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Q1. At which place Vinoba Bhave started the Individual Satyagraha in 1940?
Correct answer : 4
Q2. Which of the following was the first fortified English port in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q3. When did Gandhiji coin the term "Harijan" for the 'untouchables' in our country?
Correct answer : 3
Q4. Brahminism as is understood today, with the outlook and attitude of the superior caste, has its roots in which of the following periods?
Correct answer : 2
Q5. Which of the following is believed to contain texts on earliest architecture?
Correct answer : 4
Q6. Large scale murals gave way for the miniatures in painting after ......
Correct answer : 1
Q7. Which one of the following is correct with regard to the split up of the late Chalukyan Empire?
Correct answer : 1
Q8. Which of the following river is related with the Battle of Hydaspes?
Correct answer : 3
Q9. Who was Greek explorer and navigator whom Darius the Great had directed around 510 BC to explore the Indus till its mouth?
Correct answer : 2
Q10. Which of the following Peshwa was known as "Nana Saheb"?
Correct answer : 3
Q11. What was an "Agrahara Grant"?
Correct answer : 3
Q12. What was "Arz"?
Correct answer : 1
Q13. Which of the following metal was not known to the Indus people?
Correct answer : 2
Q14. At which place the British and the French clashed for the first time?
Correct answer : 3
Q15. About the unilateral decision to withdraw the Non cooperation movement in February 1922 by Gandhiji, who has quoted :"to sound the order of retreat just when public enthusiasm was reaching the boiling point was nothing short of a national calamity"
Correct answer : 2
Q16. When for the first time an organisational change was brought in the Congress to turn it into a real mass political party?
Correct answer : 4
Q17. When did Gandhiji make the first use of hunger strike as a weapon?
Correct answer : 2
Q18. When the Congress took a critical stand over the Montford reforms of 1919, the old moderate remnants like Sapru, Jayakar and Chintamani broke up and formed the......
Correct answer : 3
Q19. Which one of the following was not one of the central agenda of the Khilafat movement?
Correct answer : 3
Q20. During the I WW assistance to revolutionaries was organized through which of the following foreign centres?
Correct answer : 4
Q21. What is the period of apprenticeship?
Correct answer : 2
Q22. What is the minimum age required for recruitment of apprentices?
Correct answer : 1
Q23. Which organisation supervises the implementation of the Apprentices Act?
Correct answer : 3
Q24. Workmen's compensation Act was enacted in the year …..
Correct answer : 4
Q25. Trade Union Act was enacted in the year…..
Correct answer : 3
Q26. Payment of Wages Act was enacted in the year of …..
Correct answer : 1
Q27. Industrial Disputes Act was enacted in the year …..
Correct answer : 1
Q28. Which Act, among the following, was not enacted before independence?
Correct answer : 4
Q29. Factories Act was enacted in the year……
Correct answer : 2
Q30. Employees' State Insurance Act was enacted in…..
Correct answer : 2
Q31. Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act was enacted in….
Correct answer : 3
Q32. According to the Constitution of India, it is the duty of the President of India to cause to be laid before the Parliament. Which of the following? (1)The Recommendations of the Union Finance Commission (2) The Report of the Public Accounts Committee (3) The Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (4) The Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes. Select the correct answer
Correct answer : 3
Q33. Bonded Labour (Abolition) Act was enacted in …..
Correct answer : 2
Q34. When was the Apprentices Act enacted?
Correct answer : 4
Q35. How many High Courts are there in our country?
Correct answer : 4
Q36. Which Article of the Constitution provides for the Administrative Tribunals?
Correct answer : 1
Q37. Lakshadweep comes under the legal jurisdiction of…..
Correct answer : 2
Q38. Andaman & Nicobar Islands comes under the legal jurisdiction of..
Correct answer : 4
Q39. When was the first Law Commission Constituted?
