Practice test
Wbpsc miscellaneous official paper (2018) - Test Set 1
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100 questions
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- If 75% of the students in a school are boys and the number of girls is 420, the number of boys is
Question 1
- 1176
- 1350
- 1125
- 1260
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- If A's salary is 25% less than that of B, then how much per cent is B's salary more than that of A?
Question 2
- 44 1/4 %
- 33 1/3 %
- 22 1/2 %
- 55 1/5 %
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- A seller sold an article with 20% loss. If he sold the article with Rs. 200 more he would have a profit of 5%. Cost price of the article was
Question 3
- Rs. 600
- Rs. 800
- Rs. 1000
- Rs. 1200
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- A dishonest dealer claims to sell his goods at the cost price but uses a false weight of 900 gm. for 1 Kg. His gain per cent is
Question 4
- 13%
- 11 1/9 %
- 11.25%
- 12 1/9 %
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- In what proportion must water be added to spirit to gain 20% by selling it at the cost price?
Question 5
- 2:5
- 1:5
- 3:5
- 4:5
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- The simplified value of
Question 6
\frac{1}{1000}\left(\frac{1}{5} + 999\frac{494}{495} \times 99\right)\mathrm{is}- 99
- 990
- 9900
- 99000
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- A student was asked to divide a number by 3, but instead of dividing it, he multiplied it by 3 and got 29.7. The correct answer was
Question 7
- 9.3
- 3.3
- 9.8
- 9.9
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- If \frac{4}{5}{\mathrm{\th }} of cistern is filled in 1 minute, how much more time will be required to fill the rest of it?
Question 8
- 10 sec.
- 12 sec.
- 15 sec.
- 20 sec.
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- X can do a piece of work in 20 days and Y can do it in 12 days. Y worked at it for 9 days. In how many days can X alone finish the remaining work?
Question 9
- 5
- 3
- 7
- 11
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- 12 workers take 4 hours to complete a job. How long would it take 15 workers to complete the job?
Question 10
- 2 hrs. 40 mins.
- 3 hrs. 12 mins.
- 3 hrs. 24 mins.
- 3 hrs. 30 mins.
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- A gardener plants 17956 trees in such a way that there are as many rows as there are trees in a row. The number of trees in a row are
Question 11
- 136
- 134
- 144
- 154
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- A man invested \frac{1}{3} of his capital at 7% \frac{1}{4} at 8% and the remainder at 10%. If his annual income is Rs. 561, the capital is
Question 12
- Rs. 6600
- Rs. 6000
- Rs. 5400
- Rs. 7200
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- A train can go from Burdwan to Howrah in 6 hours and another train can go from Howrah to Burdwan in 4 hours. Both of them start at 7 A.M. towards each other. They will meet at
Question 13
- 9-15 A.M
- 9-22 A.M
- 9-24 A.M
- 9-25 A.M
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- Ajoy is much younger to Vijoy as he is older to Tarun. If the total of the ages of Vijoy and Tarun is 48 years, how old is Ajoy?
Question 14
- 23 years
- 21 years
- 24 years
- 18 years
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- X has monthly income of Rs. 25,000. He spends 10% on education, 20% of the remaining income is spent on housing, 15% of the remaining income is deposited in savings schemes. The rest income is spent on food and cloths. How much percentage of income does he spend on food and clothes?
Question 15
- 65%
- 61.2%
- 60%
- 55%
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- A train runs for 2 hrs. at the speed of 35 km/h. It runs for 3\frac{1}{2} hrs at the speed of 60 km/h and then runs for 2\frac{1}{2} hrs at the speed of 70 km/h. Find the average speed of the train.
Question 16
- 50 km/h
- 55 km/h
- 80 km/h
- 56.87 km/h
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- A reduction of 20% in the price of apples enables a buyer to get one dozen more for Rs. 50. Find the reduced price per dozen of apples?
Question 17
- Rs. 8
- Rs. 12
- Rs. 10
- None of the above
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- What least number must be added to 15370 to make it a perfect square?
Question 18
- 4
- 6
- 8
- 9
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- If (1^2 + 2^2 + 3^2 + \ldotp \ldotp \ldotp \ldotp + 10^2) = 385, then the value of (2^2 + 4^2 + 6^2 + \ldotp \ldotp \ldotp \ldotp + 20^2) is
Question 19
- 770
- 1540
- 1155
- 385 x 385
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- If x: y = 2: 1, then ({\mathrm{x}}^2 - {\mathrm{y}}^2): ({\mathrm{x}}^2 + {\mathrm{y}}^2) =?
