CDS (II) 2020, General Knowledge question paper

1. A.
   1, 2, 3, 4
2. B.
   1, 3, 2, 4
3. C.
   3, 2, 1, 4
4. D.
   2, 4, 3, 1

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1. A.
   Ease of starting a business
2. B.
   Getting electricity
3. C.
   Registering property
4. D.
   Paying taxes

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1. A.
   The Act was enacted in the year 2013.
2. B.
   The Act was rolled out in the year 2014.
3. C.
   The Act legally entitles 67 percent of the population to receive highly subsidised food grains.
4. D.
   The Act is not being implemented in all the States/Union Territories.

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1. A.
   There has been deceleration in growth rate.
2. B.
   There has been sluggish growth in tax revenue relative to the Budget Estimates.
3. C.
   Fiscal deficit as percentage of GDP has been as per the Budget Estimates.
4. D.
   The non-tax revenue registered a considerably higher growth.

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1. A.
   urea subsidy
2. B.
   petroleum subsidy
3. C.
   food subsidy
4. D.
   fertilizer subsidy

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1. A.
   Jodhpur
2. B.
   Leh
3. C.
   New Delhi
4. D.
   Bengaluru

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1. A.
   Subtropical region
2. B.
   Temperate region
3. C.
   Alpine region
4. D.
   Tundra region

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1. A.
   1991
2. B.
   1981
3. C.
   1971
4. D.
   1961

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1. A.
   10 °C
2. B.
   25 °C
3. C.
   15 °C
4. D.
   20 °C

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1. A.
   Aw
2. B.
   Dfc
3. C.
   Cwg
4. D.
   Am

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1. A.
   Inceptisols
2. B.
   Entisols
3. C.
   Alfisols
4. D.
   Vertisols

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1. A.
   Mogadishu
2. B.
   Singapore
3. C.
   Colombo
4. D.
   Manila

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1. A.
   1 only
2. B.
   1 and 2 only
3. C.
   2 and 3 only
4. D.
   1, 2 and 3

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1. A.
   Patna
2. B.
   Aligarh
3. C.
   Bhopal
4. D.
   Gurdaspur

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1. A.
   The Communist Party of India
2. B.
   The Muslim League
3. C.
   The Hindu Mahasabha
4. D.
   The Unionist Party

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1. A.
   B. P. Wadia
2. B.
   S. A. Dange
3. C.
   N. M. Joshi
4. D.
   B. T. Ranadive

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1. A.
   Bombay Labour Union
2. B.
   Ahmedabad Labour Union
3. C.
   Madras Labour Union
4. D.
   Allahabad Labour Union

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1. A.
   Hriday Nath Kunzru
2. B.
   S. G. Vaze
3. C.
   Annie Besant
4. D.
   Shri Ram Bajpai

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1. A.
   The Secretary General is the advisor to the Speaker.
2. B.
   The Secretary General acts under the authority in the name of the Speaker.
3. C.
   The Secretary General works under the Speaker with delegated authority.
4. D.
   The Secretary General passes orders in the name of the Speaker.

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1. A.
   M. S. Aney
2. B.
   G. V. Mavalankar
3. C.
   C. M. Stephen
4. D.
   A. Ayyangar

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1. A.
   The President holds office for a term of five years.
2. B.
   The President may be removed from the office by way of impeachment.
3. C.
   The President may resign before the expiration of his/her term by writing to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
4. D.
   The President shall, notwithstanding the expiration of his/her term, continue to hold office until his/her successor enters upon his/her office.

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1. A.
   Article 31A and Article 31C
2. B.
   Article 31B and Article 31D
3. C.
   Article 12 and Article 13
4. D.
   Article 16 and Article 17

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1. A.
   The office must be a public office.
2. B.
   The office must be created by the Statute or by the Constitution itself.
3. C.
   The office must not be a substantive one.
4. D.
   There has been a contravention of the Constitution or a Statute in appropriating such person to that office.

