Who am I? I was a revolutionary from Bengal and was hanged by the British for my revolutionary activities. I was only 15 years of age when the British ruler pronounced and carried out my death sentence.
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Narayana Guru
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Khudi Ram Bose
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Sahid Bhagat Singh
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Raj guru
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None of these
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Identify the International organization from its logo.
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UNO
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SAARC
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ASEAN
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ILO
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None of these
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A spherical model of the Earth is known as:
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Scale
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Map
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Cartography
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Globe
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None of these
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With whom of the following you can relate a telephone?
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Alexander Volta
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Johannes Gutenberg
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Alexander Graham Bell
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C.V Raman
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None of these
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What is common between Kandla, Visakhapatnam, Kochin and Mormugao?
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All of them are the international airports of India.
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None of these places are connected with railways.
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All of them are the major sea ports of India.
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All of them are the famous hill stations of India.
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None of these
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Suppose the actual distance between Lucknow and Azamgarh is 500 km. But in a map the distance between these two cities has been shown as 2 cm. In that case the scale used to draw the map is:
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1 cm=100 km
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1 cm=150 km
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1 cm=200 km
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1 cm=250 km
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None of these
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Which specialized agency of UNO has been running a chain of 'Anganwadis' in India?
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UNICEF
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UNESCO
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FAO
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WHO
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None of these
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Who among the following was not a social reformer?
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Raja Ram Mohan Roy
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
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Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
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Swami Dayanand
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None of these
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Partition of Bengal in 1905 was the outcome of the British policy of:
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Do or Die
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Divide and Rule
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Doctrine of Lapse
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Dilli Chalo
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None of these
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Occurrence of day and night is the most important consequence of:
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Earth's rotation
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Earth's revolution
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Axial tilt of the earth
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All of these
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None of these
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\[66{\scriptstyle{}^{1}/{}_{2}}{}^\circ N\] latitude is also known as:
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Arctic Circle
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Antarctic Circle
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Tropic of Capricorn
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Tropic of Cancer
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None of these
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Who among the following is indirectly elected by the people of India?
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An MP of Lok Sabha
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An MLA of a state legislature
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The President of India
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The Chief Justice of India
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None of these
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Identify the false statement.
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Sun Temple in Konark is a world heritage site.
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Lal Qila in Delhi was the centre stage of the Revolt of 1857.
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ILO observes 12 June as World Day against Child Labour.
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International Mother Earth Day is celebrated on 22 August.
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None of these
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In which of the following areas you can find a rain forest?
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In Veldts of South Africa
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In Congo basin
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In Tundra of Russia
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In Atacama of USA
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None of these
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The midnight sun is a magnificent phenomenon of:
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Desert of Saudi Arabia
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Prairies of Canada
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Greenland
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Down of Australia
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None of these
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An overflow of water from river or any other body of water causing loss of life and property is known as:
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Cyclone
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Tsunami
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Flood
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Water logging
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None of these
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Identify the inventor and his invention from the given description. It was invented accidently by a German Physicist in 1895 while experimenting with a gas discharge tube. He placed his hand in front of the tube and saw the image of his bone projected on a fluorescent screen. At present it is widely used by the doctors all over to examine bones.
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Wilhelm Roentgen, X-Ray
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Raymond Vahan Damadian, MRI
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lan Donald, Ultrasound
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Alexander Fleming, Penicillin
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None of these
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Why camel is called the ship of the desert?
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Camel can easily walk on sand with its padded feet which do not sink in sand.
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It can stay without food for days.
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It can survive extreme heat and scarcity of water.
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All of these
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None of these
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Which revolution ended the rule of the East India Company in India?
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Non-cooperation Movement 1921
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The Sepoy Mutiny of 1857
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Quit India Movement of 1942
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Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930
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None of these
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In the context of India's freedom struggle, who among the following used to believe in the methods of patience and persuasion?
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Radicals
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Revolutionaries
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Moderates
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Gandhian
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None of these
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The National Capital Territory of Delhi is headed by a:
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Lieutenant Governor
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Chief Minister
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Prime Minister
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Governor
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None of these
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Who appoints the Secretary General of UN?
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The Security Council
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The General Assembly on its own
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The General Assembly on the recommendation of the Security Council
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The Secretariat
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None of these
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Paper from papyrus was first made by the________. (Fill in the gap.)
