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13393.The input used by an antenna or cable to a TV set uses frequencies called...?
IF
RF
AF
SAP
13549.http://www.indiabix.com - is an example of what?
A URL
An access code
A directory
A server
13618.What is a GPU?
Grouped Processing Unit
Graphics Processing Unit
Graphical Performance Utility
Graphical Portable Unit
13713.The most salty sea in the world is
Red sea
Dead sea
Arabian sea
Mediterranean sea
13723.The maximum soil fertility occurs in the pH range of
5.0 to 6.2
6.0 to 7.2
7.0 to 8.2
4.0 to 5.2
9927.Who was the first Chief Minister after it was renamed as Tamil Nadu
M. Karunanidhi
C. N. Annadurai
M. G. Ramachandran
Janaki Ramachandran
11908.For galvanizing iron which of the following metals is used?
Aluminium
Copper
Lead
Zinc
12061.National Botanical Research Institute is located at
New Delhi
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Chennai (Tamil Nadu)
Bangalore (Karnataka)
12221.The largest lake in India is
Luni lake
Sambhar lake
Wular lake
None of the above
12228.The longest rail line of the world, Trans-Siberian line, is in
Russia
China
USA
Saudi Arabia
12384.Tiger Woods is associated with which of the following sports?
Table tennis
Tennis
Golf
Boxing
13299.When and where athletics introduced in the Olympics?
1896 at Athens
1900 at Paris
1992 at Barcelona
1995 at Athens
13315.What is the literacy rate of Chhattisgarh?
47.53 per cent
65.18 per cent
82.32 per cent
60.91 per cent
13324.Which is the oldest paramilitary force in the country?
Border Security Force (BSF)
Assam Rifles
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
Coast Guard
13420.Monazite is an ore of
titanium
zirconium
iron
thorium
13475.Which of the following rays are more penetrating?
Beta rays
Alpha rays
Gamma rays
X-rays
13580.The main computer that stores the files that can be sent to computers that are networked together is...
Clip art
Mother board
Peripheral
File server
9692.A picture that shows your bones
X-ray
Scan
10996.The headquarter of ESCAP Economic and Social Commission for Asia are situated at
Bangkok
Geneva
Santiago (Chile)
Baghdad
11873.Golf player Vijay Singh belongs to which country?
USA
Fiji
India
UK
11932.In a normal human body, the total number of red blood cells is
15 trillion
20 trillion
25 trillion
30 trillion
11951.In which of the followings places was the last Winter Olympics Games held?
Albertville
Lillehammer
Sochi, Russia
Salt Lake City (USA)
11961.Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at
Indore
Trombay, Maharashtra
Kalpakkam, Chennai
Kolkata
12027.Kanishka was
the king of Kushan dynasty
a great conqueror but later became a follower of Buddha
the only ruler of India whose territory extended up to central Asia
All of the above
12028.National Institute of Oceanography is located at
Panaji (Goa)
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh)
Pune (Maharashtra)
Nagpur (Maharashtra)
12088.Sir Humphry Davy was a British chemist who
invented the safety lamp for miners
discovered the anesthetic properties of nitrous oxide
both (1) and (2)
None of the above
12156.The zonal soil type of peninsular India belongs to
red soils
yellow soils
black soils
older alluvium
12184.Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
Ganga-Brahmaputra valley
Deccan plateau
Plains of northern India
Western ghats
12243.The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is located in which of the following cities
Jakarta
Singapore
Bangkok
Manila
12359.UNO Day is on
20th July
24th October
14th November
12th February
13243.Nymph is the name of young one of
butterfly
beetle
housefly
cockroach
13399.Washing soda is the common name for
Sodium carbonate
Calcium bicarbonate
Sodium bicarbonate
Calcium carbonate
13554.The speed of your net access is defined in terms of...
RAM
MHz
Kbps
Megabytes
13561.Which device can be used to store charge?
Transistor
Diode
Capacitor
Resistor
13633.On what date was the debut of the first IBM Personal Computer?
August 12, 1981
January 21 1979
August 21, 1980
January 12, 1982
13688.The magnetosphere becomes unstable during the magnetic storms during a period of
initial phase
storm sudden commencement phase
main phase
None of the above
13747.The longest era of the classification of the history of earth is
Cainozoic era
Pre-Cambrian era
Palaeozoic era
Mesozoic era
13754.The river situated along the border between the USA and Mexico is
the Rio Grande
the Amazon
the Mississippi
the Colorado
9688.What colour is saffron?
Yellow
Green
11882.Famous sculptures depicting art of love built some time in 950 AD 1050 AD are
Khajuraho temples
Jama Masjid
Sun temple
Mahabalipuram temples
11894.GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) is
international agreement signed in 1947 between non-communist nations with the object of encouraging international trade unobstructed by tariff barriers
agreement which seeks to achieve its aim by arranging and encouraging bargaining with trade concessions between members
Both option A and B
None of the above
12042.Of the blood groups A, B, AB and O, which one is transfused into a person whose blood group is A?
Group A only
Group B only
Group A and O
Group AB only
12104.South Africa joined the Commonwealth as 51st member in
May 1993
May 1994
May 1995
May 1996
12187.Which of the following countries leads in the production of aluminium and its products in the world?
Australia
France
India
USA
12295.The Newspaper Paravada is taken out in
London
Beijing
Jakarta
Moscow
13178.Plants receive their nutrients mainly from
chlorophyll
atmosphere
light
soil
13259.When is the Haryana Day?
September 1
October 1
November 1
December 1
13361..TMP extension refers usually to what kind of file?
Compressed Archive file
Image file
Temporary file
Audio file
13391..BAT extension refers usually to what kind of file?
Compressed Archive file
System file
Audio file
Backup file
13470.In an atomic nucleus, neutrons and protons are held together by
gravitational forces
exchange forces
coulombic forces
magnetic forces
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