Sunga dynasty was founded by:
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Devabhuti
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Pushyamitra
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Vasudeva
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Bimbisara
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Sahyadri is also known as:
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Eastern Ghats
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Western Ghats
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The Aravali
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The Vindhyas
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Pit houses have been found in:
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Burzahom
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Bhimbhetka
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Dholavira
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Phek
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Which of the following represents diversity in India?
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Various types of food
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Various languages
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Celebration of various festivals
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All of these
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None of these
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Buddhism reached Tibet via_________.
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Kashmir
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China
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Ladakh
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Sikkim
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What is Ayurveda?
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A system of medicine
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One of the Vedas
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A study of time
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The image given in question is the symbol of which of the following organizations of the Government of India?
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ONGC
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IOCL
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BPCL
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SBI
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In which of the following years the women in America did get their legal Right to Vote?
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1919
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1920
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1928
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1917
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None of these
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Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller, visited India during the rule of:
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Chandragupta-II
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Pulakesin-II
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Harshavardhana
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Ghatotkacha
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None of these
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In 24 hours our earth rotates about:
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\[180{}^\circ \]
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\[360{}^\circ \]
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\[60{}^\circ \]
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None of these
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_________is our national bird.
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Duck
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Peacock
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Eagle
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Robin
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None of these
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Which of the following is an example of fold mountain?
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The Himalayas
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The Alps
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The Aravali
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Both [A] and [B]
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Asteroids are found between the orbits of:
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Saturn and Jupiter
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Mars and Jupiter
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Earth and Saturn
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Mars and Mercury
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None of these
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Carved writings on stone surfaces using chisels and hammers are called:
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Tamrapatras
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Boustrophedon
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Inscriptions
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Manuscripts
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Mudrarakshasa was written by:
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Vishakhadatt
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Kautilya
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Megasthenes
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Brahmadatta
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None of these
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When do the Siberian Cranes arrive in India?
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Arrive in November stay till early March
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Arrive in December stay till early March
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Arrive in December stay till end of the March
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Arrive in November stay till end of the March
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None of these
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Identify the image given below and its location.
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Sanchi Stupa in Madhya Pradesh
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Sanchi Stupa in Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh
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Sanchi Stupa in Bodh Gaya, Bihar
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Sanchi Stupa in Nalanda, Bihar
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None of these
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Which of the following statements will be true, if you own a show room Sports goods?
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It is illegal.
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You have to pay taxes to the Government.
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You do not have to pay any tax as the showroom is for sports goods.
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You have to have only a sport person as an employee in your showroom.
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None of these
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The Panchayat President is also called __________ in some areas.
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Sarpanch
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Panch
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Pramukh
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Pratihari
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None of these
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Match the following mountain ranges as per their locations.
(A) The Alps (i) Aisa (B) The Andes (ii) North America (C) The Himalayas (iii) South America (D) The Rockies (iv) Europe
A)
A - ii; B - iii; C - -i; D - iv
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A - iv; B - ii; C - i; D - iii
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A - i; B - ii; C - iii; D - iv
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A - iv; B - iii; C - i; D - ii
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None of these
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How was the ideas expressed in Upanishads?
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Through stories
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Through simple dialogues
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Through paragraphs
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All of these
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None of these
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The big city like Delhi is divided into several ___________.
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Wards
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Samitis
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Districts
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States
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None of these
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Which of the following is the national emblem of India?
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All of these
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None of these
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From which of the following maps you can get detailed information?
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Thematic map
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Political map
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Physical map
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Both [B] and [C]
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None of these
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Who was Aryabhatta?
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An astronomer
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A great warrior
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A great mathematician
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Both [A] and [C]
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None of these
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Wild goats and snow leopards are found in_________.
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Kaziranga
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Peninsular region
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Himalayan region
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Coastal region
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None of these
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Which of the following dynasties had a very efficient spy system?
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Gupta
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Kushan
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Chola
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Maurya
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None of these
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Which of the following is the deepest point of earth?