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Indian
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Chinese
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Arabs
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Egyptians
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None of these
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The wedge shaped script developed by the Sumerians in Mesopotamia around 5,000 BC was known as:
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Cuneiform
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Brahmi
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Roman
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Hindi
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None of these
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The given picture relates to:
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Air pollution
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Noise pollution
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Soil pollution
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is a part of waste management?
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Sanitary landfills
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Incineration
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Composting
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All of these
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None of these
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Identify the instrument from the given description. The needle of this instrument always points to the north. Sailors use this instrument to understand the direction of their movement.
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Scale
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Compass
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Thermometer
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Hour Glass
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None of these
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The region between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is known as:
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Frigid Zone
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Torrid Zone
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Temperate Zone
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All of these
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None of these
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In which course of a river, tributaries generally join it?
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In the lower course
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In mouth
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In the upper course
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In the middle course
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None of these
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Which of the following is not true?
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Mountains are also found beneath the oceans. A volcano is a mountain with an opening.
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Mountains are rich in flora and funna.
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The Aravallis are the older mountains with conical peaks.
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None of these
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General Dyer was responsible for the:
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Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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Partition of Bengal
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Chauri-Chaura incident
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Exile of Bahadur Shah Zafar
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None of these
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How many members are nominated by the President in Rajya Sabha?
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10
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12
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15
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20
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None of these
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At the lowest level of our judiciary we have:
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Town Courts
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High Courts
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District Courts
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Supreme Court
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None of these
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Dandi is situated on the coast of:
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Tamil Nadu
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Gujarat
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Maharashtra
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Kerala
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None of these
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Which of the following inventions revolutionised surgery and made it less painful?
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Chloroform
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Penicillin
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CAT Scan
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MRI
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None of these
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Which of the following is known as 'the wheat basket of the world'?
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Congo
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Prairies
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Thar
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Tundra
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'parka'?
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A jacket made of fur with an attached hood
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Tent made of animal skin to live in during summer
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A typical hat worn by the cowboys of Prairies
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following places has got more ice cover?
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Iceland
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Greenland
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Down in Australia
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Western Prairies of USA
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None of these
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Which of the following action is good for our environment?
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Pappu's father always goes to office in a car pool.
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Bina always forgets to switch off the fan before leaving her room.
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During summer, we always keep plastic bottles of drinking water in fridge.
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While cooking, Shireen's mother first lights the gas burner, then only starts chopping the vegetables.
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None of these
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Who among the following was a 'Radical' leader?
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Aurobindo Ghosh
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Veer Savarkar
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Bipin Chandra Pal
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Badruddin Tayabji
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None of these
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Why did the Congress government in the provinces (pre independent India) resigned?
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Congress was not happy with the limited freedom granted by the British Government to the Indians.
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Congress resigned as a protest against the oppressive measures taken by the British government against our freedom fighters.
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Gandhiji was imprisoned again in spite of his ill health.
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India was made a party to the Second World War without any consultation with the Indian leaders.
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None of these
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The Europeans learnt the place value system of numerals from:
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The Indians
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The Arabs
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The Egyptians
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The Sumerians
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None of these
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Geostationary satellites and optic cables have added efficiency to our:
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Transportation system
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System of warning for natural disaster like Tsunami etc.
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Communication system
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Health care
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None of these
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Indian National Congress was formed by;
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A. O. Hume
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Jawahar Lal Nehru
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose
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None of these
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Which of the following are of equal length?
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Latitudes
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Longitudes
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Grid
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Poles
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None of these
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Which of the following struggles in pre-independence India was led by Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel?
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Non-cooperation movement in Chauri Chaura
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Swadeshi movement in Maharashtra
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The farmers struggle in Bardoli
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Quit India movement in Tamil Nadu
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None of these
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Which of the following man had learnt first?
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To draw pictures
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To use words for expressing his thoughts
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To write
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Both [A] and [B]
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None of these
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Fill in the blanks. The design of a ship depends on__________.
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its designer
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its end use
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its plying routes
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the money available for making the ship
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None of these
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Saudi Arabia is on the:
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eastern side of Asian continent
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southern side of Asian continent
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northern side of Asian continent
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western side of Asian continent
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None of these
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Which of the following trains can touch a speed of 500 km/hr?
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Satabdi Express
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Rajdhani Express
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Train a Grande Vitesse
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The Trans-Siberian Railway
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None of these
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