NDA 2022 (II), Paper II, General Ability Test question paper
150 questions · 600 marks · 150 minutes · +4 per correct answer, -1.33 per wrong one
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English
50 questions
- Directions : Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the option that is opposite in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.1Human craving for comfort leads to anxiety.
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- 2His writings on the subject are obscure.
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- 3The achievements of the team have been monumental in the last ten years.
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- 4His frail appearance was considered a merit.
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- 5The novel depicts the hapless status of certain sections of society.
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- 6Her ideas have always been eccentric.
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- 7The land appears to be parched.
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- 8The newly made road was smooth.
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- 9Plenitude is one major cause for environmental degradation.
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- 10The scholar quoted irrefutable evidence for her thesis.
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- Directions : Each item in this section consists of a sentence with an underlined word followed by four words/group of words (a), (b), (c) and (d). Select the option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word and mark your response in the Answer Sheet accordingly.11Ravi told his friend that he had no intention to malign him.
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- 12Sheela appeared to be vexed.
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- 13Do not hold any preconception about people.
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- 14All mortal elements are impermanent.
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- 15The itinerary of the group's visit to the hills was given to everyone.
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- 16The effort was to harness the power of nature.
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- 17The fickle nature of humans is at times the cause of great innovations.
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- 18The flood situation during the monsoon this year was calamitous.
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- 19He was appointed as the honorary member of the team.
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- 20The church decided to excommunicate him for his actions.
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- Directions : Each of the following items in this section consists of a sentence, the parts of which have been jumbled. These parts have been labelled P, Q, R and S. Given below each sentence are four sequences namely (a), (b), (c) and (d). You are required to rearrange the jumbled parts of the sentence and mark your response accordingly.21to be successful (P) / what it is (Q) / as a human being (R) / have you ever considered (S)
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- 22there is in all instance a single, (P) / surrender to the idea that (Q) / authoritative truth to be discovered and defended (R) / many people today are willing to (S)
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- 23for yourself the implications of death, (P) / if you do not reflect and understand (Q) / from one preacher to another (R) / you will go endlessly (S)
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- 24a way of understanding the world, (P) / a language represents (Q) / and relating them to one another (R) / differentiating between things (S)
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- 25for India's future (P) / mathematics and mathematical thinking (Q) / will be very important (R) / it is recognized that (S)
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- 26in agriculture and veterinary sciences through (P) / will be enhanced sharply (Q) / programmes integrated with general education (R) / the preparation of professionals (S)
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- 27and should shift the way (P) / are certainly very important, (Q) / we think about politics (R) / the issues raised by feminists and multiculturalists (S)
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- 28by which the genetic material of a plant is altered, (P) / pests and enhance its nutritional value (Q) / perhaps to make it more resistant to (R) / genetic modification (GM) is the science (S)
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- 29a much wider array of perspectives (P) / the editors of the present work (Q) / the history of social reforms from (R) / argue the need to understand (S)
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- 30for which she fought till the end (P) / as a champion of women's rights, (Q) / Pandita Ramabai was truly remarkable (R) / as a pioneer in women's education and (S)
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- Directions : Each item in this section has a sentence with three underlined parts labelled (a), (b) and (c). Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part. Indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter, i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).31Our greatest glory is (a) / not in never falling but in (b) / raising every time we fall. (c) / No error (d)
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- 32Rahim was one of that (a) / selected for (b) / the award. (c) / No error (d)
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- 33Sujini has met her old friend (a) / Guru before she shifted (b) / to Hyderabad two years ago. (c) / No error (d)
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- 34This monument happens (a) / to be one of the old monument (b) / in the city. (c) / No error (d)
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- 35Amit told to Divya (a) / that he would come (b) / with a reward for her. (c) / No error (d)
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- 36If you have asked me (a) / for the truth I would have told (b) / you at that time. (c) / No error (d)
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- 37If I will be the millionaire (a) / I would eradicate (b) / poverty from the country. (c) / No error (d)
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- 38A bird in hand (a) / is better than (b) / two in the bush. (c) / No error (d)
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- 39The opportunity to attain foundational literacy (a) / and pursue a honest livelihood (b) / must be viewed as basic right of every citizen. (c) / No error (d)
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- 40Though there is progress (a) / for different directions, (b) / why is there no brotherhood? (c) / No error (d)
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- Directions : Given below are some idioms/phrases followed by four alternative meanings for each. Choose the most appropriate answer from among the options (a), (b), (c) and (d).41A queer fish
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- 42Eat like a bird
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- 43Lock horns
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- 44Early bird
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- 45Be in the pink
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- 46Be in the running
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- 47A sea change
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- 48A pearl of wisdom
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- 49Be in seventh heaven
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- 50Be in the red
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General Knowledge
100 questions
- 51Which one of the following was composed by Harishena?
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- 52Consider the following events : 1. Establishment of the Planning Commission 2. Formation of the National Development Council (NDC) 3. Approval of the First Five-Year Plan by the NDC 4. Constitution of the National Planning Committee Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the above events?
