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Where should an object be placed in front of a convex lens to get a real and enlarged image of the objects?
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Where should an object be placed in front of a convex lens to get a real and enlarged image of the objects?
The magnetic field lines inside a current carrying long solenoid are the form of
A ray of light travelling from a rarer medium to a denser medium
An electric circuit is consisting of a cell, and ammeter and a nichrome wire of length l. If the length of the wire is reduced to half (l/2) then the ammeter reading
What is the effect of pressure of a human body on sand?
An athlete completes one round of a circular track of diameter 100 m in 20 s. What will be the displacements after 1 minute and 10 s, respectively?
Which of the following statements about universal indicator is/are true?
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Which of the following carbon allotropes is/are good conductor(s) of electricity?
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What is the approximate percentage of carbon in the Earth’s crust?
When copper reacts with moist carbon dioxide (CO ) in air, it forms a green coating of which 2 one of the following compounds?
What is the name of the process that converts sulphide ores into oxides by heating strongly in the presence of excess air?
What are the constituents of alloy solder?
Which of the following limits the number of trophic levels in a food chain?
In pea, a pure tall plant (TT) is crossed with a short plant (tt). What will be the ratio of pure tall plants to short plants in the F generation? 2
Which one of the following statements about variations is not true?
While studying vegetation of an area, terms like ‘population’ and ‘community’ are often used. Which one of the following statements best describes a population?
In the human body, blood flows through a process of double circulation. Which one of the following statements is true in this regard?
In which of the following groups of organisms, is food material broken down outside the body and absorbed?
A sound wave has a frequency of 4 kHz and wavelength 30 cm. How long will it take to travel 2·4 km?
An electric bulb is connected to a 110 V generator. The current is 0·2 A. What is the power of the bulb?
Refraction of light, as it enters from one transparent medium to another, is due to
A bus starting form a bus-stand and moving with uniform acceleration attains a speed of 20 km/h in 10 minutes. What is its acceleration?
Which one of the following is the correct reactivity order of metals reacting with dilute HCl?
Which one of the following acids is secreted by leaves of Nettle that causes painful stings?
Which of the following statements is/are correct?
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Which one of the following materials is present in a guard tube (drying tube) that is used for preparation of HCl gas?
Fertilizers are used to obtain higher yields of crops. However, all nutrients are usually not available in fertilizers. Which one of the following nutrients is usually not available in fertilizers?
Rupa and Sachin observed an animal in their school garden. Rupa called it an insect while Sachin identified it as an earthworm. Which one of the following characteristics confirms that it is an insect?
Animals which are marine, bilaterally symmetrical, have a coelom and a notochord, but never form a vertebral column are placed under which one of the following groups?
What is the location of intercalary meristem in plants?
The federation of which one of the following states has been described as “an indestructible union of indestructible states”?
Who among the following is the author of the famous essay, “The End of History and the Last Man”?
Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Which among the following is not a condition for the disqualification of a Member of Parliament?
Who among the following considered the Directive Principles of State Policy as aiming at ‘fathering the goals of social exclusion’?
D performs her train journey by the shortest route from Bengaluru to New Delhi. Which one of the following rivers will she not cross while performing the journey?
Identify the State on the basis of the following characteristics.
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M wants to visit a place in a Union Territory, which is located at 34° N and 77° E. Which one of the following Union Territories must he have planned to visit?
Consider the following statements with respect to the adolescent population (age group of 10 to 19 years) of India, according to the 2011 Census:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
In a discussion, M from Arunachal Pradesh, J from Assam, N from Meghalaya and S from Nagaland are claiming that as per Census 2011, their state has the maximum density of population. Identify the person making the correct claim.
Who among the following ancient Indian kings was praised in glowing terms in the Prayaga Prashasti?
The Self-Respect Movement was initiated by
The location of the ancient city of Taxila (Takshshila), mentioned in ancient Indian texts, was indentified by
Who among the following was not a Jain Acharya?
In India, the first major public appearance of Mahatma Gandhi was in
Consider the following statements about Patanjali’s Mahabhashya:
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which one of the following may lead to movement along the demand curve of a commodity?
Which one of the following is the opportunity cost of a chosen activity?
Which one of the following statements in the context of social spending in India during 2014 – 19 (both states and the Union Government together) is true?
According to UNDP’s Human Development Report – 2020, in which of the HDI components has India improved in recent years?
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Which one of the following is true of a pure voluntary exchange between two parties A and B?
The provision, ‘the State shall take steps to separate the Judiciary from the Executive in the public services of the State’ is incorporated in which part of the Constitution of India?
Which of the following statements are correct?
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Which one of the following is the correct meaning of the term ‘State’, as defined in Article 12 of the Constitution of India?
