First woman minister of Indian Union was:
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Annie Besant
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G. V Mavlankar
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Shanno Devi
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Indira Gandhi
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Rajkumari Amrit Kaur
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He is the world's only person who has climbed all the 14 peaks of the mountains (above 8000 height) without using oxygen cylinders. Who is he?
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Henry Ford
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Reinhold Messner
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John Cena
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Bachhendri Pal
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None of these
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Who is the author of the book "The Argumentative Indian"?
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V S. Naipaul
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Vikram Seth
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Sashi Tharoor
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Amartya Sen
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None of these
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Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work .
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Geetanjali
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Rajtarangini
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Chokher Bali
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All of these
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None of these
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He was a Norwegian explorer who reached the South Pole in December 1911. He also made history by flying over the North Pole in an airship in 1926. Name the explorer.
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John Glenn
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David Livingstone
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Ronald Amundsen
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Abel Tasman
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Charles Lindberg
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Which one of the following countries is not located in Asia?
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Myanmar
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Sri Lanka
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Ethiopia
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Mongolia
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Iran
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Abhinava Bharat, a secret society of revolutionaries, was established by:
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Khudiram Bose
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V.D. Savarkar
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Prafulla Chaki
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Bhagat Singh
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None of these
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Endoscopy, a technique used to explore the stomach or other internal parts of the body, is based on the phenomenon of:
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Total internal reflection
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Interference
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Diffraction
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Polarisation
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None of these
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Which one of the following parts of the poppy plant is used for the extraction of opium?
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Capsules
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Flowers
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Leaves
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Roots
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None of these
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A black hole is a body in space which does not allow any radiation to come out. This property is due to its:
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Very small size
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Very large size
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Very high density
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Very low density
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Very low volume
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The Chilka Lake region lies between the deltas of:
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Ganga and Mahanadi
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Godavari and Krishna
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Mahanadi and Godavari
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Krishna and Kaveri
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None of these
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The Legislative Council of a State in India can be abolished or created by:
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The President of India in consultation with the Council of Ministers of the State concerned
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The Legislative Assembly of the State concerned
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The Parliament at a joint sitting of both the Houses
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The Parliament provided the State Legislative Assembly passes a resolution to that effect
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None of these
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The temperature difference between the equator and the poles generates the global general circulation which redistributes heat from:
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Low latitudes to high latitudes
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High latitudes to low latitudes
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High longitude to low longitude
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Low longitude to high longitude
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None of these
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Which famous Italian traveller spent many years in the court of Kublai Khan emperor of China?
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Marco Polo
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Victoria
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James cook
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Canada
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David
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What is the name of Harry Potter's owl?
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Hedwig
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Honey dukes
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Money duke
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Eagle
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Norwegian Ridgeback
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On the planet Earth, there is no centrifugal force at the:
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Equator
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Tropic of Cancer
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Tropic of Capricorn
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Poles
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None of these
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Which one of the following planets is smaller in size than the Earth?
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Neptune
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Venus
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Saturn
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Uranus
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None of these
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Which hormone cannot be produced by a diabetic person?
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Carbohydrates
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Lipase
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Insulin
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Amylase
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Rubella
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The President of India has the same constitutional authority as the:
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President of Pakistan
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President of USA
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President of Russia
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British Monarch
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None of these
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Which disease is caused due to abnormal and uncontrollable growth of cells?
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Tuberculosis
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Cancer
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Smallpox
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Rabies
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Rubella
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The FIFA World Cup 2010 was held in the which country?
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Japan
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South Africa
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France
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South Korea
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Spain
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Who was the first Test centurion in Indian Cricket?
A)
Vinu Mankad
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C. K. Naidu
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Lala Amarnath
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Pankaj Roy
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Rahul Dravid
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'Double Fault' is associated with which one of the following games?
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Lawn Tennis
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Football
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Cricket
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Hockey
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Billiard
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Which asana strengthens the back bone improves concentration and is beneficial to these who suffer from arthritis and gout?
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Padmasana
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Chakrasana
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Prabatasana
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Dhanurasana
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Vajrasana
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The International Court of Justice was established in the year_____.
