara belonged to
Which of the following lakes is/are situated in Ladakh ?
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‘Tuvalu’ has become a point of discussion recently. Why ?
Which of the following statements related to latitude are true ?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Lake) (Type of Lake) A. Bhimtal
Which of the following statements is/are correct ?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I (State of NE India) : A. Tripura, B. Mizoram, C. Nagaland, D. Manipur ; List-II (Location in Map) : 1, 2, 3 and 4 refer to the locations marked in the map of North-East India given in the question. Code : A B C D
Which one of the following statements regarding Uniform Civil Code as provided under Article 44 of the Constitution of India is not correct ?
Which of the following was/were founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy ?
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Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists : List-I List-II (Harappan (Modern Name) Site) A. Dholavira
Which one of the following statements about the Gupta period in Indian History is not correct ?
Which one of the following statements about the All India Services is correct ?
Which one of the following statements about emergency provisions under the Constitution of India is not correct ?
The National Handloom Day is observed on
Venus, the first environmental research satellite, was launched in August 2017 by which one of the following countries ?
Which one of the following was the theme of the World Environment Day, 2017 ?
The all-women expedition of Indian Navy to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel, INSV Tarini, is scheduled to have four stopovers. Which one of the following is not one of them ?
Why was constitutional amendment needed for introducing GST ?
Where is-world’s first Partition Museum inaugurated recently ?
The Setu Bharatam Programme of the Government of India is a programme for
Which one of the following statements about the Global Environment Facility Grant Agreement, signed by India in August 2017 with the World Bank for ‘Ecosystems Service Improvement Project’, is not correct ?
UBI, as an alternative for subsidies in poverty alleviation, stands for
Which one of the following authorities has recently launched the mobile apps ‘MyFASTag’ and ‘FASTag Partner ?
‘Pragati’ scholarship scheme of the Government of India is meant for
Which one of the following is not a feature of the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY) ?
Which one of the following is not included in the National Air Quality Index ?