The National Institute of Disaster Management has been established by the Government of India for which of the following purposes?
A)
To mitigate the effects of natural disasters
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To predict natural disasters
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To plan natural disasters
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To suggest natural disasters
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None of these
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Date palms are common in:
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grasslands
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cold deserts
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hot deserts
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frigid zone
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None of these
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_______is the zone of life on Earth. (Fill in the gap.)
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Atmosphere
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Biosphere
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Lithosphere
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Hydrosphere
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None of these
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Who among the following visited the court of Emperor Jahangir in 1617, to obtain permission for trading in India?
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Robert Clive
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Sir Thomas Roe
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Lord Wellesley
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Sir William Bentinck
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None of these
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The headquarters of SAARC is in:
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New Delhi
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Karachi
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Dhaka
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Kathmandu
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None of these
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Fukushima Daiichi disaster in Japan 2011 relates to:
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tsunami
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volcanic eruption
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nuclear disaster
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earthquake
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None of these
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Which region of the Earth does not experience a distinct winter season?
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Equatorial region
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Tundra
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Down in Australia
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is correct?
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The wind that blows from the sea to land is known as land breeze.
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The wind that blows from the land to land is known as land breeze.
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The wind that blows from the sea to land is known as sea breeze.
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The wind that blows from the sea to sea is known as sea breeze.
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None of these
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In India by which of the following names we know a legislative council?
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Lok Sabha
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Vidhan Sabha
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Rajya Sabha
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Vidhan Parishad
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None of these
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Who returned the title of knighthood conferred by the British, in condemnation of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Mother Teresa
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None of these
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Give one word for the following.
One who sacrifices one's life for a principle or cause
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Exile
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Mutiny
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Martyr
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Maître
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None of these
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In India, judicial responsibilities are carried out by:
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The central government
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An independent judiciary
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The state governments
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The people of India
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None of these
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Commonwealth of Nations consists of:
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75 independent nations
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157 independent nations
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200 independent nations
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54 independent nations
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None of these
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Coastal areas of India are cyclone prone. Which of the following may be the reason for this?
A)
This is because of their nearness to the sea.
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This is because of their latitudinal location which is prone to extremely high speed wind.
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This is because of their nearness to the equator.
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All of these
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None of these
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What is common between the following animals?
Bison, Coyote, Rattlesnake, Bald eagle, Mustang
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Grasslands are their natural habitat.
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All of them are found in Amazon rain forest.
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They are the animals of frigid zone.
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They are desert animals.
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None of these
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Which of the following organs of United Nations is presently suspended?
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The Security Council
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The General Assembly
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The Trusteeship Council
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The International Court of Justice
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None of these
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India lies in which climatic zone?
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Temperate Zone
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Torrid Zone
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Frigid Zone
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No Zone
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None of these
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Bhagat Singh was a ______ leader.
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radical
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moderate
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liberal
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revolutionary
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None of these
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Identify the picture given below.
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Compost pit
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Land degradation
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Soil contamination
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Wastage of land
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None of these
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Read the given statements carefully and say with which statement you can relate the given personality?
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Sterilized syringes are used in hospitals.
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Pulse Polio is a vaccination programme.
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Pasteurized milk is sold by the Amul.
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All of these
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None of these
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Identify the wrong statement.
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\[180{}^\circ \,E\] and \[180{}^\circ \,W\] is the same meridian.
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The earth's axis is tilted at an angle of \[23\text{ }{}^{1}/{}_{2}{}^\circ \] to the vertical.
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Longitudes and latitudes are imaginary lines.
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The axis passes through poles.
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None of these
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In map roads are shown in ______ lines.
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black
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red
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blue
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green
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None of these
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Which of the following is not an official language of the United Nations?
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English
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Spanish
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Arabic
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Chinese
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None of these
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The revolt of 1857 was started by the:
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students
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congress
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teachers
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soldiers
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None of these
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Name the European Nation who came to trade in India along with Britain.
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Portuguese
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Dutch
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French
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All of these
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None of these
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Navneet told you that his mother had a cataract removal operation done on her left eye. And the doctor who operated on her eye did not use any knife like sharp instrument. There was neither blood loss nor any need for stitches at the end of operation.
