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IMPORTANT MCQs

1) Entomology is the science that studies

a. Behavior of human beings 9) Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the
b. Insects earth towards the moon is a velocity to get rid
c. The origin and history of scientific of the
terms a. Earth's gravitational pull
d. The formation of rocks b. Moon's gravitational pull
c. Centripetal force due to the earth's
2) Garampani sanctuary is located at rotation
a. Junagarh, Gujarat d. Pressure of the atmosphere
b. Diphu, Assam
c. Kohima, Nagaland 10) Coral reefs in India can be found in
d. Gangtok, Sikkim a. the coast of Orissa
b. Waltair
3) Galileo was an Italian astronomer who c. Rameshwaram
a. developed the telescope d. Trivandrum
b. discovered four satellites of Jupiter
c. discovered that the movement of 11) For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for
pendulum produces a regular time household supply of electricity must be made of metal
measurement having
d. All of the above a. low melting point
b. high resistance
4) Exposure to sunlight helps a person c. high melting point
improve his health because d. low specific heat
a. the infrared light kills bacteria in the
body 12) Durand Cup is associated with the game of
b. resistance power increases a. Cricket
c. the pigment cells in the skin get b. Football
stimulated and produce a healthy c. Hockey
tan d. Volleyball
d. the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil
13) For seeing objects at the surface of water
into Vitamin D
from a submarine under water, the instrument
5) Guwahati High Court is the judicature of used is
a. Nagaland a. Kaleidoscope
b. Arunachal Pradesh b. Periscope
c. Assam c. Spectroscope
d. All of the above d. Telescope

6) Friction can be reduced by changing from 14) Fathometer is used to measure

a. sliding to rolling a. Earthquakes
b. rolling to sliding b. Rainfall
c. potential energy to kinetic energy c. Ocean depth
d. dynamic to static d. Sound intensity

7) Guru Gobind Singh was 15) For galvanizing iron which of the following metals
I. the 10th Guru of the Sikhs is used?
II. founder of Khalsa, the inner council a. Aluminium
of the Sikhs in 1699 b. Copper
III. author of Dasam Granth c. Lead
d. Zinc
Which of the following is/are correct ?
a. Only 1 16) Firdausi was
b. Only 2 a. a poet
c. Both 1 & 3 b. well known for his epic 'Shahnama'
d. 1, 2 & 3 c. Both option A and B
d. None of the above
8) Ecology deals with
a. Birds 17) Excessive secretion from the pituitary
b. Cell formation gland in the children results in
c. Relation between a. increased height
organisms and their b. retarded growth
environment c. weakening of bones
d. Tissues d. None of the above
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18) India has largest deposits in the world of 27) Kathak, Nauntanki, Jhora and Kajri are the
a. Gold important dances of
b. Copper a. Uttaranchal
c. Mica b. Uttar Pradesh
d. None of the above c. Jharkhand
d. Chhattisgarh
19) India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage
Gomateswara is at 28) Number of commands of Air Force are
a. Mysore, Karnakata a. Five
b. New Delhi b. Six
c. Sravanabelagola, Karnataka c. Seven
d. Mandu, Madhya Pradesh d. Eight
20) If speed of rotation of the earth increases, 29) Liquids transmit pressure equally in all
weight of the body directions. This is known as
a. Increases a. Boyle-Pascal's Law
b. remains unchanged b. Pascal's Law
c. decreases c. Archimedes' Principle
d. may decrease or increase d. None of the above
21) In which of the following organs of human
body does maximum absorption of food take 30) Lal Bahadur Shastri
place? I. succeeded Pandit Nehru as the
a. Gullet second Prime Minister of India
b. Large intestine II. signed the Tashkent Agreement with
c. Small intestine Ayub Khan for a ceasefire between
d. Stomach India and Pakistan
22) India's first indigenously built submarine Which of the following is/are correct ?
was a. Only 1
a. INS Savitri b. Only 2
b. INS Shalki c. Both 1 & 2
c. INS Delhi d. None of them
d. INS Vibhuti
31) On a night when the sky is clear, the
23) If the plane of the earth's equator were not temperature may dip considerably; on a cloudy
inclined to the plane of the earth's orbit night the temperature will usually dip much
a. the year would be longer less. The reason for this difference is that
b. the winters would be longer a. the clear sky allows radiant energy
c. there would be no change of seasons to escape readily from the earth
d. the summers would be warmer b. on a cloudy night the clouds are
warm
24) Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottamthullal c. the clear sky allows the cold of outer
are the famous dances of space to reach the earth
a. Kerala d. current of air carry the heat away
b. Karnataka from the earth on a clear night
c. Orissa
d. Tamil Nadu 32) Olympic emblem is composed of five
intertwined rings, each of a different colour,
25) Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based representing the five continents of the world
on an ancient language called as
a. Hindi a. Blue ring - Europe; Yellow ring -
b. Sanskrit Asia; Black ring - Africa; Red ring-
c. Kannada America; Green ring – Oceania
d. Tamil b. Blue ring - Asia; Yellow ring -
Europe; Black ring - Oceania; Red
26) Malfunctioning of which of the following ring- Africa; Green ring – America
organs causes jaundice? c. Blue ring - Europe; Yellow ring -
a. Stomach Asia; Black ring - Africa; Red ring-
b. Pancreas Oceania; Green ring – America
c. Liver d. Blue ring - Asia; Yellow ring -
d. Kidney Europe; Black ring - Africa; Red ring-
America; Green ring – Oceania
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33) Mina is the tribe of 42) Raja Rammohan Roy

a. Tripura A. was a social reformer who tried to
b. Sikkim eradicate sati, purdah and child
c. Rajasthan marriage
d. Nagaland, Assam B. advocated widow remarriage and
woman's education
34) Kanishka was C. was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj
a. the king of Kushan dynasty Which of the following is correct ?
b. a great conqueror but later became a a. Only A
follower of Buddha b. Only A & C
c. the only ruler of India whose c. A, B & C
territory extended up to central Asia d. B & C only
d. All of the above
43) Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because
35) Nuclear power is ____ thermal power. a. it always lets the steam escape
a. cheaper than b. high pressure crushes the hard
b. costlier than covering of rice grains
c. equal in amount c. heat energy doesn’t escape easily
d. they cannot be related d. high pressure raises the boiling
point of water
36) Most commonly used bleaching agent is
a. alcohol 44) Super conductivity is a phenomenon in
b. carbon dioxide which the resistance of a substance
c. chlorine a. increases with temperature
d. sodium chloride b. decreases with temperature
c. does not change with temperature
37) Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon d. becomes zero at very low
Magsaysay, who was known for his land temperature
reform programme to defuse communist
insurgency. 45) The clear sky looks blue because
a. President of the Philippines a. reflection of light
b. President of the Spain b. refraction of light
c. President of the Scotland c. diffraction of light
d. President of the Malaysia d. dispersion of light

38) Microphone is used to convert 46) Deforestation in the uplands may cause
a. sound waves into electrical energy pollution in rivers through
b. sound waves into light rays a. leaching of salts
c. electrical energy into sound waves b. erosion and silting
d. sound waves into magnetic currents c. inflow of forest material
d. increased discharge rate
39) Soil acidity is generally corrected by
a. proper irrigation 47) The increased use of groundwater for
b. adding sodium hydroxide irrigation purposes has led to
c. liming a. salinization
d. application of fertilizers b. lowering of the water table
c. water logging
40) Penicillin is widely used as d. All of the above
a. an antiseptic
48) The reaction which converts sugar
b. a disinfectant
solution into alcohol is an example of
c. an antibiotic
a. saponification
d. an insecticide
b. hydrogenation
41) The air we inhale is mixture of gases. c. fermentation
Which of the following gases in the mixture is d. hydrolysis
highest in percentage?
a. Carbon dioxide 49) The refrigerant commonly used for
b. Nitrogen domestic refrigerators is
c. Oxygen a. alcohol
d. Ozone b. ammonia
c. neon
d. None of the above
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50) The ozone layer is being destroyed by 58) The trophy know by the name of Grand Prix is
chlorofluorocarbons. In this regard which do associated with
you consider as the most harmful? a. table tennis
a. Carbon atom b. lawn tennis
b. Chlorine atom c. table tennis and lawn tennis
c. Fluorine atom d. table tennis, lawn tennis and shooting
d. The entire compound
59) When light passes from air into glass it
51) The red blood cells are in the experiences change of
a. Heart a. frequency and wavelength
b. Liver b. frequency and speed
c. lymph nodes c. wavelength and speed
d. bone marrow d. frequency, wavelength and speed

52) Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating 60) When a given amount of air is cooled
a. anaemia a. the amount of moisture it can hold
b. goitre decreases
c. night blindness b. its absolute humidity decreases
d. rickets c. its relative humidity increases
d. its absolute humidity increases
53) Venturi tube is used for
a. measuring intensity of earthquakes 61) When cream is separated from milk
b. measuring specific gravity a. the density of milk increases
c. measuring density b. the density of milk decreases
d. measuring flow of a fluid c. the density of milk remains
unchanged
54) Weight of an object put in a satellite d. it becomes more viscous
orbiting in space around the earth is
a. the same as on the earth 62) What is the capital of Dadra and Nagar
b. slightly more than that on the earth Haveli?
c. less than that on the earth a. Daman
d. reduced to zero b. Silvassa
c. Dispur
55) The three abundant elements in the earth's d. Shilling
crust are aluminium, oxygen and silicon. The
correct order of their abundance is 63) Which of the following act as a channel of
a. oxygen, aluminium, silicon transmission of blood to the heart in the
b. aluminium, silicon, oxygen human body?
c. oxygen, silicon, aluminium a. Arteries
d. silicon, oxygen, aluminium b. Muscle fibres
c. Nerves
56) The tribe residing in Meghalaya is d. Veins
a. Garos
b. Khas 64) Which of the following chemicals is useful
c. Kol in photography?
d. Murias a. Aluminium hydroxide
b. Potassium nitrate
57) Vijayalakshmi Pandit was c. Silver bromide
A. the first women minister of an d. Sodium chloride
Indian state (UP)
B. the first women to become president 65) Which amongst the following mammals
of the UN General Assembly has the highest metabolic rate in terms of
C. the first Indian women Ambassador oxygen consumption?
to china a. Dog
b. Mouse
Which of the following is/are correct ? c. Rabbit
a. Only A d. Rat
b. A & B
c. A, B & C 66) Brass gets discoloured in air because of the
d. B & C presence of which of the following gases in air?
a. Oxygen
b. Hydrogen sulphide
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c. Carbon dioxide 75) Monazite is an ore of

d. Nitrogen a. titanium
b. zirconium
67)non-metal that’s liquid at room c. iron
temperature d. thorium
a. Phosphorous 76) Potassium nitrate is used in
b. Bromine a. medicine
c. Chlorine b. fertiliser
d. Helium c. salt
d. glass
68) Bromine is a
a. black solid 77) Most soluble in water is
b. red liquid a. camphor
c. colourless gas b. sulphur
d. highly inflammable gas c. common salt
d. sugar
69) Which is used as a lubricant?
a. Graphite 78) Permanent hardness of water may be
b. Silica removed by the addition of
c. Iron Oxide a. sodium carbonate
d. Diamond b. alum
c. potassium permanganate
70) In which of the following activities silicon d. lime
carbide is used?
a. Making cement and glass 79) Which of them are the ingredients of gun
b. Disinfecting water of ponds metal?
c. cutting very hard substances a. Iron, Zinc, Titanium
d. Making casts for statues b. Iron, tin
c. Iron, Brass, Tin
71) When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is d. Copper, Tin
formed
a. without any change in the weight of 80) What is laughing gas?
the nail a. Nitrous Oxide
b. with decrease in the weight of nail b. Carbon monoxide
c. with increase in the weight of nail c. Sulphur dioxide
d. without any change in colour or d. Hydrogen peroxide
weight of the nail
81) LPG consists of mainly
72) Among the various allotropes of carbon, a. methane, ethane and hexane
a. coke is the hardest, graphite is the b. ethane, hexane and nonane
softest c. methane, hexane and nonane
b. diamond is the hardest, coke is the d. methane, butane and propane
softest
c. diamond is the hardest, graphite is 82) Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC)
the softest gas which is proposed to be banned in India, is
d. diamond is the hardest, lamp black used in which of the following domestic
is the softest products?
a. Television
73) Galvanised iron sheets have a coating of b. Refrigerator
a. lead c. Tube light
b. chromium d. Cooking gas
c. zinc
d. tin 83) Balloons are filled with
a. Nitrogen
74) Non-stick cooking utensils are coated with b. Helium
a. Teflon c. Oxygen
b. PVC d. Argon
c. black paint
d. polystyrene 84) The main constituents of pearls are
a. calcium oxide and ammonium
chloride
b. calcium carbonate and magnesium
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carbonate removing air bubbles from glass during its

c. aragonite and conchiolin manufacture?
d. ammonium sulphate and sodium a. Arsenous oxide
carbonate b. Potassium carbonate
c. Soda ash
85) Potassium Permanganate is used for d. Feldspar
purifying drinking water, because
a. it is a sterilising agent 94) Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the
b. it dissolves the impurities of water presence of
c. it is a reducing agent a. cupric oxide
d. it is an oxidising agent b. nickel oxide
c. cobalt oxide
86) Which of the following is an element? d. iron oxide
a. Ruby
b. Sapphire 95) Glass is made of the mixture of
c. Emerald a. quartz and mica
d. Diamond b. sand and silicates
c. salt and quartz
87) Reading of a barometer going down is an d. sand and salt
indication of
a. Snow 96) Parliament can make use of the residuary
b. Storm powers
c. intense heat a. at all times
d. rainfall b. only during national emergency
c. during national emergency as well
88) Which of the following is used as a as constitutional emergency as well
moderator in nuclear reactor? in a state
a. Thorium d. None of the above
b. Graphite
c. Radium 97) President can expend out of the
d. Ordinary water Contingency Fund
a. only with the approval of the
89) In an atomic explosion, enormous energy Parliament
is released which is due to b. without the approval of the
a. conversion of chemical energy into Parliament
heat energy c. only in the case of the national
b. conversion of mechanical energy calamities
into nuclear energy d. None of the above
c. conversion of mass into energy
d. conversion of neutrons into protons 98) The minimum number of members that
must be present to hold the meeting of the Lok
90) Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of Sabha is
a. neutron a. one-fourth of the total membership
b. proton b. one-tenth of the total membership of
c. deuteron the Houses
d. electron c. 50 percent strength of the Lok Sabha
d. at least 100 members
91) Which type of fire extinguisher is used for
petroleum fire? 99) The oath of office is administered to the
a. Powder type members of state council of ministers by
b. Liquid type a. the governor
c. Soda acid type b. the chief minister
d. Foam type c. chief justice of the state high court
d. speaker of legislative assembly
92) Detergents used for cleaning clothes and
utensils contain? 100) Oath of office is administered to the
a. Bicarbonates Governor by the
b. Bismuthates a. chief justice of India
c. Sulphonates b. president
d. Nitrates c. chief justice of high court
d. speaker of legislative assembly
93) Which of the following is used for
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101) The president convenes and prorogues b. solar terms

all sessions of Parliament in consultation with c. length of the hours
a. the speaker d. None of the above
b. the prime minister
c. the prime minister and the leader of 110) The islands with coral covered surfaces in
the Opposition in Lok Sabha Bay of Bengal are
d. None of the above a. Andaman islands
b. Nicobar islands
102) The Nagaland State of India cannot be c. both (a) and (b)
termed as a state because it lacks d. None of the above
a. Sovereignty
b. bicameral legislature 111) The limit beyond which the stars suffer
c. a high court exclusively of its own internal collapse is called the
d. None of the above a. Raman Effect
b. Chandrasekhar limit
103) The objective of the Morley-Minto c. Aurora Borealis
Reforms was d. Quasan Zone
a. extension of provincial assemblies
b. to give more powers to local 112) The ionosphere contains ionized air that
government protects the earth from
c. to abolish the post of secretary of the a. the ultraviolet rays of the sun
state for India b. the infrared rays of the sun
d. to establish diarchy in provinces c. the falling meteorites
d. None of the above
104) Whom did Mahatma Gandhi describe
as pure as crystal as brave as a lion and the 113) The low heating capacity of which of the
most perfect man in the political field types of coal reduces its value as an industrial
a. B.G. Tilak fuel?
b. Motilal Nehru a. Anthracite
c. G K. Gokhale b. Bituminous coal
d. C R.Das c. Lignite
d. Peat
105) The oath of office is conducted to the
president by 114) The main vegetation of the steppe type
a. the speaker of Lok Sabha climatic regions is
b. the chief justice of India a. evergreen forests
c. the vice-president of India b. evergreen deciduous forests
d. None of the above c. large grasslands
d. coniferous forests
106) The temperature increases rapidly after
a. ionosphere 115) The movement of particles by rolling,
b. exosphere sliding and shuffling along the eroded surface
c. stratosphere is called
d. troposphere a. saltation
b. suspension
107) The highest mountains on earth namely c. traction
Mount Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located d. solution
in
116) The main dividing line between the
a. the greater Himalayas
geological regions of the Indo Gangetic plain
b. the Lesser Himalayas
and the peninsula is
c. the outer Himalayas
a. the Vindhya range
d. None of the above
b. the Aravallis
108) The infrared radiation by sun are c. the Nilgiri hills
strongly absorbed by d. the Satpwas
a. carbon dioxide
b. water vapours 117) Which of the following is an igneous
c. carbon dioxide and water vapours rock?
d. ozone a. Granite
b. Limestone
109) The length of the day is determined in c. Slate
a. astronomical units d. Quartzite
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118) The low latitude zone of globe extends in seawater in descending order is as follows
between a. chlorine, sodium, sulphate,
a. Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer magnesium, calcium, potassium
b. North pole to South pole b. sodium, chlorine, magnesium,
c. Tropic of Capricorn and equator potassium, sulphate, calcium
d. Equator and Tropic of Cancer c. chlorine, magnesium, calcium,
sodium, potassium, sulphate
119) The magnetic field generated due to d. chlorine, sodium, magnesium,
magnetic storm is directed in the direction to calcium, potassium, sulphate
the earth's main field.
a. Same 127) The plants of which of the following crops
b. Opposite are highly sensitive to frost?
c. Southward a. Barely
d. Northward b. Cotton
c. Maize
120) The main factor determining a region's d. None of the above
climate is 128) The polar diameter is ____ to the
a. Longitude equatorial diameter.
b. Latitude a. More
c. Temperature b. Equal
d. All of the above c. Less
d. they cannot be compared
121) Which of the following is a warm current?
a. Benguela current 129) The ratio of the weight of water vapour to
b. Labrador current the total weight of air (including the water
c. Kurosiwo current vapor) is called
d. South Pacific current a. specific humidity
b. mixing ratio
122) The main watershed of most of the c. relative humidity
peninsular river lies in the d. absolute humidity
a. Aravalli hills
b. Raj Mahal hills 130) The process of soil development is called
c. Siwalik hills a. leaching
d. Western Ghats b. illuviation
c. eluviations
123) The minimum values of annual receipts of d. pedogenesis
solar radiation occur at
a. the equator 131) The periodic rise and fall of the sea level
b. the tropics on the earth, gives rise to tides. This is related
c. the arctic to
d. None of the above a. the position of the moon with
reference to the earth and the
124) The planet that takes the highest time for gravitational pull exerted mainly by
completing a rotation (not revolution) is the moon and partly by the sun
a. Mercury b. infrared rays from the sun
b. Venus c. ultraviolet rays from the sun
c. Earth d. None of the above
d. Pluto
132) The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra
125) The period of daylight Dam has been built, originates from
A. is nearly constant near the equator a. a spring in Vering
B. varies with latitude and the season b. near Bara Lacha Pass in Lahul
C. Never reaches a maximum of 24 c. Rakas lake in Tibet
hour in the polar zones in summer d. Mansarovar lake
Which of the following is/are “not” correct ?
a. Only C 133) The rate at change of temperature is
b. Both A, B & C called
c. B & C a. temperature difference
d. A & C b. temperature gradient
c. isotherm
126) The relative abundance of dissolved salts d. None of the above
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134) The northern portion of the western
coastal plain is called
a. Konkan plain
b. Malabar coast
c. Coromendel coast
d. None of the above
135) The tertiary winds on the north of the
Alps (Europe) are called
a. the Chinook
b. the foehn
c. the sirocco
d. the loo
136) The transport of warm air toward the
poles and cold air toward the equator is due to
a. the temperature gradient
b. the development of waves
c. the latitude difference
d. the longitude difference
137) The variation in the duration of the day
and the night is due to earth's
a. rotation on its axis
b. revolution around the sun
c. inclination of an angle of 60 ½
degrees
d. both (a) and (b)
138) The Suez canal connects the
a. Baltic sea and the Caspian sea
b. Mediterranean sea and the Red sea
c. Red sea and the Caspian sea
d. Mediterranean sea and the North sea
139) The transverse, longitudinal and surface
waves in an earthquake originate from
a. the epicentre within the body of the
earth
b. the focus on the surface of the earth
c. the focus within the body of earth
d. the epicentre on the body of the
earth
c. excessive humidity
d. connective activity
143) The sequence of layers of atmosphere
from earth to upwards is
a. troposphere, tropopause,
stratosphere, stratopause,
mesosphere, mesopause,
ionosphere(thermosphere,
thermopause, exosphere)
b. troposphere, stratosphere,
stratopause, mesosphere ,
ionosphere
c. troposphere, tropopause,
stratosphere, thermosphere,
exosphere
d. troposphere, tropopause,
stratosphere, mesosphere ,
exosphere, thermosphere,
thermopause}
144) The study of day-to-day variations in
weather called is called
a. climatology
b. meteorology
c. cyclogenesis
d. None of the above
145) The tide produced when the moon and
the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus
pulling in opposite directions, is called
a. neap tide
b. spring tide
c. diurnal tide
d. ebb tide
146) The soil found in areas of heavy rainfall
and high humidity, where there is good growth
of vegetation is
a. peat and marshy soil
b. saline and alkaline soil
c. black soil
d. alluvial soil

