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Which one of the following statements for an object falling freely under the influence of gravity is correct,?

1. Zero acceleration always implies zero velocity

2. Zero acceleration has no relation with the velocity of the object

3. Zero velocity at any instant neces­ sarily means zero acceleration at that instant

4. Acceleration is constant all throughout the free fall

1. never intersect

2. can originate from same point

3. can terminate at same point

4. can intersect depending on situation

1. Fleming's left hand rule gives direction of force on a current­ carrying conductor in a magnetic field

2. Fleming' right hand rule gives direction of force on a current­ carrying conductor in a magnetic field

3. Both the left-hand and right-hand rule can be used for finding direc­ tion of force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field

4. Fleming's rules has nothing to do with magnetic field

1. All the periodic motions are necessarily simple harmonic

2. All the simple harmonic motions are necessarily periodic motions

3. There is no co-relation between the simple harmonic motions and the periodicity of motion

4. The relation between the simple harmonic motion and periodic motion depends upon the mass of object undergoing the motion

1. Raman effect

2. Induction effect

3. Doppler effect

4. Coulomb effect

1. Force never occurs singly  in  nature

2. When the earth pulls a stone downwards due to gravity, the stone exerts a force on the earth

3. There is a cause-effect relation implied in the third law

4. There is no cause-effect relation i plied in the third law

1. fireworks to make a bright white light

2. gemstones in jewellery

3. examination of alimentary  canal of the patient

4. purification of water

1. Turpentine oil (thinner)

2. Poly-hydroxy phenols (anti-skin­ ning agent)

3. Thiourea (accelerator)

4. Titanium dioxide (pigment)

Which one of the following statements about alkaline . earth metals is NOT true?

1. Strontium salts burn with a red flame

2. Barium metal is used in medicine to examine the alimentary canal of a patient by X-ray

3. Green plants need magnesium in order to make the chlorophyll that trap the. energy from s:unlight in photosynthesis

4. Red colour of gemstone Ruby is due to the element beryllium present in it

Which one of the following gases produces a red light when electricity flows through it ?

1. Helium

2. Argon

3. Nitrogen

4. Neon

Which one of the following methods can be used to remove permanent hardness of water ?

1. Boiling

2. Ion-exchange

3. Lime treatment

4. Bubbling sulphur dioxide gas

Which one of  the  following  is  NOT a component of photochemical smog?

1. Ozone

2. Peroxyacetyl nitrate

3. Polyaromatic hydrocarbons

4. Nitric oxide

The eukaryotic chromatin is composed of

1. DNA only

2. DNA and Protein

3. DNA and RNA

4. RNA and Protein

1. Porifera

2. Platyhelminthes

3. Cnidaria

4. Annelida

1. Bronchi

2. Nasal passage

3. Alveoli

4. Trachea

1. Adrenaline

2. Thyroxine

3. Insulin

4. Testosterone

1. cell  body  of nerve cell

2. nucleus of nerve cell

3. nerve endings, of nerve cell

4. axon of nerve cell

1. Clotting of blood

2. 0₂ transport

3. Immunity

4. Phagocytosis

1. linear momentum

2. energy

3. speed

4. angular momentum

1. bulk modulus

2. shear strain

3. volume effect

4. surface tension

1. 1 only

2. 1 and2 only

3. 2 and 3 only

4. 1, 2 and 3

1. temperature only

2. volume only

3. pressure only

4. temperature, volume and pressure

1. Albert Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics for explaining photoelectric effect

2. For each metal, there is a threshold frequency v_o below which this effect is not observed

3. At a frequency v > v_o, the kinetic energy of ejected electrons does not change on increasing the fre­ quency of incident  light

4. The number of  electrons  ejected is proportional to the intensity of incident light

Which one of the following is the average atomic mass of chlorine atoin ?

1. 35.9 u

2. 35.5 u

3. 35.0 u

4. 37.0 u

1. Tropolone

2. Furan

3. Thiophene

4. Pyridine

1. Feldspar

2. Zeolite

3. Mica

4. Bauxite

In which part of the cell, the glucose is converted into pyruvate ?

1. Mitochondria

2. Nucleus

3. Cytoplasm

4. Endoplasmic reticulum

After fertilization, the ovule and ovary subsequently develop to form

1. seed and  fruit respectively

2. fruit  and seed respectively

3. seed and  flower respectively

4. degenerated ovule and seedless fruit respectively

Which one of the following statements is correct?

