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Wbcs (executive) prelims official paper (2022) - Test Set 1

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200 questions

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  1. Question 1

    An Obstetrician deals with
    1. Child disease
    2. Liver disease
    3. Pregnancy & Bhild birth
    4. Nerve disease
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  2. Question 2

    What is the synonym of ‘Atrocity’?
    1. Solidarity
    2. Pity
    3. Cruelty
    4. Punctuality
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  3. Question 3

    Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

    He works ______ an insurance company.
    1. for
    2. at
    3. in
    4. with
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  4. Question 4

    Find the correctly spelt word.
    1. Reharsal
    2. Rehersal
    3. Rehearsal
    4. Rehearsel
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  5. Question 5

    What parts of speech is the word ‘Adjective’?
    1. Pronoun
    2. Noun
    3. Adjective
    4. Adverb
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  6. Question 6

    Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

    She has no control ______ her temper.
    1. on
    2. with
    3. over
    4. after
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  7. Question 7

    Find the synonym of ‘Covert’.
    1. Revert
    2. Secret
    3. Desert
    4. Honest
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  8. Question 8

    Use a correct gerund in the blank space:

    I like ______ pictures.
    1. painting
    2. painted
    3. to paint
    4. paint
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  9. Question 9

    The antonym of ‘Forgo’ is
    1. Claim
    2. Despise
    3. Undergo
    4. Remember
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  10. Question 10

    ‘Philanthropist’ means
    1. Humanitarian
    2. Hater of man
    3. Lover of animals
    4. Lover of books
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  11. Question 11

    What type of sentence is ‘Do or Die’?
    1. Simple
    2. Complex
    3. Exclamatory
    4. Compound
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  12. Question 12

    Give the one word substitution of:

    One who talks continuously
    1. Voracious
    2. Impecunious
    3. Loquacious
    4. Avaricious
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  13. Question 13

    Choose the appropriate antonym of ‘Adore’.
    1. Love
    2. Like
    3. Hate
    4. Ignore
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  14. Question 14

    Which one is the plural number?
    1. Index
    2. Alumni
    3. Hypothesis
    4. Analysis
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  15. Question 15

    Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

    He spends hours ______ the phone everyday.
    1. at
    2. on
    3. with
    4. in
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  16. Question 16

    Give the one word substitution of:

    Creature having both male and female organs
    1. Sodomite
    2. Homosexual
    3. Masochist
    4. Hermaphrodite
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  17. Question 17

    “I have done my duty.” — Which tense is this?
    1. Present Indefinite
    2. Present Perfect
    3. Past Perfect
    4. Past Indefinite
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  18. Question 18

    The idiomatic expression ‘A slap on the wrist’ means
    1. Short on time
    2. A very mild punishment
    3. To have a dispute
    4. To force an issue
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  19. Question 19

    Fill in the blank with the appropriate option:

    What are you worrying ______?
    1. to
    2. with
    3. for
    4. about
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  20. Question 20

    It has been established that

    (P) Einstein was
    (Q) although a great scientist
    (R) weak in arithmetic
    (S) right from his school days

    To form a correct and meaningful sentence, the proper sequence should be:
    1. (Q) (P) (R) (S)
    2. (P) (R) (S) (Q)
    3. (P) (S) (Q) (R)
    4. (Q) (P) (S) (R)
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  21. Question 21

    What is the most appropriate passive form of “Who has done the work?”?
    1. Who has been done the work?
    2. By whom has been done the work?
    3. Whom has done the work by?
    4. By whom has the work been done?
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  22. Question 22

    Fill in the blank with the correct word.

    Ram and his brothers were four in ______.
    1. quantity
    2. number
    3. numbers
    4. totality
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  23. Question 23

    Insert the right preposition in the blank space:

    He died ______ dengue.
    1. with
    2. from
    3. of
    4. by
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  24. Question 24

    Instead of ‘tolerance’ we can say
    1. bear on
    2. bear in
    3. bear with
    4. bear at
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  25. Question 25

    Replace the underlined portion with an idiom from the list below:

    They finally agreed on the business deal.
    1. let the cat out of the bag
    2. see eye to eye
    3. to feel under the weather
    4. to cut a corner
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  26. Question 26

    Notuburu iron ore mines are located in
    1. Singhbhum District
    2. Mayurbhanj District
    3. Baster District
    4. Durg District
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  27. Question 27

    Who was felicitated by Aurobindo Ghosh as ‘the Prophet of Great Political Creed’?
    1. Brahmabandhab Upadhyay
    2. Ashwini Kumar Dutta
    3. Rashbehari Bose
    4. Bipin Chandra Pal
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  28. Question 28

