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1. PH of blood remains constant due to
a) Body growth
a) blood pressure
b) Metamorphosis
b) buffer action
c) Digestion
c) perspiration
d) Reproduction
d) respiration
7. The larva of the housefly is called
2. The part of the brain in control of
a) maggot
voluntary muscles is
b) caterpillar
a) cerebellum
c) grub
b) medulla oblongata
d) wriggler
c) pons
d) cerebrum
8. The development of new organs is

termed
3. Colour vision is made possible by the
a) Parthenogenesis
cells in the retina called
b) Morphogenesis
a) rods
c) Histogenesis
b) cones
d) Paedogenesis
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c) fovea
9. Insect pollination is known as
d) blind spot
a) Hydrophily
4. The hormone that contains iodine is
b) Ornithophily
a) Prolactin
c) Anemophily
b) Vasopressin
d) Entomophily
c) Thyroxine
10. The father of genetics is
d) Adrenalin
a) Mendel
5. The blood pressure is controlled by the
b) Morgan
hormone
c) Darwin
a) Vasopressin
d) Muller
b) Oxytocin
11. An astronomical unit of distance is
c) Oestrogen
a) a kilomitere
d) Testasterone
b) light year
6. Somato Tropic Hormone is concerned
c) the average distance from the earth to the
with
sun
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d) none of the above

17. On applying a constant force to a mass,
12. The sun continuously produces an
it moves with a uniform
enormous amount of energy. This is due to
a) velocity
a) nuclear fission
b) momentum
b) nuclear fusion
c) acceleration
c) chemical combustion
d) angular velocity
d) boiling
18. A pressure gauge for fluids is called
13. The unit of power in SI is
a) a hydrometer
a) Joule
b) a manometer
b) Newton
c) a lactometer
c) Joule/ Sec
d) an anemometer
d) Erg/ Sec
19. The aneroid barometer uses
14. Where does the CG of a rubber ring lie?
a) mercury
a) on the outer surface
b) distilled water
b) in the inner surface

c) at the centre of the ring
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c) alcohol
d) does not use any liquid
d) none of the above

20. The instrument used to measure
15. Who discovered that the free fall
atmospheric pressure is
acceleration is the same for any object at a
a) Pyrometer
given place?
b) Eudiometer
a) Newton
c) Barometer
b) Pascal
d) Hydrometer
c) Archimedes
d) Galileo
21. Which of the following was the centre of

inland trade of the Satavahanas?
16. A stationary elevated object has
a) Nasik
a) Kinetic energy
b) Srikakulam
b) potential energy
c) Taraga
c) momentum
d) Surat
d) both potential and kinetic energy
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22. Which of the following works of
27. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art,
Kalidasa gives information about the
which flourished during the Kushana period
Andhras?
and the foreign influence of
a) Sakuntala
a) Greece
b) Malavikagnimitra
b) Rome
c) Meghaduta
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) Kumarasambhava
d) China
23. Whose general was Appolodotus?
28. The worship of images ( of Buddha) in
a) Euthyroid
India began during the period
b) Demetrius
a) Mauryan
c) Diodotus
b) Sunga
d) Antichos
c) Kushana
d) Gupta
24. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in

the delta of the river
29. The last great ruling dynasty of
a) Tungabhadra
Magadha was
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b) Cauvery
a) Sunga
c) Krishna
b) Kanva
d) Godavari
c) Kusana
d) Gupta
25. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?

a) Panini
30. Kanishka is associated with an era
b) katyayana
which is known as
c) Jayadeva
a) Vikram era
d) Bharatha
b) Saka-Shalivahan era
c) Saka era
26. The first image of the Buddha was caved
d) Gupta era
out during the reign of

a) Ashoka
b) Pusyamitra Sunga
31. Oxygen transport is a function of
c) Kanishka 1
a) White Blood Corpuscles
d) Menander
b) Red Blood Corpuscles

c) Blood Platelets
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d) Plasma

d) Amphibia
37. Animals that feed only on dead flash

32. In plants water is carried upwards by
are
a) phloem
a) herbivorous
b) paranchyma
b) carnivorous
c) xyelm
c) omnivorous
d) meristem
d) carrion-eaters
33. The animal that excretes uric acid
38. Carbohydrates are mainly needed for
a) Monkey
a) growth
b) Lizard
b) immunity
c) Mouse
c) repair
d) Elephant
d) energy
34. Nephrons are found inside
39. Most of the enzymes are
a) Liver
a) proteins
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b) Lung
b) lipids
c) Brain
c) acids
d) Kidneys
d) alkalis
35. The rate of heart beat is accelerated by
40. The liver destroys old
hormone
a) leucocytes
a) adrenaline
b) thrombocytes
b) acetylcholine
c) erythrocytes
c) thyroxine
d) lymphocytes
d) pituitrin
41. Which of the following is a halogen?
36. Lizards, snakes, crocodiles and turtles
a) Radon
belong to the class
b) Astatine
a) Aves
c) Cesium
b) Reptilia
d) Ruthenium
c) Mammalia
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42. The compound used in photography is
47. The compounds produced by plants in
a) Ammonium dichromate
the process of photosynthesis are
b) Copper sulphate
a) Carbohydrates
c) Magnesium sulphate
b) Proteins
d) Sodioum thiosulphate
c) Salts
d) Fats
43. Brine is a solution of
48. The metal which reacts most violently
a) Sodium chloride in water
with cold water is
b) Iodine in alcohol
a) Calcium
c) Sulphur in carbon disulphide
b) Sodium
d) Potassium iodide in water
c) Magnesium
d) Potassium
44. Lunar caustic is

a) Calcium sulphate
49. Boiler scales contain
b) Ammonium chloride
a) Calcium carbonate
c) Caustic soda
b) Magnesium bicarbonate
d) Silver nitrate
c) Calcium sulphate
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d) Magnesium sulphate
50. The first organic compound prepared in

45. The formula for cane sugar is
a) C6H12O6
the laboratory was

a) Acetic acid
b) Chloroform
b) C2H5OH
c) Urea
c) C12H22O11
d) Methane
d) C7H8O7
46. Temporary hardness is due to the
presence of
b) Calcium bicarbonate
c) Magnesium sulphate
d) Calcium sulphate
51. Chronometer is an instrument to

measure
a) heat
b)electric potential
c) time
d) distance between two points
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52. What is the minimum velocity required
c) Newton
for a rocket to overcome earths gravity and
d) Kepler
travel into space?

a) 18 km/sec.
57. The force that keeps a body in a circular
b) 11.2 km/sec.
motion is called
c) 21 km/sec.
a) the centripetal force
d) 35 km/sec.
b) the centrifugal force

c) the frictional force
53. The motion of the pendulum of a wall
d) all the above
clock is an example of
a) linear motion
58. The earth satellite Aryabhatta was put
b) vibratory motion
in orbit by India on
c) rotational motion
a) October 20, 1978
d) none of these
b) November 14, 1978

c) January 26, 1979
54. The weight of a body is
d) April 19, 1975
a) maximum at the equator
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b) minimum at the equator
59. When ice melts, its volume

a) decreases
c) minimum at the poles

d) the same everywhere
b) increases
c) remains the same until all the ice has
55. In which of the following will a piece of
melted and then increases
iron weight most?
d) remains the same
a) in air
b) in an atmosphere of oxygen
60. The hydraulic jack to lift heavy vehicles
c) in an atmosphere of
in automobile service stations is one of the
d) in vacuum
applications of
a) Pascals law
56. The theory that the earth constituted
b) Principle of Archimedes
the center of the universe around which the
c) Boyles law
sun,
d) Hookes law
and
the
planets
revolved
was
propounded by
a) Copernicus
61. The religious movements of Buddhism
b) Ptolemy
and Jainism were led by _____________.
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66.
a) Sudras
Kautilya
b) Kshatriya Princes
______________.
c) Vaisyas
a) Taxila
d) Brahmins
b) Srinagar
hailed
from
c) Pataliputra
62.
Mudra Rakshasa was written by
d) Nepal
____________.
a) Kalidasa
67. Alexander was the son of Philip II of
b) Visakadatta
_____________.
c) Bana
a) Sparta
d) Bharavi
b) Athens
c) Macedonia
63. The capital of the king Kharavela of
d) Carthage
Kalinga was ______________.

a) Taxila
68.
b) Pataliputra
_____________.
c) Kalinganagara
a) Hinduism
Kanishka
was
the
follower
of
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d) Pushpapura
b) Jainism
c) Hinayanism
64.
Chandragupta
Mourya
d) Mahayanism
was_____________.
a) A benevolent despot
69.
b) Autocrat
______________.
c) Democrat
a) Pavapuri
d) A pious ruler
b) Kundagrama
Vardhamana
Mahavira
died
at
c) Pataliputra
65.
The
Buddha
attained
nirvana
at
d) Taxila
______________.
a) Bodh Gaya
b) Sarnath
70. Pushyamitra Sunga was a staunch of
c) Sanchi
___________.
d) Kusinagara
a) Buddhist
b) Jain
c) Hindu
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d) Atheis
(c) Naroli
(d) Kavaratti
71. The Global Iodine Deficiency Disorder
(e) None of these
Day is observed on ____________.