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1930
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1947
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1940
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1945
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None of these
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Which of the following are the main reasons for the origin of the south west monsoon in India? (1) Development of a low pressure in North West India (2) Deflection of trade winds (3) Arrival of cyclonic stream from the Pacific Ocean (4) Heating of the Arabians Sea and the Bay of Bengal
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1, 2 and 3
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1 and 2
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2 and 3
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3 and 4
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None of these
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Anantapur district in Andhra Pradesh is famous for _____.
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Copper
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Zinc
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Mica
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Gold
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None of these
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Which one of the following awards is associated with Agriculture?
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Bourlog Award
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Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar
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Arjun Award
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Vyas Samman
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None of these
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Which of the following statement is/are correct about the Planning Commission of India? (1) It was set up in 1950 (2) It is a constitutional body (3) It is an advisory body (4) It does not work for government
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1 and 2
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2 and 3
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1 and 3
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3 only
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2 only
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Merdeka Cup is associated with:
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Cricket
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Football
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Ragbi
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Hockey
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None of these
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Wasim Akram of Pakistan is associated with:
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Politics
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Football
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Hockey
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Cricket
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None of these
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Amrita Pritam's work "A Revenue Stamp" is:
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A book of stories
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A novel
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A biography
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An autobiography
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None of these
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The poetic work "Rashmirathi" was written by:
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Maithilisharan Gupt
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Mahadevi Verma
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Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
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Surya Kant Tripathi Nirala
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None of these
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Who among the following have held the office of the Vice-President of India? (1) Krishan Kant (2) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (3) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (4) Shankar Dayal Sharma
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1, 2, 3 and 4
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1 and 4
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2 and 3
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S and 4
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1 and 2
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The Rajya Sabha can have a maximum strength of:
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200
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210
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250
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260
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500
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Put the main sources of revenue of the Central Government in ascending order of importance. (1) Income tax (2) Corporation tax (3) Customs (4) Excise duties
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1, 2, 3, 4
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3, 2, 4, 1
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4, 3, 1, 2
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4, 3, 2, 1
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1, 2, 4, 3
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Which one of the following famous writers is known as Gurudev?
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Bankim Chandra Chattopadhaye
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Rabindra Nath Tagore
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Debendra Nath Thakur
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Sarat Chandra Chattopadhaye
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None of these
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Madhavi Mudgal is associated with which one of the following dance forms?
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Bharatnatyam
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Odissi
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Kathak
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Kathakali
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None of these
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Who is the author of the book 'The Rights of Man'?
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Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Mann
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Thomas Moore
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Thomas Paine
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None of these
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Which type of layer extends from an average altitude of 11 to 50 kilometres above the Earth's surface?
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Stratosphere
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Troposphere
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Mesosphere
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Ionosphere
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None of these
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Which one of the following cities is situated on the banks of Chambal River?
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Jabalpur
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Kota
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Surat
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Mathura
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None of these
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India's longest bridge "Dhola-Sadia Bridge" has been built over which tributary of the Brahmaputra River?
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Manas River
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Kameng River
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Subansiri River
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Lohit River
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None of these
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The aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima was:
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Red Storm
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Enola Gay
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Thunder Power
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Black Light
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None of these
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Which one of the following countries is a permanent member of the UN Security Council?
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Japan
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Pakistan
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Russia
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Germany
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None of these
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In which one of the following cities the first Earth Summit was held?
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Rio De Janeiro
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New York
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New Delhi
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London
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None of these
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The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is given for outstanding contribution in the fields of:
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Literature
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Social Service
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Sports
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Science and Technology
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None of these
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Which schedule of the Indian Constitution details the allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha per State/Union Territory?
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7th
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2nd
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4th
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5th
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None of these
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In which year the Finance Commission of India was constituted?
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1947
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1951
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1980
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1998
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None of these
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The Bombay Stock Exchange was established in:
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1950
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1905
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1890
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1875
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None of these
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Which is the first country to launch satellite into space?
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United States of America (USA)
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)
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Germany
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France
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None of these
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