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1. A.
   The National Commission for Scheduled Castes
2. B.
   The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
3. C.
   The National Commission for Backward Classes
4. D.
   The National Commission for Women

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1. A.
   the World Environment Day
2. B.
   the World No-Tobacco Day
3. C.
   the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
4. D.
   the International Youth Day

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1. A.
   Maldives
2. B.
   Bangladesh
3. C.
   Thailand
4. D.
   Japan

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1. A.
   Madhuri Dixit
2. B.
   Rani Mukherjee
3. C.
   Tabu
4. D.
   Vidya Balan

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1. A.
   Ladakh
2. B.
   Jammu and Kashmir
3. C.
   Chandigarh
4. D.
   Puducherry

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1. A.
   Kerala
2. B.
   Haryana
3. C.
   Gujarat
4. D.
   Manipur

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1. A.
   Great Barrier Reef, Australia
2. B.
   Rainbow Reef, Fiji
3. C.
   Swaraj Island, India
4. D.
   Kyushu Island, Japan

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1. A.
   China
2. B.
   Saudi Arabia
3. C.
   USA
4. D.
   Germany

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1. A.
   1, 2, 3, 4
2. B.
   1, 3, 2, 4
3. C.
   3, 2, 1, 4
4. D.
   4, 3, 2, 1

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1. A.
   primary goods
2. B.
   intermediate goods
3. C.
   consumer durables
4. D.
   consumer non-durables

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1. A.
   price of a commodity falls
2. B.
   consumers want to buy more at any given price
3. C.
   average income rises
4. D.
   population grows

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1. A.
   oligopoly
2. B.
   imperfect competition
3. C.
   monopolistic competition
4. D.
   perfect competition

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1. A.
   Ozone is found mostly at 15-55 km in the atmosphere.
2. B.
   Ozone is produced by gaseous chemical reactions.
3. C.
   16th November is celebrated as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
4. D.
   Ozone is a form of oxygen in which three oxygen atoms are bounded together.

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1. A.
   Black Sea
2. B.
   Baltic Sea
3. C.
   Mediterranean Sea
4. D.
   North Sea

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1. A.
   Canada
2. B.
   USA
3. C.
   Australia
4. D.
   South Africa

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1. A.
   Chandigarh
2. B.
   Puducherry
3. C.
   Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
4. D.
   Lakshadweep

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1. A.
   River Plate
2. B.
   Orinoco River
3. C.
   Purus River
4. D.
   Madeira River

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1. A.
   East Australian Coast
2. B.
   West Australian Coast
3. C.
   North Australian Coast
4. D.
   South Australian Coast

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1. A.
   M. G. Ranade
2. B.
   B. G. Tilak
3. C.
   Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
4. D.
   G. H. Deshmukh

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1. A.
   Universal adult franchise
2. B.
   Repeal of the Arms Act
3. C.
   Extension of Permanent Settlement
4. D.
   Higher jobs for Indians in the army

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1. A.
   Auckland Colvin
2. B.
   Badruddin Tyabji
3. C.
   Theodore Beck
4. D.
   Sir Syed Ahmad Khan

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1. A.
   the Jats and Gujjars
2. B.
   the Rajputs and Yadavs
3. C.
   the Jats and Yadavs
4. D.
   the Ahirs and Kurmis

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1. A.
   B. S. Moonje
2. B.
   M. R. Jayakar
3. C.
   S. B. Tambe
4. D.
   B. N. Sasmal

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1. A.
   Motilal Nehru and C. R. Das
2. B.
   Muhammad Ali and C. R. Das
3. C.
   T. B. Sapru and M. R. Jayakar
4. D.
   M. R. Jayakar and C. R. Das

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1. A.
   Environment, Forest and Climate Change
2. B.
   Home Affairs
3. C.
   Commerce and Industry
4. D.
   Finance

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1. A.
   Ram Manohar Lohia
2. B.
   Jawaharlal Nehru
3. C.
   M. G. Ranade
4. D.
   Jayaprakash Narayan

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1. A.
   It refuses theocracy.
2. B.
   It separates religion from the State.
3. C.
   A State in order to be secular must be democratic.
4. D.
   It must prevent religious conflict and promote religious harmony.

