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Consider the following two statements consisting of Assertion (A) and Reason (R) and select your answer using the codes given below :
Assertion (A) : Rise of militant movements in Indian National movement revealed to the British Government, the extent to which the Indians were humiliated and dissatisfied.
Reason (R) : Indian youth were involved in large numbers in militant movements and left their foot prints as Heros.
Identify the leader who uttered the following statement :
"I am not anti-English, I am not anti-British, I am not anti-any government, but I am anti-untruth, anti-humbug and anti-injustice…. So long as the government spells injustice, it may regard me as its enemy, implacable enemy...".
Which national leader uttered the following statement?
"I am an Indian Tom Tom waking up all the sleepers so that they wake and work for their motherland".
Consider the following pairs.
I. Swami Vivekananda - Parliament of Religious Chicago 1893
II. M.S. Subbulakshmi - Patronized art and architecture
III. Mother Terasa - Central Hindu School, Banaras
IV. Raja Ravivarma - Classical paintings
Which of the pairs given above is/are correct?
Which is not the work of Ottakkuttar?
Who was the founder of the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party?
Who became the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency in 1923 after Justice party won the elections?
Who made the statement: 'Worship of God through the services of the poor'?
Point out the wrong statement in the following :
Statement :
I. The place which experiences the seismic event first is called epicentre.
II. Tornadoes are "S" shaped storms.
III. Harmattan wind is blowing in the Eastern part of Sahara desert.
IV. The word Igneous has been derived from a Latin word.
Match the following pollutants.
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Gaseous pollutant | 1.) Anthrax |
| b) Metal pollutant | 2.) Chlorine |
| c) Deposited matter pollutant | 3.) Cadmium |
| d) Bio pollutant | 4.) Tar |
Which of the following is correctly matched?
I. Meteors - Shooting star
II. Comets - Revolve round the earth
III. Halley's Comet - Appear once in 100 years
IV. Milky Way - Hundreds of stars
Match the following List I with List II with regards to reservoir. Select correct answer using the codes given below the list :
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Human being | 1.) Cholera |
| b) Livestock | 2.) Ring worm |
| c) Rodents | 3.) Plague |
| d) Dogs and Cat | 4.) Anthrax |
Energy flow in an eco system is
Which of the following statement is correct?
I. When blood glucose level decreases, the harmone glucagon signals the liver to produce and release more glucose and to stop consuming it for its own needs.
II. When blood glucose level decreases, the harmone glucagon signals the liver to produce and release more glucose and to increase consuming it for its own needs.
III. When blood glucose level is high, insulin signals liver to synthesize and storage of glycogen and triacyl glycerol.
IV. When blood glucose level is high, insulin signals liver to stop the synthesize and storage of glycogen and triacyl glycerol.
In the Union budget 2013-14, Rs. 1,000 crores has been allocated for funding women empowerment and safety. The name of the fund is called
Privatisation is supported for the following reasons, point out which of the following statement is/statements are correct.
I. To improve efficiency.
II. To reduce government interference.
III. To increase freedom and speed of decision making.
IV. To disown the resposibility of the government.
V. To promote private sector culture by introducing competition.
In 2007, the percapita consumption of energy in India was ________ Kilogram of oil equivalent.
The oxidation number of Mn in K2MnO4 is
Which of the following oxides of nitrogen is coloured?
Colemanite is an important mineral of
Consider the following pairs :
I. X rays - Rutherford
II. Atomic Nucleus - Roentgen
III. Artificial radioactivity - Curie and Juliot
Which of the pair given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer.
I. The path of a projectile is a parabola.
II. The acceleration due to gravity at the centre of the earth is zero.
III. The gravitational contest does not have unit and dimensions.
What is the relation between the voltage 'V' across the ends of a resistor 'R' and the current 'I' which flows through it?
Which of the following vitamins are water-soluble?
World Meterological Organisation head quarters is loacted at
The expansion of e-PPS is
The first clear detection of water vapour in asteroid belt was reported by
The Vice President of India is elected by
I. The members of Lok Sabha
II. The members of Rajya Sabha
Out of these
Arrange in chronological order :
I. Bhairon Singh Shekkawat
II. K.R. Narayanan
III. Mohammed Hammid Ansari
IV. Krishna Kant
The world forestry day is observed on
Ladies singles final in Wimbledon - 2013 had won by
The programme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is aimed at
Which one of the following is known as the world's eternal city?
