Who was selected as the ICC Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Year 2023?
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Correct answer: (C) Hayley Matthews (West Indies)
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Question 52
Who was crowned Miss World 2024 in Mumbai?
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Correct answer: (A) Miss Czech Kristina Pishkova The Miss World 2024 title was won at Mumbai by Kristina Pishkova of the Czech Republic.
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Question 53
In which country will the Clean Energy Investor Forum be organised by IPEF?
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Correct answer: (B) Singapore The Clean Energy Investor Forum of the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) was held in Singapore.
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Question 54
India has acquired the right to operate the foreign Sittwe Port. In which country is it?
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Correct answer: (C) Myanmar Sittwe port is in the Rakhine province of Myanmar, and India has got the right to operate it. It is part of the Kaladan project, which will link north-east India to the sea.
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Question 55
What is the mangrove forest of the Ganga Delta called?
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Correct answer: (A) Sunderban
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Question 56
Which river in Bihar is known for frequently changing its course?
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Correct answer: (B) Kosi
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Question 57
Plant roots get water from soil as:
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Correct answer: (C) Capillary water Roots draw the water held by capillarity in the fine spaces between soil particles. Hygroscopic water clings to the particles too tightly for the roots to pull it away.
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Question 58
How much larger is the equatorial diameter than the polar diameter?
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Correct answer: (B) 43 km The Earth is flattened at the poles, so its equatorial diameter is about 43 kilometres greater than the polar. That is why the Earth is called an oblate spheroid rather than a perfect sphere.
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Question 59
At which longitude is Indian Standard Time (IST) taken?
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Correct answer: (A) 82.5° E Indian Standard Time is taken at 82°30′ E longitude, which passes near Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh and is 5 hours 30 minutes ahead of Greenwich.
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Question 60
To whom is the Green Revolution in India credited?
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Correct answer: (B) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
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Question 61
The highest mountain peak of India is known as:
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Correct answer: (B) Kanchenjunga The highest peak within India's own borders is Kanchenjunga (8,586 m). Everest stands on the Nepal–China border and K-2 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, so neither counts as an Indian peak.
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Question 62
The Indian continent was earlier part of:
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Correct answer: (A) Gondwanaland The Indian peninsula was once part of the great southern continent of Gondwanaland. Pangaea was the still older single landmass, which later split into Laurasia and Gondwanaland.
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Question 63
Who led the Revolt of 1857 in Bihar?
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Correct answer: (B) Kunwar Singh The 1857 revolt in Bihar was led by Kunwar Singh of Jagdishpur, who took on the British at the age of eighty. Tatya Tope and Nana Saheb were active in central India.
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Question 64
By whom was the spiritual side of nationalism voiced?
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Correct answer: (C) Swami Vivekananda
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Question 65
Which newspaper propagated strong nationalist views during India’s freedom struggle?
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Correct answer: (B) Amrit Bazar Patrika The ‘Amrit Bazar Patrika’ spread strong nationalist views during the freedom struggle. The ‘Pioneer’ and the ‘Statesman’ were pro-British papers.
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Question 66
Who intervened in the dispute between Ahmedabad mill owners and workers in 1918?
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Correct answer: (B) Mahatma Gandhi
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Question 67
Name the left-wing leader of the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha who popularised it in Bihar.
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Correct answer: (A) Karyanand Sharma The left-wing leader Karyanand Sharma did the most to turn the Bihar Provincial Kisan Sabha into a mass movement, organising the peasants of the Munger region.
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Question 68
The Muddiman Committee was appointed to report on the working of:
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Correct answer: (A) Dyarchy The Muddiman Committee was appointed in 1924 to examine the working of the dyarchy introduced by the Act of 1919.
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Question 69
“He was a great unifier in India who taught us not only bare tolerance of others but the willing acceptance of them as our friends and comrades in common undertakings.” Who said it?
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Correct answer: (C) Rajendra Prasad The remark is about Dr Rajendra Prasad, who taught not bare tolerance but the willing acceptance of others. He was India's first President.
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Question 70
Who proceeded to organise the Provisional Government of Free India outside the country?
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Correct answer: (B) Rash Behari Bose Towards a Provisional Government of Free India outside the country, Raja Mahendra Pratap moved first, at Kabul in 1915; but it was Rash Behari Bose who built the Indian Independence League and the Azad Hind organisation in Japan, and later handed them over to Subhas Chandra Bose.
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Question 71
Which of the following is not a bisexual plant?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 72
Which of the following are the “Big 3” primary nutrients in commercial fertilizers?
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Correct answer: (A) Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
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Question 73
Which is an appropriate use of cow dung?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 74
Which statement is true for the rate of evaporation?
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Correct answer: (A) Directly proportional to the temperature of the liquid
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Question 75
Water in the steam state is:
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Correct answer: (C) Gaseous
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Question 76
The melting point of a solid is an indication of:
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Correct answer: (A) The strength of the force of attraction between its particles
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Question 77
The melting point of ice is:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 78
When a solid melts, its temperature:
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Correct answer: (C) Remains the same
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Question 79
Scattering of a beam of light is called:
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Correct answer: (B) Tyndall effect
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Question 80
Which activity takes place during the burning of a candle?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 81
Which of the following elements is not in the liquid state at room temperature?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 82
The atomic mass of oxygen is:
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Correct answer: (C) 16
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Question 83
The atomicity of sulphur is:
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 84
When a compound consists of a metal and a non-metal, the name or symbol of the metal is written:
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Correct answer: (A) First
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Question 85
The mass of a neutron is:
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Correct answer: (B) Nearly equal to that of a proton
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Question 86
80 g of helium contains:
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Correct answer: (B) 20 moles
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Question 87
Which of the following is an exception to the Law of Constant Proportions?
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Correct answer: (C) FeO
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Question 88
Which of the following are characteristics of isotopes?
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Correct answer: (A) Similar chemical but different physical properties
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Question 89
Which of the following pairs represents isobars?
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Correct answer: (B) ⁴⁰K₁₉ and ⁴⁰Ca₂₀
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Question 90
Which of the following reactions is also termed a decomposition reaction?