    The Self-respect Movement was founded by
    1. Ambedkar
    2. Periyar E. V. Ramasamy Naicker
    3. Dinkarrao Javalkar
    4. Keshavrao Jedhe
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  29. Question 29

    Who has been appointed as the new Chief Minister of Tripura?
    1. Manik Saha
    2. Jishnu Dev
    3. Narendra Chandra Debbarma
    4. Ratan Lal Nath
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  30. Question 30

    Who is the composer of Allahabad Prasasti?
    1. Harishena
    2. Bishakhdutta
    3. Kalidāsa
    4. Shudrak
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  31. Question 31

    Which of the following fractions is greater than 34 and less than 56?
    1. 23
    2. 12
    3. 45
    4. 910
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  32. Question 32

    Which one of the following animals is known as a ‘living fossil’?
    1. Peripatus
    2. Amoeba
    3. Prawn
    4. Apple snail
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  33. Question 33

    Choose the correct chronological order of the following dynasties of Delhi Sultanate:
    1. Lodi, Ilbari Turks, Tughluq, Khilji
    2. Ilbari Turks, Khilji, Tughluq, Lodi
    3. Tughluq, Khilji, Lodi, Ilbari Turks
    4. Khilji, Lodi, Tughluq, Ilbari Turks
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  34. Question 34

    Which of the following countries won the Thomas Cup International Badminton Championship, 2022?
    1. Indonesia
    2. India
    3. Malaysia
    4. China
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  35. Question 35

    Which among the following is present in refrigerator?
    1. Carbon dioxide
    2. Methane
    3. Helium
    4. Chlorofluorocarbon
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  36. Question 36

    In which city, Australia will host the 2026 Commonwealth Games?

    (You can skip this questions: because at this time the question is not valid)
    1. Victoria
    2. Sydney
    3. Perth
    4. Brisbane
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  37. Question 37

    The name of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis is associated with
    1. First Five-Year Plan
    2. Second Five-Year Plan
    3. Third Five-Year Plan
    4. Fourth Five-Year Plan
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  38. Question 38

    Which of the following districts of West Bengal has the highest child sex ratio in 2011?
    1. Darjeeling
    2. Howrah
    3. Kolkata
    4. Malda
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  39. Question 39

    Fill in the blank:

    Satyajit Ray’s ______ birth anniversary is being celebrated this year, 2022.
    1. 100th
    2. 102nd
    3. 101st
    4. 103rd
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  40. Question 40

    The earlier name of WTO was
    1. UNCTAD
    2. GATT
    3. UNIDO
    4. OECD
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  41. Question 41

    The next term in the sequence 4, 10, 22, 46 is
    1. 56
    2. 66
    3. 94
    4. 92
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  42. Question 42

    Who built Buland Darwaza?
    1. Humayun
    2. Akbar
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Aurangzib
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  43. Question 43

    Fill in the gap:

    3, 8, 6, 14, ______, 20
    1. 11
    2. 10
    3. 8
    4. 9
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  44. Question 44

    Which one of the following dam is not meant for irrigation?
    1. Bhavani Sagar
    2. Sivasamudram
    3. Krishnaraja Sagar
    4. Bhakra Nangal
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  45. Question 45

    Mettur dam is built on ______ river.
    1. Mahanadi
    2. Godavari
    3. Krishna
    4. Cauvery
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  46. Question 46

    The age of father is twice that of elder son. Ten years hence, the age of the father will be three times that of the younger son. If the difference of ages of the two sons is 15 years, find the age of the father.
    1. 50 years
    2. 55 years
    3. 60 years
    4. 70 years
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  47. Question 47

    Which of the following are the right bank tributaries to Ganga?
    1. Yamuna, Chambal and Son
    2. Yamuna, Son and Damodar
    3. Yamuna, Gandak and Son
    4. Yamuna, Chambal and Damodar
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  48. Question 48

    Which among the Mughal princes assassinated Abul Fazl?
    1. Khasru
    2. Selim
    3. Azimushhan
    4. Khurram
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  49. Question 49

    Who painted the image of Bharat Mata?
    1. Rabindranath Tagore
    2. Abanindranath Tagore
    3. Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
    4. Mahatma Gandhi
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  50. Question 50

    Any money bill can not be introduced in the Parliament without the consent of the
    1. Prime Minister of India
    2. Speaker of the Parliament
    3. President of India
    4. Union Finance Minister
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  51. Question 51

    Who among the following put forward the famous Drain Theory?
    1. Dadabhai Naoroji
    2. Surendranath Banerjee
    3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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  52. Question 52

    Who is the current Chief of the Army Staff of India?
    1. General Upendra Dwivedi
    2. General Manoj Pande
    3. General Rana Pratap Kalita
    4. General Surinder Singh Mahal
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  53. Question 53