(a) 5th November
(b) 21st October
75. Which is the largest animal in the world
(c) 30th October
(d) 19th November
(a) Blue Whale

(b) Rhinoceros
(c) Hippopotamus
(d) Elephant
72. Which one of the colours used in the
(e) None of these
paintings at Ajanta was obtained from

imported Lapis Lazuli?
(a) Red
76. First Battle of Panipat took place in the
(b) Blue
year
(c) Yellow
(a) 1518
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(b) 1526
(d) Green
(e) None of these
(c) 1556
(d) 1761
(e) None of these

73. Which temple was ransacked by
Mahmud Gazni serveral times ?
(a) Meenakshi Temple
77. Homer was the greatest poet of the
(b) Golden Temple
language namely:
(c) Ayodhya Temple
(a) Greek
(d) Somnath Temple
(b) Latin
(e) None of these
(c) English
(d) Spanish
(e) None of these
74. Which is the capital of Dadra and Nagar

Haveli ?
(a) Kothar
78. Most of the people of the middle-east
(b) Silvassa
belong to the group of people ?
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82. When was television started in India as
(a) Alpine
(b) Mediterranean
an experimental service ?
(c) Nordic
(a) 1957
(d) Negro
(b) 1958
(e) None of these
(c) 1959
(d) 1960
(e) None of these
79. Which one of the following sweeteners

does not provide any energy to the body ?
(a) Glucose
83. Rickets is caused by the deficiency of
(b) Fructose
___________.
(c) Maltose
(a) Vitamin A
(d) Saccharin
(b) Vitamin B
(e) None of these
(c) Vitamin C
(d) Vitamin D
(e) None of these
80. Obra, where a large thermal power

station has been built, is in ___________.
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84. What percentage of farmland in India
(a) Bihar
(b) Madhya Pradesh
is dependent on rainfall ?
(c) Uttar Pradesh
(a) 70 %
(d) Maharashtra
(b) 75 %
(e) None of these
(c) 78 %
(d) 80 %
(e) None of these
81. Most of the precipitation in India is

____________ in nature.
(a) cyclonic
85. India did not contribute its troops for
(b) convectional
UN peace-keeping operations in
(c) orographic
__________.
(d) stormy
(a) Korea
(e) None of these
(b) Mozambique
(c) Haiti
(d) Bosnia
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(e) None of these
86. The first country which recognized the
90. Which one of the following Union
emergence of Bangladesh was
Territories of India has more than one
___________.
district
(a) Sri Lanka
(a) Chandigarh
(b) Soviet Russia
(b) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(c) USA
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) India
(d) Puducherry
(e) None of these
87. Which Indian ruler conquered Java and
91. Who was the Political guru of Gandhiji
Sumatra ?
(a) Rajaraja Chola
(a) Dadabhai Nauroji
(b) Rajendra Chola
(b) Gopalkrishna Gokhale
(c) Samudragupta
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Vikramaditya
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
(e) None of these
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(e) None of these
88. Raja Rammohun Roy was the founder
92. The Headquarters of Asian
of ______________.
Development Bank is at ____________.
(a) Arya Samaj
(a) Paris
(b) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Washington
(c) Ramakrishna Mission
(c) Manila
(d) Prarthana Samaj
(d) Canberra
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
89. The most industrialized country in Asia

is _____________.
(a) Japan
93. The vitamin which is amply found in

South Indian Idli is _____________.
(b) South Korea
(a) Vitamin A
(c) Taiwan
(b) Vitamin B
(d) Malaysia
(c) Vitamin C
(e) None of these
(d) Vitamin D
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(e) None of these

98. Which State in the Indian Union is the
94. Acid rain is due to the air pollution by
smallest in area ?
(a) Carbon dioxide
(a) Sikkim
(b) Carbon monoxide
(b) Nagaland
(c) Methane
(c) Goa
(d) Nitrous oxide and Sulphur
(d) Asom
dioxide
(e) None of these
(e) None of these

95. A 24-hour hotline for HIV/AIDS
99. The famous Bengal famine took place in
information service is in ____________.
the year
(a) New Delhi
(a) 1936
(b) Mumbai
(b) 1941
(c) Bangalore
(c) 1943
(d) Hyderabad
(d) 1915
(e) None of these
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(e) None of these
96. The river Volga pours its water into the

100. Triton is a satellite of
____________.
(a) Black Sea
(a) Jupiter
(b) Caspian Sea
(b) Mercury
(c) Baltic Sea
(c) Uranus
(d) Arabian Sea
(d) Neptune
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
97. The pioneer of the Bhakti Movement in

India was _____________.
101. Khaddar soils are found
(a) Kabir
a) in piedmont plains
(b) Ramanand
b) in flood plains
(c) Tukaram
c) over low plateaux
(d) Shankaracharya
d) over steep slopes
(e) None of these
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102. The minimum forest cover necessary
107. What is the standard time of India
to maintain ecological balance is
with reference to Greenwich Mean Time?
a) 50% of the total land area
a) 5:30 hours slow
b) 40% of the total land area
b) 11 hours fast
c) 33% of the total land area
c) 5:30 hours fast
d) 25% of the total land area
d) 11 hours slow
103. Which of the following is not a part of
108. Ahmedabad is situated on the river
the great plains?
bank of
a) Indo-Gangetic Divide
a) Sabarmati
b) Ganga Delta
b) Mahi
c) Assam Valley
c) Luni
d) Kerala Coastal Plain
d) Narmada
104. The Cudappah Ranges lie between
109. Sivasamudram waterfalls is on the
a) Godavari and Palkonda Range
river
b) Godavari and Jamshedpur
a) Krishna
c) Palar and Cauveri

d) Satpura and Mohadeo-Maikal range
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b) Godavari
c) Mahanadi
d) Cauvery
105. In our country, the Tropic of Cancer

passes through the
110. Where is Pygmalion Point also known
a) Central part
as Indira Point?
b) Northern part
a) Lakshadweep
c) Southern part
b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
d) Western part
c) Rameswaram
d) Point Calimere
106. Which of the following physiographic

feature of India is geologically the oldest?
a) Himalayan Mountain Chain
b) Indus-Ganga Brahmaputra Plain
c) The Peninsular Plateau
111. The smallest size of cell which can be
d) The Coastal Plains
seen directly by the eye is

a) 1 micron
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b) 10 micron
b) molybdenum
c) 100 micron
c) nickel
d) 1000 micron
d) iron
112. Dr. Kharanas work relates to
117. Hormones are carried from their place
a) synthesis of simple DNA
of production by
b) genetic code
a) ducts
c) reduction of mutation
b) blood
d) synthesis of RNA from the bacterial cell
c) lymph
d) musous
113. Tse-Tse fly is the vector of

a) malaria parasite
118. Injection of insulin causes
b) try peorosoma
a) increase of glucose in blood
c) piroplasm
b) decrease of glucose in blood
d) microfilaria
c) increase in blood pressure
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d) decrease in blood pressure
114. Man has _________ pairs of salivary

glands.
119. The gestation period for the elephant is
a) 3
a) 10 months
b) 4
b) 15 months
c) 6
c) 22 months
d) 8
d) 30 months
115. Which one is a water-soluble vitamin?
120. Diabetes is caused by
a) A
a) fall in insulin level
b) C
b) increase in insulin level
c) D
c) eating too much sugar
d) E
d) decrease in glucose
121. Freedom fighter Khudiram Bose was
116. The metallic part of hemoglobin is
executed on :
a) copper
1. 11th August, 1908
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2. 31th March, 1911
3. 11th August, 1911

4. 29th March, 1931
126. In a storm, the roofs of some houses

are carried away. This is in accordance with
:
1. Law of inertia
122. Who was the last Mughal Emperor ?
2. Bernoulli's theorem
1. Bahadur Shah I
3. Principle of Archimedes
2. Akbar II
4. Pascal's law
3. Shah Alam II
4. Bahadur Shah II
127. Which national leader was popularly
known as Lokmanya ?
123. Which of the following is used in fuel
1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
to propel rockets ?
2. Chittaranjan Das
1. Petrol
3. Bipin Chandra Pal
2. Kerosene
4. Surendranath Banerjee
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3. Hydrazine
4.Alcohol
128. Which Chinese traveller visited India

during the time of Harsha Vardhana ?
124. Who founded the Swaraj Party ?
1. Megasthenes
1. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru
2. Hieun Tsang
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. I- Tsing
3. Hakim Azmal Khan
4. Fa - Hien
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak

129. Wind speed is measured by 125. The highest peak of the Western Ghats
1. Anemometer
is -
2. Tachometer
1. Doda - Betta
3. Barometer
2. gurusikhar
4. Seismometer
3. Anaimudi
4. Kodaikanal
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130. Who was the only woman ruler of
a) Plato's State
Delhi sultanate ?
b) Machiavelli's Prince
1. Meher - Unnisa
c) Karl Marx's Das Kapital
2. Mumtaz Mahal
d) Hitler's Mein Kampf
3. Sultan Raziya
4. None of these
135. Mohenjo-Daro is situated in
a) Montgomery district
131. Of the following scholars who was the
b) Larkana district
first to discover the traces of the Harappan
c) Chandigarh area
Civilisation?
d) Gujarat
a) Sri John Marshall

b) RD Banerji
c) A. Cunningham
136. Mahavira was
d) Daya Ram Sahani
a) the 20th Tirthankara

b) the 21st Tirthankara
132. Jatakas are the stories of
c) the 23rd Turntables
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d) the 24th Tirthankara
a) Buddha's life
b) Buddha's previous lives
c) The lives of the future Buddhas
137. The Buddhist Doctrines were written
d) Great saints of Buddhism
in
a) Sanskrit
b) Pali
133. Of all the states in northern India in
c) Tibetan
6th century BC which of the following states
d) Not written in any language but orally
emerged as the most powerful?
transmitted
a) Anga
b) Magadha
c) Kashi
138. The first Buddhist Council was held at
d) Kosala
a) Lumbini
b) Kapilavastu
134. Koutilya ( also known as Vishnugupta
c) Rajagriha
and Chanakya) is the author of Arthasastra
d) Avanti
which has been compared with
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139. "The Indica" was written by
d) Salsette
a) Koutilya
b) Patanjali
144. One of the states not bisected by the
c) Megasthanes
Tropic of Cancer is
d) Panini
a) Orissa
b) Gujarat
c) West Bengal
140. The last Mauryan king was
d) Rajasthan
a) Pushyamitra sunga
b) Ashoka
c) Harsha
145. Which of the following rivers lies in a
d) Brihadratha
rift valley
141. Palk Strait separates India from

a) Pakistan
a) Luni
b) Chambal
c) Son
b) China
c) Andaman Island
d) Sri Lanka
142. Which of the following States of India

do not lie entirely in the Tropical Zone of
the Earth?
a) Kerala and Tamil Nadu
b) Gujarat
d) Tapi
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146. Which of the following is characterised
by excessive dampness with a thick growth
forest and a variety of world life?
a) Bhabbar
b) Bhangar
c) Terai
c) Karnataka
d) Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh
d) Khadar
143. Which of the following Indian islands
147. The Ganga Indus Plain widens
lie between India and Sri Lanka?
a) from east to west
a) Elephanta
b) from west to east
b) Nicobar
c) at the middle
c) Rameshwaram
d) no where
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148. The southern-most point in Indian
territory is in
152. The great silk route of India was

started by(A) Kanishka
a) Tamil Nadu
(B) Chandragupta
b) Lakshadweep
(C) Ashoka
c) Trivandrum
d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(D) Pushymitra shunga
153. Who among the following participated

149. The river Damodar ends in
a) River Ganga
b) River Hooghly
c) The Bay of Bengal
d) Salt Lake
in the revolt of 1857?

(A) Sahadat Khan
(B) Ram Prasad Bismil
(C) Bhagat singh
(D) Batukeshwar Dutt
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154. The Gupta ruler who had been titled as
150. The amount and intensity of monsoon
Kaviraj was
rainfall is determined by the frequency of
(A) Srigupta
a) western disturbances
(B) Chandragupta II
b) duststorms
(C) Samudragupta
c) cyclones
(D) Skandgupta
d) tropical depressions
155. Who was the editor of Samwad
151. Where was the first Buddhist council
Kaumudi
organized?
(A) Raja rammohan Roy
(A) Pataliputra
(B) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(B) Kashmir
(C) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Nalanda
(D) Bankim Chandra Chatterji
(D) Rajgir (Rajgriha)
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156. Which of the following magazine had

beam published by Mahatma Gandhi in
South Africa?
160. Who gave the slogan Jai-Hind?
(A) Navjeevan
(A) Subhash Chandra Bose
(B) Indian Opinion
(B) Jawaharlal Nehru
(C) Harijan
(C) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
(D) African news
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
157. Lucknow pact was signed between
161. In which language Maratha
Congress and the Muslim league by the
newspaper was published by Bal Gagadhar
effort of-
Tilak?
(A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(A) Hindi
(B) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Marathi
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(C) English
(D) Annie Besant
(D) Gujarati
158. From which veda classical music has
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162. Who rebuilt the top storey of Qutub
been taken?
Minar after it was destroyed by lightning?
(A) Rig veda
(A) Iltutmish
(B) Samaveda
(B) Qutubuddin Aibak
(C) Yajurveda
(C) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(D) Atharva Veda
(D) Firoz Shah Tughlaq
159. Whose disciple was Sheikh
163. Who was the commander of the army
Nizamuddin Auliya?
of Mahrana pratap in the battle of
(A) Sheikh Salim Chisti
Haldighati ?
(B) Jamaluddin Suleman
(A) Man Singh
(C) Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti
(B) Sawai Singh
(D) Baba Farid
(C) Rana Chundawat

(D) Hakim Khan Sur
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167. Fibula is the bone of which organ of

the body?
164. Which of the following dynasties was
(A) Leg
ruling over North India at the time of
(B) Hand
Alexaners invasion?
(C) Mouth
(A) Nanda
(D) Brain
(B) Sunga
(C) Maurya
168. Which of the following is used in
(D) Kanva
photography?
(A) Sodium bromide
165. To which religion Sanchi Stupa is
(B) Potassium chloride
related?
(C) Silver bromide
(A) Hindu
(D) Sodium sulphate
(B) Muslim
(C) Boudh
169. Bleeding from gums is due to the
(D) Jain
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deficiency of which of the following
165. Hydraulic brakes work on the principle
vitamins?
of ____________.
(A) Vitamin B
(A) Bernoullis theorem
(B) Vitamin C
(B) Pascals law
(C) Vitamin D
(C) Stocks law
(D) Vitamin K
(D) Newtons law of motion

170. Which of the following is a chemical
change?
166. The rust on the iron is __________.
(A) Melting of iron
(A) Ferrous oxide
(B) Heating of iron
(B) Ferric oxide
(C) Magnetism of iron
(C) Sulfur dioxide
(D) Rusting of iron
(D) Sodium chloride
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171. The red colour of tomato is due to the
(A) Carbon dioxide
presence of _________.
(B) Glucose
(A) Keratin
(C) Lactic acids
(B) Myosin
(D) Amino acids
(C) Lycopene
(D) Carotene
176. By which of the following process pure
water can be obtained from sea water?
172. What is the source of energy of stars
(A) Filtration
and sun?
(B) Evaporation
(A) Electromagnetic induction
(C) Distillation
(B) Electrostatic force
(D) Fractional distillation
(C) Nuclear fission

(D) Nuclear fusion
177. The sound having the frequency of
more than 20000 Hz is called
173. Which of the following colour of the
light has maximum wavelength?
(A) Red
__________.
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(A) Audible
(B) Subsonic
(B) Green
(C) Infrasonic
(C) Yellow
(D) Ultrasonic
(D) Violet
178. Which one of the following element is
174. Electric flow in metals is by
not obtained by electrolytic process?
__________.
(A) Sodium
(A) Neutrons
(B) Iron
(B) Protons
(C) Calcium
(C) Free electrons
(D) Potassium
(D) Protons and neutrons

179. Which of the following is essential for
175. Which of the following is the product
both photosynthesis and respiration?
of digestion of proteins?
(A) Water
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(B) Oxygen
d) All of above
(C) Sunlight
(D) Cytochrome
184. Solar cell converts
a) Sound energy into electrical energy
180. Which of the following measurements
b) Electrical energy into mechanical energy
is not a unit of distance?
c) Solar energy into electrical energy
a) Ammeter
d) Electrical energy into light energy
b) Cubit
c) Parsec
d) Angstrom
185. Who discovered Diode Bulb?
a) Henry Becquerel
b) Sir J.S. Fleming
181.
Pure
water
freezes
at
what
temperature?
c) Lee De Forest
d) Archemedes
a) 47 F
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b) 32 F
186. Siphon will fail to work if
c) 0 F
d) 19 F
a) both its limbs are of unequal length

b) the temperature of the liquids in the two
vessels are the same
182. Which one of the following remains
c) the level of the liquid in the two
constant while throwing a ball upward?
vessels are at the same height
a) Displacement
d) the densities of the liquid in the two
b) Kinectic energy
vessels are equal
c) Acceleration
d) Velocity
187.
Force of attraction between the
molecules of different substances is called

183. Which law is also called law of inertia?
a) Surface tension
a) Newton first law
b) Cohensive force
b) Newton second law
c) Adhesive force
c) Newton third law
d) None of above
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188. What is newton third law of motion?
`191. How many bones are there in the
a) Every body maintains its initial state rest
human body ?
or motion unless no external force is
1. 187
applied)
2. 287
b) The rate of change in momentum of a
3. 206
body is directly proportional to the applied
4. 306
force on the body and takes place in the

direction of force.
c) To every action there is equal and
192. Herbivores are :
opposite reaction.
1. Primary consumers
d) None of above.
2. Secondary consumers
3. Tertiary consumers
4. Decomposers
189. Which is true?

a) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
pressure is more at centre
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193. Kaziranga wild life sanctuary is
famous for :
b) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
1. Lions
pressure is less at centre.
2. Tigers
c) In a static liquid at same horizontal
3. One - horned rhinocerous
level, pressure is same at all points
4. Deers
d) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,

pressure is different at all points
194. The hot, dry, dusty local wind of the
Sahara Desert is known as :
190. 'Each action has an equal and opposite
1. Sirocco
reaction' - this is known as :
2. Mistral
1. Newton's First Law
3. Chinook
2. Newton's Second Law
4. Harmattan
3. Newton's Third Law

4. Newton's Fourth Law
195. Blood is :
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1. Acidic
3. Vindhyas
2. Alkaline
4. Western Ghats
3. Neutral
201. Which rays are mainly used to find out
4. Like a buffer
invisible hand-writings, forged documents

and fingerprints?
196. Which of the following is responsible
(A) Ultraviolet rays
for geotropic response in the plants ?
(B) Infrared ways
1. Gibberellin
(C) Beta rays
2. Cytokinin
(D) Gamma rays
3. Abcisic acid
4. Auxin
202. The property of a body when it resists
any change in its motion in a straight path
197. Which of these rivers has inland
or at rest, is called __________.
drajnage ?
(A) Reaction
1. Sabarmati
(B) Inertia
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2. Luni
(C) Capillarity
3. Narmada
(D) Viscosity
4. Tapi
203. Which of the following is used to
198. Conversation of oils into solid fat is
dissolve noble metal?
known as :
(A) Nitric Acid
1. Oxygenation
(B) Aqua regia
2. Nitrogenation
(C) Sulphuric acid
3. Hydrogenation
(D) Hydrochloric acid
4. Fatogenation
204. Which of the following is known as
200. The oldest mountain system in India
Devil fish'?
is the -
(A) Pila
1. Aravallis
(B) Sepia
2. Karakoram
(C) Torpedo
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(D) Octopus
209. Which part of body is responsible for

the production of urea?
205. Which part of the human body is
(A) Kidney
most affected by typhoid?
(B) Spleen
(A) Stomach
(C) Heart
(B) Renal
(D) Liver
(C) Lungs
(D) Intestine
210. For which diseases treatment
radioactive Iodine is used?
206. The halogen which is most reactive is
(A) Thyroid disease
__________.
(B) Blood cancer
(A) Chlorine
(C) Hemophilia
(B) Fluorine
(D) Skin disease
(C) Bromine
(D) Iodine
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211. Which chemical substance is present in
tobacco?
207. Which chemical is used for the
(A) Morphine
preservation of foods?
(B) Quinine
(A) Sodium chloride
(C) Nicotine
(B) Sodium benzoate
(D) Heroine
(C) Potassium permanganate

(D) Boric acid
212. Which corpuscles are mainly affected
in leukemia?
208. Rearing of silk worm for the
(A) White blood corpuscles
production of silk is called _______.
(B) Red blood corpuscles
(A) Silviculture
(C) Blood platelets
(B) Apiculture
(D) Blood plasma
(C) Sericulture
(D) Pisciculture
213. Cyclotron is a device which -------
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(A) Provides energy charged
(D) None of these
particles.
(B) Measures the pollution level of vehicles
217. What is the normal blood pressure of
(C) Takes a three dimensional picture
human?
(D) Analyzes the amount of water vapour in
(A) 90 / 120 mm of Hg
the atmosphere
(B) 90 / 140 mm of Hg
(C) 100 / 140 mm of Hg
(D) 80 / 120 mm of Hg
214. Flemings lefthand rule is used to

determine ----(A) The current flow direction of the
218. Which type of radiation is absorbed by
magnetic field
the upper layer of the atmosphere?
(B) The direction of induced current due to
(A) Radio waves
impact of magnetic field
(B) Ultraviolet
(C) The direction of current motion in
(C) Infrared
magnetic field.
(D) Visible
(D) None of these
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219. Where is Indira Gandhi Atomic
Research Center located?
215. Which part of human head is
(A) Sriharikota
associated with the beats of lungs and
(B) Mumbai
heart?
(C) Thiruvananthapuram
(A) Spinal cord
(D) Kalpakkam
(B) Diencephalon
(C) Hypothalamus
220. Which of the following disease is
(D) Medulla oblongata
caused by Virus?
(A) Hepatitis
(B) Tuberculosis
216. Which part of the camera works
(C) Typhoid
similar to that of the retina of humans eye?
(D) Cholera
(A) Lens
(B) Film
221. A fuse wire should have following
(C) Shutter
characteristics ----(A) Low melting point, high resistance
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(B) High melting point, low resistance
226. What is the minimum distance for
(C) Low melting point, low resistance
visibility for a common eye?
(D) High melting point, high resistance
(A) 25 mm
(B) 25 m
222. Which of the following are
(C) 25 cm
decomposers?
(D) 1 m
(A) Animals
227. Solder is an alloy of _________.
(B) Birds
(C) Bacteria and Fungi
(D) Soil and water
(A) Tin and zinc.

(B) Tin and lead
(C) Zinc and lead
223. Which type of coal is used to produce

thermal electricity?
(A) Bituminous
(D) Copper and zinc

228. An unfertilized human egg has -------(A) One X chromosome
(B) Anthracite
(B) One Y chromosome
(C) Lignite
(C) One X and one Y chromosome
(D) Peat
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(D) Two X chromosomes
224. Which of the following is the

substitute for wool?
(A) PVC
(B) Mercerized cotton
(C) Polythene
229. What is metabolism?

(A) Analysis of bio molecule
(B) Catalysis of bio molecule
(C) Analysis and catalysis of bio
molecule
(D) Nylon 6, 6
(D) None of these
225. Which of the following element is

essential for the formation and growth of
bones and cartilages?
(A) Zinc
230. Decibel is the unit of __________.

(A) Intensity of sound
(B) Intensity of light
(C) Frequency of light
(B) Silicon
(D) Frequency of sound
(C) Magnesium
(D) Calcium
231. Who is called as the father of

Renaissance in India?
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(A) Swami Vivekanand
(B) Abdul Hussain
(B) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(C) Abdul Khan
(C) Raja Rammohan Roy
(D) Abdul Hasan
(D) Keshav Chandra Sen

236. Which one of the following is correctly
matched?
232. Who had shown maximum retaliation
(A) Ellora Shakas
against the British?
(B) Meenakshi Temple Pallavas
(A) Sikhs
(C) Khajuraho Chandelas
(B) Rajputas
(D) Mahabalipuram Rashtrakutas
(C) Marathas
(D) Mughals
237. Indianisation of Civil Services is done
by -----233. Annie Besant established Home rule
(A) Lord Mountbatten
League in _____.
(B) Lord Lytton
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(A) 1919
(C) Lord Ripon
(B) 1912
(D) Lord Curzon
(C) 1916
(D) 1922
238. Which of the following country is
known as the Country of Pagoda?
234. Shahjahan built Moti Masjid in which
(A) Malaysia
city?
(B) Mauritius
(A) Jaipur
(C) Myanmar
(B) Agra
(D) Bhutan
(C) Delhi
(D) Lahore
239. Who was the author of Geet Govind?
(A) Jaidev
235. What was the real name of Amir
(B) Surdas
Khusro?
(C) Kabir
(A) Abdul Khusro
(D) Raidas
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participated in the battle of 1857?

(A) Nana Sahib
240. Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi was
(B) Tatya Tope
a part of:
(C) Bhagat Singh
(A) Non cooperation movement
(D) Rani Lakshmibai
(B) Civil Disobedience movement

(C) Quit India movement
(D) Home Rule movement
245. Who was the Mughal emperor of

India when East India company was
established in London?
241. Who is known as Quaide Azam?
(A) Akbar
(A) Mohammed Ali Jinnah
(B) Jahangir
(B) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(C) Shahjahan
(C) Benazir Bhutto
(D) Aurangzeb
(D) A P J Abdul Kalam

246. Which plant is called Herbal Indian
242. The Delhi sultan who imposed Jizya
tax on Brahmins was --------
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Doctor?
a) Mango
(A) Balban
b) Neem
(B) Muhammad Bin Tughlaq
c) Amla
(C) Alauddin Khilji
d)Tulsi
(D) Firoz Tughlaq

247. Which of the following is a good
source of Vitamin E ?
243. Who established Gadar party and in
a) Skim milk
which year?
b) Raw tomatoes
(A) Liaquat Ali in 1931
c) Vegetable Oil
(B) V.D Savarkar in 1915
d) Calfs liver
(C) Vallabh Bhai Patel in 1919

(D) Lala Hardayal in 1913
248. Which one of the following organs

breaks fat to produce cholesterol?
a) Liver
244. Who among the following had not
b) Intestine
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c) Xerophytes
c) Kidneys
d) Lungs
d) Heliophytes
249. Which of the following is warm
253. DNA stands for
blooded animal?
a) Double Neuron Activation
a) Shark
b) Dinucleic Acid
b) Snake
c) Degenerated Neuron Activation
c) Lizard
d) Deoxyribonucleic Acid
d) Bat
254. Who started vaccination?
250. Among the following animals choose
a) Paul Muller
the
b) Jonas Edward Salk
one
having
three
pair
of
legs
_________?
c) Edward Jenner
a) Scorpion
d) Robert Frost
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b) Bug
c) Mite
255. Who discovered the polio vaccine?
d) Spider
a) Konradzuse
b) Eli Whitnecy
251. Dog bite can cause rabies. Which
c) Louise Pasteur
among the following other animal can also
d) Jones Salk
causes rabies?
a) Bat
b) Donkey
256. Hydrogen bomb is based on the
c) Horse
principle of ____________?
d) Crocodile
a) Natural radioactivity
252. The plants, which grow under water

stress conditions of deserts are a) Sciophytes
b) Nuclear fission
c) Nuclear fusion
d) Artificial radioactivity
b) Epiphytes
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257. The father of modern chemistry is
261. The photoelectric effect is described as
__________?
the ejection of electrons from the surface of
a) Lavoisier
a metal when _______________?
b) Dalton
a) Electron of suitable velocity impinge on it
c) Mendeleeff
b) Light of suitable wavelength falls
d) Priestley
on it
c) It is heated
d) It is placed in strong electric fiel
258. Which one of the following substances

does
not
have
262. Milk is a ______________?
melting
point____________?
a) Element
a) Sodium chloride
b) Metal
b) Mercury
c) Mixture
c) Bromine
d) None of these
d) Glass
259. Which one of the following elements is
the poorest conductor of heat?
a) Zinc
263. Atomic number is equal to
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a) Number of electrons
b) Number of nutron
b) Lead
c) Number of protons
c) Mercury
d) Total number of protons and neutrons
d) Sodium
264. Which of the following is produced
during the formation of photochemical
260. Which one among the following
smog ?
agents is added to domestic LPG cylinder to
a) Nitrogen Oxides
help in the detection of gas leakage?
b) Hydrocarbons
a) Chloroform
c) Methane
b) Thioethanol
d) Ozone
c) Methano
d) Ethanol
265. The oxide of Nitrogen used in
medicine as anaesthetic is ?
a) Nitrogen pentoxide
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b) Nitrous oxide
(A) Coal
c) Nitric oxide
(B) Lamp black
d) Nitrogen dioxide
(C) Graphite
(D) Lead
266. Generally the wire of the electric fuse
271. Which of the following instrument is
is made up of ____________.
used to measure blood pressure?
(A) Nickel
(A) Sphygmomanometer
(B) Glass
(B) Hydrometer
(C) Tin
(C) Multimeter
(D) Alloy of Tin and glass
(D) Salinometer
267. Dry cell is a type of __________.
272. There are three primary colours. These
(A) Primary cell
are ------
(B) Secondary cell
(A) Blue, Yellow and Red
(C) Tertiary cell
(B) Yellow, Green and Red
(D) Quaternary cell
(C) Blue, Green and Red
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(D) Blue, Green and Yellow
268. Photosynthesis takes place in

_________.
273. Galvanized iron has a coating of
(A) Mitochondria
___________.
(B) Ribosome
(A) Aluminum
(C) Chloroplast
(B) Silver
(D) Nucleolus
(C) Galena
(D) Zinc
269. Which of the following is not a true

fish?
274. Which of the following is not a plant
(A) Star fish
hormone?
(B) Saw fish
(A) Cytokinins
(C) Guitar fish
(B) Ethylene
(D) Pipe fish
(C) Gibberellin
(D) Insulin
270. Lead in pencil is made up of

275. Rocket works on the principle of -------
_______.
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water soluble?
(A) Conservation of energy
(A) Vitamin A
(B) Conservation of momentum
(B) Vitamin K
(C) Bernoullis theorem
(C) Vitamin D
(D) Relativity Concept
(D) Vitamin B
276. Which of the following gas is not a part

of atmosphere?
281. The absorption of ink by blotting paper
(A) Chlorine
involves
(B) Nitrogen
a) Capillary action phenomenon
(C) Helium
b) Viscosity of ink
(D) Oxygen
c) Siphon action
d) Diffusion of ink through the blotting
277. When World Environment Day is

celebrated?
(A) 21st June
(B) 5th June
282. The Central Arid Zone Research
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Institute (CAZRI) is located at
(C) 5th July

(D) 21st July
a) Jaipur
b) Jodhpur
278. What is the unit of resistance?
c) Jaisalmer
(A) Ampere
d) Jallandhar
(B) Coulomb
(C) Henry
(D) Ohm
283. K. Macmillan invented
279. Natural rubber is a polymer of
a) Bicycle
__________.
b) Barometer
(A) Butadiene
c) Calculating Machine
(B) Isoprene
d) Centigrade Scale
(C) Ethylene
(D) Styrene
280. Which one of the following vitamin is
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284. Which
one
among

the
following
b) Energy
radiations carries maximum energy?
c) Linear momentum
a) Ultraviolet rays
d) Angular momentum
b) Gamma rays
c) X- rays
d) Infra red rays
289. Siphon will fail to work it
a) Both its limbs are of unequal length
285. What elements three isotopes have
b) The temperature of the liquids in the two
different names?
vessels are the same
a) Helium
c) The level of the liquid in the two
b) Oxygen
vessels are at the same height
c). Carbon
d) The densities of the liquid in the two
d) Hydrogen
vessels are equal
286. Water
is
_____________
Conductor of electricity.
a) Super conductor
290. Which is true?
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a) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
pressure is more at centre
b) Bad conductor
b) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
c) Speed conductor
pressure is less at centre.
d) None of these
c) In a static liquid at same horizontal

level, pressure is same at all points
d) In a static liquid at same horizontal level,
287. Zinc Oxide is
pressure is different at all points
a) Acidic
b) Basic
c) Neutral
291. Deposits having a fixed period to
d) Amphoteric
maturity are referred as 1. Duration deposits

2. Time deposits
288. On which one of the following
3. Both of above
conservation laws, does a rocket work?
4. None of these
a) Mass
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2. The Currency Deposit Ratio is the ratio of
292. Currency notes and coins are
money held by the public in currency to that
popularly termed as -
they hold in Post Office deposits.
1. White money
3. Both of above
2. Black money
4. None of these
3. Flat money
296. In India, the currency notes are issued
4. None of these
by 293. Goods that are of durable nature and
1. SBI
are used in the production process are
2. RBI
known as -
3. ICICI
1. Capital goods
4. None of these
2. District goods
3. Both of above
297. What are consumption goods ?
4. None of these
1. Goods that are consumed when

purchased by thier ultimate
294. What is cash Reserve Ratio ?

1. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction of
deposits of commercial banks must keep
consumer are known as consumption
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goods.
2. Goods that are consumed when
with SBI.
purchased by thier ultimate consumer are
2. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction
known as Complexity goods.
of deposits of commercial banks must
3. Both of above
keep with RBI.
4. None of these
3. Cash Reserve Ratio is the fraction of

deposits of commercial banks must keep
298. What is High Powered Money ?
with ICICI
1. The total liability of the monetary
4. None of these
authority of the country, SBI, is called the

Monetary Base or High Powered Money.
295. What is cdr or the Currency Deposit
Ratio ? -
authority of the country, ICICI, is called the
1. The Currency Deposit Ratio is the
Monetary Base or High Powered Money.
ratio of money held by the public in
currency to that they hold in bank
authority of the country, RBI, is called
deposits.
the Monetary Base or High Powered
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Money.
commercial banks. It is also known as

aggregate monetary resources.
4. None of these
4. None of these
299. What is narrow money ?

1. Currency notes plus coins held by public,
demand deposits held by commercial banks
and saving deposits with the Post Office
saving banks are termed as board money
2. Currency notes plus coins held by
public, demand deposits held by
commercial banks and saving
deposits with the Post Office saving
banks are termed as narrow money.
301. The balance in saving, or current

account deposits, held by public in
commercial banks, and used for setting
transactions by means of drawing cheque
etc, are known are 1. Demand deposits
2. Requested deposits
3. Application deposits
4. None of these
3. Both of above
4. None of these
302. What is depreciation ?
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1. The deletions, which is made from the
value of gross investment in order to
300. Most commonly used measured of
accomodate regular wear is called
money supply is -
depreciation.
1. Net time deposits of the commercial
2. The deletions, which is made from the
banks+ currency and coins held by public +
interest of gross investment in order to
demand deposits held by the commercial
accomodate regular wear and tear of capital
banks. It is also known as aggregate money
is called depreciation.
resources.
3. The deletions, which is made from
the value of gross investment in order
banks+ currency and coins held by public +
to accomodate regular wear and tear
demand deposits held by the commercial
of capital is called depreciation.
banks. It is also known as aggregate time
4. None of these
resources.
banks+ currency and coins held by
303. What is Statuary Liquidity Ratio ?
public + demand deposits held by the
1. Banks are required to maintain a
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given fraction of their total demand
and time deposits in form of specified
306. Which of the following vitamin is
liquid assets which is known as
obtained from sunlight?
Statuary Liquidity Ratio.
(A) Vitamin A
2. Banks are required to maintain a given
(B) Vitamin B
fraction of their total wish and time deposits
(C) Vitamin D
in form of specified liquid assets which is
(D) Vitamin C
known as Statuary Liquidity Ratio.

3. Banks are required to maintain a given
307. Which substance is mixed to stiffen
fraction of their total need and time deposits
rubber?
in form of specified liquid assets which is
(A) Sulphur
known as Statuary Liquidity Ratio.
(B) Iron
4. None of these
(C) Calcium
(D) Magnesium
304. New capital formation or net
308. What is the chemical name of baking
investment is measured as -
soda?
1. Enough investment = Gross investment-
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(A) Sodium carbonate
(B) Sodium bicarbonate
Depreciation
2. Net investment = Gross investment-
(C) Sodium hydroxide
Depreciation
(D) Sodium chloride
3. Below investment = Gross investmentDepreciation
309. Which gas is essential for the process
4. None of these
of photosynthesis?
(A) Nitrogen
(B) Hydrogen
305. The coins are issued by -
(C) Oxygen
1. Government of Bangladesh
(D) Carbon dioxide
2. Government of India
3. Government of Pakistan
310. In sea water which of the following
4. Government of Sri Lnaka
salts is found in the highest quantity?

(A) Calcium chloride
(B) Sodium chloride
(C) Potassium chloride
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(D) Potassium permanganate

(C) Kidney
(D) Liver
311. Twinkling of stars is due to the effect of

_______.
316. Which type of mirror is used while
(A) Refraction of light
shaving?
(B) Reflection of atmosphere
(A) Concave mirror
(C) Refraction of atmosphere
(B) Convex mirror
(D) Total internal reflection
(C) Plane mirror

(D) No specific mirror
312. Which one of the following is not a
317. Which metal is used in the filament of
synthetic fibre?
bulbs?
(A) Cotton
(A) Copper
(B) Nylon
(B) Silicon
(C) Polystyrene
(C) Molybdenum
(D) Rayon
(D) Tungsten
313. The process of formation of vapour
318. The distance between the successive
from solid camphor is called ________.

(A) Freezing
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crests of the wave is called as its
___________.
(B) Evaporation
(A) Amplitude
(C) Sublimation
(B) Frequency
(D) Condensation
(C) Wavelength
(D) Altitude
314. The particles which are present in the

nucleus of the atom are __________.
319. Grey revolution is related to
(A) Proton and electron
production which of the following?
(B) Electron and neutron
(A) Oilseeds
(C) Proton and neutron
(B) Fishes
(D) Proton, electron and neutron
(C) Pulses
(D) Cereals
315. Which organ is primarily affected from

Spondylitis?
320. Who propounded the theory of Purity
(A) Lung
of Gametes?
(B) Vertebral column
(A) Mendel
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(B) Darwin
2. Changes in our surroundings that make
(C) Lamarck
us respond to them, are said stimuli
(D) Hugo de Vries
3. Changes in our surroundings that make

us respond to them, are told stimuli
4. None of these
321. Various non-living things such as

plants and animals, in a habitat, are known
ass 1. Positive components
2. Abiotic components
3. Negative components
4. None of these
325. Earthworms breath thorough 1. The Lungs

2. The skin
3. The Chest
4. None of these
322. Photosynthesis in the desert plants is

carries out by 1. Usually by stems
2. Usually by Ripe
3. Usually by unripe
4. None of these
326. The largest component of air is 1. Nitrogen

2. Oxygen
3. Carbon Dioxide
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4. None of these
327. The process of getting rid of wastes by

the living organisms is known as 323. The process of changing of water
vapour is called -
1. Incretions
2. Excretions
3. Both of above
1. Cyclohexane
4. None of these
2. Acrylonitrile
3. Evaporation
328. The layer of air around the earth is
4. None of these
known as 1. spacecraft
2. Atmosphare
324. What are stimuli ?

1. Changes in our surroundings that
make us respond to them, are called
stimuli.
3. Environment
4. None of these
329. Aquatic habitat is -
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1. The habitat of plants and animals
4. None of these
that live in water

2. The habitat of plants and animals that
334. The surroundings where organisms
live on earth
live is called -
3. Both of above
1. unnatural
4. None of these
2. surroundings
3. Habitat
330. Breathing is the part of a process
4. None of these
which is known as 1. Spiration
335. The process through which the plants
2. Respiration
loss water through leave is known as -
3. Both of above
1. Spiration
4. None of these
2. Transpiration
3. Both of above
331. Sea animals intake oxygen with the
4. None of these
help of 1. Mouth
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2. Gills
336. New style of Persian known as sbaq-i-
3. Pectoral Fin
Hindi is said to have developed by -
4. None of these
1. Adim Khusrau
2. Nadim Khusrau
332. Sea animals like dolphins and whales
3. Amir Khusrau
do not have gills, they breathe in air through
4. None of these
1. Nostrils or blowholes
337. In the Indian political arrangement's
2. Mouth
residuary power are vested with -
3. Pectoral Fin
1. The Corner
4. None of these
2. The Centre
3. The Side
333. The stems of the plants of ponds or
4. None of these
lakes are 1. Complete and heave
338. The credit of development of which
2. Hollow and light
musical instruments is given to Amir
3. Both of above
Khusrau ?
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1. Piyano And Tabla
2. Sitar And Tabla
343. Loss of vision is caused by the
3. Harmonium And Tabla
deficiency of -
4. None of these
1. Vitamin A
2. vitamin B
339. Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque is located in
3. Vitamin C
4. vitamin D
1. Gujrat
344. The Qutab Minar is said to have
2. Bihar
dedicated to Sufi Saint -
3. Delhi
1. Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar Karki
4. None of these
2. Sheikh Qutub-ud-Din Bakhtiyar
340. Turks learnt the use of the Arch and

Dome method from 1. The Namros
2. The Romans
Kaki
3. Sheikh Qutub-ud-Din Karki B
4. None of these
345. Namdeva was a Bhakti saint in -
3. The Manros
1. Maharashtra
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4. None of these
2. New Delhi
341. The preamble to our constitution

makes a solemn resolve to constitute India
into a 1. Sovereign Socialist Secular
Democratic Republic
2. Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
3. Sovereign Socialist Secular
4. None of these
3. Mumbai
4. None of these
346. Centre-state relations are mentioned
in which part of the Indian Condtitution ? 1. Part X
2. Part XI
3. Part XII
4. Part XIII
342. Citizenship in included in which part

of the Indian constitution ?
1. Part I
347. Scurvy is caused by the deficiency of 1. Vitamin A

2. Vitamin B
2. Part II
3. Vitamin C
3. Part III
4. Vitamin D
4. None of these
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348. Directive Principles of State Policy are
c) coconut charcoal
included in -
d) lamp black
1. Part IV of the Indian Constitution

2. Part V of the Indian Constitution
353. Artificial diamonds were produced by
3. Part VI of the Indian Constitution
a) Moissan
4. None of these
b) Davy
c) Faraday
349. How many fundamental duties are
d) Marie Curie
included in the Indian Constitutain ?

1. 10
354. Marsh gas is
2. 11
a) ethane
3. 12
b) ethylene
4. 13
c) acetylene
d) Methane
350. The states, having a population less

than that of..., were exempted from
355. The oldest known organic compound
constituting Panchayats at the intermediate
is
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level, -
a) urea
b) methane
1. Ten lakh
2. Twenty lakh
c) acetic acid
3. Thirty lakh
d) benzene
4. Fourty lakh
356. Vinegar is the trade name for
a) chloroform
351. Marble is
b) acetic acid
c) phenol
b) sodium carbonate
d) carbon tetrachloride
c) magnesium sulphate
357. The scientist who synthesized the first
d) ferric chloride
organic compound (urea) in the laboratory

352.
The
form
of
carbon
used
in
was
decolourising suger solution is
a) Wohler
a) wood charcoal
b) Dalton
b) animal charcoal
c) Lavoisier
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d) Fischer
d) 1955
358. Methylated spirit is a mixture of
363. The normal life of the House of the
a) methyl alcohol and acetic acid
People is five years, but it may be dissolved
b) methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol
earlier by the
c) ethyl alcohol and pyridine
a) Speaker
d) methyl alcohol and pyridine
b) Prime Minister
c) President
359. The simplest hydrocarbon is
d) Vice- President
a) benzene
b) methane
364.
c) ethane
government of the country
d) butane
a) Morarji Desai
Mr
led
the
first
minority
b) Charan Singh
360. During fermentation, the by- product
c) VP Singh
is
d) Chandrasekhar
a) ethyl alcohol
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365. There shall be a President of India,
b) methyl alcohol
c) Carbon monoxide
according to Article
d) carbon dioxide
a) 50
b) 51
361. Which is the oldest of all the federal
c) 52
Constitutions in the world?
d) 53
a) Ireland
b) Canada
366. There shall be a Vice-President of
c) USA
India, according to Article
d) Australia
a) 63
b) 64
362. The French Settlement of Pondicherry
c) 54
was
d) 57
ceded
to
India
by
the
French
Government in
a) 1950
367. What is the final formality without
b) 1954
which no Central Bill can become a law in
c) 1952
our country?
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a) Signature of the Prime Minister
a) Harsha
b) Signature of the Speaker, Lok Sabha
b) Chandragupta II
c) Signature of the President
c) Dharampala
d) none of these
d) Devapala
368. During the period 15th August 1947 to
372.
the 26th January 1950, the political status of
Harsha, was written by
India was that of a
a) Banabhatta
a) Sovereign Republic
b) Sudraka
b)
Dominion
in
the
British
Commonwealth of Nations
Harshacharita
the
biography
of
c) Sri Harsha
d) Gunadhva
c) Sovereign Republic and a member of the

Commonwealth
373. Harsha was defeated by
d) Sovereign State
a) Sasanka
b) king of Valabhi
369. When both the offices of the Speaker
c) Bhaskarvarman
and Deputy Speaker are vacant, the Duties
d) Pulkesin II
of the Speaker shall be performed by a

member of the Lok Sabha appointed by the
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374. Kalhanas Rajatarangini is a work on
a) Prime Minister
the history of
b) President
a) Kashmir
c) Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
b) Malwa
d) Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
c) Bengal
d) Gujarat
370.
Business
in
Parliament
can
be
transacted
375. Indias earliest contact with Islam was
a) Only in Hindi
established through
b) only in English
a)
c) In Hindi or in English
12th centuries
d) In only regional language
b)Arab invasion of Sindh in the 7th century
Turkish
invasions
of
the
11th
c) Sufi saints and Arab travellers

371. The Chinese traveler Hiuen Tsang,
d) Arab merchants of Malabar coast
called the Prince of Pilgrims visited India

during the reign of
376. The capital of the Pallavas was
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a) Madurai
b) Mahabalipuram
c) Kanchi or Conjeevaram
381. The minimum velocity required by a
d) Thanjavur
satellite to escape earth's gravitational pull

377. The foundation of the Dravidian style
is
of architecture in South India was laid by
a) 18 km/s
a) Pandyas
b) 11.2 km/s
b) Pallavas
c) 21 km/s
c) Cholas
d) 35 km/s
d) Chalukyas of kalyani
382. The period of a
378. The masterpiece of Chola sculpture is
geostationary(synchronous) satellite
the famous Nataraja or the Dancing Shiva
orbiting the earth over the equator is
image at
a) 16 hours
a) Thanjavur
b) 12 hours
b) Chidambaram
c) 20 hours
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d) 24 hours
c) Kalahasti
d) Sri Sailam
383. The escape velocity of a satellite

379. The greatest Kusana ruler, whose
projected from the surface of the earth is
contribution to Buddhism was even greater
independent of
than that of Ashoka was
a) the mass of earth
a) Kadphises
b) the mass of the satellite
b) Kanishka I
c) the radius of the earth
c) Vaishka
d) gravitation of the earth
d) Huvishka
384. In compact porous soil, the water rises
380. The worship of images in India began
and evaporates. The rising of the water is
during the ________ period.
due to
a) Mouryan
a) capillarity
b) Sunga
b) cohesion
c) Kusana
c) adhesion
d) Gupta
d) viscosity
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c) temperature of air and of the liquid
385. A temperature below absolute zero for
d) all the above
an ideal gas
a) cannot be attained experimentally
390. In a refrigerator, the refrigerant is
b) can be attained
a) Nitrogen
c) is impossible
b) Oxygen
d) does not exist at all
c) Chlorine
d) Freon
386. Mercury is used in thermometers

because
a) it has high thermal conductivity
b) it has uniform expansivity
391. The study of flower and flowering
c) it has high boiling point and low freezing
plants is known as
point
a) Bryology
d) all the above
b) Arthology
c) Anthology
387. Heat is transmitted from one end of a

metal rod to its other end by the method of
a) conduction
d) Angiology
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392. Chromosome theory of Inheritance
b) convection
was propounded by
c) radiation
a) Sutton & Boveri
d) sublimation
b) Mandel
c) Muller
388. The mode of travel of heat energy
d) Beadle & Tatum
from the sun across the empty space beyond

the earth's atmosphere is known as
393. In a gamete there will be
a) conduction
a) One pair of sex chromosomes
b) convection
b) Only one sex chromosome
c) radiation
c) No sex chromosome
d) absorption
d) Only autosomes
389. The evaporation rate depends on
394. Which of the following is true?
a) the nature of the liquid
a) Theophrastus is known as Father of
b) area of the exposed surface of the liquid
Botany
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b) Aristotle is known as Father of Zoology
d) Johanson
c) Agrostology is study of Grass

d) All are True
400. Saurology is the study of

a) Snakes
395. The Green Revolution in India owes
b) Fossils
much to
c) Lizards
a) M.S. Swaminathan
d) Arteries and Veins
b) T.S. Venkataraman
c) Norman Borlaug
401. Mutations could be created by X- rays.
d) Prime Minister
This is found by
a) Muller
396. The study of factors connected with
b) Morgan
the improvement of Human Race is called
c) Meyer
a) Evolution
d) Flemming
b) Eugenics
c) Euthenics
402. Hormone promoting maleness in
d) Etiology
flowering plants is
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a) Indole Acetic Acid
397. Genes are made of
b) Kinetin
a) Carbohydrates
c) Cytokinin
b) Proteins
d) Gibberellin
c) Fats
d) Nucleotides
403. An inherited characteristic which does

not appear in one generation but can appear
398. Gerontology is the study of
in the next is called
a) Skin
a) dominant
b) Ageing
b) recessive
c) Grape Wine
c) homozygous
d) Liver
d) heterozygous
399. Who coined the term Gene?
404. Maize is attacked by
a) Mandel
a) Phytophthora
b) Devries
b) Pythium
c) Jacob & Monod
c) Ustilago
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d) All are flase
d) Puccinia
405. Necrosis is a symptom which is
410. A Bead like structure found on
recognized by
Chromosome is called
a) Pattern colouration on leaves
a) Nucleus
b) little leaves
b) Gene
c) out growth
c) Leucoplast
d) death of tissues
d) Chromoplast
406. Which of the following is True?
411. The first national Emergency declared
a) Longest cell is Neuron
in October 1962 lasted till
b) Schilden and Schwan established Cell
a) 1965
Theory
b)1966
c) The word Cell was coined by Robert
c)1967
Hooke
d)1968
d) All are True

412. Until the year______________, a
407. Which of the following is True?
a) Ribosome Palade
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no-confidence motion was never moved in
the Lok Sabha
b) Lysosome De Duve
a) 1962
c) Centrosome Boveri
b)1964
d) All are True
c)1965
d)1963
408.
__________ is known as the
Kitchen of the Cell?
413. Which state is covered by Article 370
a) Vacoule
of the Constitution?
b) Nucleus
a) Arunachal Pradesh
c) Chloroplast
b) Mizoram
d) Golgi Body
c) Jammu and Kashmir

d) Haryana
409. Find the wrong one.

a) Cell wall is present in Animal Cell
414. The maximum membership of the
b) Plastid is present in Animal cell
Rajya Sabha is limited to
c) Centromeres is present in Plant Cell
a) 240
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b) 245
c) 250
419. Appointment of District Judges in a
d) 260
State shall be made by the

a) Governor of the state
415. Who enjoys the right to impose
b)
Governor
of
the
state
in
reasonable restrictions on the Fundamental
consultation with the High Court of
Rights of citizens?
the State
a) The President
c) State Public Service Commission
b) Union Parliament
d) State Chief Secretary
c) The Prime Minister