Correct answer : 3
Q40. Dadra Nagar Haveli comes under the legal jurisdiction of ……
Correct answer : 1
Q41. The demand curve will go up in the case of a commodity when _____________
Correct answer : 4
Q42. Credit cards are used for ______________
Correct answer : 4
Q43. "Devaluation" of currency means ________
Correct answer : 3
Q44. Demand of a commodity mainly depends on _______________
Correct answer : 4
Q45. "P Notes" means __________
Correct answer : 2
Q46. Pick the wrong number from the given series of numbers: 16,8,25,12,36 (SBI 2001)
Correct answer : 4
Q47. Pick the wrong number from the given series of numbers: 18,60,185,564,1698 (SBI 2001)
Correct answer : 4
Q48. A train running at the speed of 125 kmph crosses a platform in 19.5 seconds. Find the length of the train. (SBI 2001)
Correct answer : 4
Q49. Pick the wrong number from the given series of numbers: 126,20,32,84,325,1580 (SBI 2001)
Correct answer : 2
Q50. When prices of coal are reduced by 16%, then sale increases by 25%. What will be the effect on sale? (SBI 2001)
Correct answer : 1
Q51. ...............is a growth regulator.
Correct answer : 2
Q52. Which of the following is the first plant harmone to be discovered?
Correct answer : 4
Q53. Which of the following are natural auxins?
Correct answer : 1
Q54. Auxin promotes cell division in which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q55. Parthenocarpic fruits can be produced by the external application of growth harmone flower known as ........
Correct answer : 4
Q56. Gibberellin was discovered by ............., first in Japan.
Correct answer : 2
Q57. Gibberellin breaks dormancy in which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q58. Who among the following isolated Cytokinin from Herring Fish?
Correct answer : 4
Q59. Cytokinin called Zeatin is found in which of the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q60. Process of ageing in plants is delayed by Cytokinin which is called as.........
Correct answer : 3
Q61. Which of the following is a gaseous harmone?
Correct answer : 2
Q62. Ethylene is involved in which of the following phase of plants?
Correct answer : 2
Q63. Ethylene induces............in plants like Mango and Pineapple.
Correct answer : 3
Q64. Positive geotropism in root is stimulated by which of the following?
Correct answer : 1
Q65. .................is the chemical name of Kinetin.
Correct answer : 1
Q66. Phytohormones are active in .................
Correct answer : 3
Q67. Photoperiodism is first observed in mammoth variety of which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q68. Wheat and Oats belong to which of the following category?
Correct answer : 3
Q69. Sun flower and Maize are the examples of which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q70. Red absorbing photochrome is known as.......
Correct answer : 1
Q71. Of the following which one has the maximum ionisation energy?
Correct answer : 4
Q72. Of the following compounds which one contains intramolecular hydrogen bonding?
Correct answer : 2
Q73. The type of bonding possible in hydrogen fluoride molecule is........
Correct answer : 3
Q74. Pick out the very weak bond from the following?
Correct answer : 4
Q75. Dipole induced dipole interaction is also known as…..
Correct answer : 2
Q76. The force that exist between non-polar atoms like inert gases is......
Correct answer : 3
Q77. The other name for dipole-dipole attraction is…..
Correct answer : 3
Q78. The shape of sp hybrid orbital is......
Correct answer : 1
Q79. The shape of phosphorous penta chloride is .....
Correct answer : 1
Q80. Of the following group 14 elements which one acts as insulator?
Correct answer : 2
Q81. Which of the following acts as 'semiconductor'?
Correct answer : 1
Q82. Which of the following can be considered as a good conductor of electricity?
Correct answer : 2
Q83. In an insulator, the valence band is.......
Correct answer : 3
Q84. Band model of metallic bonding is based on which of the following?
Correct answer : 1
Q85. Of the following bonds, which one is very strong?
Correct answer : 3
Q86. Hydrogen molecule is diamagnetic in nature because it has……
Correct answer : 4
Q87. If a substance contains large number of unpaired electrons, then it's nature will be ....