1. Glucose breaks down to CO₂, H₂0 and energy in all organisms

2. Glucose breaks down into ethanol, CO₂ and energy m our muscle . cells

3. Glucose breaks. down into CO₂, H₂O and energy in all aerobic tissues

4. Glucose breaks down into lactate and energy in yeast

Growing   two  or  more   crops   in the same field but in different rows is called

1. Croprotation

2. Inter cropping

3. Alternate cropping

4. Kharif cropping

1. Sania Mirza

2. P V Sindhu

3. Saina Nehwal

4. Hima Das

1. 9 August

2. 8 September

3. 11 May

4. 17 May

Which one of the following ships was deployed in 'Mission Sagar',  which was sent to different countries carrying Food and  COVID  related  items  on 10 May 2020?

1. INS Kesari

2. INS Satpura

3. INS Shivalik

4. INS Gomati

Which one of the following has the largest contribution to the Gross Tax 'Revenue of Government of India in 2019-20 (BE) ?

1. Goods and Services Tax

2. Corporation Tax

3. Customs

4. Union Excise Duties

1. Medium, Small and Marginalized Enterprises

2. Micro, Small and Marginalized Enterprises

3. Medium, Strategic and Micro Enterprises

4. Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Which one of the following is the top ranking country in the World Economic Forum's 74th Global Energy Transition Index?

1. China

2. Switzerland

3. Sweden

4. India

Operation Sadbhavna is an  initiative of

1. Indian Army

2. Indian Navy

3. Indian Air Force

4. Indian Army and• UN Peacekeep­ ing Mission

Which one among the following is the equivalent rank of 'Wing Commander' of Indian Air Force in Indian Army ?

1. Lieutenant

2. Captain

3. Lieutenant Colonel

4. Colonel

1. 2 per cent

2. 5 per cent

3. I0 per cent

4. 15  per cent

1. Bangladesh

2. Thailand

3. Maldives

4. India

Natural Population Change is calcu­ lated by

1. subtracting the death rate from the birth rate

2. multiplying the death rate with the birth rate

3. adding the death rate with  the birth rate

4. subtracting the birth rate from the death rate

A long narrow stretch of sand and/ r shingle with one end attached to the mainland is called

1. Sand spit

2. Sand bar

3. Sand dune

4. Tombolo

Which one of the following does NOT illustrate the importance of the Coral Reef?

1. They provide employment to the people

2. They supply building materials

3. They protect shoreline from storms

4. They protect communities from earthquakes

1. 1 only

2. 2 and 3 only

3. 1 and 2 only

4. 1,2 and 3

Dardic group of language belongs to which language family ?

1. lndo European

2. Austric

3. Sino-Tibetan

4. Dravidian

2011 Census has divided the working population of India into four major categories. Which one of the following is NOT one of them ?

1. Cultivators

2. Domestic workers

3. Household industrial workers

4. Agricultural Labourers

1. 2 only

2. 1 and 2 only

3. 1 and 3 only

4. 1, 2 and 3

Kumar used to eat 30 samosas in a month when the• price of each' samosa was  Rs.12. When the price of samosa increased to Rs. 15 per piece, he eats only 20 samosas a month. What is the price elasticity of demand for samosa by Kumar?

1. 1.33 

2. 1.00 

3. 0.75 

4. 0.08

1. 1,2and3

2. 2, 3 and 4

3. 1, 3 and4.

4. 1, 2 and 4

1. 1, 2 and 3

2. 2, 3 and 4

3. 1 and 2 only

4. 3 and 4 only

1. 1 only

2. 1 and 2 only

3. 2, 3 and4

4. 1, 2 and 3

Which one of the following is NOT listed as one of the sixteen mahajana­ padas in the pre-Mauryan period?

1. Kuru

2. Vatsa

3. Gandhara

4. Kalinga

1. 1 only

2. 2 only

3. Both 1 and 2

4. Neither 1 nor 2

1. 1 only

2. 2 only

3. Both 1 and 2

4. Neither 1 nor 2

In relation to the fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution of India, which one of the following is NOT correct?