The state that has literacy rate lower than the national average is
Find the missing figure in the sequence
Arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence:
1. Honey
2. Flower
3. Bee
4. Wax
30 percent of a number is 15 less than 3/5th of that number. What is the number?
When a number is divided by 13, the remainder is 11. When the same number is divided by 17, the remainder is 9. Then the number is
The following table gives life time of 500 CFL lamps:
| Life time (months) | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | More than 14 | Total |
| Number of lamps | 26 | 71 | 82 | 102 | 89 | 77 | 53 | 500 |
A bulb is selected at random. The probability that the life time of the selected bulb is atmost 11 months is given by
Group 2A - 2014
If 7 spiders make 7 webs in 7 days, then 1 spider will make 1 web in how many days?
Identify the next figure:
Malini deposits Rs. 7,000/- with a finance company for 3 years at an interest of 15% per annum. What is the compound interest and the amount that Malini will get after 3 years?
The average salary of all workers in the factory Rs. 60. The average salary of 12 officers is Rs. 400. The average salary of rest is Rs. 56. Find the total no of workers in the factory.
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
| a) Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha | 1.) Appointed by the President |
| b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha | 2.) Appointed by the Lok Sabha |
| c) Chairman of Public Accounts Committee | 3.) Elected by the Lok Sabha |
| d) Chief Election Commissioner | 4.) Elected by the Rajya Sabha |
Who said that, "Prime Minister is the captain of the ship of the State"?
By which article is the procedure for amending the Indian Constitution given?
Consider the following statements:
Assertion (A): India is a Republican polity.
Reason (R): India shall have no hereditary ruler and the people shall elect their Government.
Now select your answer according to the coding scheme given below.
The Chairman of Sarkaria Commission was
Who was the Speaker of the Eleventh Lok Sabha?
Who appoints the Advocate General for the State?
Match List I with List II and select your answer using the codes given below in the list:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Lala Lajpat Rai | 1.) The Philosophy of the Bomb |
| b) Bhagat Singh | 2.) Chittagong Armoury Raid |
| c) Surya Sen | 3.) Assassination of Saunders |
| d) Bhagwaticharan Vohra | 4.) Extremist Nationalist |
Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Beek | 1.) Lahore Congress |
| b) Archibold | 2.) Mohammedans Defence Association |
| c) Rahmat Ali | 3.) Principal, Aligarh College |
| d) Pakistan Resolution | 4.) Coining the word Pakistan |
Which of the following statements about Mangal Pandey are correct?
I. He refused to use the greased cartridge.
II. He was a sepoy in the 19th Native Infantry stationed at Berhampur.
III. He belonged to the regiment of 34 N.I. at Barrackpore.
IV. He was not punished by the British.
Surdas was the disciple of
Who was the Prime Minister when the no-confidence motion was moved in the Indian Parliament for the first time?
The chief offensive weapon of the Vedic period
Consider the following pairs. Iron ore deposits State
I. Bababudan Hills - Karnataka
II. Badampahar - Goa
III. Dalli Rajhara - Orissa
IV. Kundem-Surla - Chhatisgarh
Which of the pair given above is/are correct?
Match the following states with their size of population (2011).
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Manipur | 1.) 26,64,007 |
| b) Meghalaya | 2.) 19,80,602 |
| c) Mizoram | 3.) 27,21,756 |
| d) Nagaland | 4.) 10,91,014 |
Match the surface area with their ocean.
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Atlantic ocean | 1.) 165,000,000 km2 |
| b) Indian Ocean | 2.) 82,000,000 km2 |
| c) Pacific Ocean | 3.) 73,000,000 km2 |
| d) Arctic Ocean | 4.) 14,090,000 km2 |
Match the following:
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Polydactyly | 1.) Y linked trait |
| b) Color blindness | 2.) autosomal recessive trait |
| c) PKU | 3.) Sex linked recessive trait |
| d) Hairy Pinna | 4.) autosomal dominant trait |
Match List I with List II answer using the codes given below :
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Occupancy tenanta | 1.) Extremely week |
| b) Tenants-at-will | 2.) Permanent and hereditary |
| c) Sub-Tenants | 3.) Temporary Tenants |
| d) Intermediaries | 4.) Absentee landlords |
As per the census 2011, India's Population was 1.21 billion, which is ________ percent of the world's population.
