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Q1. Which of the following pairs of States and their important crops are correctly matched? (1) Kerala .. Tapioca; (2) Maharashtra .. Cotton; (3) West Bengal .. Jute ; (4) Gujarat .. Groundnut.
Correct answer : 4
Q2. Match the following ancient personalities (in alphabets) with their field of expertise (in numbers): (A) Visakhadatta (B) Varahamihira (C} Charaka (D) Brahmagupta ..... (1) Medicine (2) Drama (3) Astronomy (4) Mathematics
Correct answer : 3
Q3. Match the following Ores (in alphabets) with the States where they are mined (in numbers): (A) Manganese (B) Nickel (C} Lead Zinc (D) Asbestos ..... (1) Madhya Pradesh (2) Odisha (3) Rajasthan (4) Andhra Pradesh
Correct answer : 3
Q4. Which of the following pairs of places and projects are correctly matched? (1) Idukki -- Thermal Power Station; (2) Sabarigir -- Hydro electric Project (3) Ghatprabha -- Irrigation Project; (4) Ramganga -- Multipurpose Project.
Correct answer : 1
Q5. Which one of the following sculptures invariably used green schist as the medium?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Which one of the following is an important crop of the Barak Valley?
Correct answer : 1
Q7. Prem Vatika ' poems on the life of Krishna, was composed by ....
Correct answer : 3
Q8. Which one of the following monuments has a dome which is said to be one of the largest in the world?
Correct answer : 4
Q9. Which one of the following was an émigré Communist Journal of M N Roy?
Correct answer : 3
Q10. Which one of the following does NOT belong to the biosphere reserves set up so far?
Correct answer : 4
Q11. "Yellow Cake" an item of smuggling across borders is ......
Correct answer : 1
Q12. The National Highway from Amritsar to Delhi is numbered .....
Correct answer : 1
Q13. The word "Hindu" as reference to the people of Hind (India) was first used by ....
Correct answer : 1
Q14. The original home of the gypsies was ....
Correct answer : 2
Q15. The name by which Asoka is generally referred to in his inscriptions is .....
Correct answer : 4
Q16. Coffe cultivation in Sri Lanka was abandoned because of the disease ......
Correct answer : 3
Q17. Who among the following received the Nobel Prize for deciphering the language of bees?
Correct answer : 2
Q18. " By weaving threads of Physics, Chemistry and Biology in a rich tapestry, this remarkable scientist provided a unifying molecular view of the world.... He touted the wonderful properties of Vitamin C first as a cure of common cold and later as a preventive agent against cancer. " One of science's major figures of all time referred to above is .....
Correct answer : 2
Q19. The "Modi Script " was employed in the documents of the .....
Correct answer : 4
Q20. Hughly ' was used as a base for piracy in the Bay of Bengal by the ......
Correct answer : 1
Q21. The word " Adivasi " was used for the first time to refer to the tribal people by .....
Correct answer : 2
Q22. The concept of " Anuvrata " was advocated by .....
Correct answer : 3
Q23. Who among the following was a Brahmavdini who composed some hymns of the Vedas?
Correct answer : 2
Q24. Which one of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?
Correct answer : 4
Q25. In Sabnskrit plays written during the Gupta period women and Sudras speak .....
Correct answer : 2
Q26. The only snake that builds nest is .....
Correct answer : 2
Q27. The Nagara, the Dravida and the Vesara are ....
Correct answer : 2
Q28. Match the following luxury trains (in alphabets) with their routes (in numbers) ..... (A) European transcontinental railway (B) Trans-Andean railway {C} Trans-Siberian railway (D) Orient Express ..... (1) Paris to Istanbul (2) Leningrad to Vladivostok (3) Leningrad to Volgograd (4) Buenos Aires to Valparaiso (5) Paris to Warsaw.
Correct answer : 1
Q29. The Mughal school of painting formed the spinala column of the various schools of Indian miniature art. Which one of the following painting styles was NOT affected by Mughal painting?
Correct answer : 4
Q30. Who among the following anticipated Newton by declaring that all things gravitate to the earth?
Correct answer : 4
Q31. According to the Mimamsa system of philosophy, liberation is possible by means of .....
Correct answer : 3
Q32. The lead character in the film "Bandit Queen" was played by .....
Correct answer : 2
Q33. In which state of India, it is legal for a Hindu male and illegal for a Muslim male to have more than one living wife?
Correct answer : 3
Q34. The term "Yavanapriya" mentioned in ancient Sanskrit texts denoted .....
Correct answer : 4
Q35. Bronze icons of Nataraja cast during the Chola period invariably show the deity with
Correct answer : 2
Q36. Which one of the following can be used to confirm whether drinking water contains a gamma emitting isotope or not?
Correct answer : 4
Q37. Which one of the following is a mixed fertilizer?
Correct answer : 4
Q38. The chemical used as a 'fixer' in photography is
Correct answer : 2
Q39. "The final Agent Orange raid in Vietnam took place in 1970: .... Areas have begun to bloom again. But 19 years after the war's end, it seems plain that Agent Orange is killing and maiming human beings, something it never intended to do. The apparent toxic fallout from those clouds....is a crop of human miseries including cancers, miscarriages and birth defects -- that may persist for decades." -- The offensive substance referred to in this quotation is .....
Correct answer : 4
Q40. Which of the following are correctly matched? (1) Hamas .. Palestinian Extremist Group (2) Sinn Fein .. Irish Republican Army's political wing. (3) True Path Party .. A major constituent of the ruling coalition in Turkey.
Correct answer : 3
Q41. The pitch of the voice of women is in general ....
Correct answer : 1
Q42. The statue of Gomateswara at Saravanabelagola was buit by ....
Correct answer : 4
Q43. According to the newly adopted Constitution of Russia, the PM is appointed by ....
Correct answer : 2
Q44. The capital of the Kingdom of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was .....
Correct answer : 3
Q45. Which one of the following combinations of aperture and shutter speed of a camera will allow the maximum exposure?
Correct answer : 3
Q46. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans?
Correct answer : 4
Q47. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are ......
Correct answer : 4
Q48. Indian expertise was used in the archaeological restoration of the monuments at .....
Correct answer : 1
Q49. The earliest evidence of silver in India is found in the ......
Correct answer : 1
Q50. Which one of the following is a language of Baluchistan, but linguistically Dravidian?