    Under which article of the Constitution the President can take over the administration of a State in his own hand?
    1. Article 352
    2. Article 356
    3. Article 351
    4. Article 350
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  54. Question 54

    Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka in May, 2022?
    1. Mahinda Rajapaksa
    2. D. M. Jayaratne
    3. Ranil Wickremesinghe
    4. Sirimavo Bandaranaike
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  55. Question 55

    The Act that gave enormous powers to the British Government to repress political activities was
    1. Arms Act
    2. Vernacular Press Act
    3. Rowlatt Act
    4. Act III of 1882
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  56. Question 56

    The radioactive element used in heart-pacemakers is
    1. Uranium
    2. Deuterium
    3. Plutonium
    4. Radium
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  57. Question 57

    ‘Peaty’ soils of Kerala is known as
    1. Reh
    2. Kari
    3. Kallar
    4. Thur
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  58. Question 58

    Who is the protector of the Fundamental Rights of a citizen?
    1. Legislature
    2. Judiciary
    3. Executive
    4. None of the above
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  59. Question 59

    The Kasai and Keleghai rivers join to form
    1. the Rupnarayan river
    2. the Haldi river
    3. the Subarnarekha river
    4. the Damodar river
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  60. Question 60

    Lata Mangeskar was awarded Bharat Ratna in the year —
    1. 2000
    2. 2003
    3. 2001
    4. 2005
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  61. Question 61

    The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is
    1. a member of the Ruling Party
    2. a member of the Opposition Party
    3. Union Finance Minister
    4. Deputy Speaker of the Parliament
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  62. Question 62

    The average of 6 consecutive odd numbers is 64. Greatest of them is
    1. 67
    2. 65
    3. 71
    4. 69
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  63. Question 63

    Who was known as the ‘Grand Old Man of India’?
    1. Badruddin Tyabji
    2. Surendranath Banerjee
    3. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
    4. Dadabhai Naoroji
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  64. Question 64

    Which of the following pair do not match?
    1. Jaunpur — Atala Masjid
    2. Malwa — Jahaz Mahal
    3. Ajmer — Kubbatul Islam
    4. Gaur — Bara Sona Masjid
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  65. Question 65

    The fourth term of the following alphabet series—

    ZXYW, VTUS, RPQO, ________, JHIG
    1. LNKM
    2. NLKM
    3. NLMK
    4. LNMK
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  66. Question 66

    The ‘powerhouse’ of cell is
    1. Nucleus
    2. Lysosome
    3. Mitochondria
    4. DNA
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  67. Question 67

    The Vice-President of India is
    1. directly elected by the people.
    2. nominated by the President.
    3. elected by the members of the state legislatures.
    4. elected by an electoral college constituted by members of the two Houses of the Parliament.
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  68. Question 68

    Earliest fossil remains of archaic Homo sapiens has been found in
    1. Siwalik hills
    2. Narmada valley
    3. Nallamalai hills
    4. Chotanagpur Plateau
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  69. Question 69

    In a group of cows and hens, the number of legs are 14 more than twice the number of heads. How many cows are there?
    1. 7
    2. 12
    3. 5
    4. 10
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  70. Question 70

    Arrange the list of foreign travellers in chronological order:

    (a) Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
    (b) Itsing
    (c) Fa Tsien
    (d) Megasthenes
    1. (a), (b), (c), (d)
    2. (a), (d), (b), (c)
    3. (d), (c), (a), (b)
    4. (d), (c), (b), (a)
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  71. Question 71

    ‘Navjivan’ was edited by
    1. Rasbehari Basu
    2. Gandhiji
    3. Lala Hardayal
    4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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  72. Question 72

    In a camp there was food for 190 days of 4000 men. After 30 days 800 men left. Remaining men will spend the remaining food in how many days?
    1. 250 days
    2. 230 days
    3. 200 days
    4. 170 days
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  73. Question 73

    O²⁻ is isoelectronic with
    1. F⁻
    2. Cl⁻
    3. Li⁺
    4. K⁺
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  74. Question 74

    SEBI stands for the
    1. State Earnings Board of India
    2. Securities and Exchange Bank of India
    3. Securities and Exchange Board of India
    4. State Exchange Bank of India
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  75. Question 75

    Match the following:

    (a) Kot Diji — 1. Luigi Pio Tessitori
    (b) Harappa — 2. F.A. Khan, G.S. Ghurye
    (c) Kalibangan — 3. Daya Ram Sahani
    (d) Mohenjodaro — 4. Rakhal Das Bandyopadhyay
    1. (a-2), (b-3), (c-1), (d-4)
    2. (a-1), (b-3), (c-2), (d-4)
    3. (a-4), (b-1), (c-2), (d-3)
    4. (a-3), (b-2), (c-4), (d-1)
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  76. Question 76