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1. A.
   when President's Rule is called for
2. B.
   when a national emergency necessitates dissolution of Legislative Assembly
3. C.
   at the commencement of the first session after general election and at the first session of each year
4. D.
   whenever he/she has concluded that such is necessary

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1. A.
   Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the composition of Panchayats.
2. B.
   Panchayat area means the territorial area of a Panchayat.
3. C.
   Gram Sabha includes all persons in the electoral rolls of village within a Panchayat.
4. D.
   Reservation of seats for SCs and STs has nothing to do with proportion of their population.

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1. A.
   It propounds that citizen participation is essential in democracies.
2. B.
   Citizens must be able to protect themselves from governmental encroachments.
3. C.
   It is compatible with laissez-faire capitalism.
4. D.
   Political equality is understood in formal terms as equal voting rights.

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1. A.
   dynamite
2. B.
   ammonium nitrate
3. C.
   RDX
4. D.
   mercury nitride

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1. A.
   The fission bomb dropped at Hiroshima
2. B.
   The fusion bomb dropped at Nagasaki
3. C.
   The first nuclear bomb tested by America
4. D.
   The first nuclear bomb tested by North Korea

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1. A.
   Bharat Biotech
2. B.
   AIIMS
3. C.
   Serum Institute of India
4. D.
   National Institute of Epidemiology

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1. A.
   removing the spool during the blowout control operations
2. B.
   transfer of oil from its depot to a pipeline
3. C.
   the leakage of methyl isocyanide
4. D.
   the leakage of radiations from radioactive substance

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1. A.
   P. O. Sompura
2. B.
   Chandrakant Sompura
3. C.
   Brinda Somaya
4. D.
   B. V. Doshi

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1. A.
   Chile
2. B.
   Brazil
3. C.
   Paraguay
4. D.
   Uruguay

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1. A.
   A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
2. B.
   A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
3. C.
   A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
4. D.
   A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

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1. A.
   Saudi Arabian plate
2. B.
   Antarctica and the surrounding oceanic plate
3. C.
   India-Australia-New Zealand plate
4. D.
   Pacific plate

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1. A.
   Tonga Trench
2. B.
   Mariana Trench
3. C.
   Philippine Trench
4. D.
   Kermadec Trench

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1. A.
   terrestrial planets
2. B.
   giant planets
3. C.
   dwarf planets
4. D.
   gas planets

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1. A.
   Belarus
2. B.
   USA
3. C.
   Russia
4. D.
   Canada

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1. A.
   Cirque
2. B.
   Gorge
3. C.
   Braids
4. D.
   Canyon

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1. A.
   1st century CE
2. B.
   2nd century CE
3. C.
   3rd century CE
4. D.
   5th century CE

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1. A.
   Gupta kings issued large number of gold coins known as Dinar.
2. B.
   Chandragupta II, Kumaragupta I, Skandagupta and Budhagupta issued silver coins.
3. C.
   The obverses of coins are carved with the images of the kings and on the reverse are carved deities.
4. D.
   The largest number of coins issued by the Guptas were of copper.