140) The typical soil of tropical region, formed 147) The nucleus of an atom consists of
a. electrons and neutrons
by the weathering of laterite rock, which
promotes leaching of the soil is b. electrons and protons
c. protons and neutrons
a. laterite soils
b. black soil d. All of the above
c. red and yellow soil 148) The metal used to recover copper from a
d. peat and marshy soil solution of copper sulphate is
141) The study of soils is called a. Na
b. Ag
a. geomorphology
b. pedology c. Hg
c. hydrology d. Fe
d. biogeography 149) The most commonly used bleaching
142) The tropical cyclones do not occur to the agent is
equator because of a. alcohol
a. weak coriolis force b. carbon dioxide
b. light and variable width
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c. chlorine c. carnallite
d. sodium chlorine d. dolomite

150) The heat required to raise the 159) The number of electrons presents in H+ is
temperature of body by 1 K is called a. zero
a. specific heat b. one
b. thermal capacity c. two
c. water equivalent d. three
d. None of the above
160) The mass number of an atom is equal to
151) The metal that is used as a catalyst in the a. the number of protons
hydrogenation of oils is b. the number of protons and electrons
a. Ni c. the number of nucleons
b. Pb d. the number of neutrons
c. Cu
d. Pt 161) The metal that is usually extracted from
sea water is
152) The luster of a metal is due to a. Ca
a. its high density b. Na
b. its high polishing c. K
c. its chemical inertness d. Mg
d. presence of free electrons
162) The inert gases are ____ in water
153) The material which can be deformed a. sparingly soluble
permanently by heat and pressure is called a b. insoluble
a. thermoplastic c. soluble
b. thermoset d. None of these
c. chemical compound
d. polymer 163) The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric
project, completed with the help of Japan, is on
154) The gas used in the manufacture of the river
vanaspati from vegetable oil is a. Ganga
a. hydrogen b. Cauvery
b. oxygen c. Narmada
c. nitrogen d. Godavari
d. carbon dioxide
164) The southernmost point of peninsular
155) The graphite rods in the nuclear reactor India, that is, Kanyakumari, is
a. react with U to release energy a. north of Tropic of Cancer
b. produce neutrons b. south of the Equator
c. undergo combustion which triggers c. south of the Capricorn
the nuclear fission d. north of the Equator
d. convert fast moving neutrons into
thermal neutrons 165) Which of the following are true regarding
Jhum cultivation in India?
156) The method that cannot be used for A. It is largely practiced in Assam
removing permanent hardness of water is B. It is referred to as 'slash and burn'
a. adding sodium carbonate technique
b. distillation C. In it, the fertility is exhausted in a few
c. adding caustic soda years
d. boiling a. A, B and C
b. B and C
157) The main chemical constituent of clay is c. A and B
a. silicon oxide d. A and C
b. aluminium borosilicate
c. zeolites 166) The Salal Project is on the river
d. aluminium silicate a. Chenab
b. Jhelum
158) The mineral containing both magnesium c. Ravi
and calcium is d. Sutlej
a. magnesite
b. calcite
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167) What is the predominant type of Indian 176) Which country has the largest coast line?
agriculture? a. USA
a. Commercial agriculture b. Australia
b. Extensive agriculture c. Canada
c. plantation agriculture d. India
d. subsistence agriculture
177) The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed
168) Which of the following has a potential for below the base plate of the emblem of India
harnessing of tidal energy in India? are taken from
a. Gulf of Cambay a. Rigveda
b. Gulf of Mannar b. Satpath Brahmana
c. Backwaters of Kerala c. Mundak Upanishad
d. Chilka lake d. Ramayana

169) The state having a largest area of forest 178) The National Song of India was composed
cover in India is by
a. Arunachal Pradesh a. Rabindranath Tagore
b. Haryana b. Bankim Chandra Chatterji
c. Madhya Pradesh c. Iqbal
d. Assam d. Jai Shankar Prasad

170) The zonal soil type of peninsular India 179) Who composed the famous song 'Sare
belongs to Jahan SeAchha'?
a. red soils a. Jaidev
b. yellow soils b. Mohammad Iqbal
c. black soils c. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
d. older alluvium d. Rabindranath Tagore

171) The oldest rocks in India are reported 180) In which of the following festivals are
from boat races a special feature?
a. Dharwar region, Karnataka a. Onam
b. Aravalli range, Rajasthan b. Rongali Bihu
c. Vindhyan range, Madhya Pradesh c. Navratri
d. Siwalik range, Punjab d. Pongal
172) which atomic power station in India is 181) The theory of economic drain of India
built completely indigenously? during British imperialism was propounded by
a. Kalpakkam a. Jawaharlal Nehru
b. Narora b. Dadabhai Naoroji
c. Rawat Bhata c. R.C. Dutt
d. Tarapore d. M.K. Gandhi
173) The oldest mountains in India are 182) The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian
a. Aravalis architecture is the result of India's contact
b. Vindhyas with
c. Satpuras a. Central Asia
d. Nilgiri hills b. Iran
c. Greece
174) The most ideal region for the cultivation d. China
of cotton in India is
a. the Brahmaputra valley 183) The troops raised by the emperor but not
b. the Indo-Gangetic valley paid directly the state and place under the
c. the Deccan plateau charge of mansabadars were know as
d. the Rann of Kutch a. Walashahi
b. Barawardi
175) When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, c. JCumaki
the time at Greenwich, London, will be d. Dakhili
a. midnight ,GMT
b. 1730 hours 184) The treaty of Mangalore was signed
c. 0630 hours between
d. None of the above a. the English East India Company and
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Haidar Ali 193) Which of the following pairs of artists and

b. the English East India Company and
Tipu Sultan
c. Haidar Ali and the Zamorin of Calicut
d. the French East India Company and
Tipu Sultan
their areas of specialization is not correct?
a. Pt. Ravi Shankar – Sitar
b. M. S. Subbulakshmi – Dance
c. Hari Prasad Chaurasia – Flute
d. Ustad Zakir Hussain Khan – Tabla

185) To which of the following dynasties did 194) The title of 'sparrow' given to
King Bhoja, a great patron of literature and art, a. Napoleon
belong? b. Major General Rajinder Singh
a. Karkota c. T. T. Krishnamachari
b. Utpala d. Sardar Patel
c. Paramara
d. Gurjara Pratihara 195) It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping
road than to lift it vertical upwards because
186) Ustad Mansur was a famous painter of a. work done in rolling is more than in
a. Shajahan lifting
b. Akbar b. work done in lifting the stone is
c. Humayun equal to rolling it
d. Jahangir c. work done in both is same but the
rate of doing work is less in rolling
187) The weekly Commonweal was founded d. work done in rolling a stone is less
by than in lifting it
a. Annie Besant
b. Bipan Chandra Pal 196) The absorption of ink by blotting paper
c. Bal Gangadhar Tilak involves
d. Sarojini Naidu a. viscosity of ink
b. capillary action phenomenon
188) Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of c. diffusion of ink through the blotting
a. Chalukyas d. siphon action
b. Cholas
c. Pallavas 197) Mirage is due to
d. Satavahanas a. unequal heating of different parts of
the atmosphere
189) The term Brahmadeya occurs first time in b. magnetic disturbances in the
a. early Vedic texts atmosphere
b. early Buddhist texts c. depletion of ozone layer in the
c. pre-Gupta inscriptions atmosphere
d. post-Gupta inscriptions d. equal heating of different parts of
the atmosphere
190) The Vijayanagara king who employed
skilled archers of the Turkish clan and raised 198) Stars appears to move from east to west
the fighting capacity of his bowmen was because
a. Bukka I a. all stars move from east to west
b. Devaraya I b. the earth rotates from west to east
c. Krishnadevaraya c. the earth rotates from east to west
d. Ramaraya d. the background of the stars moves
from west to east
191) The Uprising of 1857 was described as
the first Indian war of Independence by 199) Metals are good conductors of electricity
a. S.N. Sen because
b. R.C. Mazumdar a. they contain free electrons
c. B.G. Tilak b. the atoms are lightly packed
d. V.D. Savakar c. they have high melting point
d. All of the above
192) Amjad Ali Khan is associated with which
of the following musical instruments? 200) Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with
a. Sarod a tube of insufficient length, we find that water
b. Veena a. will overflow
c. Violin b. will not rise
d. Sitar c. depressed
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d. change its meniscus is lower than that in the plains and

therefore water boils at a
201) If two bodies of different masses, initially temperature lower than 100oC
at rest, are acted upon by the same force for causing an increase in cooking time
the same time, then both acquire the same b. due to low atmospheric pressure on
a. velocity the hills, the water boils at a
b. momentum temperature higher than 100oC and
c. acceleration therefore water takes longer to boil
d. kinetic energy c. in the hills the atmospheric density
is low and therefore a lot of heat is
202) Rectifiers are used to convert lost to the atmosphere
a. Direct current to Alternating current d. in the hills the humidity is high and
b. Alternating current to Direct current therefore a lot of heat is absorbed by
c. high voltage to low voltage the atmosphere leaving very little
d. low voltage to high voltage heat for cooking
203) Sound waves in air are 210) Sound travels with a different speed in
a. transverse media. In what order does the velocity of
b. longitudinal sound increase in these media?
c. electromagnetic a. Water, iron and air
d. polarised b. Iron, air and water
c. Air, water and iron
204) Magnetism at the centre of a bar magnet d. Iron, water and air
is
a. minimum 211) oil raise up the wick in a lamp. The
b. maximum principle involves
c. zero a. the diffusion of oil through the wick
d. minimum or maximum b. the liquid state of oil
c. capillary action phenomenon
205) Of the following properties of a wave, the d. volatility of oil
one that is independent of the other is its
a. amplitude 212) Light travels at the fastest speed in
b. velocity a. glass
c. wavelength b. water
d. frequency c. hydrogen
d. vacuum
206) On a rainy day, small oil films on water
show brilliant colours. This is due to 213) Optical fibre works on the
a. dispersion a. principle of refraction
b. interference b. total internal reflection
c. diffraction c. scattering
d. polarization d. interference

207) Materials for rain-proof coats and tents
owe their water-proof properties to
a. surface tension
b. Viscosity
c. specific gravity
d. Elasticity
208) Suitable impurities are added to a
semiconductor depending on its use. This is
done in order to
a. increase its life
b. enable it to withstand higher
voltages
c. increase its electrical conductivity
d. increase its electrical resistivity
209) It takes much longer to cook food in the
hills than in the plains, because
a. in the hills the atmospheric pressure
214) Isotopes of an element contain
a. the same number of protons but
different number of neutrons
b. the same number of neutrons but
different number of protons
c. equal number of protons and
electrons
d. equal number of nucleons
215) Mica is used in electrical appliances such
as electric iron because mica is
a. a good conductor of heat but a bad
conductor of electricity
b. a bad conductor of heat but a good
conductor of electricity
c. a good conductor of heat as well as
electricity
d. a bad conductor of heat as well as
electricity
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225) Pyorrhoea is a disease of the

216) Rain is falling vertically downwards. To a a. nose
man running east-wards, the rain will appear b. gums
to be coming from c. heart
a. east d. lungs
b. west
c. northeast 226) Plants hormone that induces cell division
d. southeast is
a. auxins
217) What is baking soda? b. gibberellins
a. Potassium chloride c. kinins
b. Potassium carbonate d. domins
c. Potassium hydroxide
d. Sodium bicarbonate 227) Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of
a. root
218) Plants receive their nutrients mainly b. stem
from c. fruit
a. Chlorophyll d. leaf
b. atmosphere
c. light 228) Most of the red, blue and purple colours
d. soil of plants are due to a pigment called
a. anthocyanin
219) Photosynthesis generally takes place in b. carotene
which parts of the plant? c. chlorophyll
a. Leaf and other chloroplast bearing d. xanthophylls
parts
b. stem and leaf 229) Plants developing in dry conditions are
c. Roots and chloroplast bearing parts a. xerophytes
d. Bark and leaf b. mesophytes
c. lithophytes
220) Plants synthesis protein from d. hydrophytes
a. starch
b. sugar 230) Our skin, when exposed to excess
c. amino acids sunlight, becomes dark. This is because our
d. fatty acids skin pigments called
a. flavoxanthin
221) Most highly intelligent mammals are b. melanin
a. whales c. carotene
b. dolphins d. Xanthophyll
c. elephants
d. kangaroos 231) Plant bends towards the source of light
on account of the movement of curvature
222) Photosynthesis takes place faster in called
a. yellow light a. Geotropism
b. white light b. Thigmotropism
c. red light c. Chemotropism
d. darkness d. Phototropism

223) Primary phloem develops from 232) Pollination by wind is called

a. lateral meristem a. anemophily
b. protoderm b. hydrophily
c. extrastelar cambium c. zoophily
d. provascular tissue d. entomophily

224) Other than spreading malaria, anopheles 233) The famous Junagadh inscription was
mosquitoes are also vectors of issued by
a. dengue fever a. Rudradaman
b. filariasis b. Samudra Gupta
c. encephalitis c. Kanishka
d. yellow fever d. Asoka
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234) Where did Shivaji station his naval fleet? 243) Who among the following is credited with
a. Kolaba the introduction of local self-government in
b. Surat India
c. Kalyani a. Lord Mayo
d. Bassain b. Lord Ripon
c. Lord Lytton
235) Which text among the following was not d. Lord Curzon
composed by Tulsidas ?
a. Vinaya-patrika 244) Who was the viceroy of India when the
b. Gitavali British india’s capital was shifted from
c. Kavitavali Calcutta to Delhi
d. Sutta-patrika a. Lord curzon
b. Lord Hardinge
236) The permanent land revenue settlement c. Lord Dalhouise
(1793) in Bengal was introduced by d. Lord William Bentinck
a. Lord Bentinck
b. Lord Dalhousie 245) Who was the Viceroy at the time of Quit
c. Lord Cornwallis India Movement
d. Lord Wellesl a. Lord Mountbatten
b. Lord Wavell
237) Northern Black Polish Ware is matched to c. Lord Lin Lithgow
a. Sangam Age sites d. Lord Irwin
b. Ramayana sites
c. Mahabharata sites 246) 'Diarchy' was first introduced in India
d. Rig Veda sites under
a. Morley-Minto Reforms
238) People Plan was drafted by:- b. Mont-Ford Reforms
a. Motilal Nehru c. Simon Commission Plan
b. M K Gandhi d. Government oflndia Act, 1935
c. Jawaharlal Nehru
d. M N Roy 247) Match List-! with List-II and select the
correct answer using the code given below the
239) Who introduced Token Currency in Asia Lists
prior to Muhammah Bin Tughlaq? List-I
a. Chengiz Khan A. The Indian Councils Act,1892
b. Qublai Khan B. B..The Government of Indua act 1909
c. Ghyasuddin Tughlaq C. The Government of India Act, 1919
d. Alauddin Khalji D. The Government of India Act, 1935.
240) The revolutionary woman who led the List II (Feature)
revolt of 1857 from Oudh was 1. Introduction of provincial autonomy.
a. (a)Lakashmibai. 2. Introduction of principle of indirect
b. (b)Ahilyabai. election.
c. (c)Aruna AF Ali. 3. Introduction of dyarchy in provinces.
d. (d)Begum Hazrat Mahal 4. Introduction of seprate electorate for
muslims.
241) What was the original name of Tantia A B C D
Tope, a leader of the India uprising of 1857? a. 2 4 3 1
a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale b. 1 3 4 2
b. Nana Saheb c. 2 3 4 1
c. Balaji Rao d. 1 4 3 2
d. Ramchandra Panduranga
248) The suppression of Indian language
242) Which one among the following newspapers under the Vernacular Press Act of
prominently rose in revolt against the British 1878 was caused by the criticism of
in 1857 a. lavish lifestyle of the English officials
a. Punjab Army b. ill-treatment given to indigo workers
b. Madras Regiment by their English masters
c. Bengal Army c. inhuman approach of English officials
d. Awadh Regiment towards the victims of the famine of
1876-77
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d. misuse of religious places of India by b. Lord Minto

English officials. c. Lord Canning
d. Lord Hardinge
249) What is the correct sequence of the
following events 257) With reference to colonial period of
1. Rowlatt Act Indian history, match List I with List II and
2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact select the correct answer
3. Morley-Minto Reforms List-I (Person) List-II (Event)
4. Ilbert Bill A. A.Macdonald 1.Doctrine of Lapse.
Select the correct answer B. B. Linlithgo 2.Communal Award.
a. 1-2-4-3 C. C.Dalhousie 3.August Offer.
b. 4-3-1-2 D. D.Chelmsford 4.Dyarchy.
c. 4-1-3-2 A B C D
d. 2-3-4-1 a. 3 2 1 4
b. 3 2 4 1
250) Who among the following Birtish officials c. 2 3 1 4
was sent to Lahore to negotaite the Treaty of d. 2 3 4 1
Amritsir with Ranjit Singh
a. Major Broodfoot 258) The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of
b. Charles T.Metcalfe India was the brainchild of
c. John Lawrence a. W. Churchil
d. Lord Mecartney b. M. A. Jinnah
c. Lord Mountbatten
251) Who among the following finally d. V P Menon
removed the Maratha Peshwa from his
position 259) The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime
a. Wellesley Act (1919) was popularly known as
b. cornwallis a. Rowlatt Act
c. Dalhousie b. Pitt’s India Act
d. Hastings c. Indian Arms Act
d. Ilbert Bill
252) Lord Curzon is best known for
a. Universities Act , 1904 260) 1. The Charter Act 1853 abolished East
b. partition of Bengal in 1905 India Company’s monopoly of Indian trade.
c. India councils Act ,1892s 2. Under the Government of India Act, 1858,
d. Government of india Act ,1909 the British Parliament abolished the East India
company altogether and undertook the
253) The Widow Remarriage Act was passed responsibility of ruling India directly. Which of
during the Governor-Generalship of the statements given above is/are correct ?
a. Bentinck a. 1 only
b. Dalhousie b. 2 only
c. Canning c. Both 1 and 2
d. Lawerence d. Neither 1 nor 2
254) The Indian National Congress was 261) Which of the statements are correct?
founded during the viceroyalty of 1. Battle of Buxar provided the key to the
a. Lord Canning English to establish their rule in India.
b. Lord Dufferin 2. The Treaty of Allahabad, concluded in
c. Lord Amherst 1765, enabled the British to establish their
d. Lord Curzon rule in Bengal.
255) By which act British abolished the a. 1 only
monopoly of East India Company on trading of b. 2 only
tea and sugar. c. Both 1 and 2
a. Regulating Act 1773. d. Neither I nor 2
b. Pitt's Act 1784.
c. Charter Act 1813 262) Which one among the following States
d. Charter Act 1833 was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie under the
Doctrine of Lapse
256) Under whose Vice-royalty the White a. Nagpur
Mutiny occurred ? b. Jhansi
a. Lord Curzon c. Sambalpur
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d. Satara 269) In Mammals embryo gets its nurishment

from the mother through
263) Identify the correct sequence of the a. Fallopian tube
following events of Indian history b. Vas deferens
1. The Doctrine of Lapse c. Ovary
2. The Subsidiary Alliance d. Placenta
3. The Treaty of Lahore
4. The Pitt's India Act 270) The larvae of mosquitoes are called
Select the correct answer using the code given a. Wrigglers
a. 4-2-3-1 b. Pupa
b. 1-2-3-4 c. Imago
c. 2-1-4-3 d. Ootheca
d. 3-2-1-4
271) The zygote develops into
264) Match and select the correct answer a. Pedicel
using the code given below the Lists b. Embryo
BATTLE c. Stigma
A. The Third Carnatic War d. Style
B. The Third Mysore War
C. The First Maratha War 272) Which of the following contains reserve
D. The First Anglo-Sikh war food material
a. Stamen
TREATY b. Stigma
1. Treaty of Salbai. c. Endosperm
2. Treaty of Lahore d. Anther
3. Treaty of Paris.
4. Treaty of Seringapatnam 273) Buds drop off from the leaf and grow into
A B C D new plants in
a. 2 1 4 3 a. Bryophyllum
b. 2 4 1 3 b. Potato
c. 3 4 1 2 c. onion
d. 3 1 3 4 d. Ginger