Correct answer : 4
Q88. Of the following which one is not possible in a chemical bond?
Correct answer : 4
Q89. What is the shape of p-orbital?
Correct answer : 1
Q90. Molecular Orbital Theory was proposed by…….
Correct answer : 3
Q91. The energy of an electron at infinity is assumed to be ?
Correct answer : 4
Q92. The "Uncertainty Principle" was proposed by…..
Correct answer : 3
Q93. Who introduced the elliptical orbits?
Correct answer : 1
Q94. On which of the following the electron beam is allowed to fall according to J.J.Thomson experiment?
Correct answer : 2
Q95. Who suggested the planetary model of an atom?
Correct answer : 3
Q96. Who discovered the sub-atomic particle neutron?
Correct answer : 2
Q97. Which of the following was proposed by Max Planck?
Correct answer : 1
Q98. Which of the following was discovered by Mosely?
Correct answer : 4
Q99. Nucleus of an atom was discovered by......
Correct answer : 2
Q100. Who discovered the cathode rays?
Correct answer : 3
Q101. Atom was discovered by……
Correct answer : 3
Q102. What is the shape of 1s orbital?
Correct answer : 4
Q103. Who was the first person to predict the interrelation of matter and energy?
Correct answer : 2
Q104. From the following which one was discovered by Chadwick?
Correct answer : 1
Q105. What is the term for the Eigen function for an electron?
Correct answer : 3
Q106. What is the 'bond order' of Oxygen molecule?
Correct answer : 2
Q107. Who explained the dual character of electrons?
Correct answer : 3
Q108. What brings about the fermentation?
Correct answer : 2
Q109. From among the following which one is used in the manufacutre of telegraph and telephone wires?
Correct answer : 2
Q110. Ethyl alcohol is a ....
Correct answer : 1
Q111. What is the SI unit of power of lens?
Correct answer : 3
Q112. What is the SI unit of Specific resistance
Correct answer : 3
Q113. What is the SI unit of current?
Correct answer : 1
Q114. What is the SI unit of magnetic flux?
Correct answer : 3
Q115. What is the shortest distance between two points on a plane?
Correct answer : 1
Q116. What is the shape of our galaxy?
Correct answer : 2
Q117. What is the relation between linear velocity and angular velocity?
Correct answer : 1
Q118. What is the S.I unit of gravitational constant?
Correct answer : 2
Q119. What is the refractive index of the material having the frequency of light wave 3 × 1014 Hz and its wavelength 6400 A?
Correct answer : 3
Q120. What is the reciprocal of specific resistance?
Correct answer : 4
Q121. What is the ratio of the resultant resistance, when ‘n’ identical resistors of resistance ‘R’ are connected in parallel first and then in series?
Correct answer : 1
Q122. What is the range of velocity of a .particle?
Correct answer : 3
Q123. What is the range of maximum temperature that can be reached inside a solar cooker?
Correct answer : 2
Q124. What is the radius of the nucleus?
Correct answer : 1
Q125. What is the range of intermolecular force of attraction?
Correct answer : 3
Q126. What is the radius of an atom?
Correct answer : 3
Q127. What is the radius of curvature and name of a spherical mirror whose focal length is +2 cm?
Correct answer : 1
Q128. What is the radius of curvature of the mirror having 20 cm of focal length?
Correct answer : 2
Q129. What is the principle used in multiple reflections?
Correct answer : 3
Q130. What is the principle used in microphone?
Correct answer : 1
Q131. Which of the following is not favourable for the formation of deltas?
Correct answer : 2
Q132. Among the following bays, which one belongs to Australia?
Correct answer : 3
Q133. The mainstream of Ganga flowing into Bangladesh beyond Farakka is known as ..........
Correct answer : 1
Q134. What is the approximate mean velocity with which the Earth moves round the Sun in its orbit?
