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34241.Which of the following statements about respiration is true?
I. Respiration results in loss of dry weight in plants.
II. The intermediate chemical reactions in the breakdown of sugar in respiration and synthesis of sugar in photosynthesis are much the same.
III. The oxygen concentration is not known to affect respiration.
IV. Respiration is a constructive process.
I, II and IV
II and IV
I and II only
I and III
34243.Angiosperms differ from gymnosperms by
Being evergreen
Having compound leaves
Being smaller in size
Having ovule enclosed in the ovary
34245.Consider the following statements :
(a) Dr. V.A. Smith had called India an Ethnological Museum for there is a great variety of racial types.
(b) India is well-known as a land of great varieties. Because, there is a great variety of racial types.
Of these :
(a) is correct (b) is wrong
(b) is correct (a) is wrong
(a) and (b) are correct
Both (a) and (b) are wrong
34247.What is special about the following personalities?
Pangit Ravi Shankar, M.S. Subbulakshmi and Satyajit Rey
Recipients of Bharat Ratna Award
Recipients of Lalit Kala Academy Award
Recipients Sangeet Natak Academy
Recipients of Padma Vibhushan Award
34249.Which is the correct sequence of various sectors in GDP of India in the descending order?
Primary sector, Secondary sector, Tertiary sector
Primary sector, Tertiary sector, Secondary sector
Secondary sector, Tertiary sector, Primary sector
Tertiary sector, Secondary sector, Primary sector
34251.The National Food Security Act was gazetted in
September, 2013
August,2013
September, 2012
August, 2012
34253.Net National Income (NNI) does not include
Indirect business taxes
Corporate income taxes
Depreciation charges
The rental value of house-owners
34255.Find the missing number in the place ?
41
35
30
28
34257.Find the missing term.
12
18
16
24
34259.A sum was put at simple interest at a certain rate for 2 years. Had it been put at 3% higher rate, it would have-fetched Rs. 300 more. Find the sum.
Rs.5,000
Rs.4,000
Rs.10,000
Rs.1,000
34261.A and B can do a piece of work in 10 days; B and Cin 15 days; C and A in 18 days. In how many days can B alone do it?
30 days
20 days
12 days
18 days
34263.In a certain code, LABOUR is written as KBAPTS. How is CANDID written in that code?
DBOEJE
BBMCHC
DZOCJC
BBMEHE
34265.Match the following:
CurrenciesCountries
(a) Dinar1.Korea
(b) Von2. Iraq
(c) Peso3. Russia
(d) Rouble4. Philippines

(a) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
2 1 4 3
1 4 3 2
1 3 4 2
34267.The Conjugate base of $[Fe(H_{2}O)_{6}]^{+3}$ is
$[Fe(H_{2}O)_{5}OH]^{+3}$
$[Fe(H_{2}O)_{5}OH]^{+2}$
$[Fe(H_{2}O)_{5}]^{+3}$
$H_{2}O$
34269.In the extraction of iron from its Haematite ore, the flux added and gangue formed respectively are
Oxygen, iron oxide
Carbondioxide, iron carbonate
Silica, iron silicate
Sulphur dioxide, iron sulphate
34271.Which among the following genetic codons codes as the stop codon during, translation?
UGC
UAA
UAG
UGA
I, II, III
I,II,IV
II,I,III
II,III,IV
34273.MidAtlantic Ridge

Observe the given figure of Mid Atlantic Ridge. Match List I with List II and select the correct code given below the lists.
List IList II - Name of the Ridges
(a) a1. Challenger Ridge
(b) b2. Rio-Grande Ridge
(c) c3. Walvis Ridge
(d) d4. Dolphin Rise

(а) (b) (c) (d)
1 2 3 4
3 2 1 4
4 1 2 3
2 1 4 3
34275.Which is wrongly matched?
(a) Universal Declaration of Human Rights(1) 1948
(b) European Social Charter(2) 1961
(c) American Declaration of Rights and Duties of Man(3) 1958
(d) International Covenant Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)(4) 1966
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
34277.Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): The JVP committee was set up to re-examine the issue of linguistic re-organisation of Indian states.
Reason (R) : The committee members were Jawaharlal Nehru, Vallabai Patel and Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
Select your answer according to the coding scheme below:
Both (A) and (R) aré false
Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the explanation for (A)
Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation for (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
34279.N.M.R. subbaraman, the freedom fighter, was called as
Thennattu Thilakar
Madurai Gandhi
Muthamiah Kavalar
King Maker
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