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1. A.
   Sukhdev
2. B.
   Chandrashekhar Azad
3. C.
   Bhagwati Charan Vohra
4. D.
   Bhagat Singh

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1. A.
   Tripuri Session
2. B.
   Lahore Session
3. C.
   Lucknow Session
4. D.
   Karachi Session

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1. A.
   Ayodhya
2. B.
   Agra
3. C.
   Delhi
4. D.
   Kanpur

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1. A.
   1 only
2. B.
   2 only
3. C.
   Both 1 and 2
4. D.
   Neither 1 nor 2

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1. A.
   Alauddin Khilji
2. B.
   Muhammad bin Tughluq
3. C.
   Iltutmish
4. D.
   Firoz Shah Tughluq

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1. A.
   Arabic
2. B.
   Persian
3. C.
   Urdu
4. D.
   Turkish

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1. A.
   1, 2 and 4
2. B.
   1 and 2 only
3. C.
   2 and 3
4. D.
   1 and 4 only

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1. A.
   The Members are only appointed.
2. B.
   The Members are only elected.
3. C.
   The Members are only nominated.
4. D.
   The Members are appointed or elected on a motion made and adopted or nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

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1. A.
   National Parties
2. B.
   State Recognised Parties
3. C.
   Regional Parties
4. D.
   Registered Unrecognised Parties

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1. A.
   1 and 2 only
2. B.
   1, 2 and 3
3. C.
   2 and 4
4. D.
   1, 3 and 4

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1. A.
   B. N. Rau
2. B.
   B. R. Ambedkar
3. C.
   Pattabhi Sitaramayya
4. D.
   Alladi Krishnaswamy

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1. A.
   the Supreme Court only
2. B.
   the High Courts only
3. C.
   the Supreme Court and High Courts only
4. D.
   the Supreme Court, High Courts and Lower Courts

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1. A.
   Part I
2. B.
   Part II
3. C.
   Part IV
4. D.
   Part VI

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1. A.
   Uttarakhand
2. B.
   Odisha
3. C.
   Tamil Nadu
4. D.
   Arunachal Pradesh

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1. A.
   Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Measurement
2. B.
   Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Employer Mapping
3. C.
   Aatmanirbhar Skilled Employee Enterprises Medium
4. D.
   Automatic Skilled Employee Employer Mission

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1. A.
   the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
2. B.
   the Ministry of Culture
3. C.
   the Ministry of Education
4. D.
   the Ministry of Tourism

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1. A.
   Lonar Lake, Maharashtra
2. B.
   Pangong Lake, Ladakh
3. C.
   Chilika Lake, Odisha
4. D.
   Loktak Lake, Manipur

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1. A.
   2
2. B.
   3
3. C.
   4
4. D.
   6

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1. A.
   remain same
2. B.
   increase by four times
3. C.
   increase by two times
4. D.
   increase by eight times

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1. A.
   remain same
2. B.
   increase by two times
3. C.
   decrease by two times
4. D.
   decrease by four times

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1. A.
   Neutron mass is almost equal to proton mass.
2. B.
   Neutrons possess zero charge.
3. C.
   Neutrons are located inside the atomic nuclei.
4. D.
   Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.

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1. A.
   It is an electromagnetic wave.
2. B.
   It can travel through vacuum.
3. C.
   It is a longitudinal wave.
4. D.
   Its wavelength is shorter/smaller than that of visible light.

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1. A.
   $v/c$
2. B.
   $c/v$
3. C.
   $c/(2 \cdot v)$
4. D.
   $(c - v)/c$

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1. A.
   Bryophytes
2. B.
   Algae
3. C.
   Pteridophyta
4. D.
   Gymnosperms

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1. A.
   species
2. B.
   genus
3. C.
   family
4. D.
   order

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1. A.
   Prawn
2. B.
   Pila
3. C.
   Tuna
4. D.
   Oyster

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1. A.
   common origin and common function
2. B.
   different origin and common function
3. C.
   common origin and different function
4. D.
   different origin and different function

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1. A.
   Helicobacter pylori
2. B.
   E. coli
3. C.
   Streptococcus pneumoniae
4. D.
   Salmonella typhimurium

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1. A.
   sublimation
2. B.
   filtration
3. C.
   chromatography
4. D.
   distillation

