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12148.The Radcliffe line is a boundary between
India and Pakistan
India and China
India and Myanmar
India and Afghanistan
12286.The name of Ronaldinho is associated with the game of
football
hockey
gymnastics
badminton
12364.The unit of energy in MKS system is
volt
erg
ohm
joule
13231.Movements due to light are shown by
flowering plants
lower plants
all land plants
all the plants
13347.Which motor is NOT suitable for use as a DC machine?
Permanent magnet motor
Series motor
Squirrel cage motor
Synchronous motor
13471.No two electrons in an atom can have the same set of four quantum numbers is
Newton`s law
Bohr`s law
Aufbau principle
Paulis exclusion principle
13543.The land-sea distribution or the positions of the worlds continents and major oceans influences
the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere
the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses
both (1) and (2)
None of the above
13808.The Palaeozoic era starts at ____ million years ago and ends at ____ million years ago.
500, 100
570, 225
470, 150
470, 225
9945.The earliest and greatest Tamil epic "Silappatikaram" was written by
Tiruvalluvara
Sattanar
Kapilar
Ilango Adigal
10985.Squadron leader Rakesh Sharma was Indias first man to go into space. He was ____ cosmonaut to be in space in the world.
12th
107th
139th
151st
10999.The headquarter of OAU (Organization of African Unity) are at
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Washington DC
Paris
Jakarta, Indonesia
11879.For the Olympics and World Tournaments, the dimensions of basketball court are
26m$\times$14m
28m$\times$15m
27m$\times$16m
28m$\times$14m
11917.Dr. Linus Carl Pauling is the only person to have won two Nobel prizes individually for
Chemistry in 1954, Peace Prize in 1962
Peace Prize in 1954, Chemistry in 1962
Physics in 1954, Medicine in 1962
Medicine in 1954, Physics in 1962
11953.In which of the following pairs, the two substances forming the pair are chemically most dissimilar?
Sugar and paper
Butter and paraffin wax
Chalk and marble
Charcoal and diamond
12162.Which of the following groups of rivers originate from the Himachal mountains?
Beas, Ravi and Chenab
Ravi, Chenab and Jhelum
Sutlej, Beas and Ravi
Sutlej, Ravi and Jhelum
12214.The main purpose of ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations) is
to accelerate economic progress and maintain economic stability
to maintain higher standards of living among member nations
to provide collective defence and economic cooperation
None of the above
13589.Which is not an internet protocol?
HTTP
FTP
STP
IP
13661.What is a URL?
A computer software program
A type of UFO
The address of a document or "page" on the World Wide Web
An acronym for Uniform Resources Learning
13678.The most recent era of the geological time scale is
Mesozoic
cenozoic
Triassic
paleocene
9708.Which state or union territory has French as an official language?
Goa
Pondicherry
11002.The reaction which converts sugar solution into alcohol is an example of
saponification
hydrogenation
fermentation
hydrolysis
11938.How many teeth does a normal adult dog have?
32
34
38
42
11982.How much districts are there in Meghalaya?
11
2
5
9
12086.Prince Charles and Princess Diana of Britain announce their separation in
1990
1991
1996
1997
12249.The Infantry school (Army) is situated at
Mhow
Deolali
Bareilly
Pune
12378.To produce sound it is necessary that
the source should execute longitudinal vibrations
the source should execute transverse vibrations
the source may execute any type of vibrations
the vibrations of source are not necessary
13258.When and where was hockey introduced for women in Olympics?
1908 at London
1980 at Moscow
1936 at Berlin
1924 at Paris
13301.When and where is the next winter Olympics scheduled to be held?
2015, Salt Lake City (USA)
2016, Turin (Italy)
2017, Nagono (Japan)
2018, Pyeongchang (South Korea)
13308.What is the normal red blood count per cubic mm?
2 million red blood cells
3 million red blood cells
4 million red blood cells
5 million red blood cells
13321.When did Hitler became President of Germany?
1934
1935
1936
1937
13456.Which among the following is a positively charged particle emitted by a radioactive element?
Beta ray
Alpha ray
Cathode ray
Gamma ray
13794.The planets called the inner planets, are
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
9662.India independent in
1948
1947
10992.The first development flight of SLV-3 took place on
May 31, 1981
April 17, 1983
December 21, 1999
December 28, 1995
10997.The industrial organization of Atomic Minerals Division, Heavy Water Board (HWB) is located at
Mumbai
Kolkata
Hyderabad
Jadugude, Bihar
12167.The Shimla Convention is an agreement that sets
Shimla as a tourist spot
Shimla as the capital of Himachal Pradesh
boundary between India and Tibet
None of the above
12175.The oldest oil refinery in India is at
Digboi, Assam
Haldia, near Kolkata
Koyali, near Baroda
Noonmati, Assam
12251.The Law of Natural Selection is associated with
Dalton
Darwin
Kepler
Mendel
12337.Venturi tube is used for
measuring intensity of earthquakes
measuring specific gravity
measuring density
measuring flow of a fluid
13263.Zakir Hussain was
the third President of India
Indias second vice President
both (1) and (2)
None of the above
13284.When is Lal Bahadur Shastris death anniversary?
January, 11
January, 20
January, 27
January, 31
13336.Which is a type of Electrically-Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory?
Flash
Flange
Fury
FRAM
13432.What is laughing gas?
Nitrous Oxide
Carbon monoxide
Sulphur dioxide
Hydrogen peroxide
13751.The rock formations that cannot store groundwater are called
aquifers
aquicludes
perched aquifer
spring
13762.The propagation of radio signals is greatly influence by
troposphere
ionosphere
exosphere
thermosphere
10986.Philology is the
study of bones
study of muscles
study of architecture
science of languages
11928.Indias first ocean waves energy project was launched in
1981
1991
1995
2000
11963.HP stands for
Harmonic Progression
Horse Power
both (1) and (2)
None of the above
12223.The headquarter of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation is at
Kolkata
Darjeeling
New Delhi
Warsaw
12294.The term of office of the UN Secretary-General is
three years
four years
five years
six years
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