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2016 General Knowledge
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Which one of the following gases is released mostly from landfills in urban areas?
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Which one of the following is most sensitive to environmental change?
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Which one of the following is the largest source of electricity in India?
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The HIV virus weakens the immunity of a person because it destroys
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Which one of the following air pollutants combines with the haemoglobin of human blood and reduces its oxygen-carrying capacity, leading to suffocation and may cause even death?
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An irregular mode of reproduction resulting in the development of an embryo without fertilization is called
1. Parthenogenesis
2. Apogamy
3. Sporophytic budding
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Which one of the following is not an allotrope of carbon?
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In paper manufacturing, degumming of the raw material is done using
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Dolomite powder is applied in some agricultural lands. The purpose of applying it is to
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Deficiency of fluoride leads to which one of the following health problems?
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Excessive use of which of the following fertilizers may be responsible for the presence of a toxic substance in groundwater?
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Which one of the following elements does not form solid hydrogen carbonate?
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According to Census 2011, which one of the following is the correct sequence of States in decreasing order of their total size of population?
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With reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct?
1. Earthquakes largely occur along the converging plate boundaries.
2. Point of origin of earthquake in lithosphere is known as focus/ hypocentre.
3. Intensity of earthquake decreases with distance from the epicentre.
4. Epicentre of earthquake always remains over continents only.
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Which of the following pairs of Indian State and tribal population are correct?
1. Madhya Pradesh : Largest tribal population
2. Mizoram : Highest percentage of tribal population out of the total population of the State
3. Chhattisgarh : Second largest tribal population after Madhya Pradesh
4. Arunachal Pradesh : Second highest percentage of tribal population out of the total population of the State after Mizoram
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The spring constant of a spring depends on its
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In the gamma decay of a nucleus
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In a bipolar junction transistor
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The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 °C is known as
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Which one of the following physical quantities has the same dimensions as that of Planck's constant h?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which one of the following hormones is essential for the uptake of glucose by cells in the human body?
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Which of the following cells do not contain nucleus?
1. Root hair cells
2. Red blood cells
3. Platelets
4. Monocytes
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Biological catalysts are protein molecules which
1. speed up a chemical reaction
2. remain unchanged after reaction
3. function optimally at 37 °C
4. do not have an enzymatic activity
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Altitude sickness' is caused at high altitude due to
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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In case of a standard hydrogen electrode
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The elemental composition of an adult human body by mass is
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With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?
1. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi.
2. Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida.
3. National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata.
4. First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad.
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If the latitude and longitudinal extent of an Indian State/UT is 15°48'00'' N to 14°53'15'' N and 74°20'13'' E to 74°40'33'' E, then which one of the following is that State/UT?
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Which of the following statements concerning atmosphere of the Earth are correct?
1. In stratosphere, temperature increases with altitude.
2. In mesosphere, temperature decreases with altitude.
3. The lowest temperature of the atmosphere is recorded in the upper part of mesosphere.
4. Tropopause is an isothermal zone.
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Which one of the following is not a tributary of the river Ganga?
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Which one of the following pairs of lakes is connected by Soo Canal?
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In total internal reflection, the light travels from
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The energy of a photon, whose momentum is 10 MeV/c, where c is the speed of light, is given by
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Liquids and gases never show
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Light travels in a straight line (rectilinear propagation of light). This statement does hold if the medium of travel for light is
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Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?
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Which of the following statements regarding soil is/are correct?
1. Alluvial soils are rich in nitrogen content.
2. Black soils are rich in iron and lime but deficient in nitrogen.
3. Laterite soils are rich in iron and aluminium but deficient in nitrogen and potassium.
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion?
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Which one of the following is correct?
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Which one of the following statements concerning the natural vegetation of India is not correct?
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Which one of the following statements concerning research centres in India is not correct?
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Which one of the following does not signify a battle tank?
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Which of the following Gods are also known as Lokapalas or the Guardians of the Universe?
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Which among the following Acts were repealed by Article 395 of the Constitution of India?
1. The Government of India Act, 1935
2. The Indian Independence Act, 1947
3. The Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949
4. The Government of India Act, 1919
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On 26th November, 1949, which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India came into effect?
1. Citizenship
2. Elections
3. Provisional Parliament
4. Fundamental Rights
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Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly of India is/are correct?
1. The Assembly was elected indirectly by the members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies.
2. The elections were held on the basis of Universal Adult Franchise.
3. The scheme of election was laid down by the Cabinet Delegation.
4. The distribution of seats was done on the basis of the Mountbatten Plan.
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which of the following voted for Brexit in June 2016?
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Which one of the following statements about reusable space vehicle of ISRO is not correct?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which one of the following sources tells us about women protesting against the infidelity of their husbands or the neglect of the wife and children by the male head of the household?
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The All India Census was
1. first attempted in 1872
2. regularly undertaken since 1881
3. always undertaken as a five-year exercise
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What form of Shiva is most prominent in the Brihadeshvara Temple built by the Chola dynasty?
