Your elder brother has gone on an excursion to an exotic location where there is a sharp rise in temperature during daytime and a sharp drop during night. Can you identify the location where he might have gone?
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In a river basin
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In a table mountain
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In a sea shore
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In a desert
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None of these
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In India, which of the following states has the largest assembly?
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Uttar Pradesh
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Madhya Pradesh
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Bihar
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Maharashtra
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None of these
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Identify a world heritage site of India.
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The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
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Kaziranga National Park
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Taj Mahal
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following comes under tsunami prone zones?
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India
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England
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Pakistan
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Bangladesh
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None of these
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Which of the following is an organ of the UNO?
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World Health Organisation
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World Bank
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International Atomic Energy Agency
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International Monetary Fund
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None of these
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Name the research station in Antarctica, set up by India.
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Gargi Research Station
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Indira Research Station
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Maitri Research Station
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Rajeev Research Station
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None of these
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The ratio between the map distance and the ground distance is called the _______ of the map. (Fill in the gap.)
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direction
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scale
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symbol
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cartography
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None of these
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During Vedic times text were recorded on:
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Barks of trees
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Banana leaves
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Wood pulp
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Clothes
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None of these
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Which of the following is false?
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Heathrow is one of the busiest airports of the world.
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Geostationary satellites enable us to carry our cell phone everywhere.
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Television is probably the most liked mode of mass communication.
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During an emergency we cannot use a helicopter.
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None of these
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Air pollution can be controlled by:
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Acid rain
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Making more laws
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Using CNG in vehicles
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Reverse osmosis
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None of these
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?Freedom from Hunger? is the ultimate aim of which of the following organizations?
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ILO
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FAO
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WHO
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NAM
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None of these
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Name the last Mughal emperor of India.
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Tipu Sultan
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Siraj-ud-Daulah
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Mir Jafar
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None of these
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Who was the first Indian to be the Governor General of India?
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C. Rajagopalachari
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Rajendra Prasad
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Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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None of these
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Identify the figure from the clue given below it.
'This mountain range separates Asia from Europe.'
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The Himalayas
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The Ural Mountains
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The Andes
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The Alps
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None of these
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Which of the following is a method of killing germs in milk by boiling it?
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Sterilisation
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Pasteurisation
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Heating
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Cooling
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None of these
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Which of the following was an attempt by the British to prevent Hindu-Muslim unity?
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Simon Commission of 1927
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Rowlatt Act of 1919
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre of 1919
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Partition of Bengal in 1905
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None of these
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Name the following.
A highland with flat top
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Hill
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Valley
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Plateau
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George
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None of these
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With which of the following organisations you can relate the picture given below?
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UNESCO
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UNDP
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UNICEF
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ILO
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None of these
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Identify the city located in the grasslands of North America.
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Chicago
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New York
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Los Angles
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Washington DC
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None of these
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In India, powers between the central government and the state governments have been divided by the:
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Law
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Constitution
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Supreme Court
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President
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None of these
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Sam lives in a place which is hot and humid throughout the year. Can you say in which climatic zone he lives?
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Temperate zone
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Frigid zone
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Torrid zone
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Allot these
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None of these
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The famous battle of Plassey was fought between:
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Tipu Sultan and the British
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Siraj-ud-Daulah and the East India Company
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Mir Jafar and the British
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Tipu Sultan and the East India Company
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None of these
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By profession Mahatma Gandhi was a:
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Revolutionary
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Barrister
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Teacher
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Saint
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None of these
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In which of the following means of communication use of internet services is a must?
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Fax
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Telephone
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E-mail
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Telegraph
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None of these
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The normal temperature of a healthy body is:
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\[37{}^\circ\] Celsius
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\[96.4{}^\circ\] Celsius
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\[98.4{}^\circ F\]
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Both [A] and [C]
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None of these
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Why the Simon Commission was boycotted by the Indians?