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1. A.
   John Dalton
2. B.
   Antoine Lavoisier
3. C.
   Jöns Jacob Berzelius
4. D.
   Robert Boyle

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1. A.
   Bromine and fluorine
2. B.
   Mercury and rubidium
3. C.
   Bromine and thallium
4. D.
   Bromine and mercury

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1. A.
   Zinc oxide
2. B.
   Copper oxide
3. C.
   Magnesium oxide
4. D.
   Calcium oxide

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1. A.
   $\mathrm{H_2S}$
2. B.
   $\mathrm{AgS}$
3. C.
   $\mathrm{AgSO_4}$
4. D.
   $\mathrm{Ag_2S}$

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1. A.
   Lens with power +2.0 D
2. B.
   Lens with power +2.5 D
3. C.
   Lens with power -1.5 D
4. D.
   Lens with power -2.0 D

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1. A.
   erect and magnified
2. B.
   erect and smaller
3. C.
   inverted and magnified
4. D.
   inverted and smaller

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1. A.
   90°
2. B.
   45°
3. C.
   0°
4. D.
   The ray will not enter at all

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1. A.
   Twinkling of stars in night sky
2. B.
   Lighting of a matchstick
3. C.
   Thunderstorm
4. D.
   Mirage

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1. A.
   A point source and an opaque screen
2. B.
   An extended source and an opaque screen
3. C.
   A point source and a transparent screen
4. D.
   An extended source and a transparent screen

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1. A.
   Petroleum
2. B.
   Coal
3. C.
   Radioactive elements
4. D.
   Solar energy

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1. A.
   Phloem transports water and minerals.
2. B.
   Phloem transports photosynthetic products.
3. C.
   Phloem is a simple tissue.
4. D.
   Phloem gives support to the plant.

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1. A.
   cellulose wall and are living
2. B.
   lignified wall and are living
3. C.
   suberized wall and are dead
4. D.
   lignified wall and are dead

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1. A.
   one X chromosome from mother and one X chromosome from father
2. B.
   one X chromosome from mother and one Y chromosome from father
3. C.
   two X chromosomes from mother and one X chromosome from father
4. D.
   one X chromosome and one Y chromosome from father and one X chromosome from mother

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1. A.
   cell wall formation in bacteria
2. B.
   RNA synthesis in bacteria
3. C.
   DNA synthesis in bacteria
4. D.
   division in bacteria

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1. A.
   protium
2. B.
   deuterium
3. C.
   tritium
4. D.
   hydronium

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1. A.
   Liquid nitrogen
2. B.
   Liquid helium
3. C.
   Liquid argon
4. D.
   Liquid bromine

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1. A.
   Magnesium
2. B.
   Lead
3. C.
   Tin
4. D.
   Silver

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1. A.
   2, 3
2. B.
   3, 4
3. C.
   4, 5
4. D.
   3, 5

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1. A.
   $\mathrm{PbO_2}$ and $\mathrm{NO_2}$
2. B.
   $\mathrm{PbO}$ and $\mathrm{NO_2}$
3. C.
   $\mathrm{PbO}$ and $\mathrm{NO}$
4. D.
   $\mathrm{PbO_2}$ and $\mathrm{NO}$

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1. A.
   INS Rajput
2. B.
   INS Chakra
3. C.
   INS Khanderi
4. D.
   INS Viraat

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1. A.
   Karolina Pliskova
2. B.
   Simona Halep
3. C.
   Serena Williams
4. D.
   Naomi Osaka

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1. A.
   Shaheed Island
2. B.
   Swaraj Island
3. C.
   Little Andaman
4. D.
   Port Blair

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1. A.
   Gotabaya Rajapaksa
2. B.
   Basil Rajapaksa
3. C.
   Mahinda Rajapaksa
4. D.
   Namal Rajapaksa

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1. A.
   Maldives
2. B.
   Mauritius
3. C.
   Madagascar
4. D.
   Sri Lanka

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