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Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean
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Mariana Trench in Atlantic Ocean
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Cape of Good Hope in Pacific Ocean
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Cape of Good Hope in Atlantic Ocean
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None of these
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What is Apartheid Laws?
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The laws in which people are discriminated on the basis of religion.
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The laws in which people are discriminated on the basis of language.
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The laws in which people are discriminated on the basis of race.
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All of these
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None of these
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Taxila was a centre of:
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Religion
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Trade
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Meeting
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None of these
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Which of the following is the chief movement of ocean water?
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Tide
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Ocean Current
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Waves
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All of these
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None of these
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The earth is surrounded by a layer of gases known as:
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Biosphere
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Atmosphere
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Lithosphere
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Hydrosphere
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A public sale in which goods are sold to the highest bidder is known as:
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Auction
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Harvesting
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Sale
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Catamaran
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Rhine valley is in:
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South America
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Europe
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Asia
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None of these
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The number of religions in India is _________.
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Eight
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Nine
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Six
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Seven
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The first city to be discovered in Indus Valley was:
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Dholavira
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Lothal
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Harappa
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Mohenjodaro
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None of these
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Arthashastra was a book written by __________.
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Chanakya
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Gargi
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Asoka
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Hiuen Tsang
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An increase in the amount of \[C{{O}_{2}}\] in atmosphere leads to:
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Tsunami
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Earthquake
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Blizzards
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Global warming
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None of these
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The sun's rays fall vertically on the _________ on 21st June.
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Equator
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Tropic of Capricorn
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Tropic of Cancer
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South Pole
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None of these
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Who among the following government officers works in a village?
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District Magistrate
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Patwari
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Commissioner
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is not a source of fund for a village Panchayat in India?
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Land revenue
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Taxes on houses and market place
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Grants and donation for community work
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Grants-in-aid from state government
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None of these
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If you have to interview an archaeologist, which of the following questions you may ask?
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How do you understand what was written in an inscription?
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How do you decipher a manuscript written thousands of years ago?
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Did you ever have to excavate an area to find out what people ate in the past?
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None of these
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Find the odd one out.
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Venus
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Jupiter
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Uranus
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Neptune
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None of these
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Read the given incident carefully and pick the most appropriate option as your answer. Akram was the first boy of his class. He is 12 years old and loves to play cricket. But he does not go to school anymore, nor can he play cricket in the afternoon. He now works in a tea stall to support his family. This is because, Akram does not have the resources and opportunities that are available to other children.
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This a classic example of economic hardship.
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This is a classic example of diversity in our social system.
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This is a classic example of inequality in our society.
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This is a classic example of the existence of caste system in our society.
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None of these
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Identify the wrong statement.
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The Shakas were defeated by the Gupta kings.
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The Shungas were followed by another dynasty, known as the Kanvas.
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The Satavahana kingdom, which was established about 2100 years ago, lasted for about 400 years.
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The Great Wall of China was meant to protect the northern frontier of the empire from pastoral people.
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None of these
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Which of the following is an endangered species?
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All of these
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None of these
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The sun rises two hours earlier in the east (Arunachal Pradesh) than in the west (Gujarat). In other words, there could be a wide differences in local time of places located at two extreme points of India.
Which of the following may be the reason for this wide difference?
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Because of India's location in the Northern Hemisphere
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Due to great longitudinal extent of India, which is of about \[29{}^\circ \]
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Due to the diversity of India's landforms
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Due to the relief of India
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None of these
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Who coined the phrase 'unity in diversity'?
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Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
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None of them
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What do you understand by 'Vedanta'?
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Any one of the four Vedas
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Upanishads
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Slokas and Sukti
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Atman
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None of these
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Why do we need standard time? (Give the most appropriate answer.)
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Because it is necessary to adopt local time of some central meridian of a country as the standard time for the country.
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It will be difficult to prepare time table for trains which cross several longitude.
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The local time of places which are on different meridian are bound to differ and thereby to create confusion and inconvenience.
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Actually we do not need any standard time.
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None of these
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