You have purchased a pressure cooker from a shop. Which of the following 'Rights' will protect you if any danger is caused by the purchased product?
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Right to be Informed
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Right to Safety
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Right to Education
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Right to seek Redressal
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None of these
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When we speak of gender divisions, we usually refer to:
A)
Biological difference between men and women
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Unequal role assigned by the society to men and women
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Unequal child sex ratio
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Absence of voting right for women in democracy
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None of these
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Which one of the following does not cause any broad challenge to democracy:
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Foundational challenge
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Challenge of expansion
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Deepening of democracy
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Giving equal treatment to all citizens
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None of these
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Which mode of transportation reduces trans-shipment losses and delays?
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Pipelines
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Airways
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Railways
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Water transport
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'Bloodless Revolution'?
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Gramdan Movement
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Shramdan Movement
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Bhoodan Movement
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Both [A] and [C]
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None of these
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What do you understand by "loose umbrella organisation'?
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The organisations that protest on various environmental issues
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The organisation of ousted members from various political parties
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Various movement groups struggling on specific issues constituting loose organisation that coordinates the activities of a large number of people's movement
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The generic name of pressure groups in India
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None of these
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How did the people protest in 'Kittiko-Hachchiko' movement?
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By planting more eucalyptus trees
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By plucking eucalyptus plants and planting other saplings of use to people
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By plucking all eucalyptus trees on the 50,000 hectare of land
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By planting rubber plants
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None of these
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Difference between the total value of exports and imports is called:
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Balance of trade
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Balance of payment
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Deficit balance
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Trade surplus
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'Defection'?
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Loyalty towards a political party
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Changing party allegiance
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Advocating for political reform
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A kind of social activism
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None of these
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When was air transport nationalised in India?
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1977
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1965
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1953
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1969
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None of these
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What do you understand by GPL?
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Globalisation, Privatisation and Liberalisation
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Global Priority on Liberty
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General Public Library
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General Petition on Liberty
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None of these
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Which of the following is not a cash crop?
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Rubber
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Spices
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Fruits
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Tobacco
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None of these
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Which of the following methods can be adopted to improve the diminishing level of ground water in India?
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Intensive industrialization
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More urbanization
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Less use of hand pumps, wells and tube well for increasing population and irrigation
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Use of ground water through wells and tube wells
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None of these
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Name the region whose habitants were broadly known as 'Slaves'.
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Russian region
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Balkan region
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Asian region
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African region
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None of these
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In what ratio are iron ore, coking coal and limestone required to make steel?
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2:4:1
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1:2:4
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4:1:2
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4:2:1
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None of these
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Which of the following is true?
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Democracy evolves through popular struggle
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Democracy involves conflicts between those who exercise power and those who aspire to share power
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Democratic conflicts resolve through mass mobilisation
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All of these
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None of these
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Name the Indian manufacturer with which Ford Motors entered the Indian automobile business.
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Mahindra and Mahindra
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Maruti Suzuki
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Tata Motors
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D)
Hindustan Motors
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None of these
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Government can make globalisation more 'fair' by:
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Imposing trade barrier
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Implementing the labour laws
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Increasing competition
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Increasing employment
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None of these
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What did Paul Bernard think necessary for the economic development of the colonies?
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Land reforms
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Curbing population
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Increase in cultivation
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Suppressing all popular struggles
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None of these
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Indian Railways is divided into;
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16 zones
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17 zones
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15 zones
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20 zones
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'Romanticism'?
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A group of educated middle class elite who dreamt of a classless society
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A cultural movement who sought to develop a particular form of nationalist sentiments
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A cultural group which celebrated national struggle through operas and music
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A cultural group that stressed on the importance of tradition
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None of these
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Name the Hollywood movie which was critical about the role of US army in Vietnam.
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John Wayne's 'Green Berets'
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Samuel Fuller's 'China Gate'
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Ann Hut's 'Boat People'
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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Apocalypse Now'
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None of these
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What prevents the poor in India from getting bank loans?
A)
High rate of interest
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Complexity of procedure
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Absence of collateral
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Excessive paper work
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None of these
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When was the 'Deoband Seminar' founded?
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1867
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1905
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1825
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1878
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None of these
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What do you understand by the word 'Partisan'?
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Disloyal member of a party
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Loyal member of a party
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Estrange member of a party
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Member who is responsible for breaking the party
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None of these
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Bolivia is located in:
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Europe
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North America
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South America
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Africa
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'Ulama'?