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- 53Which one of the following battles could be seen as laying the formal foundation of the British Raj in India?
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- 54Where in South India did the British East India Company construct a trading post in 1639?
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- 55Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The Dutch East India Company was formed after the formation of the British East India Company. 2. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 56In India, a cultivable land which is left uncultivated for more than a year but less than five years is labelled as
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- 57The major portion of the Great Artesian Basin in Australia is located in
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- 58Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. India has one of the longest navigable inland water networks in the world. 2. Inland waterways presently help in transporting about 25 percent of the total cargo movement. 3. About 111 inland waterways have been declared as National Waterways under the National Waterways Act, 2016. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 59Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :Code:
List-I (Railway Zone) List-II (Headquarters) A. East Central 1. Gorakhpur B. North Eastern 2. Jaipur C. Northeast Frontier 3. Hajipur D. North Western 4. Maligaon Tap an option to check your answer.
- 60Which one of the following statements about earthquake waves is not correct?
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- 61The commercial unit of electrical energy is kilowatt-hour (kWh), which is equal to
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- 62Which one of the following statements regarding a current-carrying solenoid is not correct?
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- 63An object is made of two equal parts by volume; one part has density and the other part has density . What is the average density of the object?
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- 64A pressure cooker cooks food faster by
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- 65Which one of the following wavelengths corresponds to the wavelength of X-rays?
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- 66An electric bulb is connected to 220 V generator. The current drawn is 600 mA. What is the power of the bulb?
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- 67When the pitch of sound increases, which one of the following increases?
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- 68Which one of the following is the correct reactivity series with water?
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- 69Which one of the following metals floats in cold water?
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- 70Which one of the following solutions is not capable of conducting electricity?
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- 71To help deep-sea divers breathe, they carry cylinders of oxygen mixed with
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- 72Which of the following compounds undergoes/undergo thermal decomposition?
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- 73The transfer of electrical signals by nerve cells in human body is enabled by
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- 74Silver artefacts get tarnished in air due to the formation of
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- 75Human eye can see objects at different distances with contrasting illuminations. This is due to
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- 76Which one of the following hormones increases the heartbeat in mammals?
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- 77The digestion of fat in human intestine is performed by
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- 78Which one of the following statements about animal cells and plant cells is correct?
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- 79Lymph is a tissue fluid present in intercellular spaces. It resembles to
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- 80The breakdown of glucose in cytoplasm results in the formation of
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- 81Rafael Nadal defeated whom among the following to win the French Open Tennis Tournament, 2022?
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- 82eSanjeevani, the free telemedicine service of the Government of India, was recently integrated with the
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- 83Which of the following statements about 'SHRESHTA' scheme, launched recently by the Government of India, is/are correct? 1. This scheme is for residential education for students in high school in targeted areas. 2. It provides for high quality education for meritorious but poor Scheduled Caste students. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 84In a recent judgement, the Supreme Court of India directed that every protected forest, national park and wildlife sanctuary across the country should have a mandatory eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) of a minimum of
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- 85Who among the following is the author of the book, Tomb of Sand?
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- 86Who among the following invented the flying shuttle?
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- 87Where did Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose announce the formation of the Government of Free India in 1943?
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- 88Who among the following introduced the 'Objective Resolution' in the Constituent Assembly on 13th December, 1946?
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- 89Consider the following historical events : 1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 2. Second Round Table Conference 3. Peasant Movement in Bardoli 4. Peasant Movement in Kheda Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting from the earliest) of the above events?
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- 90Which of the following statements about the Unionist Party is/are correct? 1. It was a political party representing the interests of landholders in Punjab. 2. It was opposed to the idea of the partition of India as India and Pakistan. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 91Which one of the following statements about metamorphic rocks is not correct?
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- 92Which one of the following 'discontinuities' separates the Earth's crust from the mantle?
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- 93Which one of the following cities of the world would represent the greatest linear velocity of rotation of the Earth?
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- 94What will happen if you are flying east across the International Date Line?
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- 95The Prime Meridian does not pass through which one of the following African countries?
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- 96Piecing together the puzzle of geologic time to create and analyze historical maps of the Earth is known as
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- 97What is the nature of velocity-time graph for a car moving with uniform acceleration?
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- 98The amplitude of sound waves is measured in the units of
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- 99A current of A is drawn by an electric bulb for 10 minutes. Which one of the following is the amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit?
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- 100A DC generator works on the principle of
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- 101The presence of magnetic field can be determined using which one of the following instruments?
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- 102Which one of the following statements about speed and velocity is correct?
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- 103Bronze is an alloy of
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- 104Which one of the following salts does not possess water of crystallization?
