What do you understand by 'muslin'?
A)
A special quality textile from Dhaka
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A special quality textile from Masulipatnam
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Gold-wrought cotton pieces from Burhanpur
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A term related to information technology industry
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None of these
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Which of the following is regarded by some scholars as the biggest armed resistance to colonialism in the nineteenth century anywhere in the world?
A)
Civil Right Movement of America
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Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 in India
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Industrial revolution in Britain
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American war of independence
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None of these
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India is a secular country. But Indian Constitution intervened in a few Hindu religious practices. Why?
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To abolish untouchability
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To promote the religions other than Hindu
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To promote Hindu religion
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following countries has lost its population due to out-migration or emigration?
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USA
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Australia
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Sudan
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Pakistan
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None of these
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During the time of Taiping Rebellion emperor of which of the following dynasties was in power?
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Xiuquan
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Ming
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Hong
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Qing
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None of these
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What do you understand by a population pyramid?
A)
A photographic representation of population in pyramid shape
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A graphical representation of the age and sex composition of a population
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A graphical representation of the pattern of population distribution in a particular area
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A graphical representation of migrated population of a country
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None of these
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Which of the following plants was discovered by an Arab goat-herder?
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Coffee
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Maize
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Sugarcane
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Tea
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None of these
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President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of the:
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Members of both the houses of Parliament
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Members of all the state legislative assemblies
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Only the elected members of Parliament and of state legislatures
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All the elected as well as the nominated members of Parliament and that of state legislatures
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None of these
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In which of the following countries mixed farming is practiced?
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New Zealand
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Pakistan
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Brazil
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Sri Lanka
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None of these
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Young Bengal movement was started by:
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Henri Vivian Derozio
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Shaukat Ali
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William Jones
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None of these
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When was Delhi rebuilt as the capital of British India?
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1919
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1911
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1912
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1915
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None of these
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Which of the following is not true?
A)
Dowry death is considered as a criminal offence.
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A criminal offence is always considered to have been committed against the affected victim only.
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In a criminal case, the case against the accused is presented by the State.
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In court, it is the Public Prosecutor who represents the interests of the State in a criminal case.
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None of these
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Banking is an example of:
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Secondary activity
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Primary activity
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Tertiary activity
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All of these
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None of these
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A terrible famine in 1770 wiped out almost ________ of the population in Bengal.
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1/3rd
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2/3rd
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1/4th
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3/4th
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None of these
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The mass movement of rock, debris or Earth down a slope is known as:
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Weathering
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Mulching
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Poaching
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Landslide
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None of these
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Writs can be used by:
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The Supreme Court
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The High Courts
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The district courts
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Both [A] and [B]
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None of these
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Which of the following is regarded as the backbone of modern industries?
A)
Information and Technology
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Iron and Steel
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Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Coal and Power
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None of these
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The National Archives of India came up in the year:
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1920
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1924
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1828
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1994
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None of these
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The entire population of which of the following cities is completely dependent on purchased water?
A)
Jaisalmer in Rajasthan
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Kalahandi in Orissa
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Amreli in Saurasta
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Bahid in Rajasthan
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None of these
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Which of the following most appropriately defines the nature of a country's political system?
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Its' form of Government
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Its' Constitution
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Its' political practices
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Behaviour of people
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None of these
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Identify the creature from the given figure.
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Beetle
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Mantis
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Grasshopper
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Silkworm
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None of these
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Birsa was born in a family of:
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Santhals
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Oraons
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Mundas
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All of these
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None of these
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Out of 2800 types of identified minerals how many are considered as ores?
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100
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1000
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500
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250
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None of these
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Why a law on minimum wages is a necessity?
A)
To give workers their rights
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To ensure that workers are not underpaid
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To ensure that workers are not illegally employed
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is the correct composition of Indian Parliament?
A)
It consists of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
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It consists of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and the President
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It consists of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, the President and the Supreme Court
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It consists of only Lok Sabha
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None of these
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Baigas are a tribe from:
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North-East
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Rajasthan
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Bihar
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Central Province
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None of these
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Digboi in Assam is related to which one of the following?
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Petroleum
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Coal
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Iron ore
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Natural gas
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None of these
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What is the importance of 'question hour' in Parliament?
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It gives an opportunity to every MP to ask whatever they want to.
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It gives an opportunity for the MPs to speak on the floor of the house.
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It is the mechanism by which the Parliament exercises its control over the executive.
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It gives an opportunity to the opposition parties to criticize the party in power.
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None of these
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What do you understand by Cul-de-sac?
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A sufi lodge
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Street with a dead end
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An open prayer place of Muslims
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A tomb
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None of these
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Which of the following justifies the independence of judiciary in India?