265) Who among the following Indian rulers 274) The Stomach opens into
was the first to change war technology from a. Large intestine
match locks to flint locks b. Small intestine
a. Siraj-ul dullah c. Colon
b. Hyder Ali d. Caecum
c. Ranjit singh
d. Tipu Sultan 275) Bile is store in a sac called
a. Caecum
266) The last Nawab of Avadh was b. Colon
a. Nasir Ali Shah. c. Gall Bladder
b. Faiz Ali Shah. d. Pyloric Sphincter
c. Mohammad Ali Shah.
d. Wajid Ali Shah 276) Which of the following teeth help in
grinding the food?
267) The triple alliance against Tipu was a. Incisors
formed by Cornwallis consisted of b. Canines
a. The English, Nizam and the Marathas c. Molars
b. The English, Nizam and Awadh d. Premolars
c. The English, Nizam and Carnatic
d. The English, Mrathas and Carnatic 277) Trachea is also called as
a. Alveoli
268) In which of the following both male and b. Windpipe
female feed the young ones c. Pharynx
a. Echidna d. Larynx
b. Platypus
c. Kangaroo 278) White Blood Corpuscles are also called as
d. All the above a. Leucocytes
b. Thrombocytes
c. Erythrocytes
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d. Plasma d. prices of exports rise

proportionately
279) Red blood cells are produced in
a. Pitutory gland 288) The banks are required to maintain a
b. Bone marrow certain ratio between their cash in the hand
c. Liver and totals assets. This is called
d. Intestine a. Statutory Bank Ratio (SBR)
b. Statutory Liquid Ratio (SLR)
280) Blast of rice, Wheat rust, Red rot in sugar c. Central Bank Reserve (CBR)
cane are caused by d. Central Liquid Reserve (CLR)
a. Bacteria
b. Virus 289) Fiscal deficit in the Union Budget means
c. Fungus a. the difference between current
d. Protozoa expenditure and current revenue
b. net increase in Union Governments
281) The north of the great Himalayas borrowings from the Reserve Bank
(Himadri) is known as of India
a. Sivalik Zone c. the sum of budgetary deficit and net
b. Himachal Zone increase in internal and external
c. Trans-Himalayan Zone borrowings
d. Pamir Zone d. the sum of monetized deficit and
budgetary deficit
282) Development expenditure of the Central
government does not include 290) The annual yield from which of the Union
a. defence expenditure Government taxes is the highest?
b. expenditure on economic services a. Custom duties
c. expenditure on social and b. Corporation tax and income tax
community services c. Inheritance tax, wealth tax, interest
d. grant to states tax and gift tax
d. Excise duties
283) States earn maximum revenue through
a. land revenue 291) Subsidies mean
b. custom revenue a. payment by government for
c. commercial taxes purchase of goods and services
d. excise duties on intoxicants b. payment made by business
enterprises to factors of production
284) Debenture holders of a company are its c. payment made by companies to
a. shareholders shareholders
b. creditors d. payment made by the government to
c. debtors business enterprises, without buying
d. directors any goods and services
285) Deficit financing means that the 292) In India, which one among the following
government borrows money from the formulates the fiscal policy?
a. RBI a. Planning Commission
b. local bodies b. Ministry of Finance
c. big businessmen c. Finance Commission
d. IMF d. The Reserve Bank of India
286) Revenue of the state governments are 293) Devaluation of currency leads to
raised from the following sources, except a. fall in domestic prices
a. entertainment tax b. increase in domestic prices
b. expenditure tax c. no impact on domestic prices
c. agricultural income tax d. erratic fluctuations in domestic
d. land revenue prices
287) Devaluation of currency will be more 294) Deficit financing implies
beneficial if a. printing new currency notes
a. prices of domestic goods remain b. replacing new currency with worn
constant out currency
b. prices of exports remain constant c. public expenditure in excess of
c. prices of imports remains constant
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public revenue 303) Element playing role in nitrogen fixation

d. public revenue in excess of public a. Mn
expenditure b. Mo
c. Zn
295) The biggest single- celled organism is d. Cu
a. Yeast
b. Acetabularia 304) Image of object is formed on which
c. Acetobacter part of eye
d. Amoeba a. Cornea
b. Choroid
296) Ginger is c. Retina
a. Modified root d. Iris
b. Modified stem
c. Modified leaf 305) Glucose is a type of
d. Modified bulb a. Teterose sugar
b. Hexose sugar
297) Lungs of a plant are c. Pentose
a. Leaves d. None of them
b. Stems
c. Flowers 306) Which vein brings clean blood
d. Roots from the lungs into the heart?
a. Renal Vein
298) In soil, water that is readily available to b. Pulmonary Vein
plant root is c. Vena Cava
a. Gravitational water d. Hepatic Vein
b. Capillary water
c. Hygroscopic water 307) Blood is a /an
d. Bound water a. Connective tissue
b. Epithelial tissue
299) Photolysis of water involves c. Both of the above
a. Excitement of water d. None of above
b. Evoluation of oxygen
c. Breakdown of water by light 308) Name the Vitamin not found in
d. Splitting of water into its ion H any animal food:
a. Vitamin B12
300) The instrument by which rate of b. Vitamin C
growth of plant is measured c. Vitamin D
a. Hydrometer d. Vitamin K
b. Auxanometer
c. Osmometer 309) Which part became modified as
d. Potometer the tusk of elephant?
a. Canine
301) For the growth in length of plant b. Premolar
which of the following is not essential c. Second incisor
a. Sodium d. Mular
b. Calcium
c. Nitrogen 310) Malfunction of what causes diabetes
d. Phosphorus a. Liver
b. Pancreas
302) Which of the following have coral c. Kidney
reefs? d. Heart
1. Andaman and Nicobar Island
2. Culf of Kachchh 311) The hard enamel layer of teeth is
3. Gul of Mannar a. Calcium phosphate
4. Sundar – bans b. Calcium oxide
Select correct answer using code c. Calcium hydroxyl apatitie
a. 1, 2 and 3 only d. Calcium hydroxide
b. 2 and three only
c. 2 and 4 only 312) Attractive colour of flower, seed is due to
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4 only a. Leucoplast
b. Chromoplast
c. Chloroplast
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d. Tonoplast
321) The world’s only floating national park is
313) Sucidal bag of cell is situated in
a. Lysosomes a. Manipur
b. Ribsomes b. Kulakumpur
c. Nucleosomes c. Bilaspur
d. Golgibodies d. Dispur

314) Iodine test is used to detect 322) Match List and select the correct answer
a. Cholesterol using the code given below the List:
b. Fat List I List II
c. Protein A. CFC 1. Acid rain
d. Carbohydrate B. Sulphur dioxide 2. Depletion in ozone
C. Lead compound 3. Affects nervous
315) The vitamin which is water soluble and system
generally excreted in urine is D. Carbon dioxide 4. Topmost contribution
a. Vitamin A to greenhouse effect
b. Vitamin C A B C D
c. Vitamin D a. 4 3 1 2
d. Vitamin E b. 4 1 3 2
c. 2 1 3 4
316) Deficiency of which of the following d. 2 3 1 4
elements is responsible for weakening of
bones? 323) Deficiency of which one of the following
1. Calcium cause knock knee, bow legs and pigeon chest
2. Phosphorus a. Vitamin A
3. Nitrogen b. Vitamin B2
4. Carbon c. Vitamin D
Select the correct answer d. Vitamin E
a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 only 324) Primary rainbow is formed when light
c. 1, 2 and 3 suffers
d. 4 only a. two internal refractions before
emerging out of the drop
317) Protein Energy Malnutrition causes b. one internal refractions before
a. Marasmus emerging out of the drop
b. Rickets c. no internal refraction
c. Beri-beri d. none of these
d. Pellagra
325) The chief constituent of gobar gas is
318) Vitamin A is mainly stored in a. ethane
a. Lungs b. methane
b. Kidney c. hydrogen
c. Breast d. carbon dioxide
d. Liver
326) The chief purpose of crop rotation is to
319) Blood cancer is commonly known as check the loss of top soil
a. Leucoderma a. by water erosion
b. Leukaemia b. by wind erosion
c. Haemophilia c. by weathering
d. Anemia d. of its mineral content
327) The exhaled air contains
320) Vultures which used to be very common a. carbon dioxide only
in Indian country side some years ago are b. a mixture which has more carbon
rarely seen nowadays. This is attributed to dioxide than oxygen
a. The destruction of their nesting sites c. a mixture of carbon dioxide, nitrogen
by new invasive species and oxygen in which nitrogen has the
b. A drug used by cattle owners for highest percentage
treating their diseased cattle d. a mixture of carbon dioxide and
c. Scarcity of food available to them nitrogen
d. A widespread, persistent and fatal
disease among them
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328) The country's first indigenously built d. isobars

missile boat was
a. INS Vibhuti 336) Which electromagnetic radiation is
b. INS Vipul emitted by radioactive substance
c. INS Savitri a. gamma rays
d. INS Shakti b. Radio waves
c. Micro waves
329) Superconductors are substances which d. X ray
a. conduct electricity at low temperature
b. offer high resistance to the flow of 337) Heavy water is used as a coolant in
current nuclear reactors Heavy water is
c. offer no resistance to the flow of a. Water rich in minerals
electricity b. Ozonized water
d. conduct electricity at high c. Water containing minerals of heavy
temperatures metal
d. Water contain heavy isotope of
330) Melting point of rice hydrogen
a. increases with increase of pressure
b. decreases with increase of pressure 338) In nuclear reactors the speed of
c. is independent of pressure neutrons is slowed down by
d. none of these a. heavy water
b. ordinary water
331) Deficiency of which one of the c. zinc rods
Following cause xerophthalmia d. molten caustic soda
a. Vitamin B 3
b. Vitamin B 12 339) What was the fissionable material used
c. Vitamin A in the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan)
d. Vitamin C a. Sodium
b. Potassium
332) Vitamin B1 is known as c. Plutonium
a. pyridoxine d. Uranium
b. thiamine
c. tocopheral 340) Hydrochloric acid is also known as
d. riboflavin a. Garlic acid
b. Picric acid
333) Which one of the following contains c. Muriatic acid
cobalt? d. Chloric acid
a. Chlorophyll
b. Haemoglobin 341) The enzymes are killed-
c. Vitamin C a. At a very high temperature
d. Vitamin B12 b. During chemical reaction
c. At low temperature
334) Match and select the correct answer d. Under atmospheric pressure
using the code given below the List:
List I List II 342) If a refrigerator’s door is kept open then
A. Isotope of Uranium 1. Treatment of cancer a. Room will be cooled
B. Isotope of Cobalt 2. Treatment of goitre b. Room will be heated
C. Isotope of Iodine 3. secondary cancer c. May get cooled or heated depending
cure upon the weather
D. Isotope of Radium 4. Nuclear fuel d. No effect on room

A B C D 343) The most electronegative element among

a. 1 4 2 3 the following is
b. 2 3 1 4 a. Chlorine
c. 1 3 2 4 b. Oxygen
d. 2 4 1 3 c. Fluorine
d. Sodium
335) Oxygen and ozone are
a. allotropes 344) The bleeding of a wound is stopped by
b. isomers the application of ferric chloride because
c. isotopes a. Blood starts flowing in the opposite
direction
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b. Ferric chloride seals the blood vessels

c. Blood reacts and a solid is formed 353) Which of the gas is not known as
which seals the blood vessels greenhouse gas?
d. Blood is coagulated and the blood a. Methene
vessels are sealed b. Carbon dioxide
c. Nitrous oxide
345) Which one among the following is d. Hydrogen
used in making gunpowder
a. Magnesium sulphate 354) Chlorofluro carbons are widely used in
b. Potassium nitrate a. Microwave ovens
c. Sodium stearate b. Solar heaters
d. Calcium sulphate c. Washing machines
d. Refrigerators
346) Which of the most reactive metal?
a. Sodium 355) Air pollution by “Fly ash” is caused by:
b. Calcium a. Hydro-electric Power Stations
c. Iron b. Power generation through wind farms
d. Potassium c. Coal combustion in Thermal Power
Plants
347) Water attains maximum density at- d. Nuclear Power Plants
a. 0°C
b. 4°F 356) The “greenhouse effect” refers to
c. 4 k a. Increasing agricultural yields
d. 4°C b. Gradual warming of the earth’s surface
c. Build-up of toxic airborne pollutants
348) Which of the following gases is d. Reduction in the earth’s ozone layer
used in cigarette lighters?
a. Butane 357) What is the primary source of food for
b. Methane marine life?
c. Propane a. Phytoplankton
d. Radon b. Zooplankton
c. Sea weed
349) The ultraviolet rays can be d. Grass
checked by
a. Flint glass 358) The concept of ‘Carban credit’
b. Crooke’s glass originated from which one of the
c. Soda glass following?
d. Pyrex glass a. Kyoto Protocol
b. Earth Summit
350) Red phosphorus is less reactive c. Montreal Protocol
than yellow phosphorus because d. G –8 Summit
a. It is red in colour
b. it is highly polymerized 359) One astronomical unit is the average
c. It is insoluble in C2H5OH distance between
d. It is hard a. Earth and the sun
b. Earth and the Moon
351) Which one among the following c. Jupiter and the Sun
substances is NOT a ‘green house’ gas? d. Pluto and the Sun
a. Water vapour
b. Chlorofluorocarbon 360) When the velocity of a body is doubled
c. Methane a. its P.E. is doubled
d. Nitrogen b. its acceleration is doubled
c. its K.E. is doubled
352) The increasing amount of carbon dioxide d. its momentum is doubled
in the air is slowly raising the temperature of
atmosphere because it absorbs 361) Which of the following works on the
a. The water vapours of the air and basis of conservation of linear momentum?
retains its heat a. Rocket
b. The ultraviolet part of the solar b. Helicopter
radiation c. Jet
c. All the solar radiations d. Aeroplane
d. The infrared part of the solar radiation

362) Satellite having the same orbital
period as the period of rotation of the
Earth about its own axis is known as:
a. Polar satellite
b. Stationary satellite
c. Geostationary satellite
d. INSAT
363) Planet A has doubled the radius than that
of Planet B If the mass of Planet A is 4 times
heavier than the mass of Planet B which of the
Following statements regarding weight of an
object is correct
a. Heavier on Planet A than on Planet B
b. Heavier on Planet B than on Planet A
c. Same on both the Planets
d. Cannot be measured on Planet B
364) A geostationary satellite should be
launched such that it moves from
a. north to south in the polar plane
b. South to north in the polar plane
c. East to west in the equatorial plane
d. West to east in the equatorial plane
365) If the earth were to spin faster
acceleration due to gravity at the poles
a. increases
b. decreases
c. Remains the same
d. Cannot be said
366) A spherical ball made of steel when
dropped in a bucket full of mercury (hg) will
a. sink to the bottom
b. float on the surface
c. will dissolve
d. None of these
367) The shape of a rain drop is spherical due
to
a. Viscosity
b. Surface tension
c. Elasticity
d. Gravitation
368) In respect of the difference of the
gravitational force from electric & magnetic
forces which of the following statements is
true
a. Gravitational force is stronger than the
other two
b. Gravitational force is attractive only,
whereas the electric and the magnetic
forces are attractive as well as
repulsive
c. Gravitational force has a very short
range
d. Gravitational force is a long range force
while the other two are short range
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369) Which one among the following happens
when swing rises to a certain height from its
rest position?
a. Its P.E. decreases while kinetic energy
increases
b. Its K.E. decreases while potential
energy increases
c. Both potential and kinetic energy
decrease
d. Both potential and kinetic energy
increase
370) Two block of ice when pressed together
join to form one block because
a. of heat produced during pressing
b. of cold produced during pressing
melting point
c. of ice increase with increase of
pressure melting point
d. of ice decreases with increase of
pressure
371) The value of g on the Earth‘s surface
changes due to
a. Both rotation and shape of the Earth
b. Rotation orf the Earth only
c. Shape of Earth only
d. None of the above
372) The heat transferred by the radiator of a
refrigerator is
a. more than that at the freezer
b. less than that at the freezer
c. the same as that at the freezer
d. none of these
373) It is difficult to cook at high altitudes
because
a. there is less oxygen in the air
b. due to falling temperature more heat
has to be given
c. due to decrease in atmospheric
pressure the boiling point of water
decreases
d. of high moisture content there
374) The freezer in a refrigerator is located at
the top section so that the entire chamber
of the
a. refrigerator is cooled quickly due to
convection
b. the motor is not heated
c. the heat gained from the environment
is high
d. the heat gained from the environment
is low
375) Woollen clothes keep the body warm
because
a. Wool increases the temperature of the
body
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b. Wool is the bad conductor of the heat b. ultraviolet radiation

so it does not allow heat to flow out of c. X –rays
the body d. gamma rays
c. Wool absorbs radiant heat from Outer
objects 384) The waves used in sonography are
d. Wool rejects heat from outer objects a. Micro waves
b. Infra red waves
376) What is the principle by which a cooling c. Sound waves
system (Radiator) in a motor car works? d. Ultrasonic waves
a. Conduction only
b. Convection 385) Mirage is observed in a desert due to the
c. Radiation only phenomenon of
d. Both conduction and radiation a. interference
b. total reflection
377) White clothes are cooler than black ones c. scattering
because they d. double refraction
a. Absorb all the light than reaches them
b. reflect all the light that reaches them 386) To an observer on the earth the stars
c. will not allow the light to penetrate appear to twinkle. This can be described to
d. cool the sun light completely a. the fact that starts do not emit light
continuously own atmosphere
378) The temperature of water at the bottom b. frequent absorption of star light by
of a waterfall is higher than that at the top earth‘s atmosphere
because c. frequent absorption of star light by
a. Water at the bottom has greater their own atmosphere
potential energy d. the refractive index fluctuations in
b. The surface at the bottom provides earth‘s atmosphere
heat
c. Kinetic energy of falling water is 387) If there were no atmosphere, the length
converted into heat of the day on the earth will
d. falling water absorbs heat from the a. decrease
Surroundings b. increase
c. remain the same
379) The length of the pendulum is doubled d. none of these
and the mass of its bob is halved. Its time
would 388) When viewed in white light, soap
a. become double bubbles show colours because of
b. become half a. interference
c. become √2 times b. scattering
d. remain the same c. diffraction
d. dispersion
380) Sound travel fastest in
a. steel 389) ray of white light strikes the surface of an
b. air object. If all the colours are reflected the
c. water surface would appear
d. vaccum a. Black
b. White
381) Beats occur because of c. Grey
a. Interference d. Opaque
b. reflection 390) the resistance of a wire is R. It is
c. refraction stretched uniformly so that its length is
d. Doppler effect doubled. The resistance now becomes
a. 2R
382) Sound moves with higher velocity if b. R/2
a. pressure of the medium is decreased c. 4 R
b. temperature of the medium in d. R/4
increased
c. humidity of the medium 391) A galvanometer is converted into an
d. both (b) and (c) ammeter when we connect a
a. high resistance in series
383) The ozone layer absorbs b. high resistance in parallel
a. infrared radiation
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c. low resistance in series b. Venus

d. low resistance in parallel c. Earth
d. Mars
392) A galvanometer is converted into a
voltmeter when we connect a 400) Which metal is commonly used for
a. high resistance in series making an electromagnet?
b. high resistance in parallel a. Copper
c. low resistance in parallel b. Iron
d. low resistance in series c. Nickel
d. Cobalt
393) Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the
domestic electric installation. One of them 401) An ice cube is floating on the surface of
glows brighter than the other. water. How will the water level be affected by
a. the brighter bulb has smaller melting of this ice cube?
Resistance a. Water level will be raised
b. the brighter bulb has larger b. Water level will go down
Resistance c. Water level will remain the same
c. both the bulbs have the same d. Water level will first rise up then it
resistance will go down
d. none of these
402) gravitational pull is maximum
394) Metals are good conductor of heat than a. Underground
insulator as b. Above the earth
a. their atoms are relatively apart c. On earth‘s surface
b. they contain free electron d. Underwater
c. they have reflecting surface
d. none of these 403) Kinetic Energy refers to
a. The energy of the body because of its
395) When a charged particle enters a position
Uniform magnetic field its kinetic energy b. The energy of the body because of its
a. Remains constant motion
b. increased c. The energy of the body because of its
c. Decreases formation
d. becomes d. None of the above