Which one among the following is the largest State in terms of seats in Rajya Sabha?
Under which Article of the Constitution of India has provision been made for reservation of seats for women in Panchayats?
The painted illustration of the moving of the Ashoka Pillar at Topra is found in
Which one among the following is a temple of the Vaishnavite tradition?
The biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, authored by Jahanara, is known is
Which one of the following is not a political method of the moderates in the National Movement?
Swami Dayanand Saraswati took inspiration from
The cell for ‘renunciation of (all) voluntary associations with the (British) Government’ was given during
Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Time Zone in India?
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D had recently visited Khardung La, Nubra Valley and several Buddhist monasteries. Which one of the following States/UT and she visited?
Which one of the following States receives rainfall from both the Arabian Sea branch and the Bay of Bengal branch of Monsoon?
Inceptisols, Entisols, Vertisols and Mollisols are orders of which one of the following?
S had witnessed contour bounding and contour ploughing while visiting one of the States in India. Identify the State from the options given below.
Which one of the following target groups is the beneficiary of ‘Garib Kalyan Rojgar Abhiyan’ scheme?
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the code given below the lists: Lest I List II (Curve) (Indication) A. Lorenz curve
Which one of the following is a typical example of monopolistic competition?
Following the Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016, the Parliament of India enacted quite a few GST Acts in the year 2017. Which one of the following does not fall in this category?
Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Enforcement?
Which one of the following is not correct?
Which one of the following statements is not correct about the nature of India’s federal system?
The Constitution of India guarantee freedom of speech and expression. But the freedom is subject to certain reasonable restrictions imposed by the State. These restrictions may relate to which of the following?
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Which one of the following amendments in the Constitution of India made a Proclamation of Emergency immune from judicial review?
Which one of the following British officials was elevated to the position of Governor General after the Regulating Act of 1773?
Which of the following ideas was preached by the Kherwar or Sapha Har movement of the 1870s?
In which one of the following years was the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha established?
Which one of the following was an important Pandya port, celebrated for its pearls in Sangam poems and Greek accounts?
The town of Chisht, from which the Sufi Chishti Silsila derives its name, is located in
The rules for congregational worship (Sangat) involving collective recitation were organized by
Who amongst the following will be at more risk with respect to the earthquake hazard zone specified by the Geological Survey of India?
The Government wants to prepare a plane for drought prone areas of the country. Which one of the following regions will be predominantly focused?
Four persons are travelling to different States of India. To whom will advise to protect oneself from blizzards?
Which one of the following States is not prominent for plantation agriculture?
The distance between which two cities has been reduced by the Atal Tunnel?
Which one of the following biosphere reserve comprises islands with estuaties, beaches, coral reefs, salt marshes and mangroves?
Which one of the following is not a correct statement with reference to the Constitution of India?
Which one of the following statements about the Cripps Mission is not correct?
Which of the following statements regarding constitutional amendment is/are correct?
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Which one of the following is not a circumstance for proclamation Emergency by the President of India under Article 352 of the Constitution of India?
Akbar issued a Farman in 1598 permitting in the city of Cambay (Khambat), Gujarat, the construction of a
Domingo Paes, the medieval traveler, has described the city of
The extent of damage caused by earthquake is not influenced by which one of the following?
An avalanche is a type of which one of the following disasters?
An infection constantly maintained at a baseline level in a geographic area without external input is known as
Streams and rivers coming from the mountains deposit heavy of rocks and boulders in
Which of the following statements regarding the electoral rolls is/are correct?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct about ‘Totalitarianism’?
Who among the following was chosen for the Kuvempu Award 2020?
Avani Lakhara became the first Indian women to win two Paralympics medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Which one of the following was her discipline?
Bagram Air Base is located in
The Panchmuli Lake is situated near
Pinaka, developed in India, is a
What is ital e-dwar?
What is the range capability of Agni-P Ballistic Missile?
Which one of the following Indian States has recently declared itself as the first rabies-free State?
Department of Public Enterprises is a part of
Chronologically arrange the following Indian-origin astronauts on the basis of their flying into space starting with the first:
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President Jovenel Moise, who was the President of which one of the following countries?
Recently, which one among the following Ministries was formed under the Government of India?
Indian Naval Ship INS Tobar had recently participated in a two-day naval exercise with the Italian Navy. The exercise was conducted in
Which one of the following countries has recently been awarded a malaria-free certification by the WHO?
Who amongst the following honored with Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020?
Why was Dholavira in the news recently?
Which one of the following is the oldest football tournament of Asia?
Who among the following is the first Indian woman to win a medal in the Olympics?
The Russian Federation participated in the Tokyo Olympics, 2020 under which of the following names?
Which of the following States/Union Territory/ Region are in special focus in the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm?