Which among the following is not a 'hereditary' disease?
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Thalassemia
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Leukemia
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Haemophilia
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Colour blindness
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None of these
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The discounting rate at which RBI borrows government securities from commercial banks is known as:
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Repo Rate
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Reverse Repo
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Deposit Rate
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Base Rate
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None of these
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The layer of the atmosphere which provides ideal flying condition for large jet aeroplanes is:
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Ionosphere
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Exosphere
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Troposphere
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Stratosphere
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None of these
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Which of the following has been launched successfully by ANTRIX (ISRO's commercial arm) on June 30, 2014?
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PSLV-C23
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PSLV-C21
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PSLV-C24
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PSLV-C32
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None of these
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Which among the following is not a currency?
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Astana
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Zloty
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Tenge
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Peso
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None of these
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'Pontifical Commission' is the name of Parliament of which of the following countries?
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Bahamas
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Vatican
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Vietnam
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Yemen
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None of these
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According to the All India Survey on Higher Education, which of the following cities has the highest number of colleges in the country?
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Hyderabad
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Delhi
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Bangalore
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Chennai
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None of these
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Which one of the following native states was NOT annexed by the British on the basis of the Doctrine of Lapse?
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Jhansi
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Satara
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Karauli
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Punjab
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None of these
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The luster of a metal is due to:
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its high density
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its high polishing
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its chemical inertness
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presence of free electrons
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None of these
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The first Hydel Power Plant in India was started in:
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Darjeeling in West Bengal
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Kota in Rajasthan
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Tehri in Uttarakhand
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Cuttack in Odisha
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None of these
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Which of the following is known as 'Sea Bird'?
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India's latest surface to air missile
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India's biggest submarine
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India's biggest aircraft carrier
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India's biggest Naval base
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None of these
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In a first of its kind, which cereal crop has been selected for the "Geographic Information System" to provide farmers all information about sowing and harvesting the crop?
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Rice
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Wheat
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Mustard
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Maize
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None of these
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Which of the following sectors has benefited least because of the globalization in India?
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Agriculture sector
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Service sector
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Industry sector
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Secondary sector
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None of these
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Gramin Bank is a success story of:
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China
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Singapore
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Bangladesh
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India
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None of these
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Which of the following is the immediate cause of French Revolution?
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Bankrupt condition of French treasury due to extravagant spending and inefficiency of Louis XV and Louis XVI
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Effect of writings of the great thinkers, Montesquieu, Voltaire and Rousseau
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Fall of the Bastille Fort
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Divine-right absolutism brought by Louis XIV and his successors
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None of these
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Where and when was the second Buddhist Council held?
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Sri Lanka in 1st Century BC
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China in 5th Century BC
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Patliputra in 250 BC
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Vaishali in 383 BC
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None of these
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Which one of the following was NOT related to Zollverein?
A)
It was a custom union formed in 1834
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It abolished the trade barriers
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It united Prussia
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It reduced the number of currencies from 30 to 2
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None of these
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A shopkeeper insists you to buy a pair of socks with your shoe. Which right of the consumer is being violated?
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Right to be informed
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Right to choose
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Right to safety
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Right to information
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None of these
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The words Satyameva Jayate inscribed below the abacus in Devangari script have been adopted from:
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Mundaka Upanishad
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Kathopanishad
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Yuyur Veda
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Mahabharat
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None of these
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Which of the following has emerged as India's most attractive brand in banking and financial service industry (BFSI) category?
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SBI
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UCO
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ICICI
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LIC
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None of these
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Who among the following has won the women's Wimbledon Title 2014?
A)
Eugenie Bouchard
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Petra Kvitova
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Andrea Jaeger
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Serena Williams
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None of these
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IFAD is a specialized agency of UNO. What is its full form?
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International Federation for Asian Democracies
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International Fund for Army Deployment
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International Fund for African Development
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International Fund for Agricultural Development
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None of these
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By which of the following procedure the Vice-President of India may be removed from office?
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By Impeachment
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By a resolution of Lok Sabha passed by a majority of its members and agreed to by the Rajya Sabha
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By a resolution of Rajya Sabha passed by a majority of its members and agreed to by the Lok Sabha
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By the Supreme Court of India
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None of these
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Which of the following is a major benefit of joint production between a local company and a multi-national company (MNC)?
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MNC can control the increase in price
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MNC can bring latest technology in the production
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MNC can sell the products under their brand name
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MNC can buy the local company
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None of these
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Whose famous saying is "My ultimate aim is to wipe every tear from every eye."
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Swami Vivekananda
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J.L. Nehru
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Mahatma Gandhi
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C.F. Andrews
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None of these
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What has been the duration of the Eleventh Five Year Plan?
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2007-2012
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2006-2011
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2007-2013
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2005-2011
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None of these
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Which was the only session of Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi?
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Allahabad
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Calcutta
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Belgaum
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Kakinada
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None of these
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Writings of which among the following writers said to have fueled the French Revolution?
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Gutenberg
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Goethe
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Rousseau
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Jean Paul Sartre
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None of these
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Name the first Indian cricketer to score a century against all the test match playing countries of the world.
A)
Sunil Gavaskar
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Dilip Vengsarkar
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Sachin Tendulkar
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Rahul Dravid
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None of these
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Viraat Ramayan Mandir, world's largest Hindu temple is to be built in:
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Gujarat
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Rajasthan
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Bihar
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Madhya Pradesh
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None of these
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Who is the author of the book "Conversations with myself"?
A)
Nelson Mandela
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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Lal Krishna Advani
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None of these
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Which one of the following steel plants located in West Bengal?
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Bhilai
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Durgapur
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Bokaro
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Rourkela
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None of these
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In which movement did Gandhiji see an opportunity to bring Muslims under the umbrella of a unified national movement?
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Nationwide Satyagraha against Rowlatt Act
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Dandi March
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Satyagraha against oppressive plantation system
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Non-cooperation Movement
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None of these
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During cardiac failure, which of the following is advised as a first aid?
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Mouth of mouth resuscitation
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Giving external cardiac massage
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Giving cool water to drink
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Giving complete body massage
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None of these
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"Mangalayaan" is a Mars orbiter that was successfully launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation on:
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10 November 2013
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8 November 2013
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5 November 2013
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6 November 2013
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None of these
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Which of the followings is considered as a 'Fundamental Challenge' in Democracy?
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Separation of military from government authority
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Transition to democratic institution from non-democratic regime
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Establishing a sovereign and a functional state
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All of these
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None of these
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Velavadar National Park is in:
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Karnataka
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Kerala
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Assam
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Gujarat
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None of these
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Kalinga Prize instituted by UNESCO is given for the popularization of:
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Literature
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Music
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Science
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Universal brotherhood
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None of these
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The pioneer of the Bhakti Movement in India was:
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Ramanuja
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Ramananda
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Kabir
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Shankaracharya
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None of these
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For which of the following movies Irrfan Khan has won a National Award?
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Life of pi
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Pan Singh Tomar
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Billu Barbar
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Newyork, I love you
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None of these
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