Correct answer: (B) 10th December Human Rights Day is kept on 10 December, the day the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.
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Question 52
Who was the founder of the Indian National Army (INA)?
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Correct answer: (B) Mohan Singh The Indian National Army was founded in 1942 by Captain Mohan Singh. Subhash Chandra Bose took over its leadership in 1943 and gave it a new shape.
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Question 53
The Tana Bhagat Movement was related to
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Correct answer: (B) Tribal Movement
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Question 54
In which state is Raksha Bandhan celebrated as Tree Safety Day?
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Correct answer: (C) Bihar In Bihar Raksha Bandhan is kept as Tree Safety Day, on which people tie a thread round trees and take a vow to protect them.
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Question 55
In which of the following states is black soil found?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above Black soil was formed from the lava of the Deccan Trap and is spread over Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. Uttarakhand is a Himalayan state where it is not found, so two options are correct.
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Question 56
How many species of flora and fauna are there in India?
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Correct answer: (A) 81,000 species of fauna and 47,000 species of flora India holds about 47,000 species of flora and 81,000 species of fauna, which makes it a country rich in biodiversity.
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Question 57
In the strata of which of the following rocks are minerals deposited and accumulated?
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Correct answer: (A) Sedimentary rocks Sedimentary rocks are formed layer upon layer, so minerals collect in their strata. Coal and petroleum are found in them too.
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Question 58
Which one of the following is a leguminous crop?
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Correct answer: (A) Pulse Pulses belong to the Leguminosae family, whose root nodules hold Rhizobium bacteria that fix nitrogen. Jowar and bajra are coarse cereals, not pulses.
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Question 59
Which two of the following extreme locations are connected by the East-West Corridor?
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Correct answer: (C) Silchar and Porbandar The East-West Corridor joins Silchar in Assam to Porbandar in Gujarat, while the North-South Corridor runs from Srinagar to Kanyakumari.
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Question 60
Stalactite and stalagmite structures are formed by
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Correct answer: (B) underground water In limestone caves underground water dissolves calcium carbonate and drips; the form hanging from the roof is a stalactite and the one rising from the floor a stalagmite.
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Question 61
April 22 is celebrated as
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Correct answer: (A) World Earth Day 22 April is kept as World Earth Day. World Health Day falls on 7 April and World Ozone Day on 16 September.
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Question 62
The topographical map of India is prepared by which organization?
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Correct answer: (B) Survey of India
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Question 63
Who first described the Revolt of 1857 as the ‘First Indian War of Independence’?
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Correct answer: (A) V. D. Savarkar Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, in his book ‘The Indian War of Independence, 1857’, called the revolt India's first war of independence. R. C. Majumdar disagreed with that view.
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Question 64
Which of the following events happened first?
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Correct answer: (A) Santhal Rebellion The Santhal rebellion was in 1855–56, Birsa Munda's Ulgulan in 1899–1900 and the Tana Bhagat movement in 1914. So the Santhal rebellion came first.
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Question 65
Which revolt is mentioned in Bankim Chandra Chatterjee’s novel Anandamath?
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Correct answer: (A) Sannyasi Bankim Chandra Chatterjee's novel ‘Anandamath’ is set against the Sannyasi revolt, which took place in Bengal in the latter half of the eighteenth century. The song ‘Vande Mataram’ comes from this novel.
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Question 66
When were ‘Swadeshi’ and ‘Boycott’ first adopted as forms of struggle in India?
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Correct answer: (A) Partition of Bengal Swadeshi and boycott were first made forms of struggle in protest against the partition of Bengal in 1905—giving up foreign goods and using Indian ones.
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Question 67
Who was the President of the Indian National Congress at the Gaya Session of 1922?
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Correct answer: (A) Chittaranjan Das The Gaya session of 1922 was presided over by Chittaranjan Das. It was after this session that the Swaraj Party was formed over the question of entering the councils.
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Question 68
Who led the peasants of Bihar during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
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Correct answer: (B) Swami Vidyanand During the Non-Cooperation Movement the peasants of Bihar were led by Swami Vidyanand. Raj Kumar Shukla belonged to the Champaran Satyagraha.
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Question 69
Who founded Hindu College at Calcutta in 1817?
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Correct answer: (B) David Hare Hindu College at Calcutta was founded in 1817 by David Hare, with the help of Raja Ram Mohan Roy and others. Derozio joined later as a teacher.
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Question 70
Who said, “Congress is tottering to its fall and one of my great ambitions while in India is to assist it to a peaceful demise”?