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Legal scholars of Islam and the Sharia
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A legal pronouncement on Islamic law
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A clarification on issues, given by Mufti, on which the law is uncertain
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A religious preacher
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None of these
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Which of the following ports is the deepest landlocked and well protected port on the east coast of India?
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Ennore
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Visakhapatnam
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Paradip
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Haldia
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None of these
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Why could the US not destroy the Ho Chi Minh Trail?
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It never existed
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Due to lack of troops
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It used to rebuilt quickly
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Due to lack of ammunition
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None of these
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In which of the following places of India you can find a software technology park?
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Ghaziabad
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Bhopal
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Chandigarh
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Srinagar
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None of these
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West Bengal is the state in India wherein a particular political party was in power for continuous 30 years. Name the party.
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INC
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TMC
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CPM
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BSP
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None of these
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What type of conservative regime was set up in 1815 in Europe?
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Autocratic
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Aristocratic
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Dictatorial
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Democratic
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None of these
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To facilitate the quick delivery of mails in large towns and cities six mail channels have been introduced recently. Which of the following is one of such channels?
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Green channel
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Black channel
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C)
Red channel
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White channel
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None of these
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What gave rise to the 'Consumer Movement' in India?
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Violence
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Hoarding
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Inflation
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Exploitation
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None of these
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What kind of literature was printed in Punjab in early 20th century?
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Mostly novels
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Poetry
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Folk literature
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Ballads
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None of these
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What was represented in caricatures and cartoons in India?
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Educated Indians fascination with western tastes and clothes
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The fear of social change
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Oppression by the British
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Both [A] and [B]
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None of these
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What do you understand by the 'double coincidence of wants'?
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What a person desires to sell is exactly what the other wishes to buy
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Goods are directly exchanged for goods without using money
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Deposit of money in bank that earns interest and also can be withdrawn at any time
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All of these
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None of these
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Pressure groups with _________ public support but lots of money can hijack public discussions.
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Small
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Big
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Moderate
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No
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None of these
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Industrial Revolution was started in:
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USA
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England
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France
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China
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None of these
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What was 'Rastafarianism'?
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A religious and social movement which reflected social and cultural links with Indian migrants to the Caribbean
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A protest movement against social evils and practices
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A nationalist movements of 1930 West Indies
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A reform movement in Africa
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None of these
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Match the following.
(A) 1859 (I) Napoleon invades Italy. (B) 1797 (II) Greek struggle for independence. (C) 1905 (III) Unification of Italy. (D) 1821 (IV) Slav nationalism gathers force in the Ottoman Empires.
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A - III, B - I, C - IV, D - II
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A - IV, B - II, C - I, D - IV
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A - I, B - IV, C - III, D - II
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A - II, B - I, C - II, D - IV
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None of these
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Which of the following is an irritant faced by the jute industries of India?
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Diversification of products
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Growing global concern for environment friendly, biodegradable materials
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Stiff competition in the international market from synthetic substitutes
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Non-availability of cheap loan either from formal or informal sectors
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None of these
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Consider the given statements about power sharing in democracy.
(I) In Belgium 'community government' is elected by people belonging to one language community, no matter where they live.
(II) In Sri Lanka a new constitution stipulated that the state shall protect and foster every religion.
(III) Power sharing stands for the very spirit of democracy.
Which of them is incorrect?
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Only I
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I and II
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Only II
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II and III
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None of these
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In which of the following states of India deforestation due to mining have caused severe land degradation?
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Assam
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Uttar Pradesh
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Himachal Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
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None of these
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Which society did Phan Bio Chau form?
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Carbonari
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Hoa Hao
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Viet Minh
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League for the independence of Vietnam
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None of these
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Which of the following is the largest Bauxite producing state of India?
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Odisha
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Jharkhand
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Chhattisgarh
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Bihar
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None of these
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What is the main problem associated with groundwater in India?
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Overuse
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Contamination
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Difficult approach
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Limited use
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None of these
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Which of the following is true?
(I) In a federal system, the central government cannot order the state government to do something (II) In a federal system, the central government can pass on orders to the state government. However, it is for the state government to decide whether to follow the order or not
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Only I is true
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Only II is true
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Both I and II are true.
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Neither I nor II is true.
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Either I or II is true.
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In which part of India you can find unclassed forests managed by local communities?
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Eastern Part
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North-Eastern Part
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North-Western Part
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Northern Part
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None of these
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Which of the following steps may be taken to minimise the environmental digradation by industries?
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Treatment of effluents
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Use of noise absorbing materials
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Filtration of smoke from industry chimneys
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All of these
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None of these
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