What process is involved in achieving green hydrogen?
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Correct answer: (A) Electrolysis Green hydrogen is made by the electrolysis of water with renewable electricity—the water splits into H₂ and O₂. Since the power comes from the sun or the wind, there is no carbon emission.
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Question 52
Which technology can be used to revive deceased individuals?
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Correct answer: (A) Deepfake Deepfake technology copies a person's face, voice and manner closely enough to make a video in which even someone dead can be shown speaking. AI is the wider field, and a chatbot is only a program that converses.
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Question 53
In the cost-of-living index parameter for 2024, which country is better than India?
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Correct answer: (B) Pakistan On the cost-of-living index of 2024, Pakistan among the countries given was placed better than India.
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Question 54
Who supported Gandhiji in the 1917 Champaran Satyagraha in support of farmers?
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Correct answer: (B) Rajendra Prasad Rajendra Prasad was foremost among those who stood with Gandhiji in the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917; he later became India's first President. The movement was for peasants forced to grow indigo.
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Question 55
Which is the moon-like planet?
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Correct answer: (A) Mercury Mercury's surface is pitted with craters like the Moon's and it has almost no atmosphere of its own, which is why it is called the moon-like planet. Mars has a thin atmosphere and the Earth a dense one.
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Question 56
According to fossils, what is the place of origin of humans?
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Correct answer: (A) Rift Valley of Africa
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Question 57
In India, where is dry-point settlement found?
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Correct answer: (A) Flood-prone area
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Question 58
In which district of Bihar is paddy production maximum?
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Correct answer: (B) Rohtas Rohtas district grows the most paddy in Bihar and is called the state's rice bowl. The irrigation from the Son canal is the main reason.
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Question 59
On which mountain is Tehran situated?
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Correct answer: (A) Alborz Tehran, the capital of Iran, lies at the foot of the Alburz range.
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Question 60
What is the highest peak in the Eastern Ghats of India?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above
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Question 61
Which of these is not a valid reason for the depletion of flora and fauna?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above The spread of agriculture, large development projects, and grazing with the gathering of fuelwood are all genuine causes of the loss of flora and fauna. None of them is an invalid reason, so the answer is ‘None of the above’.
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Question 62
In which district of Bihar is silk textile production maximum?
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Correct answer: (B) Bhagalpur Bhagalpur produces the most silk cloth in Bihar and is called the Silk City; its tussar silk is especially well known.
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Question 63
Who was the viceroy of India during the Jallianwala Bagh massacre?
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Correct answer: (B) Lord Chelmsford The Jallianwala Bagh massacre took place at Amritsar on 13 April 1919, when Lord Chelmsford was Viceroy. Lord Curzon (1899–1905) is remembered for the partition of Bengal and Lord Irwin (1926–31) for the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
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Question 64
Who was the first President of the Indian National Congress?
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Correct answer: (B) W. C. Bonnerjee The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at Bombay in 1885 and its first President was W. C. Bonnerjee.
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Question 65
Who among the following is also known as the Grand Old Man of India?
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Correct answer: (B) Dadabhai Naoroji Dadabhai Naoroji is called the Grand Old Man of India. His ‘drain of wealth’ theory showed that British rule was carrying India's wealth away.
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Question 66
Which of the following movements was started by M. K. Gandhi?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above The Quit India Movement (1942) and the Non-Cooperation Movement (1920) were both begun by Mahatma Gandhi. The Swadeshi Movement started in 1905 against the partition of Bengal, before Gandhiji had even returned to India. So more than one option is correct.
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Question 67
Who was the leader of the Bardoli Satyagraha?
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Correct answer: (A) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel The Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928 was led by Vallabhbhai Patel. After that successful stand against the raised land revenue, the women there gave him the title ‘Sardar’.
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Question 68
Who among the following is not associated with the Home Rule Movement?
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak were of course part of the Home Rule Movement, and Sarojini Naidu was an active member too. All three being associated with it, the answer is ‘None of the above’.
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Question 69
Who founded the Bihar Provincial Congress Committee in 1920?
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Correct answer: (A) Dr. Rajendra Prasad The Bihar Provincial Congress Committee was founded in 1920 by Dr Rajendra Prasad, later the first President of India. Anugrah Narayan Sinha was his colleague, and Jayaprakash Narayan of a later generation.
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Question 70
The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was founded in Bihar in 1936 under whose leadership?
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Correct answer: (C) Swami Sahajanand Saraswati The All India Kisan Sabha was founded at Lucknow in 1936 with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati as its first president; he had built the peasant movement up from Bihar.
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Question 71
Research interviews are of which type(s)?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 72
Social inequality is social because:
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 73
In-depth investigation of a single person, group, or event is associated with:
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Correct answer: (C) Case study
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Question 74
Educational qualifications are an example of which of the following?
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Correct answer: (A) Cultural capital
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Question 75
Which method is not used in qualitative research?
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Correct answer: (C) Statistical analysis
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Question 76
Research in which both quantitative and qualitative methods are used is known as:
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Correct answer: (A) Triangulation
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Question 77
Networks of contacts and social associations are an example of which of the following?
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Correct answer: (B) Social capital
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Question 78
Research projects that collect standardized data about large numbers of people are known as:
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Correct answer: (A) Social surveys
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Question 79
Which qualitative data-collection technique is used to understand people in their natural setting?
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Correct answer: (B) Observation
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Question 80
Who defined sociology as a “science which attempts an interpretative understanding of social action”?
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Correct answer: (C) Max Weber
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Question 81
According to whom is sociology the study of social facts?
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Correct answer: (C) Emile Durkheim
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Question 82
Who among the following is concerned with the study of religion and social change?
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Correct answer: (B) Max Weber
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Question 83
The system by which categories of people in a society are ranked in a hierarchy is known as:
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Correct answer: (A) Social stratification
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Question 84
Who distinguished between logical action and non-logical action?
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Correct answer: (A) Vilfredo Pareto
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Question 85
What are the key principles that explain social stratification?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 86
What types of cultures are mentioned in Sorokin’s cyclical theory of social change?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 87
Which of the following does not explain Coser’s theory of social conflict?
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Correct answer: (B) Conflict leads to destruction
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Question 88
Who contributed the concept of ‘imperatively coordinated associations’?
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Correct answer: (B) Ralph Dahrendorf
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Question 89
What are clusters of individuals on the margins of the class system, not wholly integrated into the division of labour, termed?
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Correct answer: (A) Lumpen-proletariat
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Question 90
The ‘untouchable’ castes are considered:
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Correct answer: (A) Outside the caste hierarchy
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Question 91
In which type of solidarity does the collective conscience completely envelop individual consciousness?
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Correct answer: (A) Mechanical solidarity
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Question 92
With an increasing level of social development in society:
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Correct answer: (B) Repressive law is replaced by restitutive law
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Question 93
Which of the following are functional prerequisites according to Parsons?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 94
Who among the following is a conflict theorist?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 95
The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act came into effect in which year?
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Correct answer: (A) 1990
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Question 96
Who among the following is/are associated with positivism?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 97
Ridicule and gossip are examples of:
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Correct answer: (B) Informal social control
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Question 98
When material culture develops much faster than non-material culture, it is termed:
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Correct answer: (C) Cultural lag
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Question 99
Which of the following are types of reference group?
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Correct answer: (D) More than one of the above
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Question 100
Under which article did the Constitution abolish untouchability?