Question 20
- 3:5
- 5:3
- 1:3
- 3:1
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- How many litre of water is to be mixed in 12 litre of milk costing Rs. 10 per litre, so that it can be sold at Rs. 8 per litre?
Question 21
- 3 Litre
- 5 Litre
- 4 Litre
- 3.5 Litre
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- \sqrt{20 + \sqrt{20 + \sqrt{20}}}\ldotp \ldotp \ldotp \ldotp = \wn
Question 22
- 2
- 3
- - 4
- 5
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- A, B and C started a partnership business investing their capital in \frac{1}{2}:\frac{1}{3}:\frac{1}{5} ratio. After 5 months A withdrew \frac{1}{3} of his capital. If profit of the year is Rs. 6740, what should be A's share of profit?
Question 23
- Rs. 2900
- Rs. 3200
- Rs. 3300
- Rs. 2800
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- As a result of wrong posting of number of a student in examination as 83 instead of 63, average number of all students has been increased by \frac{1}{2}. How many students are there in the class?
Question 24
- 10
- 20
- 40
- 73
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- A man spends in 4 months what he earns in 3 months. If his annual savings is Rs. 45,000, his monthly income is
Question 25
- Rs. 15,000
- Rs. 18,000
- Rs. 20,000
- Rs. 22,000
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- The concept ‘secularism' was incorporated to the Preamble of Constitution of India by
Question 26
- 42nd Amendment
- 44th Amendment
- 1st Amendment
- 23rd Amendment
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- The concept social justice is an integral part of the
Question 27
- Fundamental duties under Constitution
- Preamble to the Constitution
- Article 12 of the Constitution
- Right to religion under Constitution
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- “Basic structure” doctrine has been declared by the Supreme Court in
Question 28
- Ajay Hasia Case
- R. D. Shetty Case
- Keshavananda Bharati Case
- Valsama Case
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- The "right to know” is protected under the Constitution of India in
Question 29
- Article 14
- Article 19(1)(c)
- Article 20 (1)
- Article 19(1)(a)
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- “Women and Children" are protected under the Constitution of India in
Question 30
- Article 15(3)
- Article 14(1)
- Article 22(8)
- Article 15(1)
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- The President shall be elected by the
Question 31
- Member of Electoral College
- Member of Loksabha
- Member of Assemblies
- None of the above
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- Who became the 2nd Indian American Judge of the US Court of Appeals in 2017?
Question 32
- Bikram Set
- Amul Thapar
- Dalbir Bhandari
- Krishna Chandra
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- On May 28, 2017 which University has included Gandhi and Indian Independence in its curriculum?
Question 33
- London
- Cambridge
- Oxford
- Harvard
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- First which country started basic in income to the unemployed?
Question 34
- USA
- Australia
- Germany
- Finland
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- In which year the Banaras Hindu University has appointed its first Women Chief Proctor?
Question 35
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
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- Recently who has been appointed as the Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India?
Question 36
- Anupam Kher
- Amitava Bachchan
- Nasiruddin Shah
- Shabana Azmi
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- Who has been appointed as UN Ambassador of peace?
Question 37
- Malala Yousafzai
- Kamala Begum
- Shabana Yousufzai
- Caruana Galizia
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- Who has been appointed in West Bengal as the first transgender Judge in Lok Adalat?
Question 38
- Hemapat Agarwal
- Joyita Mondal Mahi
- Firdous Naz
- Joyshree Pati
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- By which Constitutional Amendment GST has been introduced in India?
Question 39
- 100th Amendment
- 105th Amendment
- 99th Amendment
- 101st Amendment
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- Anti-defection law under the Constitution of India is elaborated in
Question 40
- 10th Schedule
- 9th Schedule
- 8th Schedule
- 7th Schedule
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- The name of the present Governor of Tripura is
Question 41
- Braj Kumar Nehru
- Tathagata Roy
- Manik Sharkar
- Shitaram Yechuri
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- Alexander the Great conquires Asia and moves to India
Question 42
- 563 - 483 B.C.
- 336-323 B.C.