1. The fundamental duties were not originally a part of the Constitu­ tion

2. To safeguard public property and abjure violence are fundamental duties

3. They are not enforceable through writs

4. They may not be used for deter­ mining constitutionality of laws

1. 1, 2 and 3

2. 1 and 2 only

3. 2 and 3 only

4. 3 only

Which one. of the following is NOT true of socialism ?

1. Socialists analyse society in terms of income distribution

2. It emphasises the centrality of community

3. Socialists believe that class divi­ sions in society are a fact and therefore irremediable

4. It believes that material benefits should be distributed on the basis of rieed

1. A   B   C   D
   4   3    2   1

2. A   B   C   D
   ?4   2    3   1

3. A   B   C   D
   1   2    3   4

4. A   B   C   D
   1   3    2   4

Which one of the following Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) is recognized as Miniratnas ?

1. Airport Authority of India

2. Indian Oil Corporation Limited

3. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

4. Steel Authority of India Limited

1. Level of Literacy

2. Gross Enrolment Ratio

3. Mean Years of Schooling

4. Dropout rate

Which one of the following was recognized as 'invisible hand' by Adam Smith?

1. Government

2. Market/Price Mechanism

3. Judiciary

4. Legislature

Fixation of price levels for wheat and rice by the Commission for Agriculture Costs and Prices (CACP) is an example of?

1. Administered Price

2. Market Price

3. Control Price

4. Support Price

Mobile phone operators market . in India is an example of

1. Monopoly

2. Monopolistic Competition

3. Oligopoly

4. Perfect Competition

1. 1 and 2 only

2. 2 and 3 only 

3. 1 and 4 only

4. 1, 2, 3 and 4

The distance between two successive crests or troughs of sea waves is•called as

1. Wavelength

2. Wave height

3. Wave frequency

4. Fetch

Which one of the following is NOT a Mediterranean country ?

1. Tunisia

2. Libya

3. North Sudan

4. Egypt

1. LPG consumers

2. internet consumers

3. farmers for fertilisers

4. Central  Government Employees for medical treatment

Which one of the following karst landforms is the largest in size ?

1. Polje

2. Uvala

3. Swallow Hole

4. Sink Hole

Singapore is known as Port of Call because

1. it deals in the processing and shipping of oil

2. it is a deep water port built away from the actual port

3. it is on main sea route where ships use to anchor for refueling, water­ ing and taking food items

4. it serves the parent ports by receiving the ships which are unable to approach due to their large size

Whieh one of the following statements with regard to Censure Motion is NOT correct?

1. A leave of the House is required to move it

2. The Government is free to fix time and date for its discussion

3. It can also be moved against the entirety of the Council of Ministers

4. The Speaker decides whether the motion is in order

1. It can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha 

2. A Deputy Speaker can also certify a Money ill incase of office of Speaker falling vacant

3. A Speaker's authority is final as to whether a bill is Money Bill or not

4. It can be referred to a joint com­ mittee of the two Houses

1. 1,2and3

2. 1 and 3 only

3. 2 only

    

4. 2 and 3 only

Which one of the following statements about the Attorney-General of India is NOT correct ?

1. The person must be qualified  to be appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court

2. He/she enjoys right of audience only •in the Supreme Court and High Courts in India

3. He/she holds office during the pleasure of the President

4. He/she receives remuneration as determined by the President

1. 1 only

2. 1 and 3

3. 2 and 3

4. 3 only

1. The   Nalayira  Divyaprabandham was also known as the Tamil Veda

2. Andal was an Alvar

3. Karaikkal Ammaiyar was a devo­ tee of Vishnu

4. Metal images of the saints Appar and Sundarar were made and then consecrated in a Shiva temple

Who among the following is the author of the Kiratarjuniya ?

1. Magha

2. Bharavi

3. Bhasa

4. Bhavabhuti

Which one of the following is the cor­ rect description of Kandaria Mahadeo ?

1. A Shiva temple  at Elephanta

2. The title of a work  by  Bhatti

3. The capital of Chandella kings

4. A temple at Khajuraho

1. 1 and2

2. 1 only

3. 2 and3

4. 1 and3

1. Elephanta

2. Chidambaram

3. Hampi

    

4. Nagarjunakonda

In relation to the powers of the Union Government of India, which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?