    Who among the following stated that there was no slavery in India?
    1. Strabo
    2. Ptolemy
    3. Megasthenes
    4. Xuanzang (Hieun Tsang)
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  77. Question 77

    Which Indian Architect has been conferred the prestigious Royal Gold Medal, 2022?
    1. Balkrishna Doshi
    2. Sheila Sri Prakash
    3. Brinda Somaya
    4. Hafeez Contractor
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  78. Question 78

    Kumari river is a tributary of
    1. Mahanadi
    2. Damodar
    3. Kansabati
    4. Ajoy
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  79. Question 79

    The ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha is
    1. the President
    2. the Vice-President
    3. the Prime Minister
    4. None of them
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  80. Question 80

    The first transgenic crop was
    1. Tobacco
    2. Cotton
    3. Pea
    4. Rice
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  81. Question 81

    Who was the founder of ‘Anushilan Samity’?
    1. Ashwini Kumar Dutta
    2. Bipin Chandra Pal
    3. Aurobindo Ghosh
    4. Pramathanath Mitra
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  82. Question 82

    Who was recently appointed as the Ambassador of India in U.S.?
    1. Varsh Vardhan Singh
    2. Jai Shankar
    3. Taranjit Singh Sandhu
    4. Vijay Gokhale
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  83. Question 83

    Which would come in place of ‘?’ in the given series?

    ACE, FGH, ?, PON
    1. KKK
    2. JKI
    3. HJH
    4. IKL
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  84. Question 84

    Who was the founder of Tattwabodhini Sabha in Bengal?
    1. Dadoba Pandurang
    2. Debendranath Tagore
    3. Radha Kanta Deb
    4. Keshab Chandra Sen
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  85. Question 85

    Which part of human eye has the maximum refractive index?
    1. Aqueous humour
    2. Vitreous humour
    3. Lens
    4. Cornea
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  86. Question 86

    Which one of the following is the highest peak of South Bengal?
    1. Sandakphu
    2. Gorgaburu
    3. Pareshnath
    4. Biharinath
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  87. Question 87

    What is the percentage of a cloth that should be excluded from 40 metre cloth so that the remaining portion is 7 metre?
    1. 17·5
    2. 19
    3. 82·5
    4. 81
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  88. Question 88

    Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha?
    1. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
    2. N. G. Ranga
    3. Jawaharlal Nehru
    4. Jaya Prakash Narayan
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  89. Question 89

    Which country recently replaced Russia in the UN Human Rights Council?
    1. Poland
    2. Czech Republic
    3. Syria
    4. Chile
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  90. Question 90

    In which of the following inscriptions we find earliest reference to ‘Sati’?
    1. Asokan inscription of Girnar
    2. Aihole inscription
    3. Eran inscription
    4. Damodarpur inscription
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  91. Question 91

    Who has become the second Indian to score 10,000 runs in T-20 cricket?
    1. K L Rahul
    2. Shikhar Dhawan
    3. Rohit Sharma
    4. M S Dhoni
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  92. Question 92

    The Gupta King who destroyed Sakas was
    1. Samudra Gupta
    2. Chandra Gupta-I
    3. Kumara Gupta
    4. Chandra Gupta-II
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  93. Question 93

    Stammering is to Speech as Deafness is to
    1. Ear
    2. Hearing
    3. Noise
    4. Commotion
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  94. Question 94

    Alakananda and Bhagirathi rivers make confluence at
    1. Dev Prayag
    2. Karna Prayag
    3. Rudra Prayag
    4. Vishnu Prayag
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  95. Question 95

    Phytophthora palmivora is a
    1. bio-pesticide
    2. bio-insecticide
    3. mycoherbicide
    4. first bio-herbicide
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  96. Question 96

    Who wrote the book ‘Hind Swaraj’?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. Lal Bahadur Shastri
    3. Mahatma Gandhi
    4. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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  97. Question 97

    ‘Loringa’ mangrove is located in
    1. Gujarat
    2. Kerala
    3. Odisha
    4. Andhra Pradesh
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  98. Question 98

    Which will come next to —

    B2E, D5H, F12K, H27N, ?
    1. I58Q
    2. I57R
    3. J57Q
    4. J58Q
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  99. Question 99

    Who founded ‘Gadar Party’ (1913) and where?
    1. Bhagat Singh, Great Britain
    2. Lala Lajpat Rai, France
    3. Lala Hardayal, America
    4. Captain Mohan Singh, Germany
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  100. Question 100

    When was the ‘Carlyle Circular’ issued?
    1. 1905
    2. 1901
    3. 1902
    4. 1906
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  101. Question 101