396) A permanent magnet repels 404) Potential energy of a body is due to its
a. ferromagnetic substances only a. Motion
b. diamagnetic substances only b. Nature
c. paramagnetic substances only c. Position of rest
d. both paramagnetic and diamagnetic d. None of the above

397) The mass number of an atom is 405) Nose bleeding is seen among people
determined by climbing hills because
a. Adding the number of neutrons and a. Pressure outside is less than the
number of electrons pressure associated with blood
b. Adding the number of protons and b. Lack of oxygen in the hill atmosphere
number of electrons c. High humidity in the hill atmosphere
c. The number of protons only d. None of the above
d. Adding the number of neutrons and 406) While churning fat gets separated from
number of protons milk because of
398) water is heated from 0 degree Celsius to a. Gravitational force
100 degree Celsius, The volume of water b. Centrifugal force
a. Increase gradually c. Centripetal force
b. Degrease gradually d. Cohesive force
c. First increase, then decrease
d. First decrease, then increase 407) Surface tension is the highest for
a. Alcohol
399) The Period of revolution round the sun is b. Soap solution
maximum by which among the following c. Water
Planets? d. Diethyl ether
a. Mercury
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408) _________ is the force of attraction between d. a light water body illuminated by the
molecules of different compound moonlight
a. Gravitational force
b. Cohesive force 416) The earth rotates around its axis from
c. Adhesive force a. north to south
d. None of the above b. east to west
c. south to north
409) Sliding friction is d. west to east
a. More than rolling friction
b. Less than rolling friction 417) The speed of rotation of the earth is the
c. The same as rolling friction highest :
d. None of the above a. along the Equator
b. at the North Pole
410) A trunk with loads stacked beyond c. along the Tropic of Cancer
certain heights runs a greater risk of skidding d. along the Arctic Circle
because
a. Its center of gravity is shifted towards 418) At the summer solstice which one of the
its base following latitudes will have the longest night
b. Its center of gravity is shifted away a. 45º N
from base b. 45º S
c. no change of position of its centre of c. 60º N
gravity d. 60º S
d. Of none of the above reasons
419) Lunar eclipse occurs on
411) Compounds with same chemical formula a. New moon
but with different atomic configurations are b. Full moon
known as c. Half moon
a. Monomers d. Quarter moon
b. Polymers
c. Isomers 420) The surface of Earth that lies between the
d. None of the above Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is
called
412) main constituents of water gases are a. North Temperate Zone
a. Carbon monoxide and hydrogen b. Frigid Zone
b. Carbon monoxide and nitrogen c. South Temperate Zone
c. Carbon monoxide and oxygen d. Torrid Zone
d. None of the above
421) The tide at its maximum height is known
413) What are Sun spots ? as
a. Regions on earth without winter a. Equinox
climate b. Neap tide
b. Desert areas on the sun c. Spring tide
c. Dark patches on the surface of the sun d. Tsunami
which are cooler areas
d. Dark patches on the surface of the Sun 422) International Date Line passes through
resulting from a localised fall in the a. Bering strait
temperature b. Gibraltar strait
c. Florida strait
d. Malacca strait
414) A star which appears blue‘ is 423) The International Date Line is located in
a. cooler than the moon a. Pacific ocean
b. hotter than the sun b. Atlantic ocean
c. as hot as the sun c. Indian ocean
d. cooler than the sun d. Arctic ocean
415) Lunar Sea refers to 424) Which one of the following elements
a. a small sea on the moon is most abundant in the earth‘s crust ?
b. a sea on earth which experiences a. Oxygen
high tides due to gravitational at b. Sulphur
traction of the moon c. Silicon
c. a dark plain on the moon d. Carbon
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425) Temperate cyclones bring along with

them 434) Chestnut belongs to
a. pleasant weather a. tropical forests
b. snowfall and hail b. temperate forests
c. thunderstorms and torrential rainfall c. Savannah forests
d. mild rainfall d. coniferous forests

426) Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is
due to
a. Gravitational pull of the earth
b. Rotation of earth
c. Revolution of earth
d. Uneven heating of earth
427) The Sea breeze blows during :
a. day from land to sea
b. day from sea to land
c. night from land to sea
d. night from sea to land
435) The Taiga belt lies between
a. Mediterranean climate and Tundra
b. Monsoon climate and Tundra
c. Temperate grasslands and Tundra
d. Tibet type climate and Tundra
436) Mosses and Lichens are characteristic
vegetation of
a. hot desert region
b. Mediterranean region
c. temperate region
d. tundra region

428) The Trade winds are caused by 437) Sunder bans is the name of
a. rotation of the earth a. tropical forest
b. revolution of the earth b. tidal forest
c. inflowing movement of air along the c. semi evergreen forest
earth‘s surface towards the equator d. deciduous forest
d. none of these
438) Loess is soil
429) The plane of contact of the troposphere a. wind deposited
and stratosphere is known as: b. water-deposited
a. mesosphere c. volcanic
b. ionosphere d. black cotton
c. stratopause
d. tropopause 439) Which of the following industries use
mica
430) The layer of the atmosphere which a. Glass and Pottery industry
provides ideal conditions for flying of jet b. Electrical industry
aeroplanes is c. Steel industry
a. troposphere d. Textile industry
b. stratosphere
c. Ionosphere 440) The World‘s largest producer of
d. Exosphere List I List II
A. wool 1. India
431) Which one of the following constituents B. Mica 2. China
of the atmosphere causes greatest changes in C. Rice 3. Australia
climate and weather ? D. Fertiliser & uranium 4. USA
a. Nitrogen A B C D
b. Oxygen a. 1 3 2 4
c. Ozone b. 1 3 4 2
d. Water Vapour c. 3 1 2 4
d. 3 1 4 2
432) Teak and Sal are the principal trees in the
a. Dry deciduous forest 441) In which type of rocks are coal and
b. Dry evergreen forst petroleum found
c. Tropical moist deciduous forest a. Granite
d. Tropical moist evergreen forest b. Igneous
c. Metamorphic
433) Deciduous trees are those d. Sedimentary
a. that grow up straight
b. that grow plenty in dry places 442) Which metal is most abundant in the
c. that never bear fruits earth’s crust?
d. that shed their leaves during a certain a. Calcium
season b. Magnesium
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c. Aluminium b. Strait of Gibraltar

d. Iron c. Palk Strait
d. Bering Strait
443) The Himalayas are formed due to
a. internal pressure of two large land 452) which river crosses the Equator twice?
forms a. Amazon
b. faulting of the earth‘s crust b. Congo
c. folding of the earth‘s crust c. Nile
d. folding of the geo-syncline named d. Orinoco
Tethys
453) What is the country through which both
444) Soil erosion can be prevented by Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass ?
a. allowing herbivorous animals to graze a. Brazil
freely b. Uruguay
b. growing plants on a large scale to form c. Colombia
soil cover d. Ecuador
c. making the land sloppy
d. adding chemicals to increase cohesion 454) Which State has the largest coastline
a. Gujarat
445) Formation of pot holes in river beds is b. Tamil Nadu
a. hydration c. Karnataka
b. erosion d. Andhra Pradesh
c. corrosion
d. attrition 455) Which one of the following countries
has the longest international boundary with
446) the proper order of seismic waves as they India
are received at seismograph station? a. Bangladesh
a. L -wave, P-wave, S-wave b. Bhutan
b. P-wave, L-wave, S-wave c. China
c. P-wave, S-wave, L-wave d. Pakistan
d. S-wave, P-wave, L-wave
456) India’s largest southernmost island is
447) Earthquakes and volcano occur mostly in a. Rameswaram Island
a. Plateau region b. Minicoy Island
b. Deep sea plains c. Car Nicobar Island
c. Coastal Region d. Great Nicobar Island
d. Folded and faulted region
457) Duncan Passage is situated between:
448) Rocks which are formed by the a. Minicoy and Andaman
solidification of lava on the earth‘s surface are b. Minicoy and Maldives
a. Sandstone c. Little Andaman and Car Nicobar
b. Limestone d. South Andaman and Little Andaman
c. Granites
d. Basalts 458) Lakshdweep Islands are the product of :
a. Volcanic activity
449) Which of the following Is called the b. wave action
Gateway to the Pacific? c. sea-floor expansion
a. Suez Canal d. reef formation
b. Panama Canal
c. Bering Sea 459) Which one of the following towns is
d. Gulf of Alaska situated easternmost?
a. Kohima
450) The Strait which separates Asia from b. Jorhat
North America is : c. Itanagar
a. The Bering Strait d. Dibrugarh
b. The Palk Strait
c. The Strait of Gibraltar 460) West Bengal shares boundaries with how
d. The Strait of Malacca many foreign countries
a. One
451) Strait which separate Africa from Europe b. Two
is c. Three
a. Hook Strait d. Four
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d. desert soil
461) What separates Daman and Diu
a. Narmada River 470) Match the following:
b. Gulf of Khambat A. Alluvial Soil 1. Cotton
c. Gir Hills B. Black Soil 2. Rice
d. Tapti River C. Brown Soil 3. Tea
D. Red Soil 4. Wheat
462) Port Blair is situated in A B C D
a. North Andaman a. 2 3 1 4
b. South Andaman b. 2 1 3 4
c. Middle Andaman c. 3 1 2 4
d. Little Andaman d. 4 1 3 2
463) The oldest mountains in India according 471) Peaty soil is found in
to geographical history are a. Kerala
b. Kashmir
a. Satpuras c. Assam
b. Nilgiris d. Gujarat
c. Vindhyas
d. Aravallis 472) formation of laterite soil is mainly due to
a. weathering
464) Aravalli ranges are an example of b. erosion
a. folded mountains c. leaching
b. block mountains d. deposition
c. residual mountains
d. volcanic mountains 473) The climate of India is
a. tropical climate
465) he main India-Tibet route connecting b. sub-tropical climate
Kalimpong with Lhasa passes through the c. savanna type of climate
a. Zojila d. subtropical monsoon
b. Shipki La
c. Jelep La 474) ̳Sal‘ is a very important tree of
d. Thaga La a. Tropical dry deciduous forest
b. Tropical rain forest
466) What do you understand by the term c. Thorn forest
Doab d. Alpine forest
a. Where the delta of river begins
b. Where two or more rivers meet 475) Which is also known as Monsoon forest
c. Land between two separate river a. Tropical Dry-evergreen forests
systems b. Tropical Moist-deciduous forests
d. Land between two tributaries of a river c. Tropical Semi-evergreen forests
d. Tropical Dry-deciduous forests
467) Which one of the following is the
junction point of the Eastern Ghats and 476) Most of India‘s rainfall is
Western Ghats? a. cyclonic
a. Javadi Hills b. convectional
b. Anaimalai Hills c. elusive
c. Nilgiri Hills d. orographic
d. Shevaroy Hills
477) The western disturbances which cause
468) Which of the following soils is most rain in north west India originate in
suitable for cultivation of cereals ? a. Black Sea
1. Alluvial soils b. Caspian Sea
2. Red soils c. Ural Sea
3. Laterite soils d. Mediterranean Sea
4. None of these
478) What type of farming is practised in the
469) The soil which is a mixture of sand, clay densely populated regions of the world
and silt is known as a. Commercial farming
a. loamy soil b. Extensive farming
b. sandy soil c. Intensive farming
c. clayey soil d. Plantation farming
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b. 2, 1, 3, 4
479) Mixed farming means c. 1, 3, 2, 4
a. growing two crops at the same time d. 3, 4, 1, 2
b. growing different crops in succession
c. producing crops using mixture of 486) Which Committee‘s recommendations
manures and fertilizer are being followed for estimating Poverty
d. none of these Line
a. Dutt Committee
480) Which part of the tea plant is used for b. Chelliah Committee
making tea c. Chakravorty Committee
a. Root d. Lakdawala Committee
b. Flower
c. Leaves 487) Open market operations of a Central
d. Stem Bank are sale and purchase of
a. foreign currencies
481) Match the following: b. corporate securities
Place Power Project c. trade bills
A. Kalpakkam 1. Thermal power project d. government securities
B. Kolkata 2. Nuclear power project
C. Koyna 3. Tidal power project 488) Who was the chairman of National
D. Bhavnagar 4. Hydro power project Income Committee
A B C D a. P. C. Mahalanobis
a. 1 3 4 2 b. V.K.R.V. Rao
b. 2 3 1 4 c. D.R. Gadgil
c. 2 1 4 3 d. A.M. Khusro
d. 2 3 4 1
489) Voting rights in the IMF are distributed
482) Match the following on the basis of
Dam River a. one country, one vote
A. Farakka 1. Krishna b. proportion to the share of the
B. Tehri 2. Ravi income of the country in the world
C. Thein 3. Ganga income
D. Nagarjuna 4. Bhagirathi c. proportion to contributions given by
A B C D each country
a. 1 2 3 4 d. proportion to quota allotted to
b. 2 3 1 4 countries from time to time
c. 3 4 2 1
d. 4 1 2 3 490) What is Laissez-faire?
a. Mixed economy
483) India is divided into how many pin code b. Controlled economy
zones? c. Non-interference of Government in
a. Six economic affairs
b. Seven d. None of these
c. Eight
d. Ten 491) The idea of the Constitution of India was
first of all given by
484) last three digits of a PIN code represent: a. Mahatma Gandhi
a. zone b. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar
b. sub-zone c. Jawaharlal Nehru
c. sorting district d. M.N. Roy
d. mailing route
492) Who proposed the Preamble before the
485) Put in chronological order the Drafting Committee of the Constitution
following special features of different Five a. Jawaharlal Nehru
Year Plans as they were formulated b. B.R. Ambedkar
1.Mahalanobis strategy c. B.N. Rao
2.Modernisation d. Mahatma Gandhi
3.Removal of Poverty
493) Which of the following features does
4.Emphasis on employment generation
the Indian Constitution borrow from the
Weimar Constitution of Germany?
a. 1, 2, 3, 4
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a. The idea of a federation with a strong 500) Proclamation of emergency under Article
centre when Lok Sabha stands dissolved, has to be
b. The method of presidential elections approved by
c. The Emergency powers a. Rajya Sabha and then will continue till
d. Provisions concerning the suspension the reconstitution of new Lok Sabha
of fundamental rights during National which must approve it within 30 days
Emergency of its first sitting
b. New Lok Sabha within 6 months of its
494) The correct nomenclature of India Constitution
according to the Preamble is c. Lok Sabha in next session after six
a. Sovereign Secular, Democratic months
Republic d. Rajya Sabha only
b. Sovereign, Democratic Republic
c. Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, 501) The President‘s Rule in a state means that
Democratic Republic the state is ruled by
d. Sovereign, Secular, Socialist Democracy a. the President directly
b. a caretaker government
495) Match the following c. the Chief Minister nominated by the
A. Federation 1. U.S.A. President
B. Parliamentary 2. Britain d. the Governor of the State
C. Directive Principle 3. Canada
D. Fundamental Rights 4. Ireland 502) During the National Emergency
A B C D a. all fundamental rights are suspended
a. 2 1 4 1 b. Articles 20 and 21 cannot be
b. 2 3 1 4 suspended
c. 3 4 2 1 c. Article 32 cannot be suspended
d. 3 2 4 1 d. Article 19 cannot be suspended

496) Match the following: 503) An individual who is not a member of

A. Rule of Law Constitution 1. German either House of Parliament can be appointed a
B. Directive Principles 2. Australian member of the Council of Ministers but he has
C. Concurrent List 3. Irish to become a member of either House within a
D. Suspension of Fundamental 4. British period of
Rights during Emergency a. 1 month
A B C D b. 2 months
a. 4 2 1 3 c. 3 months
b. 4 3 2 1 d. 6 months
c. 2 3 4 1
d. 2 1 4 3 504) Which one of the following does not
constitute the Electoral College for electing the
497) Regarding equality before law the Indian President of India
Constitution makes exceptions in the case of a. Elected members of Rajya Sabha
a. the President or a Governor b. Elected members of Lok Sabha
b. foreign sovereigns only c. Elected members of the Legislative
c. the President only Assembly of each state
d. prime minister d. Elected members of the Legislative
Council
498) Separation of the Judiciary from the 505) Which of the following appointments is
Executive is enjoined by not made by the President of India
a. Preamble a. Speaker of the Lok Sabha
b. Directive Principle b. Chief Justice of India
c. Seventh Schedule c. Chief of the Air Force
d. Judicial decision d. Chief of the Army
499) Which part of Constitution incorporates 506) In case a President dies while in office
special provision with the state of J and K the Vice President can act as President for a
a. Part VI maximum period of
b. Part IX a. 2 years
c. Part XI b. 1 year
d. Part XXI c. 3 months
d. 6 months

507) Who acts as President when neither the
President nor the Vice President is available
a. Speaker of Lok Sabha
b. Chief Justice of India
c. Auditor General of India
d. Senior most Governor of a State
508) In the event of the resignation or death of
the Prime Minister
a. the Ministry is dissolved
b. fresh general elections must take place
c. the Cabinet may choose another leader
d. the President decides what to do
509) The Chief Minister of a state in India is
not eligible to vote in the Presidential election
if
a. he himself is a candidate
b. he is yet to prove his majority on the
floor of the Lower House of the State
Legislature
c. he is a member of the Upper House
of the State Legislature
d. he is a caretaker Chief Minister
510) What is zero hour
a. when the proposals of opposition are
considered
b. when matters of utmost importance
are raised
c. interval between the morning and
afternoon sessions
d. when a Money Bill is introduced in the
Lok Sabha
511) Who according to the Anti-Defection Act,
is the final authority to decide whether a
member of Lok Sabha has incurred
disqualification
a. Speaker
b. President
c. Election Commission
d. High Court
512) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected
by
a. all the members of Parliament
b. the people directly
c. all the members of Lok Sabha
d. the members of the majority party in
the Lok Sabha
513) Joint sittings of the two Houses of
Parliament are held to
a. elect the President of India
b. elect the Vice President of India
c. adopt a Constitution amending Bill
d. consider and pass a bill on which two
Houses disagree
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514) Rajya Sabha is less powerful than Lok
Sabha in terms of its financial powers because
a. it does not participate in the passing of
money bill
b. No money bill can be introduced in
Rajya Sabha
c. Both of the above
d. None of these
515) The maximum number of Anglo Indians
who can be nominated to the Lok Sabha
a. 3
b. 2
c. 5
d. 4
516) Which of the following states does not
have a bicameral legislature
a. Bihar
b. Karnataka
c. Rajasthan
d. Maharashtra
517) which subject was transferred from State
List to Concurrent List by the 42nd
amendment of the Constitution
a. Agriculture
b. Education
c. Irrigation
d. Local Self Government
518) Corporation tax
a. is levied by the Union and collected
and
Appropriated by the states
b. is levied by the Union and belongs to it
exclusively
c. is levied and appropriated by the
States
d. is levied by the Union and shared by
the Union and the States
519) Finance Commission consists of
a. Five members
b. Four whole time members
c. Chairman and four members
d. a Chairman and three other members
520) According to the National Human Rights
Commission Act 1993 who amongst the
following can be its Chairman
a. Any serving Judge of the Supreme
Court
b. Any serving Judge of the High Court
c. Only a retired Chief Justice of India
d. Only a retired Chief Justice of a High
Court
521) Who among the following cannot be
removed from office except in the manner
prescribed in the Constitution of India
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a. The Deputy Chairman of Planning hymns

