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- Question
A capillary tube is partially dipped vertically in a vessel containing water. Due to capillarity water rises in the tube. The height of water rise in the tube can be increased by
Options- A. decreasing the radius of the capillary tube
- B. increasing the radius of the capillary tube
- C. increasing the height of water in the vessel
- D. None of these
- Correct Answer
- decreasing the radius of the capillary tube
ExplanationThe water rise in a capillary tube dipped in water is such that the weight of water in the tube above the surface of water in the vessel is equal to (balances) the upward force due to surface tension. So it is clear that if the the bore (radius) to the tube is decreased, the height of the water column in it must be greater. So, (a) is correct.
- 1. Micro Credit or Micro Finance is a novel approch to banking with the poor. In this approach bank credit is extended to the poor through:
Options- A. Self Help Groups
- B. Anganwadi
- C. Co- operative Credit Societies
- D. Reserve Bank of India Discuss
- 2. The Sunga ruler Bhaga erected a monolithic 'Garuda' at
Options- A. Varanasi
- B. Besnagar
- C. Rajagriha
- D. Pataliputra Discuss
- 3. Who was/were the 10th century composer(s) of the Nalayira Divya Prabandham?
Options- A. Alvars
- B. Nayanars
- C. Appar
- D. Sambandar Discuss
- 4. The First ruler of the Satavahanas was
Options- A. Simuka
- B. Govinda
- C. Sri Satakarni
- D. Nahapana Discuss
- 5. Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?
Options- A. Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult.
- B. They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
- C. They were located in rural areas.
- D. They were located close to trade routes. Discuss
- 6. Who of the following was the personal physician of Kanishka and also the author of a famous treatise on the Indian system of medicine
Options- A. Charaka
- B. Susruta
- C. Nagarjuna
- D. Jevaka Discuss
- 7. Consider the following statements about Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) : 1. ITBP was raised in 1962. 2. ITBP is basicsdly a mountain trained force. 3. ITBP replaced Assam Rifles in Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in 2004-2005 for border gusirding duly. 4. ITBP presently has 52 service battalions.Which of the statements given above are correct?
Options- A. 1, 2 and 4 only
- B. 3 and 4 only
- C. 1, 2, 3 and 4
- D. 1, 2 and 3 only Discuss
- 8. Two most important acts and rituals associated with the vedic marriage system was/were
Options- A. Pani-Grahana
- B. Sapta-Padi
- C. Marriage Vows
- D. Both (a) and (b) Discuss
- 9. Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?
Options- A. Piyadassi
- B. Colin Mackenzie
- C. Alexander Cunningham
- D. James Prinsep Discuss
- 10. The first Buddhist Council was held in which of the following cities
Options- A. Nalanda
- B. Gaya
- C. Rajgriha
- D. Bodh Gaya Discuss
More questions
Correct Answer: Self Help Groups
Correct Answer: Besnagar
Correct Answer: Alvars
Explanation:
The Nalayira Divya Prabandham is a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses composed by the 12 Alvars and was compiled in its present form by Nathamunigal during the 9th -10th centuries. These were sung by the Alwars indevotional estacy in varrious shirineas of Vishnu, made famous as Magalashasana sthalas.
Correct Answer: Simuka
Correct Answer: They were located in rural areas.
Explanation:
A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.
Correct Answer: Charaka
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 3 only
Explanation:
At present, the ITBP has 62 (including 4 service battalions) operational battalions which has close to 62,000 personnel and officers in them. So 4thstatement is incorrect.The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) is one of the five Central Armed Police Forces of India, raised on 24 October 1962, under the CRPF Act, in the wake of the Sino-Indian War of 1962.
Correct Answer: Both (a) and (b)
Correct Answer: James Prinsep
Explanation:
The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837. They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used. The Brahmi script was employed for writing.In the northwestern India Asokan inscriptions were found in Karoshti script.
Correct Answer: Rajgriha
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