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- Question
Which one of the following fishing banks is located off the coast of the United Kingdom?
Options- A. Great Fisher Bank
- B. Grand Banks
- C. Dogger Bank
- D. Reed Bank
- Correct Answer
- Dogger Bank
ExplanationDogger Bank (Dutch: Doggersbank, German: Doggerbank, Danish: Doggerbanke) is a large sandbank.
- 1. Which one of the following pairs of lakes is connected by Soo Canal?
Options- A. Superior and Michigan
- B. Superior and Huron
- C. Huron and Ontario
- D. Huron and Erie Discuss
- 2. Which one of the following is not a tributary of the river Ganga?
Options- A. Son
- B. Mahananda
- C. Teesta
- D. Sharada Discuss
- 3. 'Agronomy' is the practice of raising ______________
Options- A. Plants and Animals
- B. Crop plants
- C. Agriculture
- D. Fruit plants only Discuss
- 4. Project 'Sankalp' started for the purpose____________
Options- A. To eradicate illiteracy
- B. To eradicate Polio
- C. To eliminate AIDS/HIV
- D. To eliminate unemployment Discuss
- 5. If the name of a tribe has to be excluded from the list of Scheduled Tribe, who has the power for such exclusion?
Options- A. President
- B. Parliament
- C. National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
- D. Union Council of Ministers Discuss
- 6. Examine these two statements carefully and select the correct answer using the code given below. Statement I :The Pahi-kashta peasants were non-resident cultivators cultivating lands on a contractual basis. Statement II :The Pahi-kashta peasants worked under the temptation of favourable terms of revenue or the compulsion of economic distress.
Options- A. Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
- B. Both the Statements are individually true but Statement II is not the correct explanation of Statement I
- C. Statement Iis true but Statement II is false
- D. Statement I is false but Statement II is true Discuss
- 7. Which one of the following does not signify a battle tank?
Options- A. T-55
- B. T-155
- C. T-72
- D. T-90 Discuss
- 8. Which of the following Gods are also known as Lokapalas or the Guardians of the Universe?
Options- A. Yama, Indra, Varuna and Kubera
- B. Indra, Varuna, Skanda and Kubera
- C. Indra,Varuna, Yama and Brahma
- D. Yama, Shiva, Kubera and Indra Discuss
- 9. Which of the following statementsregarding 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. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Options- A. 1 only
- B. 1 and 3 only
- C. 1, 2 and 3 only
- D. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Discuss
- 10. Which one of the following statements is not correct?
Options- A. Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate.
- B. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
- C. The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation.
- D. Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin. Discuss
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Correct Answer: Superior and Huron
Explanation:
They are located on the St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of the US state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario.
Correct Answer: Teesta
Explanation:
Correct Answer: Plants and Animals
Correct Answer: To eliminate AIDS/HIV
Correct Answer: Parliament
Correct Answer: Both the Statements are individually true and Statement II is the correct explanation of Statement I
Explanation:
Sources of the seventeenth century refer to two kinds of peasants ?khud-kashta and pahi-kashta. The pahi-kashta were non-resident cultivators who belonged to some other village but cultivated lands elsewhere on a contractual basis. People became pahi-kashta either out of choice ?for example, when terms of revenue in a distant village were more favourable ?or out of compulsion ?for example, forced by economic distress after a famine.
Correct Answer: T-155
Explanation:
T-55, T-72 and T-90 battle are USSR/Russian origin battle tanks and are respectively based on first, second and third generation battle tank technologies.
Correct Answer: Yama, Indra, Varuna and Kubera
Explanation:
In Hinduism, the guardians of the cardinal directions are called the Lokap?las, or Dikpalaka. A??a-Dikp?la ("Guardians of Eight Directions")
1.Kubera (North)
2.Yama (South)
3.Indra (East)
4.Varu?a (West)
5.???na (Northeast)
6.Agni (Southeast)
7.Vayu (Northwest)
8.Nir?ti (Southwest)
Correct Answer: 1, 2, 3 and 4
Explanation:
In India, the Universal Adult Franchise was introduced only in the post-independence period during the first general elections to the Lok Sabha and the State Assemblies.
Under the Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946, elections were held for the first time for the Constituent Assembly.
Constituent Assembly members were elected indirectly by members of the newly elected provincial assemblies, and initially included representatives for those provinces that formed part of Pakistan (some of which are now in Bangladesh).
Correct Answer: Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.
Explanation:
CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.
It says that Indian bread manufacturer? use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).
The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.
The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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