Commission D. Upanishads 4. Collection of hymns,
b. The Governor of a State prayers, sacrificial
c. The Chief Election Commissioner formulae etc.
d. The Chairman, Finance Commission A B C D
a. 3 2 4 1
522) How many members of the Lok Sabha b. 4 3 2 1
must support motion of no confidence before it c. 4 1 3 2
can be admitted by the Speaker d. 3 2 1 4
a. 20
b. 25 529) Ayurveda owes its origin to
c. 38 a. Rigveda
d. 50 b. Samaveda
c. Yajurveda
523) The Supreme Court was set up under d. Atharvaveda
a. Pitt‘s India Act
b. Regulating Act 530) The Battle of Ten Kings was fought on the
c. Indian Councils Act, 1861 banks of
d. Indian Councils Act, 1892 a. Asikini (Chenab)
b. Parushni (Ravi)
524) Constitutional amendment bill passed by c. Vitasta (Jhelum)
both Houses of Parliament d. Vipas (Beas)
a. does not need the assent of the
President 531) Mitakshara‘, an authoritative treatise on
b. does need the assent of the President Hindu law was written by
c. does not need the assent of the a. Jimutavahana
President if passed by ratification of b. Hemadri
States c. Manu
d. none of the above d. Vagneswara
525) The Indus Valley people knew the use of 532) Which of the following animals was
a. gold, silver, copper, bronze but not iron known to ancient Vedic people
b. copper, iron, gold but not bronze a. Elephant
c. silver, lead, iron but not gold b. Boar
d. gold, tin, bronze but not copper c. Tiger
d. Lion
526) The Indus Valley people had trade
relations with 533) The Painted Grey Ware (PGW) belongs to
a. Egypt a. The Harappan civilization
b. Greece b. the Vedic age
c. Ceylon c. the Neolithic age
d. Mesopotamia d. none of these
527) Which one of the following contains the 534) In which of the forms of marriages,
Gayatri Mantra devoted to savitri bridegroom was supposed to give a cow, bull
a. Rigveda to the guardian of the bride during ancient
b. Yajurveda period
c. Upanishad a. Asura
d. Samaveda b. Paisacha
c. Prajapatya
528) Match the following d. Arsha
Vedic literature Theme
A. Samhitas 1. Secret or esoteric 535) Match the following:
doctrines A. 4th Buddhist Council 1. Vasumitra
B. Brahmanas 2.Book of instruction to be B. 3rd Buddhist Council 2. Moggaliputa
given in the forest or C. 2nd Buddhist Council 3. Sabakami
writings meant D. 1st Buddhist Council 4. Mahakassapa
for wood dwelling A B C D
hermits a. 1 2 3 4
C. Aranyakas 3. Explain the origin and b. 2 1 4 3
. meaning of the various c. 1 2 4 3
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d. 3 2 4 1 b. Chandragupta-II
c. Ashoka
536) Buddhism split up into the Hinayana and d. Kanishka
Mahayana sects at the Buddhist Council held
during the reign of 545) Who were the first to issue gold coins?
a. Harsha a. Indo Greeks
b. Kanishka b. Shakas
c. Ashoka c. Parthians
d. Chandragupta Maurya d. Kushans

537) Gandhar school of art came to existence 546) Which one of the following scripts of
in ancient India was written from right to left
a. Hinayana sect a. Brahmi
b. Mahayana sect b. Nandnagari
c. Vaishnava sect c. Sharada
d. Shaiva sect d. Kharoshti

538) Which of the following rulers did not 547) The language of the Satavahana
embrace Buddhism inscriptions was
a. Ashoka a. Pali
b. Harsha b. Prakrit
c. Kanishka c. Tamil
d. Samudragupta d. Telugu

539) Who wrote the Kalpasutra 548) Arrange in chronological order the
a. Bhadrabahu foreign invasions by the following on India.
b. Sthulabhadra 1. Indo-Greeks
c. Gopala 2. Shakas
d. Gosala 3. Parthians
4. Kushans
540) Which of the following transferred his a. 2, 1, 3, 4
capital from Patliputra to Vaishali b. 4, 3, 2, 1
a. Bimbisara c. 1, 2, 3,4
b. Ajatsatru d. 3, 4, 1, 2
c. Udayin
d. Shishunaga 549) Main purpose of Fahien‘s visit to India
was
541) Who is often described as the second a. study the administrative system of
Parasurama or the exterminator of the entire Gupta rulers
Kshatriya race b. study Indian art and music
a. Ajatasatru c. find out an easy land route for trade
b. Mahapadma with India
c. Dhana Nanda d. visit Buddhist monasteries and record
d. Pradyota their history and condition

542) Which of the following is not one of the 550) Decimal system was introduced by
animals carved on the Sarnath pillar a. Aryabhatta
a. Elephant b. Brahmagupta
b. Horse c. Bhaskara
c. Deer d. None of these
d. Humped bull
551) Match the following:
543) During the Sangam Age which of the A. Indica 1. Megasthenes
following dynasties was not in power B. Mudrarakshasa 2. Vishakhadutta
a. Pandyas C. Arthashastra 3. Harshavardhana
b. Cheras D. Ratnavali 4. Kautilya
c. Cholas A B C D
d. Pallavas a. 1 2 3 4
b. 1 2 4 3
544) Which of the following kings controlled c. 2 1 4 3
the famous silk-route of Central Asia d. 1 3 4 2
a. Harsha
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552) The name of the poet Kalidasa is d. Kailash Temple

mentioned in the
a. Allahabad Pillar inscription 561) The originators of the Dravidian style of
b. Aihole inscription architecture and sculpture in South India
c. Alapadu grant were:
d. Hanumakonda inscription a. Cholas
b. Hoysalas
553) Which of the following is the correct c. Pallavas
chronological order d. Pandyas
a. Kushans-Guptas-Sungas-Mauryas
b. Mauryas-Sungas-Kushans-Guptas 562) The statue of Gomateswara at
c. Guptas-Kushans-Mauryas -Sungas Sravanabelagola was built by
d. Sungas-Mauryas-Guptas-Kushans a. Chandragupta Maurya
b. Kharavela
554) Zero was invented by c. Amoghavarsha
a. Aryabhatta d. Chamundaraya
b. Varahmihir
c. Bhaskar 563) Who among the following gave a detailed
d. An unknown Indian account of Nalanda University
a. Hiuen Tsang
555) Pulakesin II defeated Harshavardhana on b. Fahien
the river c. Megasthenes
a. Godavari d. I-tsing
b. Narmada
c. Tapti 564) The Nagara, the Dravida the Vesara are
d. Mahanad a. the three main musical gharanas as
prevalent in India
556) Which of the following was not written by b. the three main styles of Indian temple
Harsha architectures
a. Kadambari c. the three main linguistic divisions of
b. Ratnavali India
c. Nagananda d. the three main racial groups of Indian
d. Priyadarshika subcontinent

557) Which of the following was not written by 565) The Chalukyas of were succeeded by the
Harsha Rashtrakutas
a. Kadambari a. Vengi
b. Ratnavali b. Kalyani
c. Nagananda c. Badami
d. Priyadarshika d. Anhilwara

558) Which of the rulers is said to have 566) The Rashtrakutas were patrons of
reached the banks of the Ganges thus a. Jainism
resembling the exploits of Samudragupta in b. Buddhism
reverse c. Vaishnavism
a. Rajaraja d. Shaivism
b. Vijayalaya
c. Rajendra I 567) Who among the following first divided
d. Kubttunga I his empire into Iqtas during the process of civil
administration
559) The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a. Aibak
a fine example of b. iIltutmish
a. Chola art c. Razia
b. Gandhara art d. Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
c. Gupta art
d. Mauryan art 568) Which of the following was the major
source of royal income in medieval north India
560) Which temple got the name of Black a. Jaziyah
Pagoda? b. Kharaj
a. Sun Temple c. Zakat
b. Lingaraja Temple d. Kham
c. Jagannath Temple
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569) The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to c. Cauvery

have built the biggest network of canals in d. Krishna
India was
a. Iltutmish 578) The Nayakas in Vijayanagar Empire were
b. Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq a. central ministers
c. Feroze Shah Tughlaq b. military chiefs controlling particular
d. Sikandar Lodi territories
c. cavalry soldiers
570) In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative d. priests of large powerful temples
unit called paragana was headed by an official
known as 579) On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom
a. Shiqdar was the kingdom of Golconda founded
b. Barid a. Yadavas
c. Ariz b. Hoysalas
d. Amil c. Kakatiyas
d. Kalyani
571) The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due
to the invasion of 580) During the reign of Muhammad Shah III, a
a. Chengiz Khan foreign traveller who visited the Bahmani
b. Babar kingdom was
c. Nadir Shah a. Marco Polo
d. Timur b. Athanasius Nikitin
c. Abdur Razzaq
572) Tahqiq-i-Hind, a famous literary d. Domingo Paes
work, was written by
a. Badauni 581) Who among the following was not an
b. Nizamuddin Ahmad exponent of Bhakti movement
c. Alberuni a. Ramananda
d. Minhajus Siraj b. Kabir
c. Shankaracharya
573) Who among the following introduced the d. Nanak
famous Persian festival of Navroj in India
a. Balban 582) Tulsidas wrote Ramacharita-manas
b. Firoz Tughlaq during the reign of
c. Iltutmish a. Jahangir
d. Alauddin Khalji b. Rama Raya
c. Akbar
574) The founder of the first Afghan dynasty in d. Krishnadeva Raya
India was
a. Ibrahim Lodi 583) When Akbar was young, his guardian
b. Bahlol Lodi was :
c. Sikandar Lodi a. Hemu
d. Sher Shah Suri b. Faizi
c. Abul Fazal
575) What does the word iqta stand for d. Bairam Khan
a. Law of primogeniture
b. Crown lands donated to army officers 584) Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily
c. State‘s share of one-third of the spoils to
of war a. put an end to differences between
d. The grant of revenue from a territory the Hindus and the Muslims
in lieu of salary b. Establish a national religion which
would be acceptable to the Muslims
576) The official language of the Delhi and Hindus
sultanate was c. ensure racial and communal harmony
a. Urdu d. form a religious club
b. Arabic
c. Persian 585) Who was the Afghan ruler of India whose
d. Hindi administrative system was emulated by the
British
577) Hampi is situated on the northern bank of a. Bairam Khan
a. Tungabhadra b. Sher Shah
b. Godavari
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c. Muhammad Shah a. 4 2 3 1
d. Ahmad Shah b. 3 4 2 1
c. 3 1 2 4
586) Chand Bibi, who ceded Berar to Akbar. d. 2 4 1 3
was the ruler of
a. Golconda 594) Which Indian king requested Napoleon
b. Bahmani for help to drive the British from India
c. Bijapur a. Rani of Jhansi
d. Ahmednagar b. Jai Singh
c. Shivaji
587) battle of Dharmat was fought between d. Tipu Sultan
a. Muhammad Ghori and Jai Chand
b. Babar and the Afghans 595) Who commanded the Maratha army in
c. Aurangzeb and Data Shikoh the third battle of Panipat
d. Ahmad Shah Durrani and the Marathas a. Dattaji Sindhia
b. Vishwas Rao
588) Tobacco was introduced for cultivation c. Sadashiv Rao Bhau
during the reign of d. Malhar Rao Holkar
a. Akbar
b. Sher Shah Suri 596) In 1717 which Mughal Emperor gave
c. Jahangir the English East India Company a ̳Firman‘
d. Aurangzeb granting trade privileges In India
a. Shah Alam II
589) Nishat Garden was built by b. Bahadur Shah
a. Babar c. Jahandar Shah
b. Jahangir d. Farrukhsiyar
c. Sher Shah
d. Shahjahan 597) Which of the following causes was not
responsible for the downfall of Mughal Empire
590) Which Mughal king tried to stop the a. Deccan policy of Aurangzeb
practice of sati b. Religious policy of Aurangzeb
a. Akbar c. Mansabdari system
b. Humayun d. Revolts In various provinces of the
c. Shahjahan Empire
d. Aurangzeb
598) The fort of Lohagarh was built by
591) Which Sikh guru helped the rebellious a. Banda Bahadur
prince Khusrau and got executed by Jahangir b. Guru Govind Singh
a. Guru Hargovind c. Ranjit Singh
b. Guru Gobind Singh d. none of the above
c. Guru Arjun Dev
d. Guru Tegh Bahadur 599) who was the first European to translate
the Bhagwad Gita into English
592) Match the following a. William Jones
A. Pondicherry 1. Danish b. Charles Wilkins
B. Goa 2. Dutch c. James Prinsep
C. Tranquebar 3. English d. Sir Alexander Cunningham
D. Nagapattinam 4. Portuguese
5. French 600) Dev Samaj‘ was founded by:
A B C D a. Vallabhbhai Patel
a. 5 4 1 2 b. Dadabhai Naoroji
b. 1 2 3 4 c. Sivanarayan Agnihotri
c. 4 3 2 1 d. Ramakrishna Paramhansa
d. 3 4 1 2
601) Shuddhi movement (conversion of
593) Match the following non-Hindus to Hinduism) was started by
Place Settlement a. Swami Vivekananda
A. Chardranagore 1. Dutch b. Swami Dayanand Saraswati
B. Pulicat 2. Portuguese c. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Diu 3. French d. Raja Rammohan Roy
D. Surat 4. English
A B C D
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602) Which one of the following upheavals 610) Who was the head of the Committee
took place in Bengal immediately after of the formed by the government to enquire into
Revolt of 1857 Jallianwala Bagh massacre
a. Sonyasi Rebellion a. General Dyer
b. Santhal Rebellion b. John Simon
c. Indigo Disturbances c. Hunter
d. Patna Disturbances d. None of these

603) The reform movement among the 611) Who was the first Indian to become the
Muslims started by Sir Syed Khan is known as member of British Parliament?
a. Sufi movement a. Badruddin Tyyabji
b. Khilafat movement b. W. C. Banerjee
c. Wahabi movement c. D. Wacha
d. Aligarh movement d. Dadabhai Naoroji

604) Who was the founder of Radha Swami 612) Who said, ―Good government was
Satsang never a good substitute for self government
a. Haridas Swami a. Raja Ram Mohan Roy
b. Siva Dayal Saheb b. Swami Dayananda
c. Siva Narayan Agnihotri c. Ramakrishna Paramhansa
d. Swami Sradhananda d. Swami Vivekanand

605) The Brahmo Samaj spilt for a second time 613) Who among the following wrote the book
in 1878 because of “A nation in the making”
a. the marriage of Keshab‘s daughter a. Dinbandhu Mitra
though she was underage b. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
b. Keshab‘s founding of the Veda Samaj in c. Surendranath Banerjee
Madras and the Prarthana Samaj in d. Subhash Chandra Bose
Maharashtra
c. Keshab‘s attempt to bring about an 614) The 19th Century reawakening In India
alliance of Christianand Hidu ideas was confined to the
d. all of the above a. priestly class
b. upper middle class
606) The first Muslim President of Indian c. rich peasantry
National Congress was d. urban landlords
a. Ajmal Khan
b. Abul Kalam Azad 615) Which of the following helped to develop
c. M.A. Jinnah close ties between the government and the
d. Badruddin Tyyabji masses
a. Mahahvari Settlement
607) the Bombay Triumvirate‘ consisted of b. Ryotwari Settlement
all following except c. Permanent Settlement
a. Dadabhai Naoroji d. All of the above
b. K.T. Telang
c. Pherozeshah Mehta 616) The Commander-In-Chief of Nana Saheb‘s
d. Badruddin Tyyabji forces who was later caught and hanged by the
608) in 1889 a British Committee of INC British was
was started who was its Chairman a. Tantia Tope
a. A.O. Hume b. Bijlis Khan
b. Annie Besant c. Azimullah
c. W. Wedderbum d. None of the above
d. Theodore Beck
617) Match the places and leaders of the 1857
609) “The British empire is rotten to the core, Revolt:
corrupt in every direction, and tyrannical and Leaders Places
mean” was said by A. Begum Hazrat Mahal 1. Lucknow
a. Sri Aurobindo B. Kunwar Singh 2. Arrah
b. Tilak C. Khan Bahadur Khan 3. Rohilkhand
c. Sister Nivedita D. Maniram Dutt 4. Assam
d. None of these A B C D
a. 1 3 4 2
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b. 1 2 3 4
c. 2 1 4 2 624) Who amongst the following was involved
d. 2 3 1 4 in the Alipore Bomb case
a. S N Banerjee
618) Match the following b. Bipin Chandra Pal
A. Swarajist Party 1.Acharya Narendra Dev c. Jatin Das
B. Hindustan Socialist 2. Motilal Nehru d. Aurobindo Ghosh
Republican Association
C. Congress Socialist 3. Chandrashekhar Azad 625) Who among the following attended all
Party the three Round Table Conferences
D. Communist 4. M. N. Roy a. Madan Mohan Malviya
International b. Annie Besant
5. P.C. Joshi c. Mahatma Gandhi
A B C D d. B R. Ambedkar
a. 5 3 2 4
b. 1 2 4 5 626) The most important feature of the
c. 2 3 1 4 Government of India Act 1919 was the
d. 2 4 5 3 introduction of
a. Dyarchy
619) The first movement launched against b. Provincial autonomy
the British in India was c. Separate electorate
a. Khilafat Movement d. Adult franchise
b. Swadeshi Movement
c. Non-Cooperation Movement 627) Who was the founder of the Muslim
d. Quit India Movement League in India?
a. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
620) Match the following: b. M.A. Jinnah
Dates of Sessions Happenings c. Nawab Salimulla
A. Surat session 1. Independence resolution d. None of these
1907 Adopted
B. Gaya session 2. Split in congress 628) The secret society of revolutionaries
1922 which was organised by V D Savarkar in 1904
C. Madras session 3. Decision to launch civil was
1927 Disobedience movement a. Yugantar
D. Lahore session 4. Swaraj party was formed b. Ghadar
1929 c. Sandhya
A B C D d. Abhinav Bharat
a. 1 2 3 4
629) Match the following
b. 3 4 1 2
A. Ram Prasad 1. Lahore Conspiracy case
c. 2 4 1 3
Bismil
d. 4 3 2 1
B. Surya Sen 2. Kakori Conspiracy case
621) Who among the following led Vaikom C. Arvind Ghosh 3. Chittagong Armoury raid
Satyagraha in 1924? D. Bhagat Singh 4. Alipore Bomb
a. Shri Narayana Guru A B C D
b. N. Kumaran Asan a. 4 2 3 1
c. K.P. Kesava Menon b. 2 3 4 1
d. E.V.Ramaswamy Naicker c. 3 4 1 2
d. 4 1 2 3
622) The first Indian leader to undergo
imprisonment in 1882 was 630) In which of the following movements
a. B G. Tilak Bande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for
b. C. Vijiaraghavachari agitation
c. Ashwani Kumar Datta a. Revolt of‘1857
d. Bipin Chandra Pal b. Partition of Bengal in 1905
c. Non-Cooperation movement in 1922
623) Who gave the slogan ̳Inquilab Zindabad d. Quit India movement in 1942
a. Hasrat Mohani
b. M K Gandhi 631) Moplah rebellion of 1921 took place in
c. Bhagat Singh a. Assam
d. S.C Bose b. Kashmir
c. Kerala
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d. North-West Frontier Province 639) The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was mode
between
632) The Prime Minister of Britain at the time a. the moderates and extremists
of India‘s independence was b. the British and the Indians
a. Lord Mountbatten c. the Hindus and the Muslims
b. Winston Churchill d. the Congress and the Muslim League
c. Ramsay Macdonald
d. Clement Attlee 640) Who first voiced the idea of a separate
Muslim state in India
633) Match the following a. Mohammad Iqbal
A. My Experiments with 1. Dadabhai Naroji b. M.A. Jinnah
Truth c. Syed Ahmad Khan
B. The Indian Unrest 2. Lokmanya Tilak d. None of these
C. Un-British India 3. Mahatma Gandhi
D. The First War of 4. V.D. Savarkar 641) Which of the following was in power in
Independence the U.K when India got independence
5. V. Chirol a. Labour Party
A B C D b. Liberal Party
a. 3 1 2 5 c. Conservative Party
b. 3 1 2 4 d. Socialist Party
c. 3 5 1 4
d. 5 2 3 1 642) The last opportunity to avoid the
partition of India was lost with the rejection of
634) The Civil Disobedience Movement was a. Cripps Mission
led in the North-West Frontier Province by b. Rajagopalachari Formula
a. Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah c. Cabinet Mission
b. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan d. Wavell Plan
c. Dr M.A. Ansari
d. Sewa Singh Thikriwala 643) The agitation against the part
ition of Bengal was led by
635) Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly a. Surendranath Banerjee
claim I am an Indian, every Indian is my b. C R. Das
brother who had said these words c. Subhash Chandra Bose
a. Jawaharlal Nehru d. Aruna Asaf Ali
b. Vivekananda
c. Lala Lajpat Rai 644) Which of the following revolutionary
d. Mahatma Gandhi leaders organised an attack on the armoury of
Chittagong
636) Who was the Chairman of Boundary a. Jatin Das
Commission to define the boundaries of the b. Chandrashekhar Azad
dominions under the Indian Independence Act c. C. R. Das
a. Lord Wavell d. Surya Sen
b. Stafford Cripps
c. Lord Mountbatten 645) Which among the following was not
d. Cyril Radcliffe correct about permanent settlement in India
a. It was introduced by Lord Cornwallis.
637) Who among the following were popularly b. It was implemented in Bengal and
known as Red Shirts Bihar
a. Congress socialists c. Zamindars were only revenue
b. Khudai Khidmatgars collectors but not the owners of the
c. Members of the Azad Hind Fauj land.
d. People led by Rani Gaidinliu d. The cultivators were reduced to the
status of tents
638) Who was the Viceroy during the time Mr
Attlee of England declared the British intention 646) Which of the following statements about
to transfer power to Indians Ryotwari settlement is/ are correct
a. Lord Irwin 1. It recognized the cultivators as the
b. Lord Mountbatten owner of land.
c. Lord Wavell 2. It was a temporary settlement.
d. Lord Linlithgow 3. It was introduced later than the
permanent settlement.
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Select the correct answer .using the code 652) The Government of India Act, 1935
given below provided for
a. 1 and 2 only a. Dyarchy (diarchy) in the provinces and
b. 1, 2 and 3 dyarchy (diarchy) at the Centre
c. 1 only b. Autonomy to the provinces and
d. 2 and,3 only dyarchy (diarchy) at the Centre
c. Abolition of the system of dyarchy
647) During India's Colonial period the theory d. Autonomy at the Centre as well as in
of downward filtration was related to. the provinces
a. Railways
b. Education 653) The cause of inflation is
c. Irrigation a. increase in money supply
d. Poverty elevation b. fall in production
c. increase in money supply and fall in
648) Arrange the following in chronological production
order d. decrease in money supply and fall in
1. Macaulay's Minutes production
2. Hunter Commission
3. Saddler Commission 654) Which of the following can be used for
4. Wood's Dispatch checking inflation temporarily?
a. 1, 4, 2, 3 a. Increase in wages
b. 1,2, 3, 4 b. Decrease in money supply
c. 4, 1,2, 3 c. Decrease in taxes
d. 4, 1, 3,2 d. None of these
649) The aim of education as stated by the 655) The Reserve Bank of India issues
Wood’s dispatch of 1854 was a. all the currency notes
a. the creation of employment b. all the currency notes except one rupee
opportunities for native Indians note
b. the spread of western culture in India c. all the currency notes except hundred
c. the promotion of literacy among the rupee note
people using English medium of d. only notes of Rs. 10 and above
language
d. the introduction of scientific research 656) Bank rate is the rate at which
and rationalism in the traditional a. a bank lends to the public
Indian education. b. the Reserve Bank of India lends to the
public
650) The Ryotwari system was introduced by c. the Government of India lends to other
British in the countries
a. Bengal presidency d. the Reserve Bank of India gives
b. Madras presidency credit to commercial banks
c. Bombay presidency
d. Madras and Bombay presidencies 657) ̳Sangam literature is
651) Who was viceroy of India at the time of a. Classical Sanskrit literature patronised
Jallainwala Bagh massacre by the Guptas
a. Lord Chelmesford b. Pali literature dealing with the
b. Lord Curzon history of the Buddhist sanghas
c. Lord Irwin c. early Tamil literature attributed to the
d. Lord Hardinge first three centuries of the Christian era
d. Sanskrit works of Puranic nature
dealing with the sanctity of the place
where there is confluence of rivers in
Prayaga
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658) Sakas were finally overthrown by Kanishka c. Dwarasamudra