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Correct answer: (C) Curzon The remark is Lord Curzon's; he called the Congress a tottering body and spoke of helping it to a peaceful end. The partition of Bengal did the very opposite.
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Question 71
If (a/b)^(2x−3) = (b/a)^(x−3), then the value of x is
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Correct answer: (A) 2
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Question 72
If x − 1/x = 2, then the value of x⁴ + 1/x⁴ is
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 73
The value of 27^(1/3) + 243^(1/5) is
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Correct answer: (A) 6
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Question 74
The LCM of x² + 5x + 6 and x² + 4x + 4 is
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Correct answer: (C) (x + 2)(x + 2)(x + 3)
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Question 75
The sum of cubes of the first n natural numbers is
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Correct answer: (C) [n(n + 1)/2]²
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Question 76
If the length of the shadow of a pole on level ground is twice the length of the pole, then the angle of elevation of the Sun is
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 77
The value of sin 3000° is
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Correct answer: (A) √3/2
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Question 78
The empirical relationship among mean, mode and median is
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Correct answer: (A) mode = 3 median − 2 mean
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Question 79
If A is the event of getting 13 by throwing two unbiased six-faced dice, then A is called
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 80
The probability of getting at least one head by throwing three unbiased coins is
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Correct answer: (B) 7/8
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Question 81
If A and B are any two events, then P(A ∪ B) is
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Correct answer: (B) P(A) + P(B) − P(A ∩ B)
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Question 82
The circumference of the base of a cylinder is 44 cm and its height is 22 cm. Its volume is
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Correct answer: (A) 3388 cm³
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Question 83
The whole surface area of a cuboid 24 cm long, 14 cm broad and 7.5 cm high is
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Correct answer: (C) 1242 cm²
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Question 84
The value of 5 ÷ [1/(6 ÷ (1/(10 ÷ 1/18)))] is
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Correct answer: (A) 5400
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Question 85
The internal circumference of a circular park is 440 m. A track 14 m wide is constructed outside the park. The diameter of the outer circle is
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Correct answer: (A) 168 m
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Question 86
The ratio of the sides of a triangle is 3:4:5. If its perimeter is 144 cm, then its area is
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Correct answer: (C) 864 cm²
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Question 87
The areas of a circle and a square are equal. The ratio of the side of the square to the radius of the circle is
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Correct answer: (B) √π:1
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Question 88
An equilateral triangle is made from a copper wire. Its area is 121√3 cm². If a circle is made using the same wire, its area is
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Correct answer: (C) 346.5 cm²
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Question 89
If one diagonal of a rhombus is 80% of its other diagonal, its area is x times the square of the larger diagonal. x is
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Correct answer: (A) 2/5
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Question 90
The area of the circle inscribed in a rectangle 10 cm long and 8 cm wide is
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Correct answer: (A) 16π cm²
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Question 91
If 8 metallic balls, each of diameter 4 cm, are melted to form a large ball, the radius of the large ball is
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Correct answer: (B) 4 cm
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Question 92
If the purchase price of 12 oranges is equal to the selling price of 9 oranges, the percentage profit is
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Correct answer: (B) 33⅓%
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Question 93
The areas of two similar triangles are 81 cm² and 49 cm² respectively. The ratio of their corresponding heights is
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Correct answer: (A) 9:7
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Question 94
A hemisphere and a cone have equal bases. If their heights are also equal, the ratio of their curved surface areas is
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Correct answer: (B) √2:1
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Question 95
The diameters of the wheels of a cycle are 66 cm and 72 cm. If the bigger wheel rotates 1188 times to cover a fixed distance, how many times will the smaller wheel rotate to cover the same distance?
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Correct answer: (C) 1296
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Question 96
The difference in selling prices of an article sold at profits of 6% and 4% is ₹3. Its purchase price is
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Correct answer: (B) ₹150
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Question 97
In a mixture of 200 litres, water is 15% and the rest is milk. How much milk must be added so that milk is 87.5% of the resulting mixture?
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Correct answer: (C) 40 litres
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Question 98
A student multiplied a number by 7.2 instead of 0.72 and obtained a result 2592 greater than the correct value. The original number is
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Correct answer: (A) 400
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Question 99
The ratio of incomes of A and B is 2:3 and the ratio of their expenditures is 1:2. If each saves ₹24,000, the income of A is
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Correct answer: (B) ₹48,000
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Question 100
In a class, the number of boys is 12% more than the number of girls. The ratio of boys to girls is