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Indians did not like Sir John Simon who headed the Commission.
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It suggested some changes in the working of the government of India.
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It had no Indian member.
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All of these
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None of these
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To cast a vote in a Lok Sabha election you must be of:
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18 years of age
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21 years of age
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25 years of age
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30 years of age
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None of these
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Which of the following is a script for the blinds?
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Brahmi
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Braille
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Pictogram
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Devanagari
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None of these
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Why prairies are having lots of grasses?
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Because of its typical soil condition
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Because of its moderate temperature
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Because of the amount of rainfall it receives annually
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Because of habitation
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None of these
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In its lower course a river branches out into many smaller streams called:
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Tributaries
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Distributaries
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Canyons
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Meanders
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None of these
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Which of the following was formed by the Indians settled in USA, during British era in India?
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Gadar Party
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Indian National Congress
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Azad Hind Fauj
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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None of these
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To locate a place, we take the help of:
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Latitude
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Longitude
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Grid of latitude and longitude
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Scale
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None of these
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Which of the following is the world's lowest point on land?
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Mariana Trench
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Dead sea
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The Great Barrier Reef
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Palk Strait
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None of these
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The ill treatment of the Sultan of Turkey by the British led to which of the following movements in India?
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Non-cooperation Movement
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Swadeshi Movement
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Civil Disobedience Movement
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Khilafat Movement
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None of these
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Which of the following realm envelops our earth?
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Lithosphere
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Hydrosphere
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Biosphere
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Atmosphere
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None of these
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In India, the leader of the majority party in Parliament becomes the_______.
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Prime Minister
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Chief Minister
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President
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Governor
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None of these
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Members of which of the following is indirectly elected by the people of India?
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Vidhan Sabha
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Lok Sabha
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Rajya Sabha
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All of these
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None of these
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Which Mughal Emperor granted a license to the British East India Company to trade in India?
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Jahangir
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Aurangzeb
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Bahadur Shah Zafar
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Shahjahan
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None of these
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The Europeans learnt the number system from the:
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Indians
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Arabs
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Chinese
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Egyptians
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None of these
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Cow boy culture is an important feature of:
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Refineries
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Ranches
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Slaughter houses
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Windmills
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None of these
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What is common between Inupiats of Alaska, Lapps of Scandinavia, and Yakuts and Chukchis of Siberia?
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They are all Inuit tribes.
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These are the names of some flora and fauna typical to Frigid Zone only.
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These are some sparsely populated areas of the Frigid Zone.
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These are the names of some foods typical to their native places.
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None of these
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Which of the following spheres of the earth aeroplanes and jets fly?
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Troposphere
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Mesosphere
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Stratosphere
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Exosphere
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None of these
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In order to locate a place precisely on a map we take the help of :
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Symbols
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Grid of latitude and longitude
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Direction given on map
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latitude and longitude
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None of these
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Which of the following is found only in the rainforest of Indonesia?
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Toucan
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Orangutan
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Gorilla
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Anaconda
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None of these
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Which of the following movements launched by Mahatma Gandhi had economic demands?
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Non cooperation Movement
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Satyagraha
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Quit India Movement
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Civil Disobedience Movement
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None of these
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Which of the following Indian state was taken over by the British East India Company under the Subsidiary Alliance?
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The state of Jhansi
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The Maratha Kingdom
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The states of Hyderabad, Travancore and Mysore
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The state of Awadh
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The Secretary General of the SAARC holds office for a term of:
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1 year
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2 years
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3 years
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4 years
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None of these
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Find the incorrect match.
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International Mother Earth Day 22 years
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Word Environment Day 5 June
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Human Right Day 10 December
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Which of the following countries of the world experiences the sunrise first?
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India
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Indonesia
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Australia
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Japan
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None of these
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What do you understand by Australasia?
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Australia plus Asia
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Australia plus New Zealand
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Australia plus Malaysia
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Australia plus Oceania
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None of these
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