a. Chandragupta d. Warangal
b. Vikramaditya
c. Devapala 660) Which Viceroy convened the Shimla
d. Gautamiputra Satakarni Conference in 1945
a. Lord Mountbatten
659) The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was b. Lord Wavell
a. Madurai c. Lord Linlithgow
b. Hampi d. Lord Willington

Answer Key
1. b 2.b 3.d 4.d 5.d 6.a 7.d 8.c 9.a 10.c
11.a 12.b 13.b 14.c 15.d 16.c 17.a 18.c 19.c 20.c
21.c 22.b 23.c 24.a 25.b 26.c 27.b 28.c 29.b 30.c
31.a 32.a 33.c 34.d 35.a 36.c 37.a 38.a 39.c 40.c
41.b 42.c 43.d 44.d 45.d 46.b 47.d 48.c 49.b 50.b
51.d 52.a 53.d 54.d 55.c 56.a 57.b 58.d 59.c 60.a
61.a 62.b 63.d 64.c 65.b 66.b 67.b 68.b 69.a 70.c
71.c 72.c 73.c 74.a 75.d 76.b 77.d 78.a 79.d 80.a
81.d 82.b 83.b 84.b 85.d 86.d 87.d 88.b 89.c 90.a
91.a 92.c 93.a 94.c 95.b 96.a 97.b 98.b 99.a 100.c
101.b 102.a 103.a 104.c 105.b 106.a 107.a 108.a 109.a 110.b
111.b 112.c 113.d 114.c 115.c 116.a 117.a 118.a 119.b 120.b
121.c 122.d 123.c 124.b 125.a 126.a 127.b 128.c 129.a 130.d
131.a 132.c 133.b 134.a 135.b 136.b 137.d 138.b 139.c 140.a
141.b 142.a 143.a 144.b 145.a 146.a 147.c 148.d 149.c 150.b
151.a 152.d 153.b 154.a 155.d 156.d 157.d 158.d 159.a 160.c
161.d 162.a 163.d 164.d 165.a 166.a 167.d 168.a 169.c 170.a
171.a 172.a 173.a 174.c 175.c 176.c 177.c 178.b 179.b 180.a
181.b 182.c 183.d 184.b 185.c 186.d 187.a 188.a 189.c 190.b
191.d 192.a 193.b 194.b 195.d 196.a 197.a 198.b 199.a 200.b
201.b 202.b 203.b 204.c 205.a 206.b 207.a 208.c 209.a 210.c
211.c 212.d 213.b 214.a 215.a 216.a 217.d 218.d 219.a 220.c
221.b 222.b 223.d 224.b 225.b 226.b 227.b 228.a 229.a 230.b
231.d 232.a 233.a 234.a 235.d 236.c 237.b 238.d 239.b 240.d
241.d 242.c 243.b 244.b 245.c 246.b 247.a 248.c 249.b 250.b
251.d 252.b 253.c 254.b 255.d 256.d 257.c 258.c 259.a 260.b
261.c 262.d 263.a 264.c 265.b 266.d 267.a 268.a 269.d 270.a
271.b 272.c 273.a 274.b 275.c 276.c 277.b 278.a 279.b 280.c
281.c 282.a 283.c 284.b 285.a 286.c 287.b 288.b 289.a 290.d
291.d 292.b 293.c 294.c 295.b 296.b 297.a 298.b 299.c 300.b
301.a 302.a 303.b 304.c 305.b 306.b 307.a 308.b 309.c 310.b
311.c 312.b 313.a 314.d 315.b 316.a 317.a 318.d 319.b 320.b
321.a 322.c 323.c 324.b 325.b 326.d 327.c 328.a 329.c 330.b
331.a 332.b 333.d 334.c 335.a 336.a 337.d 338.a 339.c 340.c
341.a 342.b 343.c 344.d 345.b 346.d 347.d 348.a 349.b 350.b
351.d 352.d 353.d 354.d 355.c 356.b 357.a 358.a 359.a 360.d
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361.a 362.c 363.c 364.d 365.c 366.b 367.b 368.d 369.b 370.d
371.a 372.a 373.b 374.a 375.b 376.b 377.b 378.c 379.c 380.a
381.a 382.d 383.b 384.d 385.b 386.d 387.a 388.a 389.b 390.c
391.d 392.a 393.a 394.b 395.a 396.b 397.d 398.d 399.d 400.b
401.c 402.c 403.b 404.c 405.b 406.b 407.c 408.c 409.a 410.b
411.c 412.a 413.d 414.b 415.c 416.d 417.a 418.d 419.b 420.d
421.c 422.a 423.a 424.a 425.d 426.a 427.b 428.c 429.d 430.b
431.d 432.c 433.d 434.d 435.c 436.d 437.b 438.a 439.b 440.c
441.d 442.c 443.d 444.b 445.c 446.c 447.d 448.d 449.b 450.a
451.b 452.b 453.a 454.a 455.a 456.d 457.d 458.d 459.d 460.c
461.b 462.b 463.d 464.c 465.c 466.d 467.c 468.a 469.a 470.d
471.b 472.a 473.a 474.a 475.b 476.a 477.d 478.c 479.a 480.b
481.c 482.c 483.c 484.c 485.c 486.d 487.d 488.a 489.d 490.c
491.d 492.a 493.d 494.c 495.d 496.b 497.a 498.b 499.d 500.a
501.d 502.b 503.d 504.d 505.a 506.d 507.c 508.a 509.c 510.b
511.a 512.c 513.d 514.c 515.b 516.c 517.b 518.b 519.c 520.c
521.c 522.d 523.b 524.b 525.a 526.d 527.a 528.b 529.d 530.b
531.d 532.d 533.b 534.d 535.a 536.b 537.b 538.d 539.a 540.d
541.b 542.c 543.b 544.d 545.a 546.d 547.b 548.c 549.d 550.c
551.b 552.b 553.b 554.d 555.b 556.a 557.a 558.c 559.a 560.a
561.a 562.d 563.a 564.b 565.c 566.a 567.b 568.a 569.c 570.d
571.c 572.c 573.a 574.b 575.d 576.c 577.a 578.b 579.b 580.b
581.c 582.c 583.d 584.b 585.b 586.d 587.c 588.c 589.b 590.d
591.c 592.a 593.c 594.d 595.c 596.d 597.c 598.b 599.b 600.c
601.b 602.c 603.d 604.b 605.a 606.d 607.a 608.c 609.c 610.c
611.d 612.b 613.c 614.b 615.b 616.a 617.b 618.c 619.b 620.c
621.a 622.b 623.a 624.d 625.d 626.a 627.c 628.d 629.b 630.b
631.c 632.d 633.c 634.b 635.b 636.d 637.b 638.c 639.d 640.a
641.a 642.c 643.a 644.d 645.c 646.a 647.b 648.a 649.c 650.d
651.a 652.c 653.c 654.b 655.b 656.d 657.c 658.d 659.d 660.b

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600+ MCQs Solution:

1) Entomology is a branch of zoology (the study of council of the Sikhs in 1699. He is said to be the
animals) that studies insects and how they author of Dasam Granth.
interact with their environment 8) Relation between organisms and their
2) Garampani sanctuary is located at Diphu, Assam environment
3) All of the above 9) Escape velocity of a rocket fired from the earth
4) Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his towards the moon is a velocity to get rid of the
health because the ultraviolet rays convert skin Earth's gravitational pull
oil into Vitamin D 10) Coral reefs in India can be found in
5) All of the above Rameshwaram
6) Friction can be reduced by changing from sliding 11) For safety, the fuse wire used in the mains for
to rolling household supply of electricity must be made of
7) Guru Gobind Singh (1666-1708). The 10th Guru metal having low melting point
of the Sikhs who founded the Khalsa the inner 12) Durand Cup is associated with the game of
football

13) For seeing objects at the surface of water from a
submarine under water, the instrument used is
periscope
14) Fathometer is used to measure Ocean depth
15) For galvanizing iron Zinc is used
16) Firdausi was a poet and a well-known for his epic
‘Shahnama’
17) Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in
the children results in increased height
18) India has largest deposits of mica in the world.
19) India's tallest stone statue of the Jain sage
Gomateswara is at Sravanabelagola, Karnataka
20) If speed of rotation of the earth increases, weight
of the body decreases
21) In the small intestine maximum absorption of
food takes place
22) India's first indigenously built submarine was INS
Shalki
23) If the plane of the earth's equator were not
inclined to the plane of the earth's orbit there
would be no change of seasons
24) Kathakali, Mohiniatam and Ottamthullal are the
famous dances of Kerala
25) Modern Indo-Aryan languages are based on an
ancient language called Sanskrit
26) Malfunctioning Liver causes jaundice
27) Kathak, Nauntanki, Jhora and Kajri are the
important dances of Uttar Pradesh
28) Number of commands of Air Force are Seven
29) Liquids transmit pressure equally in all
directions. This is known as Pascal’s Law
30) Lal Bahadur Shastri succeeded Pandit Nehru as
the second Prime Minister of India and signed the
Tashkent Agreement with Ayub Khan for a
ceasefire between India and Pakistan
31) On a night when the sky is clear, the temperature
may dip considerably; on a cloudy night the
temperature will usually dip much less. The
reason for this difference is that the clear sky
allows radiant energy to escape readily from the
earth
32) Olympic emblem is composed of five intertwined
rings, each of a different colour, representing the
five continents of the world as Blue ring - Europe;
Yellow ring - Asia; Black ring - Africa; Red ring-
America; Green ring - Oceania
33) Mina is the tribe of Rajasthan
34) Kanishka was the king of Kushan dynasty, a great
conqueror but later became a follower of Buddha
and the only ruler of India whose territory
extended up to central Asia
35) Nuclear power is cheaper thermal power
36) Most commonly used bleaching agent is Chlorine
37) Magsaysay awards are named after Ramon
Magsaysay, President of the Philippines who was
known for his land reform programme to defuse
communist insurgency
38) Microphone is used to convert sound waves into
electrical energy
39) Soil acidity is generally corrected by liming.
Liming is the application of calcium- and
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magnesium-rich materials to soil in various
forms
40) Penicillin is widely used as an antibiotic
41) Nitrogen gas because it is present in abundant
(78%)
42) Raja Rammohan Roy was a social reformer who
tried to eradicate sati, purdah and child marriage,
advocated widow remarriage and woman's
education and he was the founder of the Brahmo
Samaj
43) Pressure cooker cooks rice faster because high
pressure raises the boiling point of water
44) Super conductivity is a phenomenon in which the
resistance of a substance becomes zero at very
low temperature
45) The clear sky looks blue because dispersion of
light
46) Deforestation in the uplands may cause pollution
in rivers through erosion and silting
47) The increased use of groundwater for irrigation
purposes has led to salinization, lowering of the
water table and water logging
48) The reaction which converts sugar solution into
alcohol is an example of fermentation
49) The refrigerant commonly used for domestic
refrigerators is ammonia
50) The ozone layer is being destroyed by
chlorofluorocarbons. In this regard Chlorine atom
is considered the most harmful
51) The red blood cells are in the bone marrow
52) Vitamin B12 is most useful for combating anaemia
53) Venturi tube is used for measuring flow of a fluid
54) Weight of an object put in a satellite orbiting in
space around the earth is reduced to zero
55) The three abundant elements in the earth's crust
are aluminium, oxygen and silicon. The correct
order of their abundance is oxygen, silicon,
aluminium
56) The tribe residing in Meghalaya is Garos
57) Vijayalakshmi Pandit was the first women
minister of an Indian state (UP), the first women
to become president of the UN General Assembly
and the first Indian women Ambassador to
Moscow
58) The trophy know by the name of Grand Prix is
associated with table tennis, lawn tennis and
shooting
59) When light passes from air into glass it
experiences change of wavelength and speed
60) When a given amount of air is cooled the amount
of moisture it can hold decreases
61) When cream is separated from milk the density
of milk increases
62) Capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is Silvassa
63) Veins act as a channel of transmission of blood to
the heart in the human body
64) Silver bromide is useful in photography
65) Mouse has the highest metabolic rate in terms of
oxygen consumption (mm3/g hour)
66) Due to the presence of Hydrogen sulphide Brass
gets discoloured in air