According to 2013-14 budget of India, what is the percentage of current revenue expenditure meant for payment of interest?
Which district in Tamil Nadu secures first rank in percapita Income in 2009-10?
Classify the following elements as Lanthanides and Actinides
1. Samarium (Sm)
2. Uranium (U)
3. Plutonium (Pu)
4. Dysprosium (Dy)
Match the list of radio isotopes with its uses given below and choose the correct answer using the below given codes.
| List I | List II |
|---|---|
| a) Cobalt 60 | 1.) Fertilizer |
| b) Ag191 | 2.) To photograph brain tumour |
| c) Hg197 | 3.) Blood cancer |
| d) P32 | 4.) Sterilisation |
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer :
Assertion (A) : Sclerenchyma cells provide mechanical support to the plants.
Reason (R) : Sclerenchyma cells have thin cell walls.
The nitrogenous bases found both in DNA and RNA
I - Adenine and Uracil
II - Thymine and Guanine
III - Uracil and Thymine
IV - Adenine, Guanine and Cytosine
The DSC prize for South Asian Literature was given to
INDRA - is the joint Naval exercise between the following countries
Which among the following has the world's largest reserves of Uranium?
Which of the following is not correctly Matched? Dances States
UN flag is designed with the leaves of which of the following tree?
Telecommunication Consultant India Ltd. Was set up in the year
The world's first intelligent 'Knife' developed can detect
The speed of the world's fastest super computer is
The satellite which was placed in orbit by PSLV-C22 on 2nd July 2013 is
India's first centre to monitor climate change was opened recently at
How many straight lines are there in the figure below?
Find the missing number in the diagram.
The sum of three prime number is 101. The difference of two of them is 24. What are the numbers?
A started from a place. After walking for a kilometer, in a direction, he turns to the left, then walking for a half kilometer, he again turns to the left. Now he is going eastwards. In what direction did he originally started?
The circle-graph given here shows the spendings of a country on various sports during a particular year. Study the graph and answer the question.

What percent of the toatal spending is spent on Tennis?

The sides of a triangle are in the ratio 1⁄2 : 1⁄3 : 1⁄4 and its perimeter is 104 cm. The length of the longest side is
If A's salary is 20% less than B's salary, by how much percent is B's salary more than A's?
The volume of a cube is 125 cm3. The surface area of the cube is
If 50% of (x-y) = 30% of (x + y) then what percent of x is y?
The least number which when increased by 1 is divisible by 12, 18, 24, 32 is
The missing term in the series 9, 225, 16, 196, 25, 169, ______, 144
Find x in 4x x 642x = 16x+5
At simple interest Rs. 1,000 becomes Rs. 1,150 in 3 years. If the interest rate is increased by 3% then the total amount is
If 18% of the total number of oranges in a basket is 36. Then the total number of orange is
The ratio of the price of two cows was 23 : 16. Two years later the price of the first cow rises by Rs. 477 and that of the second by 10% and the ratio of their prices became 20 : 11. Find the original prices
A ladder of 25 ft length reaches a window which is 24 ft above the ground level on one side of the street. Keeping its foot at the same point the ladder is turned the other side of the street and now reaches a window of 7 ft high. Then the width of the street
Which of the following statements about Lok Pal is/are wrong?
i) Lok pal will have the power to investigate an Administrative Act done by a Minister or Secretary
ii) Lok pal can inquire into a complaint of maladminstration
iii) Action taken in a matter affecting the dealing with Government of India and any foreign government
iv) Grant of honours and awards
Which one of the following is not related to NGO's?
In Indian Constitution the directive principles of state policy were incorporated in Articles from
Consider the following statements and select the correct answer using the code.
I. IGOANPS covers only BPL population and persons above 65 years and provides Rs. 200 month
II. In India, avoidance of poverty is reached when a person has access to 2100 calories per person per day in Urban area and 2200 calories in rural areas.
CODE :
Which among the following Committee was responsible for the incorporation of fundamental duties in the constitution?
Arrange the following in descending order
1. Teshil
2. Sub-division
3. Village
4. Pargana
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