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India Development Fund in America was initiated by

  1. LIC of India

  2. UTI

  3. SBI

  4. RBI


Correct Option: B

Who founded INC?

  1. M. K Gandhi

  2. A. O. Hume

  3. J. L. Nehru

  4. None of these


Correct Option: B

Prabhakar Vardhan was the father of

  1. Humayun

  2. Akbar

  3. Harsha Vardhan

  4. None of these


Correct Option: C

Firdausi was a/an

  1. English poet

  2. Indian poet

  3. Nepali poet

  4. Persian poet


Correct Option: D

What is the currency of Mexico?

  1. Yen

  2. Peso

  3. Rouble

  4. Lira


Correct Option: B

What is the currency of Russia ?

  1. Peso

  2. Rouble

  3. Rupiah

  4. Pound


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Correct Answer: Rouble

What are public goods?

  1. Goods that are not of a good quality

  2. Goods that are consumed collectively by the community

  3. Goods that are cheap but not of a good quality

  4. Goods that are produced by a public company


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is a sacred book of the Jains?

  1. Tripitakas

  2. Angas

  3. Jain Gram

  4. Jain Stuthi


Correct Option: B

Which amendment to the Constitution deals with the reorganization of states?

  1. 7th amendment

  2. 5th amendment

  3. 6th amendment

  4. 4th amendment


Correct Option: A

What is the maximum strength of Rajya Sabha?

  1. 250 members

  2. 260 members

  3. 300 members

  4. 500 members


Correct Option: A

Which Article of our Constitution forbids child labour?

  1. Article 18

  2. Article 24

  3. Article 36

  4. Article 28


Correct Option: B
Explanation:
  1. Prohibition of employment of children in factories, etc No child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or engaged in any other hazardous employment Provided that nothing in this sub clause shall authorise the detention of any person beyond the maximum period prescribed by any law made by Parliament under sub clause (b) of clause ( 7 ); or such person is detained in accordance with the provisions of any law made by Parliament under sub clauses (a) and (b) of clause ( 7 )

'Between the Lines' is a book written by

  1. Rabindranath Tagore

  2. Amrita Pritam

  3. Munshi Premchand

  4. None of these


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

It is written by Kuldeep Nayar.

Which among the following books is written by Geoffrey Chaucer?

  1. The Canterbury Tales

  2. Illiad

  3. The Idiot

  4. Godan


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Correct Answer: The Canterbury Tales

Tarapore Committee submitted its report on Full Convertibility on Rupee in

  1. current account

  2. capital account

  3. both in current as well as in capital account

  4. Special Drawing Rights (SDR)


Correct Option: B

The first sermon of Buddha made at Saranath is called

  1. Dharmachakra Parivarthan

  2. Dharma Samsthapan

  3. Dharma Buddha

  4. Dharma Sabha


Correct Option: A

Raniganj is famous for

  1. Jute

  2. Coal

  3. Silk

  4. Diamonds


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Raniganj is popular for coal mine and related business have sprung up making Raniganj as a very popular market place. Cluster of medical practice nor make Raniganj a medical hub. Raniganj is also popular as a commercial business district serving as a link between supplies to state capital Kolkata from northern parts of the country. 

What is common between Mysore, Bangalore, Salem and Amritsar?

  1. They are among the largest railway junctions in India.

  2. They are hubs of silk weaving.

  3. They are hubs of silk cultivation.

  4. They are hubs of cotton textile trade.


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Silk weaving is common between Mysore, Bangalore, Salem and Amritsar. Silk reeling, twisting and weaving is common in all the four states.  

Which of the following is the most elastic?

  1. Rubber

  2. Glass

  3. Steel

  4. Plastic


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Steel is the most elastic as the greater the Young's modulus, greater the elasticity.

What will be the effect on temperature of an ideal gas when some work is done during the adiabatic expansion and if the expansion process is reversible?

  1. It increases

  2. It decreases

  3. It may increase or decrease

  4. It will remain unchanged


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The adiabatic (no heat exchanged) expansion of a gas may be carried out in a number of ways. The change in temperature experienced by the gas during expansion depends not only on the initial and final pressure, but also on the manner in which the expansion is carried out. If the expansion process is reversible. The gas does positive work during the expansion, and its temperature decreases. 

Half life period of C-14 is

  1. 5730 years

  2. 15240 years

  3. 8190 years

  4. 8208 years


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The radioactive decay of carbon-14 is exponential with half-life of 5,730 years. A quantity of carbon-14 will decay to half of its original amount (on average) after 5,730 years, regardless of how big or small the original quantity was. 

Average life period is ( Given $\lambda$ = Decay constant)

  1. λ- 1

  2. λ2

  3. λ

  4. λ3


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The reciprocal of decay is called average life period. It is generally denoted by $\tau =\frac{1}{\lambda}$ 

The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted by Government in

  1. 1987

  2. 1985

  3. 1970

  4. 1961


Correct Option: B

Entomology is the scientific study of

  1. internal organs

  2. word meanings

  3. insects

  4. trees


Correct Option: C

The green pigment found in plants that performs photosynthesis is

  1. melanin

  2. chloroplast

  3. chlorophyll

  4. chromatophore


Correct Option: C

Who is the first non-Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?

  1. Martin Luther King

  2. Zubin Mehta

  3. Mother Teressa

  4. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan


Correct Option: D
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