    What is the minimum age required by a citizen to be qualified for being a member of the Lok Sabha?
    1. 21
    2. 25
    3. 30
    4. 35
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  102. Question 102

    What is the chromosome number in human ovum?
    1. 36
    2. 46
    3. 48
    4. None of the above
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  103. Question 103

    Who enunciated his famous formula that ‘Swaraj’ must be for the ‘masses’ and not for the ‘classes’ alone?
    1. Motilal Nehru
    2. Gandhiji
    3. Subhas Chandra Bose
    4. C. R. Das
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  104. Question 104

    The radiation carrying maximum energy—
    1. UV rays
    2. Gamma rays
    3. X-rays
    4. IR rays
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  105. Question 105

    Which former Prime Minister was conferred with Netaji Award, 2022 by the Netaji Research Bureau?
    1. Barack Obama
    2. Shinjo Abe
    3. Theresa May
    4. Fumio Kishida
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  106. Question 106

    Earliest evidence of settled agriculture in the subcontinent comes from
    1. Utnur
    2. Burzahom
    3. Mehrgarh
    4. Bagor
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  107. Question 107

    The first sermon of Gautama Buddha is called
    1. Mahabhinishkraman
    2. Dharmachakra Pravartana
    3. Dhammaghos
    4. Mahaparinirvana
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  108. Question 108

    ‘ELISA’ test is employed to diagnose
    1. Polio Virus
    2. AIDS antibodies
    3. Tuberculosis
    4. Cancer
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  109. Question 109

    Members of the State Public Service Commission are appointed by
    1. the President of India
    2. the Prime Minister of India
    3. the Governor of the State
    4. None of them
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  110. Question 110

    Which among the following refers to ‘unpaid labour’?
    1. Shulka
    2. Udranga
    3. Bali
    4. Bisthi
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  111. Question 111

    A fruit seller after purchasing a basket of mangoes saw that some fruits are rotten. He incurred a loss of 5% after selling the rest of the mangoes at ₹ 2,280. How much money did he spend in purchasing a basket of mangoes?
    1. ₹ 3,000
    2. ₹ 4,000
    3. ₹ 2,400
    4. ₹ 2,500
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  112. Question 112

    West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. (WBIDC) was established in
    1. 1967
    2. 1981
    3. 1977
    4. 1983
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  113. Question 113

    Which of the following constitutional amendments gives constitutional status to the Panchayati Raj institutions?
    1. 72nd
    2. 73rd
    3. 74th
    4. 75th
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  114. Question 114

    Who among the following was the Greek king of Syria mentioned in Asokan edict?
    1. Antiochus II Theos
    2. Ptolemy II
    3. Antigonus
    4. Alexander
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  115. Question 115

    ‘Pongol’ is the main festival of
    1. Tamilnadu
    2. Karnataka
    3. Kerala
    4. Andhra Pradesh
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  116. Question 116

    If the sequence of alphabets is reversed, which of the following will be the 14th letter?
    1. N
    2. L
    3. O
    4. M
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  117. Question 117

    The Advocate General of a State is appointed by
    1. the Chief Minister.
    2. the State Legislature.
    3. the Governor.
    4. the State Law Minister.
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  118. Question 118

    How many districts are there in West Bengal?
    1. 20
    2. 19
    3. 23
    4. 25
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  119. Question 119

    Which of the following taxes is within the Jurisdiction of the Central Government?
    1. Corporation Tax
    2. Professional Tax
    3. Land Revenue
    4. Excise on alcoholic liquors
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  120. Question 120

    Who won the Women’s Badminton Singles title at Swiss Open, 2022?
    1. Saina Nehwal
    2. P.V. Sindhu
    3. Carolina Marin
    4. B. Ongbamrungphan
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  121. Question 121

    Xiomara Castro has become the first ever female President of which nation?
    1. Cuba
    2. Honduras
    3. Mexico
    4. Colombia
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  122. Question 122

    Which of the following is an aquatic fern?
    1. Adiantum
    2. Dryopteris
    3. Salvinia
    4. Equisetum
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  123. Question 123

    Andaman & Nicobar islands are separated by
    1. Nine degree Channel
    2. Ten degree Channel
    3. Eight degree Channel
    4. Seven degree Channel
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  124. Question 124

    The quorum requirements in the Rajya Sabha is
    1. 25
    2. 50
    3. 100
    4. 126
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  125. Question 125

    Who wrote Humayunnamah?
    1. Gulbadan Begum
    2. Humayun
    3. Birbal
    4. Abul Fazl
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  126. Question 126

    As of 2022, which country is the biggest opium producer?
    1. China
    2. India
    3. Afghanistan
    4. Nepal
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  127. Question 127