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The basic structure doctrine with regard to the Constitution of India relates to
1. the power of judicial review
2. the judgment in Kesavananda Bharati case (1973)
3. the constraints on Article 368 of the Constitution of India
4. the judgment in Golaknath case (1967)
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Which of the following fundamental rights as enshrined in the Constitution of India belong only to the citizens?
1. Article 19 (Protection of right to freedom of speech)
2. Article 21 (Protection of life and personal liberty)
3. Article 15 (Prohibition of discrimination)
4. Article 16 (Equality of opportunity)
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A citizen of India will lose his or her citizenship if he or she
1. renounces Indian citizenship
2. voluntarily acquires the citizenship of another country
3. marries a citizen of another country
4. criticizes the Government
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Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to protection of individuals being tried for offences?
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Neil O'Brien, who died recently, was a famous
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Consider the following statement :
"If you feel you are trapped in a black hole, don't give up. There is a way out."
Who among the following made the above statement?
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Recently the Government of India cleared the proposal for the production of 18 indigenous 'Dhanush' artillery guns to be produced in India by
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Who among the following won the Men's Singles Title in the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, 2016?
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Which of the following statements about the philosopher Shankara is/are true?
1. Shankara espoused a form of Vedanta called Advaita.
2. He elaborated on the philosophy of Gaudapada.
3. Shankara tried to demonstrate that the Upanishads and Brahmasutras contain a unified, systematic philosophy.
4. Shankara founded the Amanaya Mathas.
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Which of the following statements about the Deccan Riots of 1875 is/are true?
1. The Deccan Riots resulted in protection for peasants through the Deccan Agriculturalists Relief Act of 1879.
2. The riots did not spread to the whole of Maharashtra because of prompt suppression by the British.
3. The British were unable to contain the riots and they spread throughout Maharashtra.
4. The cotton boom in the Deccan that had been caused by the artificial demand generated by the American Civil War caused the impoverishment of the peasants.
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Why are the Gypsies regarded as of Indian origin?
1. They follow Indian religious practices.
2. Their language, called Romani, is an Indo-Aryan language.
3. They believe that they came from India.
4. Epigraphic evidence locates their original home in Uttar Pradesh.
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Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo?
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The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the
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Rakshasa type of marriage is
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Who among the following was defeated by Chile to won the Copa America Football Championship, 2016?
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Which one of the following is the highest altitude zoo in the world?
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Which one of the following statements about the Missile Technology Control Regime is not correct?
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The first Tejas squadron of Indian Air Force consists of
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The headquarters of 'Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific' is located at
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Which of the following with regard to the term 'bank run' is correct?
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Which of the following will be the outcome if an economy is under the inflationary pressure?
1. Domestic currency heads for depreciation.
2. Exports become less competitive with imports getting costlier.
3. Cost of borrowing decreases.
4. Bondholders get benefitted.
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According to the Classical Theory of Employment, deviations from the state of full employment are
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Capital deepening refers to
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Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to Article 32 of the Constitution of India?
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Which one of the following writs is issued by the Supreme Court to secure the freedom of a person upon unlawful arrest?
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According to the provisions of the Constitution of India, which one of the following is not a fundamental duty?
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Under Article 352 of the Constitution of India, an emergency can be declared if security of any part of India is threatened by
1. war
2. external aggression
3. armed rebellion
4. internal disturbance
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Which one of the following statements is not true of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005?
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Which one of the following statements is not correct?
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Which one of the following is not correct in respect of Andaman and Nicobar Command?
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Who is the Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee?
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Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is
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Which one of the following is correct?
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Which one of the following is not one of the Commands of the Indian Army?
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Which one of the following statements is correct?
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Which one of the following is not an Air Defence Missile system?
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Which one of the following statements is correct with respect to the composition of national income in India?
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In India, the term 'hot money' is used to refer to
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Which of the following is/are credit rating agency/agencies in India?
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Who among the following is the Chairman of the Fourteenth Finance Commission?
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The members of NAFTA are
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Which of the following are constitutional provisions and laws for the protection of the rights of the Scheduled Castes in India?
1. Article 17 of the Constitution of India
2. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
3. The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
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Which one of the following is not true about the powers of the Supreme Court?
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The Sixth Schedule of the Constitution of India pertains to the administration of tribal areas in which of the following States?
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India is not correct?
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Consider the following statements about Harappan cities :
1. Roads were not always absolutely straight and did not always cross one another at right angles.
2. A striking feature is the uniformity in the average size of the bricks for houses and for city walls.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Which of the following statements with regard to the conduct of elections in India is/are not correct?
1. The responsibility for the preparation of the electoral rolls is vested in the Election Commission of India.
2. The Model Code of Conduct comes into existence as soon as the date of the election is announced.
3. The laws relating to delimitation of constituencies are made by the Election Commission of India.
4. No election shall be called in question except by an election petition.
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Which one of the following statements with regard to the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes is not correct?
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The right to form associations and unions is a right
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Some Indian territory was transferred in 2015 to Bangladesh by following which procedure?
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