67) Bromine(non-metal) is liquid at room
temperature
68) Bromine is a red liquid
69) Graphite is used as a lubricant
70) silicon carbide is used for cutting very hard
substances
71) When an iron nail gets rusted, iron oxide is
formed with increase in the weight of the nail
72) Among the various allotropes of carbon, diamond
is the hardest, graphite is the softest
73) Galvanised iron sheets have a coating of Zinc
74) Non stick cooking utensils are coated with Teflon
75) Monazite is an ore of thorium
76) Potassium nitrate is used in fertiliser
77) Most soluble in water is sugar
78) Permanent hardness of water may be removed
by the addition of sodium carbonate
79) Copper, Tin are the ingredients of gun metal
80) Nitrous oxide is the laughing gas
81) LPG consists of mainly methane, butane and
propane
82) Production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) gas
which is proposed to be banned in India, is used
in Refrigerator
83) Balloons are filled with helium
84) The main constituents of pearls are calcium
carbonate and magnesium carbonate
85) Potassium Permanganate is used for purifying
drinking water, because it is an oxidising agent
86) Diamond is an element among the given
87) Reading of a barometer going down is an
indication of rainfall
88) Graphite is used as a moderator in nuclear
reactor
89) In an atomic explosion, enormous energy is
released which is due to conversion of mass into
energy
90) Nuclear fission is caused by the impact of
Neutron
91) Powder type fire extinguisher is used for
petroleum fire
92) Detergents used for cleaning clothes and utensils
contain sulphonates
93) Arsenous oxide is used for removing air bubbles
from glass during its manufacture?
94) Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the
presence of cobalt oxide
95) Glass is made of the mixture of sand and silicates
96) The Parliament of India can make use of the
residuary powers at all times
97) The president can expend out of the Contingency
Fund of India without the approval of the
Parliament
98) The minimum number of members that must be
present to hold the meeting of the Lok Sabha is
one-tenth of the total membership of the Houses
99) The oath of office is administered to the members
of state council of ministers by the governor
100) The oath of office is administered to the
Governor by the chief justice of high court
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101) The president convenes and prorogues all
sessions of Parliament in consultation with the
prime minister
102) The Nagaland State of India cannot be termed as
a state because it lacks sovereignty
103) The objective of the Morley-Minto Reforms was
extension of provincial assemblies
104) G.K Gokhale was described as pureascrystalas
braveas alion andthe most perfect man inthe political
field
105) The oath of office is conducted to the president
by the chief justice of India
106) The temperature increases rapidly after
ionosphere
107) The highest mountains on earth namely Mount
Everest, K2, Kanchenjanga are located in the
greater Himalayas
108) The infrared radiation by sun are strongly
absorbed by carbon dioxide
109) The length of the day is determined in
astronomical units
110) The islands with coral covered surfaces in Bay of
Bengal are Nicobar islands
111) The limit beyond which the stars suffer internal
collapse is called the Chandrasekhar limit
112) The ionosphere contains ionized air that
protects the earth from the falling meteorites
113) The low heating capacity of Peat reduces its
value as an industrial fuel
114) The main vegetation of the steppe type climatic
regions is large grasslands
115) The movement of particles by rolling, sliding and
shuffling along the eroded surface is called
traction
116) The main dividing line between the geological
regions of the Indo Gangetic plain and the
peninsula is the Vindhya range
117) Granite
118) The low latitude zone of globe extends between
Tropic of Capricorn and Cancer
119) The magnetic field generated due to magnetic
storm is directed in the Opposite direction to the
earth's main field
120) The main factor determining a region's climate is
latitude
121) Kurosiwo current is a warm current
122) The main watershed of most of the peninsular
river lies in the Western Ghats
123) The minimum values of annual receipts of solar
radiation occur at the arctic
124) The planet that takes the highest time for
completing a rotation is Venus
125) The period of daylight is nearly constant near
the equator, varies with latitude and the season
and reaches a maximum of 24 hour in the polar
zones in summer
126) The relative abundance of dissolved salts in
seawater in descending order is as follows
chlorine, sodium, sulphate, magnesium, calcium,
potassium
127) The plants of Cotton are highly sensitive to frost
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128) The polar diameter is less to the equatorial 153) The material which can be deformed
diameter permanently by heat and pressure is called a
129) The ratio of the weight of water vapour to the thermoset
total weight of air (including the water vapor) is 154) The gas used in the manufacture of vanaspati
called specific humidity from vegetable oil is hydrogen
130) The process of soil development is called 155) The graphite rods in the nuclear reactor convert
pedogenesis fast moving neutrons into thermal neutrons
131) The periodic rise and fall of the sea level on the 156) The method that cannot be used for removing
earth, gives rise to tides. This is related to the permanent hardness of water is boiling
position of the moon with reference to the earth 157) The main chemical constituent of clay is
and the gravitational pull exerted mainly by the aluminium silicate
moon and partly by the sun 158) The mineral containing both magnesium and
132) The river Sutlej, on which the Bhakra Dam has calcium is dolomite
been built, originates from Rakas lake in Tibet 159) The number of electrons presents in H+ is zero
133) The rate at change of temperature is called 160) The mass number of an atom is equal to the
temperature gradient number of nucleons
134) The northern portion of the western coastal 161) The metal that is usually extracted from sea
plain is called Konkan plain water is Mg
135) The tertiary winds on the north of the Alps 162) The inert gases are sparingly soluble in water
(Europe) are called the foehn 163) The Paithan (Jayakwadi) Hydro-electric project,
136) The transport of warm air toward the poles and completed with the help of Japan, is on the river
cold air toward the equator is due to the Godavari
development of waves 164) The southernmost point of peninsular India, that
137) The variation in the duration of the day and the is, Kanyakumari, is north of the equator
night is due to earth's rotation on its axis and 165) All of the above
revolution around the sun 166) The Salal Project is on the river Chenab
138) The Suez canal connects the Mediterranean sea 167) subsistence agriculture is the predominant type
and the Red sea of Indian agriculture
139) The transverse, longitudinal and surface waves 168) Gulf of Cambay has a potential for harnessing of
in an earthquake originate from the focus within tidal energy in India
the body of the earth 169) The state having a largest area of forest cover in
140) The typical soil of tropical region, formed by the India is Madhya Pradesh
weathering of laterite rock, which promotes 170) The zonal soil type of peninsular India belongs to
leaching of the soil is laterite soils red soil
141) The study of soils is called pedology 171) The oldest rocks in India are reported from
142) The tropical cyclones do not occur to the equator Dharwar region, Karnataka
because of weak coriolis force 172) Kalpakkam atomic power station in India is built
143) The sequence of layers of atmosphere from earth completely indigenously
to upwards is troposphere, tropopause, 173) The oldest mountains in India are Aravalis
stratosphere, stratopause, mesosphere, 174) The most ideal region for the cultivation of
mesopause, ionosphere(thermosphere, cotton in India is the Deccan plateau
thermopause, exosphere) 175) When it is noon IST at Allahabad in India, the
144) The study of day-to-day variations in weather time at Greenwich, London, will be 0630 hours
called is called meteorology 176) Canada has the largest coast line
145) The tide produced when the moon and the sun 177) The words 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below
are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in the base plate of the emblem of India are taken
opposite directions, is called neap tide from Mundak Upanishad
146) The soil found in areas of heavy rainfall and high 178) The National Song of India was composed by
humidity, where there is good growth of Bankim Chandra Chatterji
vegetation is peat and marshy soil 179) Mohammad Iqbal composed the famous song
147) The nucleus of an atom consists of protons and 'Sare Jahan SeAchha'
neutrons 180) Onam
148) The metal used to recover copper from a 181) The theory of economic drain of India during
solution of copper sulphate is Fe(Iron) British imperialism was propounded by
149) Most commonly used bleaching agent is Chlorine Dadabhai Naoroji
150) The heat required to raise the temperature of 182) The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian
body by 1 K is called thermal capacity architecture is the result of India's contact with
151) Ni is used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation of Greece
oils 183) The troops raised by the emperor but not paid
152) The luster of a metal is due to presence of free directly the state and place under the charge of
electrons mansabadars were known as Dakhili

184) The treaty of Mangalore was signed between the
English East India Company and Tipu Sultan
185) Paramara
186) Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region
of Jahangir
187) The weekly Commonweal was founded by Annie
Besant
188) Pulakesin II was the most famous ruler of
Chalukyas
189) The term Brahmadeya occurs for the first time in
pre-Gupta inscriptions
190) The Vijayanagara king who employed skilled
archers of the Turkish clan and raised the
fighting capacity of his bowmen was Devaraya I
191) The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first
Indian war of Independence by V.D. Savakar
192) Amjad Ali Khan is associated with Sarod
193) M. S. Subbulakshmi - Dance is incorrect as she is
an Indian Carnatic singer
194) The title of 'sparrow' was given to Major General
Rajinder Singh
195) It is easier to roll a stone up a sloping road than
to lift it vertical upwards because work done in
rolling a stone is less than in lifting it
196) The absorption of ink by blotting paper involves
capillary action phenomenon
197) Mirage is due to unequal heating of different
parts of the atmosphere
198) Stars appears to move from east to west because
the earth rotates from west to east
199) Metals are good conductors of electricity
because they contain free electrons
200) Let a thin capillary tube be replaced with
another tube of insufficient length then, we find
water will not rise
201) If two bodies of different masses, initially at rest,
are acted upon by the same force for the same
time, then the both bodies acquire the same
momentum
202) Rectifiers are used to convert Alternating
current to Direct current
203) Sound waves in air are longitudinal
204) Magnetism at the centre of a bar magnet is zero
205) Of the following properties of a wave, the one
that is independent of the other is its amplitude
206) On a rainy day, small oil films on water show
brilliant colours. This is due to interference
207) Materials for rain-proof coats and tents owe
their water-proof properties to surface tension
208) Suitable impurities are added to a
semiconductor depending on its use. This is
done in order to increase its electrical
conductivity
209) It takes much longer to cook food in the hills
than in the plains, because in the hills the
atmospheric pressure is lower than that in the
plains and therefore water boils at a
temperature lower than 100oC causing an
increase in cooking time
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210) Sound travels with a different speed in media. In
what order does the velocity of sound increase in
these media Air, water and iron
211) oil raise up the wick in a lamp. The principle
involves capillary action phenomenon
212) Light travels at the fastest speed in vacuum
213) Optical fibre works on the total internal
reflection
214) Isotopes of an element contain the same number
of protons but different number of neutrons
215) Mica is used in electrical appliances such as
electric iron because mica is a good conductor of
heat but a bad conductor of electricity
216) Rain is falling vertically downwards. To a man
running east-wards, the rain will appear to be
coming from east
217) Baking soda is Sodium bicarbonate
218) Plants receive their nutrients mainly from soil
219) Photosynthesis generally takes place in Leaf and
other chloroplast bearing parts
220) Plants synthesize protein from amino acids
221) Most highly intelligent mammals are dolphins
222) Photosynthesis takes place faster in white light
223) Primary phloem develops from provascular
tissue
224) Other than spreading malaria, anopheles
mosquitoes are also vectors of filariasis
225) Pyorrhoea is a disease of the gums
226) Plants hormone that induces cell division is
kinins
227) Potato is a modified form (outgrowth) of stem
228) Most of the red, blue and purple colours of plants
are due to a pigment called anthocyanin
229) Plants developing in dry conditions are
xerophytes
230) Our skin, when exposed to excess sunlight,
becomes dark. This is because our skin pigments
called melanin
231) Plant bends towards the source of light on
account of the movement of curvature known as
phototropism
232) Pollination by wind is called anemophily
233) The famous Junagadh inscription was issued by
Rudradaman
234) Shivaji stationed his naval fleet at Bassein
235) Sutta-Pitaka was not composed by Tulsidas
236) The permanent land revenue settlement (1793)
in Bengal was introduced by Lord Cornwallis
237) Northern Black Polish Ware is matched to
Ramayan sites
238) People Plan was drafted by M N Roy
239) Qublai Khan introduced Token Currency in Asia
prior to Muhammah Bin Tughlaq
240) The revolutionary woman who led the revolt of
1857 from Oudh wasBegum Hazrat Mahal
241) Ramchandra Panduranga was the original name
of Tantia Tope, a leader of the India uprising of
1857
242) Bengal Army prominently rose in revolt against
the British in 1857
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243) Lord Ripon is credited with the introduction of 262) Satara was first annexed by Lord Dalhousie
local self-government in India under the Doctrine of Lapse
244) Lord Hardinge was the viceroy of India when the 263) Correct sequence,
British india’s capital was shifted from Calcutta The Pitt's India Act - The Subsidiary Alliance -
to Delhi The
245) Lord Linlithgow was the Viceroy at the time of Treaty of Lahore - The Doctrine of Lapse
Quit India Movement 264) The Third Carnatic War - Treaty of Paris
246) 'Diarchy' was first introduced in India under The Third Mysore War - Treaty of
Mont-Ford Reforms Seringapatnam
247) The Indian Councils - Introduction of The First Maratha War - Treaty of Salbai
principle Act,1892 of indirect election The First Anglo-Sikh war - Treaty of Lahore
The Government of India - Introduction of 265) Hyder Ali was the first to change war technology
act 1909 separate electorate from match locks to flint locks
for muslims 266) The last Nawab of Avadh was Wajid Ali Shah
The Government of India - Introduction of 267) The triple alliance against Tipu was formed by
Act, 1919 dyarchy in Cornwallis consisted of The English, Nizam and
provinces Marathas
The Government of India - Introduction of 268) Echidna, both male and female feed the young
Act, 1935 provincial ones
autonomy 269) In Mammals embryo gets its nourishment from
248) The suppression of Indian language newspapers the mother through placenta
under the Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was 270) The larvae of mosquitoes are called Wrigglers
caused by the criticism of inhuman approach of 271) The zygote develops into Embryo
English officials towards the victims of the 272) Endosperm contains reserve food material
famine of 1876-77 273) Buds drop off from the leaf and grow into new
249) Correct sequence is Ilbert Bill - Morley-Minto plants in bryophyllum
Reforms - Rowlatt Act - Gandhi-Irwin Pact 274) The Stomach opens into small intestine
250) Charles T.Metcalfe was sent to Lahore to 275) Bile is store in a sac called gall bladder
negotaite the Treaty of Amritsir with Ranjit 276) Molars help in grinding the food
Singh 277) Trachea is also called as windpipe
251) Hastings finally removed the Maratha Peshwa 278) White Blood Corpuscles are also called as
from his position leucocytes
252) Lord Curzon is best known for partition of 279) Red blood cells are produced in bone marrow
Bengal, 1905 280) Blast of rice, Wheat rust, Red rot in sugar cane
253) The Widow Remarriage Act was passed during are caused by fungus
the Governor-Generalship of Canning 281) The north of the great Himalayas (Himadri) is
254) The Indian National Congress was founded known as Trans-Himalayan range
during the viceroyalty of Lord Dufferin 282) Development expenditure of the central
255) By Charter act 1833 British abolished the government does not include defence
monopoly of East India Company on trading of expenditure
tea and sugar 283) States earn maximum revenue through
256) Under Lord Hardinge Vice-royalty the White commercial taxes
Mutiny occurred 284) Debenture holders of a company are its creditors
257) With reference to colonial period of Indian 285) Deficit financing means that the government
history, borrows money from the RBI
Macdonald - Communal Award 286) Revenue of the state governments are raised
Linlithgo - August Offer from the following sources, except agricultural
Dalhousie - Doctrine of Lapse income tax
Chelmsford - Dyarchy 287) Devaluation of currency will be more beneficial
258) The Balkan Plan for fragmentation of India was if, prices of export remain constant
the brainchild of Lord Mountbatten 288) The banks are required to maintain a certain
259) The Anarchical and Revolutionary Crime Act ratio between their cash in the hand and total
(1919) was popularly known as Rowlatt Act assets. This is called Statutory Liquid Ratio(SLR).
260) Under the Government of India Act, 1858, the 289) Fiscal deficit Union Budget means the difference
British Parliament abolished the East India between current expenditure and current
company altogether and undertook the revenue
responsibility of ruling India directly 290) The annual yield from excise duties of the union
261) Battle of Buxar provided the key to the English Government taxes is the highest
to establish their rule in India and The Treaty of 291) Subsidies means payment made by the
Allahabad, concluded in 1765, enabled the government to business enterprises, without
British to establish their rule in Bengal buying any goods and services
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292) In India, ministry of finance formulates the fiscal 326) The chief purpose of crop rotation is to check the
policy loss of top soil of its mineral content
293) Devaluation of currency leads to no impact on 327) The exhaled air contains a mixture of carbon
domestic prices dioxide, nitrogen and oxygen in which nitrogen
294) Deficit financing implies public expenditure in has the highest percentage
excess of public revenue 328) The country's first indigenously built missile
295) The biggest single - celled organism is boat was INS Vibhuti
Acetabularia 329) Superconductors are substances which offers no
296) Ginger is modified stem electricity to the flow of electricity
297) Lungs of plants are leaves 330) Melting point of rice decreases with increase of
298) In soil, water that is readily available to plant pressure
roots is capillary water 331) Deficiency of Vitamin B3 causes Xerophthalmia
299) Photolysis of water involves breakdown of water 332) Vitamin B1 is known as thiamine
by light 333) Vitamin B12 contains cobalt
300) The instrument by which rate of growth of plant 334) Correct answer using the code given
is measured auxanometer Isotope of Uranium - Treatment of cancer
301) For the growth in length of plant sodium is not Isotope of Cobalt - secondary cancer cure
essential Isotope of Iodine - Treatment of goitre
302) Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Gulf of Kutch and Isotope of Radium - Nuclear fuel
Gulf of Mannar 335) Oxygen and ozone are allotropes
303) Mo plays an important role in fixation 336) Gamma rays is emitted by radioactive substance
304) Image of object is formed on retina 337) Heavy water is used as a coolant in nuclear
305) Glucose is a type of hexose sugar reactors. Heavy water is water rich in minerals
306) Pulmonary vein brings clean blood from the lungs 338) In nuclear reactors the speed of neutrons is
into the heart slowed down by heavy water
307) Blood is a connective tissue 339) Plutonium was the fissionable material used in
308) Vitamin C is not found in any animal the bombs dropped at Nagasaki (Japan)
309) Second incisor modifies as the tusk of elephant 340) Hydrochloric acid is also known as muriatic acid
310) Malfunction of Pancreas causes diabetes 341) The enzymes are killed-at a very high
311) The hard enamel layer of teeth is calcium temperature
hydroxyl apatitie 342) If a refrigerator’s door is kept open then room
312) Attractive colour of flower, seed is due to will be heated
chromoplast 343) The most electronegative element among
313) Suicidal bag of cell is lysosomes following is fluorine
314) Iodine test is used to detect carbohydrate 344) The bleeding of a wound is stopped by the
315) The vitamin which is water soluble and generally application of ferric chloride because blood is
excreted in urine is Vitamin C coagulated and blood vessels are sealed
316) Deficiency of calcium element is responsible for 345) Potassium nitrate is used in making gunpowder
weakening of bones 346) Potassium is the most reactive metal
317) Protein Energy Malnutrition causes marasmus 347) Water attains maximum density at- 4ᵒ C
318) Vitamin A is mainly stored in liver 348) Butane is used in cigarette lighters
319) Blood cancer is commonly known as leukaemia 349) The ultraviolet rays can be used by Crooke’s
320) Vultures which used to be very common in glass
Indian country side some years ago are rarely 350) Red phosphorus is less reactive than yellow
seen nowadays. This is attributed to a drug used phosphorus because it is highly polymerized
by cattle owners for treating their diseased 351) Nitogen substances is NOT a ‘green house’ gas
cattle 352) The increasing amount of carbon dioxide in the
321) The world‘s only floating national park is air is slowly raising the temperature of
situated in Manipur atmosphere because it absorbs the infrared part
322) Correct answer using the code given below of the solar radiation
CFC - Depletion in ozone 353) Hydrogen is not considered as the greenhouse
Sulphur dioxide - Acid rain gas
Lead component - Affects nervous system 354) Chlorofluorocarbons are widely used in
Carbon dioxide - Topmost contribution to refrigerators
greenhouse effect 355) Air pollution by “Fly ash” is caused by coal
323) Deficiency of Vitamin D causes knock knee, bow combustion in thermal power plants
legs and pigeon chest 356) The “greenhouse effect” refers to gradual
324) Primary rainbow is formed when light suffers warning of the earth’s surface
one internal refractions before emerging out of 357) The primary source of food for the marine life is
the drop phytoplankton
325) The chief constituent of gobar gas is methane