    ‘Seahorse’ is a
    1. Mammal
    2. Plant
    3. Fish
    4. None of the above
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  128. Question 128

    Which quantity is increased in step-down transformer?
    1. Voltage
    2. Current
    3. Wattage
    4. Frequency
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  129. Question 129

    Who is the present Chairman of UPSC?
    1. Manoj Soni
    2. Arvind Saxena
    3. Vinay Mittal
    4. P. K. Joshi
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  130. Question 130

    Who was the first Indian Governor General of free India?
    1. Rajendra Prasad
    2. Chakraborty Rajagopalachari
    3. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
    4. None of them
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  131. Question 131

    Which one of the following animals is not ‘warm-blooded’?
    1. Hen
    2. Tiger
    3. Bat
    4. Toad
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  132. Question 132

    ‘Curie’ is unit of
    1. Radioactivity
    2. Temperature
    3. Heat
    4. Energy
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  133. Question 133

    Bronze is an alloy of
    1. Copper and Zinc
    2. Tin and Zinc
    3. Copper and Tin
    4. Iron and Zinc
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  134. Question 134

    Which country hosted the 5th BIMSTEC Summit in March, 2022?
    1. Sri Lanka
    2. Bangladesh
    3. Japan
    4. South Korea
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  135. Question 135

    In a chess tournament each of six players will play every other player exactly once. How many matches will be played in the tournament?
    1. 12
    2. 15
    3. 30
    4. 72
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  136. Question 136

    Bills other than money bills are introduced for being passed by the Parliament in
    1. Lok Sabha
    2. Rajya Sabha
    3. any House of the Parliament
    4. joint session of both the Houses of the Parliament
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  137. Question 137

    Who has been appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner of India?
    1. Sanjiv Kumar
    2. Rajiv Kumar
    3. Rajiv Mehta
    4. Sushil Mehta
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  138. Question 138

    In a certain code KOLKATA is coded as 11151211012001. How will BENGAL be coded?
    1. 020514070112
    2. 020514210111
    3. 020521250110
    4. 020514200112
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  139. Question 139

    Who is the first Law Officer of the Government of India?
    1. Chief Justice of India
    2. Union Law Minister
    3. Attorney General of India
    4. Law Secretary
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  140. Question 140

    Who used ‘Tulghumah’ as a military tactic for the first time in India?
    1. Alauddin Khilji
    2. Muhammad bin Tughluq
    3. Babur
    4. Akbar
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  141. Question 141

    Who pioneered ‘Rakhi Bandhan’ festival during partition of Bengal?
    1. Chittaranjan Das
    2. Rabindranath Tagore
    3. Pramathanath Mitra
    4. Pulin Behari Das
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  142. Question 142

    Which one of the following is not correctly matched?
    1. NH-2 — Delhi-Kolkata
    2. NH-35 — Barasat-Bangaon
    3. NH-41 — Kolaghat-Haldia
    4. NH-34 — Sevak-Gangtok
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  143. Question 143

    If Water is called Black, Black is called Tree, Tree is called Blue, Blue is called Rain, Rain is called Pink and Pink is called Fish in a certain language, then what is the colour of sky?
    1. Blue
    2. Rain
    3. Fish
    4. Pink
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  144. Question 144

    acme : mace :: alga : ?
    1. glaa
    2. gaal
    3. laga
    4. gala
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  145. Question 145

    Who is the Guardian of the Public Purse in India?
    1. The President of India
    2. The Union Finance Minister
    3. The Comptroller & Auditor General of India
    4. The Public Accounts Committee
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  146. Question 146

    ‘Ornithology’ is the science of
    1. Bird
    2. Reptile
    3. Amphibia
    4. Mammal
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  147. Question 147

    Who ridiculed Gandhi as ‘seditious fakir’?
    1. Winston Churchill
    2. Ramsay MacDonald
    3. Lord Irwin
    4. Cripps
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  148. Question 148

    Who won the best Director Award at Oscars, 2022?
    1. Patty Jenkins
    2. Ava Duvernay
    3. Sofia Coppola
    4. Jane Campion
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  149. Question 149

    The vitamin which helps in clotting of blood is
    1. A
    2. D
    3. B
    4. K
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  150. Question 150

    Where was Chauri Chaura?
    1. Patna
    2. Bhagalpur
    3. Gaya
    4. Gorakhpur
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  151. Question 151

    The Eastern Ghats and the Western Ghats meet at
    1. Cardamom Hills
    2. Palani Hills
    3. Nilgiri Hills
    4. Annamalai Hills
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  152. Question 152