- 2500 - 1500 B.C.
- 600 B.C.
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- The Battle of Palassey was held between
Question 43
- East India Company and Mirjafar
- Clive and Siraj
- Nawab of Bengal and French
- Mughals and English
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- Scientist C. V. Raman discovered-
Question 44
- Raman Effect
- Raman Ray
- Life of tree
- X-Ray
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- Who calls for "Do or Die”?
Question 45
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Jawaharlal Nehru
- Rajendra Prasad
- Lala Lajpath Rai
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- The first electric train runs between
Question 46
- Bombay VT and Kurla
- Howrah and Bandel
- Delhi and Agra
- Bombay and Madras
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- Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as President of Congress in the year
Question 47
- 1938
- 1933
- 1928
- 1923
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- Who was chasing the final gold medal at the 2017 World Championship for Jamaica?
Question 48
- David Lekuta
- Ushian Bolt
- Mike Powel
- Ashton Eaton
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- Who is the Captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team?
Question 49
- Mitali Raj
- Anju Mishra
- Shasi Gupta
- Preeti Kaur
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- India has beaten in the Blind T20 Cricket World Cup, 2017 final held in Bengaluru —
Question 50
- Pakistan
- England
- Sri Lanka
- Bangladesh
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- 18th Asian Games 2018 will be held in
Question 51
- China
- Indonesia
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
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- West Bengal won the 71st Santosh Trophy Football Championship defeating
Question 52
- Delhi
- Mumbai
- Goa
- Uttar Pradesh
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- The 1960 first Para Olympic Games were held at
Question 53
- Rome
- Sweden
- New Delhi
- Karachi
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- Dhyan Chand National Sports Awards, 2017 has been conferred on
Question 54
- Dipa Karmakar
- Bhupender Sing
- Heera Nand
- V.J. Surekha
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- Kathakali is a classical dance-drama originated from
Question 55
- Odissa
- Bengal
- Kerala
- Karnataka
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- One of the famous dancer of “Kuchipudi’ is
Question 56
- Yamini Raddy
- Bharati Gupta
- Durga Das
- Sitara Devi
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- "Giddha" - performed during marriage ceremonies in
Question 57
- Himachal Pradesh
- Punjab
- Manipur
- Tripura
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- Who had written "Shakumthalam"?
Question 58
- Krittibus
- Balmiki
- Kautilya
- None of the above
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- The National School of Drama was set up in the year
Question 59
- 1955
- 1959
- 1961
- 1962
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- In which date the Indian Museum (Kolkata) was established?
Question 60
- December 16, 1951
- August 15, 1949
- February 2, 1814
- February 24, 1857
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- Who is famous for playing flutes?
Question 61
- Gauri Shankar
- U. Sriniva
- Pannalal Ghose
- Khagen Dey
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- In which date the Sangeet Natak Academy recognised 'Sattriya Nritya'?
Question 62
- December 30, 1990
- November 15, 2000
- July 1, 2002
- July 1, 2003
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- The folk dance 'Hitak' is performed in which State?
Question 63
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Manipur
- Mizoram
- Kerala
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- The author of the book ‘Anandamath’ is
Question 64
- Bangladeshi
- Indian
- Pakistani
- None of the above
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- Mahatma Gandhi has written which one of the following books?
Question 65
- Conquest of Self
- Crescent Moon
- Crime and Punishment
- Descent of Man
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- Who wrote the book 'Essays on the Gita'?
Question 66
- Bankimchandra
- Mahatma Gandhi
- R. N. Tagore
- Aurobindo Ghosh
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- The book “I follow the Mahatma' has been written by
Question 67
- Prabhat Kumar
- K. M. Munshi
- Rajendra Prasad
- Shoba Dey
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- Who has written the book "Jurassic Park"?
Question 68
- Michael Crichton
- Walter Scott
- Robert Louis
- D. H. Lorence
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- 'Long Walk to Freedom' book has been written by an author of which of the following countries?
Question 69
- India
- France
- United States of America
- South Africa
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- "The Road Ahead" book is authored by
Question 70
- P. B. Shelly
- John Keats
- Bill Gates
- Paul Roberts
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- Who has written the book "The Rights of Man"?
Question 71
- Plato
- Thomas Paine
- Aristotle
- John Lock
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- Tungabhadra River flows in which of the following states?