Correct answer : 2
Q135. Tropical rain forests appear in which of the following regions?
Correct answer : 4
Q136. The salinity of sea water is found to be highest in/at
Correct answer : 2
Q137. The important crop of the temperate grasslands is..............
Correct answer : 2
Q138. The region that is most famous for Citrus fruits is............
Correct answer : 3
Q139. Which of the following rivers flow westward?
Correct answer : 4
Q140. Rice/Paddy is the important crop of ............region.
Correct answer : 3
Q141. In which year Nobel Prize for Economics was instituted?
Correct answer : 4
Q142. The train "Himsagar Express" runs between
Correct answer : 2
Q143. Which of the following vedas contain theory of classical music?
Correct answer : 2
Q144. What was the first newspaper to be published in India?
Correct answer : 4
Q145. Who among the following wrote "Gitarahasya"
Correct answer : 1
Q146. "A sanyasi, indentured labourer in Fiji, carried a Tulsidas Ramayana, recite verses from this book to the rural people". Whom are we talking about?
Correct answer : 2
Q147. Which was the first definite communist journal to be published in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q148. With which of the following 'Ramanujacharya' was associated?
Correct answer : 1
Q149. Arrange the following temples/monuments in their chronological period of construction.... A)Puri Jagannath Temple b)Madurai Meenakshi Temple c)Mahabalipuram shore temples d)Qutub Minar
Correct answer : 1
Q150. Which one of the following statement is not relevant to Vedic God "Indra"?
Correct answer : 2
Q151. Some of the earliest recorded discussions on philosophical issue like the transmigration of soul, in the early Indian context are mentioned in ......
Correct answer : 3
Q152. Which of the following Rig Vedic Gods is believed to be the upholder of the "Rta" or "Cosmic Order"?
Correct answer : 2
Q153. Hindi and Urdu languages have taken birth from which of the following?
Correct answer : 3
Q154. The aim of the Asiatic Society was to....
Correct answer : 3
Q155. Who introduced English education in India?
Correct answer : 1
Q156. With which of the following Raja Ram Mohan Roy was not related?
Correct answer : 4
Q157. Who introduced "Indian Civil Service" in India?
Correct answer : 3
Q158. " Rule of Law" during British India meant.....
Correct answer : 3
Q159. "Indians are hot tempered but honest" Whose quote is this?
Correct answer : 3
Q160. Which metal was first used by the vedic people?
Correct answer : 4
Q161. The first human statue worship in India was that of......
Correct answer : 4
Q162. The script of the Harappan people consisted of.....
Correct answer : 2
Q163. Arrange the following Hindu Gods in chronological order according to their importance during the later vedic period: a) Indra b)Vishnu c)Prajapati d)Rudra
Correct answer : 4
Q164. Pick out the unrelated statements with reference to: "In Rig vedic times the king was assisted in administration by......" a)the collector of taxes b)the administrator of Justice c)the Senani d)the Purohita
Correct answer : 1
Q165. Which of the following kings were the first to issue gold coins?
Correct answer : 3
Q166. Who suggested first that India could be reached from Europe by sailing west?
Correct answer : 4
Q167. The present characteristic features of Hinduism had developed during the time of......
Correct answer : 2
Q168. The first use to which the wheel was put appears to have been for
Correct answer : 4
Q169. The most peculiar characteristic and ability of a man, which makes the process of transmission of knowledge permanent and easier is to....
Correct answer : 3
Q170. "Rajatarangini" written by Kalhan is about......
Correct answer : 1
Q171. The earliest evidence of the practice of Sati can be gleaned from....
Correct answer : 4
Q172. Buddha's teachings were mainly centred around.....
Correct answer : 3
Q173. What was the central point in Ashoka's "Dhamma"?
Correct answer : 4
Q174. "Arthashastra" by Kautilya is a book on......