    P is wife of Q and mother of R. R is grand-daughter of W. S is grandmother of T and mother of Q. Which of the following is true?
    1. R is sister of T.
    2. R is brother of T.
    3. Q is daughter of S.
    4. None of the above
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  153. Question 153

    Who was elected the President of India for the second time?
    1. Rajendra Prasad
    2. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
    3. V.V. Giri
    4. Sankar Dayal Sharma
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  154. Question 154

    Who won the Sahitya Akademi Award, 2021 in the English language category?
    1. Namita Gokhale
    2. Khalid Hossain
    3. Arundhati Roy
    4. Kiran Gaurav
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  155. Question 155

    Who is the director of the film ‘The Kashmir Files’?
    1. Farhan Akhtar
    2. Karan Johar
    3. Vivek Agnihotri
    4. Anurag Kashyap
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  156. Question 156

    Match List-I with List-II:

    List-I
    (a) Moriyas
    (b) Videhas
    (c) Licchavis
    (d) Mallas

    List-II
    1.Pippalivana
    2.Mithila
    3.Vaishali
    4.Kapilavastu

    Which of the above is/are not properly matched?
    1. (a-1), (b-2), (c-3)
    2. (d-4)
    3. (c-3), (d-4)
    4. All of the above
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  157. Question 157

    The Himalayas are formed of parallel fold ranges, of which the oldest range is
    1. the Siwalik Range
    2. the Lesser Himalayan Range
    3. the Great Himalayan Range
    4. the Dhaula Dhar Range
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  158. Question 158

    ‘The Constitution of India is neither purely federal nor purely unitary but is a combination of both.’ — Who said so?
    1. Jawaharlal Nehru
    2. D.D. Basu
    3. Dr. Ambedkar
    4. Rajendra Prasad
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  159. Question 159

    On which date the Indian Constitution was adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
    1. August 15, 1947
    2. November 26, 1949
    3. January 26, 1950
    4. August 15, 1950
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  160. Question 160

    Loktak lake is located in the state of
    1. Karnataka
    2. Arunachal Pradesh
    3. Manipur
    4. Bihar
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  161. Question 161

    Which state is known as the ‘Molassis basin’?
    1. Bihar
    2. Rajasthan
    3. Mizoram
    4. Assam
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  162. Question 162

    Among six persons A, B, C, D, E, F, there are 3 married couples of which A, C, E are husbands; B, C, D are cousins and B is not wife of A. Then husband of B is
    1. C
    2. E
    3. A
    4. F
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  163. Question 163

    The western part of Teesta river in West Bengal is called
    1. Terai
    2. Duars
    3. Bagar
    4. Bhabar
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  164. Question 164

    Who was the author of ‘The Philosophy of the Bomb’?
    1. Bhagwati Charan Vohra
    2. Bipin Chandra Pal
    3. Yashpal
    4. Aurobindo Ghosh
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  165. Question 165

    Pure water freezes at a temperature—
    1. 47°F
    2. 32°F
    3. 0°F
    4. 19°F
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  166. Question 166

    The Sariska Tiger Sanctuary is located at
    1. Bharatpur
    2. Alwar
    3. Darrah
    4. Puskar
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  167. Question 167

    The ‘Radcliffe Line’ lies between
    1. India and China
    2. India and Bangladesh
    3. India and Bhutan
    4. India and Pakistan
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  168. Question 168

    Legendary musician Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma, who passed away recently, is associated with which of the following instruments?
    1. Sitar
    2. Flute
    3. Sarod
    4. Santoor
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  169. Question 169

    Who among the following Indians won solitary gold medal at the Asian Wrestling Championships, 2022?
    1. Bajrang Punia
    2. Deepak Punia
    3. Ravi Kumar Dahiya
    4. Gourav Baliyan
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  170. Question 170

    Chand Bibi ruled over which of the Deccan Sultanates?
    1. Bijapur
    2. Berar
    3. Ahmednagar
    4. Golkonda
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  171. Question 171

    The Poona Pact took place in the year
    1. 1857
    2. 1932
    3. 1935
    4. 1942
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  172. Question 172

    Who among the following was associated with the Bardoli Satyagraha (1928)?
    1. Rajendra Prasad
    2. Vallabhbhai Patel
    3. Motilal Nehru
    4. Jawaharlal Nehru
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  173. Question 173

    The Reserve Bank of India was established in the year
    1. 1930
    2. 1935
    3. 1947
    4. 1951
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  174. Question 174

    Who among the following Sultans organized Iqta, army, currency and other most important organs of Delhi Sultanate?
    1. Shamsuddin Iltutmish
    2. Giyasuddin Balban
    3. Muhammad bin Tughluq
    4. Alauddin Khilji
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  175. Question 175

