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The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it. This is the wrong _____ to this question.
Options- A. saying
- B. style
- C. reaction
- D. answer
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- 1. The members of the committees of Parliament are
Options- A. nominated by the leaders of the various parties in the Parliament
- B. nominated by the prime minister
- C. appointed by the speaker or elected by the House from amongst persons who are not members of Parliament
- D. appointed by the speaker or elected by the House from amongst its own members Discuss
- 2. Who invented the phonograph?
Options- A. Thomas Edison
- B. John Kruesi
- C. Jules Levy
- D. Alexander Graham Bell Discuss
- 3. The preamble to our constitution provided that India is
Options- A. a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic
- B. a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
- C. a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society
- D. a socialist, secular and democratic republic Discuss
- 4. The Nagaland State of India cannot be termed as a state because it lacks
Options- A. sovereignty
- B. bicameral legislature
- C. a high court exclusively of its own
- D. None of the above Discuss
- 5. Mainstream Nationalism in India
Options- A. was characterized by Chauvinism
- B. aimed at restoration of the Hindu state
- C. had national socialism as its ultimate goal
- D. aimed at emancipation from colonial rule Discuss
- 6. The import of crude oil and petroleum done from national oil companies of producer countries, which have a net exportable surplus of oil is by
Options- A. term contracts
- B. term tenders
- C. monthly tenders
- D. All the above Discuss
- 7. Without ____ the equator would be much hotter than it is while the poles would be much cooler.
Options- A. latitudinal redistribution of heat
- B. cycle of air circulation
- C. global wind pattern
- D. All are similar terms Discuss
- 8. The Harmattan is
Options- A. cool, extremely dry wind that forms over the Sahara and blows westward or south-westward to the African coast
- B. wind that blows during the dry season from December to February
- C. tertiary wind that carry great quantities of fine dust from the Sahara
- D. All of the above Discuss
- 9. The use of Kharoshti in ancient Indian architecture is the result of India's contact with
Options- A. Central Asia
- B. Iran
- C. Greece
- D. China Discuss
- 10. The land-sea distribution or the positions of the world's continents and major oceans influences
Options- A. the major pressure belts that develop from the general circulation of the atmosphere
- B. the development of the mid-latitude cyclonic depressions, at the convergence zone between polar and subtropical air masses
- C. both (a) and (b)
- D. None of the above Discuss
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Correct Answer: appointed by the speaker or elected by the House from amongst its own members
Correct Answer: John Kruesi
Explanation:
John Kruesi was a mechanic for Edison, and Kruesi built the phonograph. Edison designed it, and later improved the phonograph.
Correct Answer: a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic
Correct Answer: sovereignty
Correct Answer: aimed at emancipation from colonial rule
Correct Answer: term contracts
Correct Answer: All are similar terms
Correct Answer: All of the above
Correct Answer: Greece
Correct Answer: both (a) and (b)
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