Do you think it is possible?
A)
No. It is not possible to operate someone without using any sharp instrument.
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Navneet's mother never had any operation.
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Yes. Operation was done by laser, a new device.
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Yes. Operation was done by CAT scan.
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None of these
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Boiling of instruments in water to make them germ free is known as:
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Sterilisation
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Pasteurisation
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Germinination
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All of these
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None of these
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Which of the following is the internationally accepted system of counting and numerical?
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Roman system
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Place value system
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Arabic system
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Chinese system
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None of these
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Four friends are chatting among themselves. One of them is telling lie. Find him.
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Simran: My father stays in Saudi Arabia. He transfers money to us by internet.
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Samardeep: My mother pays our water consumption and electricity bills in our nearby post office,
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Saheen: Yesterday evening we received a telegram from my uncle, who stays in our ancestral village, informing the death of our great grandmother.
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Sabir: My elder sister has a 'Facebook' account.
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None of these
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Which of the following is the principal ore mined in Greeland?
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Iron
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Lead
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Zinc
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Both [B] and [C]
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None of these
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Who introduced railways in India?
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Mughal
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British
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Dutch
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Portuguese
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None of these
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The Golden Quadrilateral connects which of the following cities?
A)
Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai
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Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata
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Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata
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Chennai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi
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None of these
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By what name we know the \[\text{66 }{}^{1}/{}_{2}{}^\circ \,S\] latitude?
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Tropic of Cancer
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Tropic of Capricorn
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Arctic Circle
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Antarctic Circle
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None of these
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The given symbol represents which of the following in a map?
A)
International boundary
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Railway line
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River
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District boundary
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None of these
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What do you understand by 'humidity' in climate of a place?
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The direction of winds that blow over the place.
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The height of the place above sea level.
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The amount of moisture present in the air of the place.
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Distance of the place from the sea.
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None of these
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Who among the following people are known to wear minimum clothes?
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Inuits
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Pygmies
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Bedouins
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Bantu
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None of these
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For which of the following reasons the Congress ministries in provinces resigned?
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First World War broke out in Europe.
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Without consulting any Indian leader, India was made a party to the Second World War.
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On protest against the cruel repressive measures adopted by the British against the Indians.
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On protest against Simon Commission.
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None of these
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Which of the following is not a machine?
A)
Head of an arrow
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Printing Press
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Tractor
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Utensil
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None of these
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Sheela is a young poet. She prefers to write in such language the script of which is phonetic and is written from left to right. In which language does she write?
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Urdu
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Persian
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Hindi
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Arabic
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None of these
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In which year UN Peace Keeping Forces was awarded with Nobel Peace Prize?
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1988
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1995
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1990
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2012
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None of these
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On the Fahrenheit scale, the temperature of a normal body is:
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\[98.4{}^\circ \]
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\[96.4{}^\circ \]
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\[37{}^\circ \]
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\[95-100{}^\circ \]
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None of these
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In which of the following states of India the literacy rate is highest?
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Kerala
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Mizoram
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Tripura
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Maharashtra
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None of these
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Which of the following is not considered as a part of the telecommunication system?
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Telephone
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Television
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Radio
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Fax
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None of these
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Hindi is written in which language?
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Brahmi
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Devanagari
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Arabic
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Sanskrit
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None of these
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Vegetation wise prairies can be broadly divided into:
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Four basic subtypes
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Two basic subtypes
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Three basic subtypes
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Five basic subtypes
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None of these
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Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi?
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Maulana Barktullah
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Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
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Raja Mahendra Pratap
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Narayana Guru
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None of these
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The imaginary circle which divides the earth into two hemispheres is called the:
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Prim Meridian
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Tropic of Cancer
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Equator
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Tropic of Capricorn
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None of these
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In which of the following colours mountains are shown in a physical map?
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Blue
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Black
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Green
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Brown
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None of these
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Why did Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood from the British Empire?
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As a protest against the Jallianwala Bagh massacre
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As a protest against Rowlett Act
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As an act of non-cooperation with the British
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As he took part in the Civil Disobedience Movement against the British
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None of these
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Who am I? I am the highest court in a state of India.
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Supreme Court
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District Court
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Session Court
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High Court
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None of these
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