1. The Go ernment of India may undertake legislative functions of a territory outside of India by agreement with the Government of that territory

2. The Union Government may not entrust a State Government with functions over matters where executive power of the Union extends

3. The Union Government may direct States for construction.and mainte­ nance of means of communication of military importance

4. The Governor may, with consent of Government of India, entrust its officers with functions on matters which fall within the executive power of the State

As per provisions of  the Constitution of India, which one of the following is correct

1. Only Parliament has the power to legislate over a subject under the Concurrent List

2. Both Parliament and State Legis­ latures have the power to legislate over a subject under the Concur­ rent List

3. A legislation made under the Con­ current List by Parliament should be ratified by half of the State Legislatures so as to become,a law of the country

4. Only State Legislatures are em­ powered to make laws under Con­ current List

1. 1,2and3

2. 2 and 3 only

3. 1 and 3 only

4. 1 only

1. 1 only

2. 2 only

3. Both 1 and 2

4. Neither 1 nor 2

1. A B C D
   4 3 2 1

    

2. A B C D
   4 2 3 1

3. A B C D
   1 2 3 4

4. A B C D
   1 3 2 4

1. providing cash money to women giving birth of single female child

2. connecting kitchen of every house­ hold with piped cooking gas

3. strengthening and augmenting infrastructure for piped water supply

4. achieving universal household electrification in the country

The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related to

1. combat the green house gasses  and to reduce the global warming and climate change

2. biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention . on Bio­ logical Diversity

3. combat the ozone depleting sub­ stances to protect the human lives from diseases

4. combat the phenomenon of desertification by improving dry land farming . in dry regions

1. ecological succession

2. ecotone

3. ecological niche

4. climax

1. 1 and 2 only

2. 1, 2 and 3

3. 3 only

4. 2 and 3 only

Which one of the following state_ments about the religious policies of the Mughal kings is NOT correct ?

1. The tax on pilgrimage. was abolished in 1563, and the jizya tax on non-Muslim Subjects was abolished in 1564

2. Akbar issues instructions to his officers to follow the policy of religious toleration

3. Not all Mughal emperors gave grants for tl}.e building and mainte­ nance of places of worship

4. Grants were issued for the repair of a number of temples in the reigns of Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb, after they had been destroyed during war

1. 1 only

2. 2 and3 only

3. 1, 2 and 3

4. 1 and 3 only

On which one of the following conditions, did the Marathas agree to serve the Mughal king with a cavalry contingent of 15,000 in the early 18th century?

1. Grant of the jagir of Malwa province

2. Control of the resources of Gujarat

3. The right to levy chauth and sardeshmukhi in the Deccan and South India

4. The right to mint coins in their own name

According to the Delimitation Commission of India and subject to Article 333 of the Constitution of India, what is the maximum number of members that a State Legislative Assembly may have?

1.  450

2.  500

3.  550

4.  600

Who among the following was the first non-official member to be elected as Sp aker of the Central Legislative Assembly on 24-8-1925 ?

1. Vithalbhai J Patel

2. Muhammad Yakub

3. G. V. Mavalankar

4. Sardar Hukum Singh

1. 1 only

2. 1, 2 and 3

3. 2 arid 3 only

4. 1 and 3 only

1. 1 and 3

2. 2 and 3

3. 3 only

4. 2 only

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?

1. Mahogany is a timber species of Tropical Rainforest

2. Chaparral vegetation is found in Taiga climate

3. Lichens are predominantly found in Tundra region

4. Sal is a representative species of Moist Deciduous Forest

1. 1 only

2. 1 and 2

3. 2 and 3

4. 2 only

According to Koppen's climatic classi­ fications of India, Great Northern Plains are represented by

1. Cwg Climate

2. Aw Climate

3. Amw Climate

4. As Climate

Which one among the following stations receives maximum rainfall ?

1. Hyderabad

2. Bengaluru

3. Delhi

4. Raipur

Which one among the following countries does NOT have common boundary with South Africa ?

1. Zambia

2. Zimbabwe

3. Botswana

4. Namibia

1. 1 only

2. 2 only

3. Both 1 and 2

4. Neither 1 nor 2

Which one of the following statements about the Harappan script is NOT correct?