358) The concept of ‘Carban credit’ originated Kyoto
protocol
359) One astronomical unit is the average distance
between earth and the sun
360) When the velocity of a body is doubled its
momentum is doubled
361) Rocket works on the basis of conservation of
linear momentum
362) Satellite having the same orbital period as the
period of rotation of the Earth about its own axis
is known as geostationary satellite
363) Planet A has doubled the radius than that of
Planet B If the mass of Planet A is 4 times
heavier than the mass of Planet B then weights
of an object is same on both the planets
364) A geostationary satellite should be launched
such that it moves from west to east in the
equatorial plane
365) If the earth were to spin faster, acceleration due
to gravity at the poles remains the same
366) A spherical ball made of steel when dropped in a
bucket full of mercury (hg) will float on the
surface
367) The shape of a rain drop is spherical due to
surface tension
368) In respect of the difference of the gravitational
force from electric & magnetic forces
gravitational force is a long range force while the
other two are short range
369) Its K.E. decreases while P.E. increases when
swing rises to a certain height from its rest
position
370) Two block of ice when pressed together join to
form one block because of ice decreases with
increase of pressure
371) The value of g on the Earth‘s surface changes due
to both rotation and shape of the earth
372) The heat transferred by the radiator of a
refrigerator is more than that at the freezer
373) It is difficult to cook at high altitudes because
due to falling temperature more heat has to be
given
374) The freezer in a refrigerator is located at the top
section so that the entire chamber of the
refrigerator is cooled due to convection
375) Woollen clothes keep the body warm because
wool is the bad conductor of heat so it does not
allow the heat to flow out of the body
376) Convection is the principle by which a cooling
system (Radiator) in a motor car works
377) White clothes are cooler than black ones because
they reflect all the light which reaches them
378) The temperature of water at the bottom of a
waterfall is higher than that at the top because
kinetic energy of falling water is converted into
heat
379) The length of the pendulum is doubled and the
mass of its bob is halved. Its time would become
√2 times
380) Sound travel fastest in steel
381) Beats occur because of interference
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382) Sound moves with higher velocity if temperature
of the medium is increased and humidity of the
medium
383) The ozone layer absorbs ultraviolet radiations
384) The waves used in sonography are ultrasonic
waves
385) Mirage is observed in a desert due to the
phenomenon of total reflection
386) To an observer on the earth the stars appear to
twinkle. This can be described to the refractive
index fluctuations in earth’s atmosphere
387) If there were no atmosphere, the length of the
day on the earth will decrease
388) When viewed in white light, soap bubbles show
colours because of interference
389) Ray of white light strikes the surface of an object.
If all the colours are reflected the surface would
appear white
390) The resistance of a wire is R. It is stretched
uniformly so that its length is doubled. The
resistance now becomes 4R
391) A galvanometer is converted into an ammeter
when we connect a low resistance in parallel
392) A galvanometer is converted into a voltmeter
when we connect a high resistance in series
393) Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic
electric installation. One of them glows brighter
than the other because the brighter bulb has
smaller resistance
394) Metals are good conductor of heat than insulator
because they contain free electron
395) When a charged particle enters a Uniform
magnetic field its kinetic energy remains
constant
396) A permanent magnet repels diamagnetic
substances only
397) The mass number of an atom is determined by
adding the number of neutrons and number of
protons
398) Water is heated from 0 degree Celsius to 100
degree Celsius. The volume of water first
decrease then increase
399) The Period of revolution round the sun is
maximum by Mars
400) Iron is used for making electromagnet
401) An ice cube is floating on the surface of water.
Water level will remain the same
402) Gravitational pull is maximum on earth’s surface
403) Kinetic Energy refers to the energy of the body
because of its motion
404) Potential energy of a body is due to its position
of rest
405) Nose bleeding is seen among people climbing
hills because lack of oxygen in the atmosphere
406) While churning fat gets separated from milk
because of centrifugal force
407) Surface tension is the highest for water
408) Adhesive force is the force of attraction between
molecules of different compound
409) Sliding friction is more than rolling friction
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410) A trunk with loads stacked beyond certain rice - China

heights runs a greater risk of skidding because fertilizer & uranium - USA
its centre of gravity is shifted away from the base 441) Sedimentary rocks are coal and petroleum found
411) Compounds with same chemical formula but 442) Aluminium is most abundant in the earth’s crust
with different atomic configurations are known 443) The Himalayas are formed due to folding of the
as isomers geo - syncline named Tethys
412) Main constituents of water gases are carbon 444) Soil erosion can be prevented by growing plants
monoxide and hydrogen on large scale to form covers
413) Dark patches on the surface of the sun resulting 445) Formation of pot holes in river beds is corrosion
from a localised fall in the temperature are called 446) the proper order of seismic waves as they are
sun spots received at seismograph station P-wave, S -
414) A star which appears blue‘ is hotter than the sun wave, L - wave
415) Lunar Sea refers to a dark plain on the moon 447) Earthquakes and volcano occur mostly in folded
416) The earth rotates around its axis from west to and faulted region
east 448) Rocks which are formed by the solidification of
417) The speed of rotation of the earth is the highest lava on the earth‘s surface are basalts
along the equator 449) Panama canal is called the Gateway to the Pacific
418) At the summer solstice 60ᵒ S latitude will have 450) The Strait which separates Asia from North
the longest night America is the Bering strait
419) Lunar eclipse occurs on full moon 451) Strait which separate Africa from Europe is strait
420) The surface of Earth that lies between the Tropic of Gibraltar
of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is called 452) Congo river crosses the equator twice
torrid zone 453) Brazil is the country through which both Equator
421) The tide at its maximum height is known as and Tropic of Capricorn pass
spring tide 454) Gujrat has the largest coastline
422) International Date Line passes through Bering 455) Bangladesh has the longest international
strait boundary with India
423) The International Date Line is located in pacific 456) India’s largest southernmost island is great
ocean Nicobar island
424) Oxygen is most abundant in the earth’s crust 457) Duncan Passage is situated between South
425) The International Date Line is located in mild Andaman and Little Andaman
rainfall 458) Lakshadweep Islands are the product of reef
426) Atmospheric pressure exerted on earth is due to formation
gravitational pull of the earth 459) Dibrugarh is situated easternmost
427) The Sea breeze blows during day from sea to 460) West Bengal shares boundaries with 3 foreign
land countries
428) The Trade winds are caused by inflowing 461) Gulf of Khambat separates Daman and Diu
movement of air along the earth’s surface 462) Port Blair is situated in South Andaman
towards the equator 463) The oldest mountains in India according to
429) The plane of contact of the troposphere and geographical history are Aravalli
stratosphere is known as tropopause 464) Aravalli ranges are an example of residual
430) The layer of the atmosphere which provides mountains
ideal conditions for flying of jet aeroplanes is 465) The main India-Tibet route connecting
stratosphere Kalimpong with Lhasa passes through the Jelep
431) Water vapour causes greatest changes in climate La
and weather 466) Doab means Land between two tributaries of a
432) Teak and Sal are the principal trees in the river
tropical moist deciduous forest 467) Nilgiri hills is the junction point of the Eastern
433) Deciduous trees are those that shed their leaves Ghats and Western Ghats
during a certain season 468) Alluvial soil is most suitable for cultivation of
434) Chestnut belongs to coniferous forests cereals
435) The Taiga belt lies between temperate 469) The soil which is a mixture of sand, clay and silt
grasslands and tundra is known as loamy soil
436) Mosses and Lichens are characteristic vegetation 470) Alluvial Soil - Wheat
of tundra region Black soil - Cotton
437) Sunder bans is the name of tidal forest Brown soil - Tea
438) Loess soil is wind deposited Red soil - Rice
439) Electrical industry uses mica 471) Peaty soil is found in Kashmir
440) World’s largest producer 472) Formation of laterite soil is mainly due to
wool - Australia weathering
mica - India 473) The climate of India is tropical climate

474) Sal‘ is a very important tree of tropical dry
deciduous forest
475) Tropical moist deciduous forest is also known as
Monsoon forest
476) Most of India‘s rainfall is cyclonic
477) The western disturbances which cause rain in
north west India originate in Mediterranean sea
478) Intensive farming is practised in the densely
populated regions of the world
479) Mixed farming means growing two crops at the
same time
480) Flower of the tea plant is used for making tea
481) Kalpakkam - Nuclear power project
Kolkata - Thermal power project
Koyna - Hydro power project
Bhavnagar - Tidal power project
482) Farakka - Ganga
Tehri - Bhagirathi
Thein - Ravi
Nagarjuna - Krishna
483) India is divided into 6 pin code zones
484) Last three digits of a PIN code represent sorting
district
485) Five Year Plans as they were formulated
Mahalanobis strategy - Removal of Poverty -
Modernisation - Emphasis on employment
generation
486) Lakadawala committee recommendations are
being followed for estimating Poverty Line
487) Open market operations of a Central Bank are
sale and purchase of government securities
488) P.C. Mahalanobis was the chairman of National
Income Committee
489) Voting rights in the IMF are distributed on the
basis of proportion to quota allotted countries
from time to time
490) Non-interference of government in economic
affairs is Laissez-faire
491) The idea of the Constitution of India was first of
all given by M.N. Roy
492) Jawaharlal Nehru proposed the Preamble before
the Drafting Committee of the Constitution
493) Provision concerning the suspension of
fundamental rights during National Emergency
was borrow from the Weimar Constitution of
Germany
494) The correct nomenclature of India according to
the Preamble is Sovereign, Socialist, Secular,
Democratic Republic
495) Federation - Canada
Parliamentary - Britain
Directive Principle - Ireland
Fundamental Rights - U.S.A.
496) Rule of Law Constitution - British
Directive Principles - Irish
Concurrent List - Australian
Suspension of Fundamental - German
497) Regarding equality before law the Indian
Constitution makes exceptions in the case of the
president or a governor
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498) Separation of the Judiciary from the Executive is
enjoined by Directive Principle
499) Part XXI part of Constitution incorporates
special provision with the state of J and K
500) Proclamation of emergency under Article when
Lok Sabha stands dissolved, has to be approved
by Rajya Sabha and then will continue till the
reconstitution of new Lok Sabha which must
approve it within 30 days of its first sitting
501) The President‘s Rule in a state means that the
state is ruled by the governor of the state
502) During the National Emergency article 20 and 21
cannot be suspended
503) An individual who is not a member of either
House of Parliament can be appointed a member
of the Council of Ministers but he has to become
a member of either House within a period of 6
months
504) Elected members of the legislative council do not
constitute the Electoral College for electing the
President of India
505) Speaker of the Lok Sabha appointments is not
made by the President of India
506) In case a President dies while in office the Vice
President can act as President for a maximum
period of 6 months
507) Chief Justice of India acts as President when
neither the President nor the Vice President is
available
508) In the event of the resignation or death of the
Prime Minister the ministry is dissolved
509) The Chief Minister of a state in India is not
eligible to vote in the Presidential election if he is
a member of the Upper house of the state
legislature
510) When matters of utmost importance are raised is
zero hour
511) According to the Anti-Defection Act, Speaker is
the final authority to decide whether a member
of Lok Sabha has incurred disqualification
512) The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is elected by all the
members of the Lok Sabha
513) Joint sittings of the two Houses of Parliament are
held to consider and pass a bill on which two
Houses disagree
514) Rajya Sabha is less powerful than Lok Sabha in
terms of its financial powers because no money
bill can be introduced in Rajya Sabha
515) The maximum number of Anglo Indians who can
be nominated to the Lok Sabha is 2
516) Rajasthan does not have a bicameral legislature
517) Education was transferred from State List to
Concurrent List by the 42nd amendment of the
Constitution
518) Corporation tax is levied by the union and
belongs to it exclusively
519) Finance Commission consists of Chairman and
four members
520) According to the National Human Rights
Commission Act 1993 who amongst the
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following can be its Chairman only a retired chief 546) Kharoshti script of ancient India was written
justice of India from right to left
521) The chief election commissioner cannot be 547) The language of the Satavahana inscriptions was
removed from office except in the manner Prakrit
prescribed in the Constitution of India 548) Chronological order of the foreign invasions by
522) 50 members of the Lok Sabha must support the following on India
motion of no confidence before it can be Indo-Greeks -> Shakas -> Parthians ->
admitted by the Speaker Kushans
523) The Supreme Court was set up under regulating 549) Main purpose of Fahien‘s visit to India was to
act visit Buddhist monasteries and record their
524) Constitutional amendment bill passed by both history and condition
Houses of Parliament does need the assent of the 550) Decimal system was introduced by Bhaskara
president 551) Indica - Megasthenes
525) The Indus Valley people knew the use of gold, Mudrarakshasa - Vishakhadutta
silver, copper, bronze but not iron Arthashastra - Kautilya
526) The Indus Valley people had trade relations with Ratnavali - Harshavardhana
Mesopotamia 552) The name of the poet Kalidasa is mentioned in
527) Rigveda contains the Gayatri Mantra devoted to the Aihole inscription
savitri 553) correct chronological order : Mauryas - Sungas -
528) Samhitas - Collection of hymns, prayers, Kushans - Guptas
sacrificial formulae etc. 554) Zero was invented by an unknown Indian
Brahmanas - Explain the origin and meaning of (possibly by Brahmagupta)
the various hymns 555) Pulakesin II defeated Harshavardhana on the
Aranyakas - Book of instruction to be given in river Narmada
the forest or writings meant for 556) Kadambari was not written by Harsha
wood dwelling hermits 557) Kadambari
Upanishads - Secret or esoteric doctrines 558) Rajendra I is said to have reached the banks of
529) Ayurveda owes its origin to Atharvaveda the Ganges thus resembling the exploits of
530) The Battle of Ten Kings was fought on the banks Samudragupta in reverse
of Parushni(Ravi) 559) The famous bronze image of Nataraja is a fine
531) Mitakshara‘, an authoritative treatise on Hindu example of Chola rt
law was written by Vagneswara 560) Sun temple got the name of Black Pagoda
532) Lion was known to ancient Vedic people 561) The originators of the Dravidian style of
533) The Painted Grey Ware (PGW) belongs to the architecture and sculpture in South India were
Vedic age Cholas
534) In Arsha forms of marriages, bridegroom was 562) The statue of Gomateswara at Sravanabelagola
supposed to give a cow, bull to the guardian of was built by Chamundaraya
the bride during ancient period 563) Hiuen Tsang gave a detailed account of Nalanda
535) 4th Buddhist Council - Vasumitra University
3rd Buddhist Council - Moggaliputa 564) The Nagara, the Dravida the Vesara are the three
2nd Buddhist Council - Sabakami main styles of Indian temple architectures
1st Buddhist Council - Mahakassapa 565) The Chalukyas of Badami were succeeded by the
536) Buddhism split up into the Hinayana and Rashtrakutas
Mahayana sects at the Buddhist Council held 566) The Rashtrakutas were patrons of Jainism
during the reign of Kanishka 567) iltutmish first divided his empire into Iqtas
537) Gandhar school of art came to existence in during the process of civil administration
Mahayana Sect 568) Jaziyah was the major source of royal income in
538) Samudragupta did not embrace Buddhism medieval north India
539) Bhadrabahu wrote the Kalpasutra 569) The Sultan of Delhi who is reputed to have built
540) Shishunaga transferred his capital from the biggest network of canals in India was
Patliputra to Vaishali Feroze Shah Tughlaq
541) Mahapadma is often described as the second 570) In the Delhi Sultanate an administrative unit
Parasurama or the exterminator of the entire called paragana was headed by an official known
Kshatriya race as Amil
542) Deer is not one of the animals carved on the 571) The Delhi Sultanate virtually ended due to the
Sarnath pillar invasion of Nadir Shah
543) During the Sangam Age Cheras dynasty was not 572) Tahqiq-i-Hind, a famous literary work, was
in power written by Alberuni
544) King Kanishka controlled the famous silk-route 573) Balban introduced the famous Persian festival of
of Central Asia Navroj in India
545) Indo-Greek were the first to issue gold coins
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574) The founder of the first Afghan dynasty in India 601) Swami Dayanand Saraswati (Arya Samaj)
was Bahlol Lodi launched shuddhi movement to bring non-
575) iqta stand for the giant of revenue from a Hindus back to Hinduism this process was
territory in lieu of salary called shuddhi.
576) The official language of the Delhi sultanate was 602) Indigo Disturbances took place in Bengal
Persian immediately after of the Revolt of 1857
577) Hampi is situated on the northern bank of 603) In 1886 Sir Syed Ahmad Khan founded the All
Tungabhadra India Muhammadan Educational Conference in
578) The Nayakas in Vijayanagar Empire were order to promote more broadly the educational
military chiefs controlling particular territories objectives of Aligarh Movement
579) On the ruins of which Hindu kingdom was the 604) Radha Soami, or Radhasoami Satsang, is a
kingdom of Golconda founded Hoysalas religious organization founded by Shiv Dayal
580) During the reign of Muhammad Shah III, a Singh in 1861
foreign traveller who visited the Bahmani 605) The Brahmo Samaj of India split because of this
kingdom was Athanasius Nikitin act of underage marriage.
581) Shankaracharya was not an exponent of Bhakti 606) Badruddin Taiyabji became the Ist Indian
movement Barrister in Bombay; became the 2nd Indian
582) Tulsidas wrote Ramacharita-manas during the Chief Justice; was the founding member of
reign of Akbar Bombay presidency association and INC and also
583) When Akbar was young, his guardian was presided over the 3rd congress session in
Bairam Khan Madras in 1887.
584) Akbar founded the Din-i-Ilahi primarily to 607) Dadabhai Naoroji was not associated with the
establish a national religion which would be Bombay Triumvirate
acceptable to the Muslims and Hindus 608) William Wedderburn served as the first
585) Sher Shah was the Afghan ruler of India whose chairmanship.
administrative system was emulated by the 609) Sister Nivedita : Born as Margaret Elizabeth
British Noble, she was more popularly known as sister
586) Chand Bibi, who ceded Berar to Akbar. was the Nivedita said the statement.
ruler of Ahmednagar 610) Hunter headed the Committee formed by the
587) Battle of Dharmat was fought between government to enquire into Jallianwala Bagh
Aurangzeb and Data Shikoh massacre.
588) Tobacco was introduced for cultivation during 611) Naoroji moved to Britain once again and
the reign of Jahangir continued his political involvement. Elected for
589) Nishat Garden was built by Jahangir the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892
590) Aurangzeb tried to stop the practice of sati general election, he was the first British
591) Guru Arjun Dev helped the rebellious prince Indian MP.
Khusrau and got executed by Jahangir 612) Swami Dayananda said, “Good government was
592) Pondicherry - French never a good substitute for self-government”.
Goa - Portuguese 613) Surendranath Banerjee wrote the book A Nation
Tranquebar - Danish in the Making.
Nagapattinam - Dutch 614) The 19th Century reawakening in India was
593) Chardranagore - French confined to the upper middle class.
Pulicat - Dutch 615) Ryotwari Settlement helped to develop close ties
Diu - Portuguese between the government and the masses
Surat - English 616) Tantia tope was the Commander-in-Chief of
594) Tipu Sultan requested Napoleon for help to drive Nana Saheb's forces.
the British from India 619) The Swadeshi movement is the first movement
595) Sadashiv Rao Bhau commanded the Maratha launched against the British in India started in
army in the third battle of Panipat the year 1905. It is part of the Indian
596) In 1717 Farrukhsiyar gave the English East independence movement and the developing
India Company a Firman‘ granting trade Indian nationalism was an economic strategy
privileges In India aimed at removing the British Empire from
597) Mansabdari system was not responsible for the power and improving economic conditions in
downfall of Mughal Empire India by following the principles of swadeshi and
598) The fort of Lohagarh was built by Guru Govind which had some success.
Singh 620) (c)
599) Charles Wilkins was the first European to 621) K.P. Kesava Menon led Vaikom Satyagraha in
translate the Bhagwad Gita into English 1924
600) Dev Samaj, a religious and social reform society, 622) C. Vijiaraghavachari was the first Indian leader
was founded on 16 February 1887 in Lahore by to undergo imprisonment in 1882
Pandit Shiv Narayan Agnihotri (1850-1929)

623) The famous slogan Inquilab Zindabad (इं क़िलाब
क़िन्दाबाद) was given by Hasrat Mohani
624) Aurobindo Ghosh was involved in the Alipore
Bomb case
625) B.R Ambedkar and Tej Bahadur Sapru took part
in all the three round table conferences.
626) Dyarchi was the most important feature of the
Government of India Act 1919
627) Nawab Salimulla was the founder of the Muslim
League in India
628) The secret society of revolutionaries which was
organised by V D Savarkar in 1904 was Abhinav
Bharat
630) Bande Mataram was adopted as a slogan for
agitation from Partition of Bengal in 1905
631) The Malabar rebellion (also known as
the Moplah rebellion and Māppila Lahaḷa in
Malayalam) was an
armed uprising in 1921 against British authority
in the Malabar region of Southern India
632) The legislation was formulated by the
government of Clement Attlee with the
recommendation of the Governor General of
India Lord Mountbatten
634) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan led the Civil
Disobedience Movement in the North-West
Frontier Province
635) Be proud that you are an Indian, proudly claim I
am an Indian, every Indian is my brother was
said by Vivekananda.
636) Cyril Radcliffe was the Chairman of Boundary
Commission to define the boundaries of the
dominions under the Indian Independence Act of
1947
637) Khudai Khidmatgars was popularly known as
Red Shirts.
638) Lord Wavell was the Viceroy during the time Mr.
Attlee of England declared the British intention
to transfer power to Indians
639) The Lucknow Pact of 1916 was mode between
the Congress and the Muslim League
640) Mohammad Iqbal voiced the idea of a separate
Muslim state in India
641) Labour Party was in power in the UK when India
got independence
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642) The last opportunity to avoid the partition of
India was lost with the rejection of cabinet
mission.
643) The agitation against the part ition of Bengal was
led by Surendranath Banerjee
644) Surya Sen organised an attack on the armoury of
Chittagong
645) Under the settlement the Zamindars were
granted heredity rights over land on the
condition that they would pay fixed amount of
revenue to the state.
646) Statement 1 and 2 are correct
647) Down word filtration theory means coming
down of education or knowledge from the top to
the bottom i,e from the higher class of society to
the lower class.
648) Macaulay's Minutes - Wood's Dispatch - Hunter
Commission - Saddler Commission
649) The aim of education as stated by the Wood's
despatch of 1854 was the promotion of literacy
among the people using English medium as
language
650) The Ryotwari system was introduced by British
in the Madras presidency
651) Lord Chelmsford was viceroy of India at the time
of Jallainwala Bagh massacre
652) The Government of India Act, 1935 provided for
Abolition of the system of diarchy
653) The cause of inflation is increase in money
supply and fall in production
654) Decrease in money supply can be used for
checking inflation temporarily
655) The Reserve Bank of India issues all the currency
notes except one rupee note
656) Bank rate is the rate at which the Reserve Bank
of India gives credit to commercial banks
657) Sangam literature is early Tamil literature
attributed to the first three centuries of the
Christian era
658) Sakas were finally overthrown by Gautamiputra
Satakarni
659) The capital of Kakatiya dynasty was Warangal
660) Lord Wavell convened the Shimla Conference in
1945.