Question 72
- Assam
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
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- How many dialects are prevailing in the State of Arunachal Pradesh?
Question 73
- 60 dialects
- 55 dialects
- 50 dialects
- 45 dialects
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- Which State in India is the meeting point of Mongoloids and Caucasoids?
Question 74
- Jammu & Kashmir
- Assam
- Madhya Pradesh
- Karnataka
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- In which state the 'Udanti Sanctuary' is situated?
Question 75
- Assam
- Chhattisgarh
- Karnataka
- Odissa
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- The Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is situated in which state?
Question 76
- Haryana
- Uttar Pradesh
- Gujarat
- Assam
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- In which State the Wular Lake is situated?
Question 77
- West Bengal
- Assam
- Gujarat
- Jammu & Kashmir
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- The Annamalai mountain is situated in which state?
Question 78
- Telengana
- Kerala
- Himachal Pradesh
- Madhaya Pradesh
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- The mountain 'Susunia Hills' situated in which state?
Question 79
- West Bengal
- Odissa
- Jharkhand
- Madhya Pradesh
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- Which one of the following is the World's most heat resistant material?
Question 80
- Hafnium Carbide (HfC)
- Nano Material (NM)
- Titanium (TM)
- None of the above
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- Who has developed the contact lens sensors to monitor things like stress hormones, uric acid, pressure sensing for glucoma?
Question 81
- Professor Kit
- Professor Greg Herman
- Professor Sensor
- Professor Black William
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- Which University has developed the holographic imaging process that enables the radiation of a standard Wi-Fi router to generate 3D (dimensional) images of the surrounding environment?
Question 82
- Technical University of China
- Singapore Technical University
- West Bengal Technical University
- Technical University of Munich
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- What is the full form of SCM?
Question 83
- Standard Cosmological Model
- Strong Cosmological Model
- Stable Cosmological Model
- Strict Cosmological Model
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- The Large Hadron Collider beauty (LHCb) experiment is specialised for
Question 84
- 'beauty green' study
- 'beauty quark' study
- 'beauty red' study
- 'beauty white' study
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- Which one of the following is the hip and knee replacement robot?
Question 85
- Laprodoc
- Robodoc
- Neurodoc
- None of the above
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- Which tissue is the 79th organ of the human body?
Question 86
- Mesentery
- Adenoids
- Colon
- Vulva
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- How many important muscles are there in the human body?
Question 87
- 530
- 600
- 730
- 830
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- What is the name of the smallest muscle in the human body?
Question 88
- Buttok Muscle
- Glutens Muscle
- Sartorius Muscle
- Stapedius Muscle
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- Hair in human body is made of the same substance as
Question 89
- Knee
- Teeth
- Finger nails
- Skin
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- Distorted vision (Astigmatism) can be corrected by using which one of the following lenses?
Question 90
- Cylindrical lens
- Convex lens
- Concave lens
- Bifocal lens
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- What is angiogram?
Question 91
- It is a medical diagnostic test.
- It is a signal used in telegram office.
- It is a signal used in radio.
- It is a signal used in TV.
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- Which one of the following is not medical diagnostic test?
Question 92
- Colonoscopy test
- McNaughton test
- Doppler test
- C. T. Scan test
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- What is the function of Electro Cardiogram test?
Question 93
- It measures the legs function.
- It measures the blood flow.
- It measures the brain cells.
- It measures the heart beat.
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- Zika virus disease transmitted through?
Question 94
- Mosquito
- Dog
- Cat
- Bird
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- In which year the first human heart transplantation took place?
Question 95
- 1947
- 1957
- 1967
- 1977
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- What is the full form of AIDS?
Question 96
- Acess Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
- Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome
- Acquired Immuno-Deficiency System
- Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Sist
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- Oral Glucose Tolerance test is used for determining
Question 97
- Blood Sugar
- Blood Pressure
- Obesity
- Heart Attack
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- Who has been considered as universal blood donor person?
Question 98
- Person having O group blood
- Person having A group blood
- Person having B group blood
- Person having AB group blood
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- What is Li-Fi System?
Question 99
- It is a traditional computer chip.
- It is system relies on centralised light antennas.
- It is a universal turing machine.
- It is a single desktop computer.
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- Who designed the polaroid instant camera?
Question 100
- Edwin Land
- William Clark
- Michael Brack
- Sir White
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