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Power of judicial review
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Playing crucial role in protecting the Fundamental Rights of citizens
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Power of dispute resolution
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is NOT true?
A)
The Delhi College was established in 1792.
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The establishment of Delhi College led to a great intellectual flowering in science subjects.
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The establishment of Delhi College led to a great intellectual flowering in Humanities.
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The intellectual flowering led by the establishment of Delhi College primarily was in Urdu language.
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None of these
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Name the first country to develop hydroelectricity in the world.
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USA
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Norway
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Britain
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Russia
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None of these
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Read the statement given below and pick your option. A government official helps his son go into hiding because his son has been given a ten-year jail sentence by a District Court for a crime that he has committed.
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Every father has the right to save his son.
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This is a normal practice by the rich and powerful in India.
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Everyone is equal before law. Hence the son should not be exempt from the law, even though his father is rich and powerful.
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All of these
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None of these
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The British converted Zinat-ul-Masjid into a:
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Camp for soldiers
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A bakery
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Residence for British office
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A library
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None of these
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Hot spring is an example of:
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Thermal energy
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Water energy
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Nuclear energy
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Geothermal energy
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None of these
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Which of the following actions in your kitchen would conserve LPG?
A)
Cooking food in an open pan
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Keeping the vegetables chopped before lighting the gas for cooking
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Soaking rice for some time before cooking it
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Both [B] and [C]
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None of these
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Which of the following is an example of joint sector industry?
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Nuclear Power Corporation
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Prasar Bharati
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Maruti Udyog Limited
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All of these
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None of these
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Majha Pravaas was written by:
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Vishnubhatt Godse
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Subedar Sitaram Pande
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Mir Taqi Mir
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Mirza Galib
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None of these
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When soldiers as a group disobey their officers in the army, it is called:
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Rebellion
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Uprising
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Mutiny
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Struggle
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None of these
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There are over _____ different Adivasi groups in India.
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500
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350
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250
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400
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None of these
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Minerals cannot be extracted by which of the following ways?
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Open-cast mining
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Shaft mining
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Quarrying
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Drilling
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None of these
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In which of the following cases the Supreme Court ruled that Article 21 which provides every citizen the Fundamental Right to Life also includes the Right to Health?
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Paschim Banga Khet Majoor Samity vs. State of West Bengal (1996)
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State (Delhi Administration) vs. Laxman Kumar and Others (1985)
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Olga Tellis vs. Bombay Municipal Corporation (1985)
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On a PIL filed by the People's Union of Civil Liberties (1994)
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None of these
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Which of the following is not a key feature of the Indian Constitution?
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Separation of Powers
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Fundamental Rights
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Unitary Government
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Federalism
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None of these
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Which of the following is correct about American secularism?
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The State can intervene in religious affairs.
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Neither the State nor religion can interfere in the affairs of one another.
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Though the State is not strictly separate from religion it does maintain a distance vis-a-vis religion.
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Any interference in religion by the State has to be based on the ideals laid out in the constitution
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None of these
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Who among the following has been pointed out by C. K.Janu, an Adivasi activist, as one of the violators of constitutional right guaranteed to tribal people?
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Industrialists
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Political leader
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Governments in the various states of India
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Businessmen/contractors
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None of these
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Which of the following is the aim of Project Tiger? (i) To provide tigers a natural habitat for living. (ii) To check illegal poaching of tigers. (iii) To protect it from extinction by increasing its population (iv) To save mankind from tiger menace.
A)
Only ii, iii and iv
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Only i, ii, and iv
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Only i, ii and iii
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i, ii, iii and iv
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None of these
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If a person is forced to work for low wages, which of the following Fundamental Rights guaranteed by our Constitution can he use to protect himself?
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Right to equality
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Right to freedom
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Right to constitutional remedies
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Right against exploitation
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None of these
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Intensive subsistence agriculture is prevalent:
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in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions of south, southeast and east Asia
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in the United States of America and Western Europe.
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in Eastern European countries and Latin America
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in Australia
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None of these
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'The rebels wanted to establish a kingdom where a form of Christianity was practised, where no one held any private property, where there was no difference between social classes and between men and women, where consumption of opium, tobacco, alcohol, and activities like gambling, prostitution, slavery, were prohibited.'
The statement given above is related to which revolution?
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The Bastar Rebellion
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The Taiping Rebellion
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The Munda Uprisings
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The Warli Revolt
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None of these
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While the government has a leading role to ensure social justice, but people can also exert pressure so that the government acts in the interests of society. According to you which of the following is an area where the situation is still very unfair and people pressure for the larger interest is the need of the day?
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Educational reform
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Environmental pollution
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Right to fair wage and decent work conditions
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Right to work
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Both [C] and [D]
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