Correct answer : 3
Q175. The following question is based on the five three digt numbers given below: 972 526 487 359 251. If the positions of the first and second digits are interchanged which of the following will be third if they are arranged in ascending order?
Correct answer : 1
Q176. In a row of boys A is 13th from the left and D is 17th from the right. If in this row A is 11th from the right then what is the position of D from the left?
Correct answer : 3
Q177. In the question below is given a statement followed by two assumptions numbeFF0000 1 and 2. You have to consider the statement and the following assumptions and decide which of the assumptions is implicit in the statement. Give answer: . STATEMENT: The government has recently announced additional food for work programmes for all the drought affected regions in the country. ASSUMPTIONS: (1) The government has adequate funds to run these programmes. (2) Affected people may be able to get at least one meal a day due to these programmes.
Correct answer : 4
Q178. Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and so form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group?
Correct answer : 1
Q179. Study the following information carefully and answer the given question. A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H are sitting around a circle facing the centre. D is fourth to the right of H and second to the left of B. F is fourth to the right of B. C fourth to the right of E who is not an immediate neighbour of B or D. A is not an immediate neighbour of D. Who is fourth to the left of G?
Correct answer : 3
Q180. Rearrange the following six sentences (A), (B), {C), (D), (E) and (F) in the proper sequence to form a meaningful paragraph and answer the question that follows: (A) He instructed his stable master to give him the fastest of all the horses he had. (B) Akbar was embarassed and in turn gifted the Sage a horse cart and made the stable master its driver in order to punish him. (C) After a few days Akbar saw the sage walking again and asked him where the horse was. (D) Once Akbar saw a Sage walking and decided to gift him a horse. (E) The Sage answered, ; My Lord, the horse gifted to me was so fast that it crossed the distance from earth to heaven in one night.; (F) However, it so happened that the stable master gave him a frail and sick horse which died the same night it was gifted to the Sage. Which of the above sentences should be the SIXTH sentence after rearrangement?
Correct answer : 2
Q181. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). Lay your books aside and (1) / and lay down to rest (2) / for a while. (3) / No error. (4)
Correct answer : 2
Q182. Give synonym for MANIFESTS
Correct answer : 4
Q183. Choose the word similar in meaning to the word: DELIRIOUS
Correct answer : 4
Q184. Pick an alternative for the idiom/phrase: " On the cards "
Correct answer : 2
Q185. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). Let's spend a few minutes (1) / in the park (2) / can we? (3) / No error (4).
Correct answer : 3
Q186. Read the sentence to find out whether there is any grammatical error or idiomatic error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. If there is no error, the answer is (4). (Ignore errors of punctuation, if any) No sooner she had realized (1) / her blunder than she began (2) / to take corrective measures. (3) / No error. (4).
Correct answer : 1
Q187. Choose the word opposite in meaning to the word: SPURIOUS
Correct answer : 2
Q188. According to the 2016 Mercer report from America, ............city is declared as the most expensive cost of living city.
Correct answer : 3
Q189. In 2016, Ramaiah Shanmuga Sundar received the "Order of Friendship" Award from ................
Correct answer : 1
Q190. In 2016, according to the announcement of the Indian Environment and Forest Ministry, the use of plastic bags should be made of
...................micron level.
Correct answer : 2
Q191. Telnet is a ......
Correct answer : 1
Q192. The decimal equivalent of hexadecimal number 4B3 is .....
Correct answer : 2
Q193. Which of the following can be used to select the entire document?
Correct answer : 1
Q194. ......option allows you to set the timing for each object in a slide.
Correct answer : 2
Q195. What is entered by the function -- =today0
Correct answer : 1
Q196. What is the alternative computer terminology for a bug?
Correct answer : 4
Q197. What is the full form of FTP?
Correct answer : 2
Q198. Which of the following is an example of connectivity?
Correct answer : 1
Q199. For most computers, the number of scan lines varies between
Correct answer : 1
Q200. To insert a new slide in a presentation, we have to press.....