    If CAT and BOAT are written as XZG and YLZG respectively in a code language, how is EGG to be written?
    1. VSS
    2. URR
    3. VTT
    4. UTT
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  176. Question 176

    Jawahar Rozgar Yojana for rural employment was started in the year
    1. 1959
    2. 1979
    3. 1969
    4. 1989
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  177. Question 177

    Which one of the following states, Dulhasti Hydroelectric power project is located?
    1. Uttarakhand
    2. Jammu & Kashmir
    3. Himachal Pradesh
    4. Sikkim
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  178. Question 178

    There are 15 chairs in a row. Position of P is at the middle. Q is at 12th position counting from the right. How many chairs are in between P and Q?
    1. 4
    2. 5
    3. 2
    4. 3
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  179. Question 179

    Koel is a tributary of
    1. Son
    2. Chambal
    3. Yamuna
    4. Ganga
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  180. Question 180

    Fermentation ability of Yeast is due to
    1. Amylase
    2. Zymase
    3. Invertase
    4. Galactase
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  181. Question 181

    Which metal is present in haemoglobin?
    1. Iron
    2. Zinc
    3. Magnesium
    4. Copper
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  182. Question 182

    Who among the Mughal Emperors/ courtiers made arrangement for translation of Upanisadas into Farsi?
    1. Babur
    2. Akbar
    3. Shah Jahan
    4. Dara Sukoh
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  183. Question 183

    The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were announced in the year
    1. 1919
    2. 1918
    3. 1920
    4. 1921
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  184. Question 184

    In a family there are six members A, B, C, D, E, F. A and B are married couple. D is only son of C. A is father of E, who is granddaughter of F, whose husband has died and C is brother of A. How many male members are in the family?
    1. 3
    2. 4
    3. 5
    4. 2
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  185. Question 185

    A particle is moving in a uniform circular motion with constant speed V along a circle of radius r. The acceleration of the particle is
    1. Zero
    2. V / r
    3. V / r²
    4. V² / r
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  186. Question 186

    Who has been appointed as the CEO and MD of Air India?
    1. Campbell Wilson
    2. Ajay Singh
    3. Alan Joyce
    4. Maen Razougi
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  187. Question 187

    Which of the following is chiefly present in LPG?
    1. Methane
    2. Ethane
    3. Propane
    4. Butane
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  188. Question 188

    A number series is given with one wrong term. Identify the wrong term given:

    53, 59, 63, 67, 71
    1. 53
    2. 63
    3. 67
    4. 71
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  189. Question 189

    Viktor Orban has registered a fourth consecutive win in which nation’s General Election?
    1. Armenia
    2. Sweden
    3. Switzerland
    4. Hungary
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  190. Question 190

    Who among the following Viceroys repealed the Vernacular Press Act of 1878?
    1. Lord Lytton
    2. Lord Curzon
    3. Lord Dufferin
    4. Lord Ripon
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  191. Question 191

    Who founded Servants of India Society?
    1. Annie Besant
    2. Mahadev Govind Ranade
    3. Gokhale
    4. B. G. Tilak
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  192. Question 192

    For the purpose of legislation, education is enlisted in the
    1. Union List
    2. State List
    3. Concurrent List
    4. None of the above
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  193. Question 193

    Which of the following isotopes is used in dating archaeological findings?
    1. U₉₂²³⁵
    2. C₆¹⁴
    3. H₁³
    4. O₈¹⁸
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  194. Question 194

    When Gandhi-Irwin Pact was signed?
    1. 1931
    2. 1930
    3. 1932
    4. 1929
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  195. Question 195

    If CABLE is coded as XYZOV, then YZXP is code of
    1. BABY
    2. BACK
    3. CELL
    4. BELL
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  196. Question 196

    The Non-Cooperation programme was adopted in the
    1. Lahore session
    2. Congress session at Nagpur
    3. Gujarat Congress
    4. Second Round Table Conference
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  197. Question 197

    Which of the following dynasties was designated as ‘Balhar’ by the Arab travellers?
    1. Chalukya
    2. Chola
    3. Rashtrakuta
    4. Pandya
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  198. Question 198

    Ram Prasad Bismil’s name is associated with
    1. Kakori Conspiracy Case
    2. Lahore Conspiracy Case
    3. Alipur Bomb Case
    4. Meerat Conspiracy Case
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  199. Question 199

    Which Chola king was known as Arumolivarman before his coronation?
    1. Vira Rajendra
    2. Rajaraja I
    3. Kulottunga I
    4. None of them
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  200. Question 200

    Who among the following was the contemporary ruler of Bengal during Chaitanyadeva’s time?
    1. Nusrat Shah
    2. Fatheh Shah
    3. Husein Shah Sharqi
    4. Alauddin Hussein Shah
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