420. Rajha Sabha is considered to be a
d) The Supreme Court
permanent House because

416.State Legislatures have ________ role
a) its members never retire
in the election of the Vice-President of India
b) the House is never dissolved
a) a specific
c) one-third of its members retire after every
b) no
2 years
c) an indirect
d) one-fourth of its members retire after
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d) a conclusive
every 3 years
417. Fundamental Duties are

a) proclaimed during an emergency by the
421. The famous ruler of ancient India who
President
is said to have been converted to Jainism,
b)
enshrined
in
the
Constitution
42nd Amendment (1976)

c)
not
provided
for
in
towards the end of his life, is

a) Bindusara
the
Indian
b) Samudragupta
Constitution
c) Chandragupta
d) provided for by an Act of Parliament
d) Ashoka
418. The first Prime Minister of Jammu
422. The harappan economy was primarily
and Kashmir was
_____________ in nature .
a) Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
a) Rural
b) Maharaja Sri Hari Singh
b) Industrial
c) Yuvaraj Karan Singh
c) Urban
d) Dr Farooq Abdullah
d) Capitalist
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c) Samudragupta
423. Who was the first Muslim invader to
d) The Hindu Shahi Dynasty
enter India?
a) Mohammed Ghauri
428. Ashoka has been particularly
b) Mohammed-bin-Qasim
influenced by the Buddhist monk
c) Mohammed Ghazni
a) Ambhi
d) Qutab-ud-din Aibak
b) Upagupta
c) Asvaghosha
424. The best specimens of Mauryan art are
d) Vasubandhu
represented by their
a) Stupas
429. During Kanishka's reign, the centre of
b) Pillars
political activity shifted from Magadha to
c) Chaityas
a) Delhi
d) Caves
b) Ayodhya
c) Kannauj
425. Who among the following was the
d) Purushapura (peshawar)
founder of the Nanda dynasty?

a) Mahapadma Nanda
b) Ashoka Nanda
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430. Which of the following contributes
most for the revival of Sanskrit language?
c) Dhana Nanda
a) Kushanas
d) None of the above
b) Mauryas
c) Guptas
426. The word 'Veda' has been derived
d) Indo-Greeks
from the root word 'Vid' which means

a) Divinity
b) Sacredness
431. The first woman to become the Prime
c) Doctrine
Minister in the world was ____________.
d) Knowledge
(a) Smt. Indira Gandhi

(b) Smt. Margaret Thatcher
427. The Kushan rule was brought to an
(c) Smt. Srimavo Bhandarnaike
end by
(d) Smt. Kim Campbell
a) The Nagas
(e) None of these
b) The Britishers
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(e) None of these
432. Acetamide is
(a) Neutral
436. The capital of Haryanka king
(b) Basic
Bimbisara was _____________.
(c) Acidic
(a) Vaishali
(d) Amphoteric
(b) Ujjain
(e) None of these
(c) Rajgira or Girivaraja

(d) Champa
(e) None of these
433. New Economic Policy deals with

(a) Privatisation
(b) Globalisation
437. The principal patrons of Gandhara art
(c) Liberalisation
were _____________.
(d) All the above
(a) Mauryas
(e) None of these
(b) Satavahanas
(c) Sakas and Kushanas
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(d) All of the above
434. Who is authorised to impose
(e) None of these
reasonable restriction on Fundamental

Rights ?
(a) The Supreme Court
438. Which of the following pairing is
(b) The President
incorrect ?
(c) The Prime Minister
(a) Gujarat-Ahmedabad
(d) The Parliament
(b) Arunachal Pradesh-Itanagar
(e) None of these
(c) Assam-Dispur
(d) Nagaland-Kohima
(e) None of these
435. Oldest Botanical Garden present in

our country is at __________.
(a) Bangalore
439. Name the place where Gautam
(b) Kolkata
Buddha was born __________.
(c) Lucknow
(a) Bodh Gaya
(d) Srinagar
(b) Kushinagar
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(c) Lumbini
(b) Eisenhower
(d) Pavapuri
(c) Jimmy Carter
(e) None of these
(d) Georage Washington

(e) None of these
440. Which is the largest sea in the world ?

(a) South China Sea
444. India's BSF was organised on
(b) Mediterranean Sea
(a) December 1, 1965
(c) Black Sea
(b) August 15, 1965
(d) Red Sea
(c) January 30, 1948
(e) None of these
(d) April 28, 1922

(e) None of these
441. Scholar Amir Khusro was patronised

445. The headquarters of the UN
by the ruler
(a) Akbar
University is located at _____________.
(b) Ghias-ud-din Tughlak
(a) Geneva
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(c) Shahjahan
(b) Bonn
(c) Tokyo
(d) Babur
(e) None of these
(d) New York

(e) None of these
442. Name the instrument used for

measuring humidity
446. Electromagnetic waves in nature are

(a) longitudinal
(a) barometer
(b) longitudinal stationary
(b) thermometer
(c) transverse
(c) hygrometer
(d) transverse stationary
(d) hydrometer
(e) None of these
(e) None of these

447. Which one of the following is a
protein?
443. The first US President who visited
(a) Rayon
India was _____________.
(b) Terycotton
(c) Natural Silk
(a) Kennedy
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(d) Nylon
(e) None of these
452. Which one of the following has the

448. In which of the following dance forms
has Sanjukta Panigrahi excelled?
longest duration?
(a) Era
(a) Bharatanatyam
(b) Eons
(b) Odissi
(c) Period
(c) Kathak
(d) Epoch
(d) Kuchipudi
(e) None of these
(e) None of these

449. Who was the first 'Bharat Ratna'
453. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the
awardee to be elected President of India?
Planning Commission?
(a) Dr. Rajemdra Prasad
(a) Prime Minister
(b) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan
(b) Finance Minister
(c) Dr. Zakir Hussain
(c) Planning Minister
(d) Shri V. V. Giri
(d) Vice-President
(e) None of these
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(e) None of these
450. Which one of the following languages
454. An instrument to detect the purity of
is spoken by the largest number of persons?
milk is
(a) English
(a) Lactometer
(b) Chinese
(b) Hygrometer
(c) Hindi
(c) Manometer
(d) Russian
(d) Sonometer
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
451. Which one of the following is an egg
455. Martyr's Day is observed on

(a) 30 January
laying mammal?
(a) Spiny ant-eater
(b) 5 September
(b) Scaly ant-eater
(c) 2 October
(c) Bat
(d) 7 December
(d) Whale
(e) None of these
(e) None of these
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(a) Vikram Samvat
456. Who among the following is known as
(b) Saka Samvat
'Iron Man of India'.
(c) Christian Era
(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Hijri Samwat
(b) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(e) None of these
(c) Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel

(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
(e) None of these
457. Where was the first Peasant Movement
launched by Mahatma Gandhi?
(a) Bardali
(b) Danoh
(c) Champaran
(d) Wardnu
(e) None of these
458. Who among the following wrote a
treatise on medicine in ancient India?
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(a) Aryabhatta
(b) Charaka
(c) Bhaskar
(d) Dhanvantari
(e) None of these
459. McMohan line is the border between
(a) India and China
(b) India and Nepal
(c) India and Pakistan
(d) India and Burma
(e) None of these
460. National Calendar of India is based on
which 'Samvat':
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9. Insect pollination is known as

11. An astronomical unit of distance is

6. Somato Tropic Hormone is concerned

c) the average distance from the earth to the

d) none of the above

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12. The sun continuously produces an

it moves with a uniform

enormous amount of energy. This is due to

a) on the outer surface

b) in the inner surface

d) does not use any liquid

d) none of the above

acceleration is the same for any object at a

21. Which of the following was the centre of

16. A stationary elevated object has

d) both potential and kinetic energy

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22. Which of the following works of

27. The Gandhara-Mathura School of Art,

Kalidasa gives information about the

which flourished during the Kushana period

and the foreign influence of

c) Both (a) and (b)

23. Whose general was Appolodotus?

28. The worship of images ( of Buddha) in

India began during the period

24. The ancient Chola kingdom existed in

29. The last great ruling dynasty of

25. Who wrote Ashtadhyayi?

30. Kanishka is associated with an era

26. The first image of the Buddha was caved

out during the reign of

31. Oxygen transport is a function of

a) White Blood Corpuscles

b) Red Blood Corpuscles

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37. Animals that feed only on dead flash

33. The animal that excretes uric acid

38. Carbohydrates are mainly needed for

34. Nephrons are found inside

39. Most of the enzymes are

35. The rate of heart beat is accelerated by

40. The liver destroys old

belong to the class

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42. The compound used in photography is

47. The compounds produced by plants in

the process of photosynthesis are

43. Brine is a solution of

48. The metal which reacts most violently

a) Sodium chloride in water

with cold water is

c) Sulphur in carbon disulphide

d) Potassium iodide in water

44. Lunar caustic is

49. Boiler scales contain

50. The first organic compound prepared in