1. It has about four. hundred signs

2. It was written from right to left

3. It has been found on bone  rods and jewellery

4. It refers to the people of Meluhha

1. 1 only

2. 2only

3. Both 1 and2

4. Neither 1 nor 2

Which one of the following is NOT correct about Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi Yatra or Salt March?

1. It was the first national activity in which women participated in large numbers

2. Gandhiji allowed the women's participation at the request of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay

3. The march was fully covered by the Western press

4. The march began after the failure of the First Round Table Confer­ ence in London

The British Committee of the Indian National. Congress was founded in

1.  1889

2.  1892

3.  1898

4.  1901

Tamilakam was the name of the ancient Tamil country that included

1. present day Tamil Nadu as well as parts of Sri Lanka

2. land between present day Tirupati hills and the southernmost tip of peninsula

3. present-day Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra

4. present day Kerala, Telangana and Karnataka

A member giving notice of a resolution for removal of Speaker,. Lok Sabha should be addressed to the

1. Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha

2. Secretary General, Lok Sabha

3. Prime Minister

4. President

Which one of the following statements regarding Public Accounts Committee is correct?

1. It consists of fifteen members from Lok Sabha and seven mem­ bers from Rajya Sabha

2. It consists of twenty members from Lok Sabha and ten members from Rajya Sabha

3. The term of members of Public Accounts Committee is five years

4. Finance Minister is the Chair­ person of the Public Accounts Committee

1. 2 only

2. 1 and 3

3. 1 only

4. 2 and 3

Who was the President of the Consti­ tuent Assembly ?

1. B. R. Ambedkar

2. Rajendra Prasad

3. Alladi Krishnaswami Aiyar

4. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

1. 18

2. 17

3. 16

4. 15

Which one of the following is the greatest number by which the product of three consecutive even numbers would be exactly divisible ?

1. 12

2. 24

3. 48

4. 64

If 15% of A is double of 30% of B, then what is the ratio of A to B ?

1. 1 : 2

2. 2 : 1

3. 1 : 4

4. 4  : 1

The cost of gold varies directly as the cube of its weight. A gold piece weighing 20  decigram  costs  Rs.1,000. If it is broken into two pieces whose weights are in the ratio 2: 3, then what is the profit or loss incurred ?

1. Rs.280 profit

2. Rs.280 loss

3. Rs.720 profit

4. Rs. 720 loss

The average age of the boys in a class is 12 years. The average age of the girls in the class is 11 years. There are 50%. more girls than boys in the class. Which one of the following is the average age of the class (in years)?

1. 11.2 years

    

2. 11.4 years

3. 11.6 years

4. 11.8 y ars

A sum triples in ten years under compound interest at  a  certain  rate of interest, the interest is being compounded annually. In how many years, it would become nine times ?

1. 20 years

2. 30 years

3. 40 years

4. 50 years

The   number   of   ways    by   which  6 distinct balls can be put in 5 distinct boxes are

1. 7776

2. 15625

3. 720

4. 120

A wire of length 6 m is stretched such that its radius is reduced by 20%. Which one of the following is the value of increase in its length ?

1. 50% 

2. 56.25%

3. 62.25%

4. 75%

The alphabets from A to J are numbered from O to 9 respectively. Which one of the following is the  value of AGJ - CEG + EDB ?

1. CFE

2. DGF

3. GFD

4. FCE

A is the smallest positive integer which when dividea by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 8. B is the smallest positive integer which when divided• by 9 and 12 leaves remainder 5. Which one of the following is the value of A - B ?

1. 3

2. 2

3. 1

4. 0

If South-east is called East, North-west is called West, South-west is called South and so-on, what will North be called?

1. East

2. North-east

3. North-west

4. South

If the day before- yesterday was Tuesday, when will Saturday be ?

1. Today

2. Tomorrow

3. Day after tomorrow

4. Two days after tomorrow

What is the value of the missing number?

1. 9

2. 7

3. 5

4. 3

In a group of 100 children, 64•children like to play cricket, 53 children like to play football and 20 children like to play both cricket and football. How many children do NOT like to play cricket or football ?

1. 3

2. 5

3. 7

4. 9

Two years ago, the age of A was three times the age  of  B. If  B  is  currently 9 years old, then after how many years, the age of A will be double of the age of B?

1. 2 years

2. 3 years

3. 4 years

4. 5 years