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- 105Bee sting leaves an acid which causes pain and irritation. The acid released is
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- 106Liquid vegetable oils are converted to solid margarine by the use of
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- 107The number of structural isomers of pentane is
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- 108Vapours of sulphur escaping from a volcano often form a crust on the rocks. The process involved is an example of
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- 109Dry ice is used on a performing stage to produce mist in air. The process involved is an example of
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- 110belongs to the homologous series of
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- 111The protein-digesting enzyme secreted by the stomach wall in case of mammals is called
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- 112Which one of the following will be resulted when an animal cell is surrounded by a medium with lower concentration of water?
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- 113The digestive enzymes are present in
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- 114After fertilization, the fruit and the seed are produced by
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- 115Which among the following has initiated a nationwide flagship campaign 'Puneet Sagar Abhiyan' to clean seashores/beaches and other water bodies of plastic and other waste materials?
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- 116Which among the following was the host country of the United Nations World Environment Day, 2022?
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- 117Which of the following Indian Naval Ships were decommissioned in June 2022?
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- 118India signed a deal with which one of the following countries to supply MH-60R helicopters to the Indian Navy?
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- 119With reference to India's defence, the terms 'Surat' and 'Udaygiri' refer to
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- 120Who among the following laid the foundation of the Vijayanagara Empire?
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- 121The book, Kalila wa Dimna is an Arabic translation of the
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- 122Who among the following initiated the Bhoodan Movement?
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- 123Which one of the following rivers in India was not crossed by Alexander and his army?
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- 124Who among the following has described the medieval Indian postal system as of two kinds — the horse-post called 'Uluq' and the foot-post called 'Dawa'?
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- 125At which among the following Harappan sites are fire altars found?
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- 126Consider the following statements on computation of density : 1. Physiological density can be computed by dividing the total population by the net cultivable area. 2. Agricultural density can be computed by dividing the total agricultural population by the net cultivable area. 3. Population density can be computed by dividing the total population by the total area. How many of the above statements is/are correct?
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- 127The formation of 'tors' on small rocky hills is associated with which among the following?
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- 128Consider the following statements about anticyclones : 1. Anticyclones are high pressure systems. 2. Air in the centre of the system must be subsiding. 3. Anticyclones are characterized by converging winds. How many of the above statements is/are correct?
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- 129Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. The Earth's crust is brittle in nature. 2. The mean thickness of the oceanic crust is 15 km, whereas that of the continental crust is around 30 km. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
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- 130In January 2020, the administration of which of the following Union Territories has been merged together?
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- 131Two convex lenses have focal lengths of 50 cm and 25 cm, respectively. If these two lenses are placed in contact, then the net power of this combination will be equal to
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- 132Which one of the following terms cannot represent electrical power in a circuit?
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- 133The refractive index of crown glass is close to 3/2. If the speed of light in air is , then the speed of light in the crown glass will be close to
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- 134The volume of a sealed packet is 1 litre and its mass is 800 g. The packet is first put inside water with density 1 g cm and then in another liquid with density g cm. Then which one of the following statements holds true?
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- 135A simple pendulum having bob of mass and length of string has time period of . If the mass of the bob is doubled and the length of the string is halved, then the time period of this pendulum will be
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- 136In which one of the following devices, the light energy is converted into the electrical energy?
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- 137Which one of the following is not a power of Panchayats under Article 243G?
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- 138Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :Code:
List-I (Mahamatta) List-II (Function) A. Anta-mahamatta 1. Women's welfare B. Ithijhakha-mahamatta 2. Spread of Dhamma C. Dhamma-mahamatta 3. Associated with city administration D. Nagalaviyohalaka-mahamatta 4. In-charge of frontier areas Tap an option to check your answer.
- 139Who among the following is the author of the Hastyayurveda?
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- 140Which one of the following areas was acquired by the British under the Treaty of Deogaon, 1803?
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- 141Consider the following statements : 1. Maharashtra State has the maximum share of national highways (length in kilometres). 2. The nature of terrain and the level of economic development is one of the reasons for the maximum share of national highways in Maharashtra. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 142The activities or services focussed on creation, rearrangement and interpretation of new and existing ideas are referred to as
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- 143Consider the following statements about 'Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)' scheme : 1. It is an innovative scheme to develop the regional aviation market. 2. It creates affordability yet economically viable and profitable flight on regional routes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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- 144Consider the following statements : 1. The Sharavati river creates Jog Falls. 2. The Brahmani river is formed by the confluence of the Kosi and Sankh rivers. 3. The Tamraparni is a river of Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu. How many of the above statements is/are correct?
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- 145SONAR is a device that is used to measure the distance of underwater objects by a ship. Which of the following types of waves does it use for this purpose?
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- 146Which one of the following statements about the speed of sound waves is not correct?
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- 147The part of the human ear that converts the pressure variations associated with audible sound waves to electrical signals is
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- 148Which one of the following metals is most commonly used for making filament of incandescent electric bulbs?
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- 149A bullet of mass 10 g is horizontally fired with velocity 300 m s from a pistol of mass 1 kg. What is the recoil velocity of the pistol?
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- 150A microphone converts
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