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01.

Which of the following prime ministers of India has held the office for longest term?

A.	Indira Gandhi	B.	Rajeev Gandhi
C.	Manmohan Singh	D.	Jawahar Lal Nehru

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Answer: Jawahar Lal Nehru

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02.

Entomology is the science that studies

A.	Behavior of human beings	B.	Insects
C.	The origin and history of technical and scientific terms	D.	The formation of rocks

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Answer: Insects

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Entomology: The branch of zoology concerned with the study of insects

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03.

In which of the following organs of human body does maximum absorption of food take place?

A.	Gullet	B.	Large intestine
C.	Small intestine	D.	Stomach

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Answer: Small intestine

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04.

What does Fathometer measures?

A.	Earthquakes	B.	Rainfall.
C.	Ocean depth.	D.	Sound intensity.

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Answer: Ocean depth.

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05.

Where is India’s tallest stone statue of the Jain sage Gomateswara located?

A.	Mysore	B.	New Delhi.
C.	Sravanabelagola	D.	Mandu.

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Answer: Sravanabelagola

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06.

The ozone layer restricts:

A.	Visible light.	B.	Infrared radiation.
C.	X-rays and gamma rays.	D.	Ultraviolet radiation.

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Answer: Ultraviolet radiation.

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07.

India's first nuclear blast at Pokhran in Rajasthan took place in

A.	1984	B.	1974
C.	1964	D.	1954

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Answer: 1974

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08.

Hundred year war was fought between

A.	France and England	B.	Greek and Persian forces
C.	Civil war in England	D.	None of the above

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Answer: France and England

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09.

The credit of developing the polio vaccine goes to

A.	Jones Salk	B.	Alb E. Sabin
C.	J.L. Baird	D.	J. Perkins

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Answer: Jones Salk

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10.

India is the ____ grower of pulses

A.	largest	B.	smallest
C.	appropriate for national need	D.	None of the above

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Answer: largest

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11.

Galileo was an Italian astronomer who

A.	developed the telescope	B.	discovered four satellites of Jupiter
C.	discovered that the movement of pendulum produces a regular time measurement	D.	All of the above

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Answer: All of the above

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12.

Which element is common in all acids?

A.	Hydrogen	B.	Oxygen
C.	Sulphur	D.	Chlorine

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Answer: Hydrogen

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13.

Rauf is the dance of

A.	Maharashtra	B.	Tripura
C.	J & K	D.	Uttarakhand

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Answer: J & K

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14.

The first general elections under the Indian constitution were held in

A.	1950	B.	1951
C.	1953	D.	1952

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Answer: 1952

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15.

_____ Celebrated as National Youth Day

A.	12th January	B.	6th November
C.	16th June	D.	25th December

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Answer: 16th June

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16.

The largest committee of parliamentary of India is

A.	To my conduct	B.	Public accounts committee
C.	Committee on public under taking	D.	Joint parliamentary committee

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Answer: Public accounts committee

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17.

Which of the following diseases is water borne?
(i) Typhoid
(ii) Hepatitis B
(iii) Tuberculosis
(iv) Hepatitis A

A.	(i) and (ii)	B.	(i) and (iii)
C.	(i) and (iv)	D.	(ii) and (i)

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Answer: (i) and (iii)

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18.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

A.	succeeded Pandit Nehru as the second Prime Minister of India	B.	signed the Tashkent Agreement with Ayub Khan for a ceasefire between India and Pakistan
C.	is also known as "Man of Peace"	D.	All of the above