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Question no. 1 : Solar energy produced on Sun’s surface is due to ........
1) fission reaction.
2) chemical reaction.
3) fusion reaction.
4) unknown reactions.
Question no. 2 : Aam Admi Bima Yojana (AABY) provides insurance coverage for which of the following reasons ?
A) Loss of Life
B) Disability
C) Hospitalisation expenses.
1) only A
2) only C
3) A and B
4) A, B and C
Question no. 3 : Consider the following statements and select the correct option.
A) The Planning Commission of India is created by the inter-state-council.
B) The Finance Commission of India mainly deals with economic resource allocation between the centre and the states.
1) A True, B False
2) A False, B True
3) Both A and B are True
4) Both A and B are False
Question no. 4 : Which of the following statement/s is/are true or false?
A) The factor that affects Indian monsoon the most is ‘El Nino’.
B) The onset dates of the Indian monsoon over the peninsula are earliest in the south and latest in the north
1) A – false, B – true
2) A – false, B – false
3) A – true, B – true
4) A – true, B – false
Question no. 5 : Match the following.
A Group B Group
A) Imadshahi 1) Bijapur
B) AdilShahi 2) Golkonda
C) Qutubshahi 3) Ahmednagar
D) Nizamshahi 4) Warhad
1) A – 4, B – 1, C – 2, D – 3
2) A – 4, B – 1, C – 3, D – 2
3) A – 1, B – 4, C – 2, D – 3
4) A – 1, B – 4, C – 3, D – 2
Question no. 6 : Read the following statements regarding tyre bursting on highways made up of cement concrete.
A) Tyre bursting occurs due to very high speed driving, low air pressure and extra load.
B) TPMS technology alarms for low air pressure and extra load.
C) There is legal compulsion for the use of TPMS in India.
Which of the above statement/s is / are correct?
1) A and B only
2) only C
3) only B
4) only A
Question no. 7 : Consider the following statements.
A) As the country progresses further, the manufacturing sector takes a back seat and give a way to service sector in terms of both output and employment.
B) As the country progresses further, manufacturing sector becomes increasingly a service sector.
Which of the statement/s given above is/are correct?
1) only A
2) only B
3) Both A and B
4) neither A nor B
Question no. 8 : Which of the following parliamentary committees is the oldest committee constituted under the Government of India Act, 1919?
1) Business and Advisory Committee
2) Privileges committee
3) Committee on Public undertakings
4) Public Accounts Committee
Question no. 9 : Which of the following Industrial belts are associated with Deccan Plateaus?
A) Hoogali – Kolkata
B) Pune – Pimpri
C) Mumbai – Thane
D) Madurai – Coimbatore
E) Delhi – Meerat
F) Hydrabad–Secunderabad
1) A, D, B
2) E, D, C
3) F, B, D
4) F, C, A
Question no. 10 : Assertion (A) : Among the numerous Rajput clans which rose into prominence in the 10th century AD, four claimed a special status and started calling themselves the ‘Agnikula’.
Reason (R) : The Four ‘Agnikula’ clans which dominated early Rajput politics claimed descent from a mythical figure who rose out of a sacrificial fire pit near Mt. Abu.
1) A is correct, but R is wrong
2) A is wrong, but R is correct
3) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation for A
4) Both A and R are correct but R is not correct explanation for A
Question no. 11 : It takes longer time to cook food on hills than on plains because .........
1) There is humidity in air on hills.
2) The atmospheric pressure is less and so boiling point is low.
3) The atmospheric pressure is high and so boiling point is low.
4) The atmospheric pressure is less and so boiling point is high.
Question no. 12 : ‘SMP’ stands for ......
1) Statutory Minimum Price
2) Standard Minimum Price
3) Selling Minimum Price
4) None of the above
Question no. 13 : Consider the following statements and select the correct alternative.
A) The Election Commission of India in not concerned with the election to local governments.
B) The Election Commission of India, now is a multimember body.
C) The decisions of the Election Commission of India can be challenged in the High Courts and the Supreme Court of India.
1) A and B are true, C is false
2) A and C are true and B is false
3) A, B and C are true
4) A is false and B, C are true
Question no. 14 : Why have airways replaced seaways as major mode of international travel?
A) Air travel saves lot of time
B) Sealanes have become more unsafe due to rising piracy.
C) Airways are more efficient.
D) The over-all standard of living of people has gone up.
E) Airways are most suitable to modern way of life.
F) Importance of waterways decreased rapidly after the fall of British empire.
Question no. 15 : Which one of the following statements did not form a part of the contribution of Marthwada in the struggle for the liberation of Hyderabad ?
1) Swami Ramanand Tirth, Govindbhai Shroff, Babasaheb Paranjape played a significant role.
2) Students participated in the struggle through the ‘Vande Materam’ Movement.
3) Ashatai Waghmare, Dagdabai Shelake took part in the struggle for liberation.
4) In this historic struggle Vishwanath Lavande,Peter Alvares and others embraced martyrdom.
Question no. 16 : A Rain drop is spherical in shape because of ......
1) surface tension.
2) capillary action.
3) atmospheric pressure.
4) viscosity.
Question no. 17 : According to Census 2011, states with the highest and lowest density of population are .......
1) Bihar and Arunachal Pradesh
2) Uttar Pradesh and Mizoram
3) West Bengal and Sikkim
4) Uttar Pradesh and Manipur
Question no. 18 : Now that “None of the Above” (NOTA) option would appear on the electronic voting machine.
What would be its consequence ?
1) Defeat of undesirable candidates
2) Rejected candidates would be declared as disqualified
3) If “None of the Above” option votes exceed 50% limit, reelection will be held.
4) None of the Above
Question no. 19 : Which of the following is/are correct statement/s?
a) Loess deposits in China have been derived from sand blown from Gobi desert.
b) Solution holes ore located in limestone region.
c) Basalt rock is Maharashtra is an igneous intrusive rock.
d) Potholes are created is river bed
1) only d
2) a, b and c together
3) a, b and d together
4) b, c and d together
Question no. 20 : Who declared, “The only hope for India, is from the masses. The upper classes are physically and morally dead.”
1) G. K. Gokhale
2) Narayan Guru
3) Swami Vivekananda
4) R. G. Bhandarkar