Which of the following is believed to be a compilation of the psalms sung by the women?

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Question 9 Which of the following is believed to be a compilation of the psalms sung by the women?

A) Sumangalavilasini

B) Therigatha

C) Stridharmapaddhati

D) Ritusamhara

Answer: Therigatha

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Question 10 The Rajya Sabha can withhold its consent to a money bill for

A) 14 days

B) 15 days

C) 30 days

D) 18 days

Answer: 14 days

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The world's growing appetite for what food product is a leading cause of tropical deforestation?

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Question 196 The world's growing appetite for what food product is a leading cause of tropical deforestation?

A) Pork

B) Sugar

C) Lamb

D) Beef

Answer: Beef

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Question 197 "Life divine" is a book written by

A) MK Gandhi

B) Rabindranath Tagore

C) S Radhakrishnan

D) Shri Aurobindo

Answer: Shri Aurobindo   for  more book and authors click here 

Question 198 The Oscar Award was won 36 times by

A) Charlie Chaplin

B) Alfred Hitchcock

C) Walt Disney

D) Akiro Kurosawa

Answer: Wrong question. Because even Walt Disney took Oscar to his home 22 times and Walt disney holds the batton of Most awards won by a male.

Question 199 The boiling point of water decreases at higher altitudes is due to

A) low temperature

B) low atmoshpheric pressure

C) high temperature

D) high atmoshphric pressure

Answer: low atmoshpheric pressure

Question 200 The chemical name of "Hypo" commonly used in photography is

A) Sodium thiosulphate

B) Silver nitrate

C) Sodium nitrate

D) Silver iodide

Answer: Sodium thiosulphate

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With what bio region is the term "Steppe" associated?

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Question 193 With what bio region is the term "Steppe" associated?

A) Grasslands

B) Tropical forests

C) Savanna

D) Coniferous forests

Answer: Grasslands

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Question 194 About how much of the world's land area is tropical forest?

A) 2 percent

B) 7 percent

C) 10 percent

D) 15 percent

Answer: 7 percent

Question 195 According to your test, what can be thought of as genetic library that keeps life going on Earth?

A) A bio engineering lab

B) Human genes

C) The human genome project

D) Biodiversity

Answer: Biodiversity

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Which place is called as "Silicon Valley" of India?

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Question 187 Which place is called as "Silicon Valley" of India?

A) Delhi

B) Pune

C) Bengaluru

D) Hyderbad

Answer: Bengaluru

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Question 189 Telnet stands for

A) Telephone Network

B) Television Network

C) Teletype Network

D) Telefax Netwok

Answer: Teletype Network

Question 190 The gas produced in marshy places due to decomposition of vegetation is

A) Carbon monoxide

B) Carbon dioxide

C) Sulphure dioxide

D) Methane

Answer: Methane

Question 191 In cactus, the spines are the modified 

A) stem

B) stipules

C) leaves

D) buds

Answer: leaves

Question 192 The smallest known prokaryotic organism is 

A) Microcystis

B) Mycoplasma

C) Bacteria

D) Chlorella

Answer: Mycoplasma

An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the square of the time. Its acceleration is

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Question 185 An object covers distance which is directly proportional to the square of the time. Its acceleration is

A) increasing

B) decreasing

C) zero

D) constant

Answer: If you know the answer then please comment with logic or mail us the solution on gksea.com@gmail.com.

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Question 186 If the horizontal range of a projectile is four times its maximum height, the angle of projection is

A) 30 degree

B) 45 degree

C) sin inverse of 1/4

D) tan inverse of 1/4

Answer: If you know the answer then please comment with logic or mail us the solution on gksea.com@gmail.com.

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Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of India?

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Question 182 Which of the following is the largest Biosphere Reserves of India?

A) Nilgiri

B) Nandadevi

C) Sundarbans

D) Gulf of Mannar

Answer: Gulf of Mannar

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Explanation : Gulf of Mannar is the largest Biosphere Reserve of India. It covers an area of 10,500 square kilometer.

Question 183 Rainbow is formed due to

A) refraction and dispersion

B) scattering and refraction

C) diffraction and refraction

D) refraction and reflection

Answer: refraction and dispersion

Question 184 Golden view of sea shell is due to 

A) Diffraction

B) Dispersion

C) Polarization

D) Reflection

Answer: Polarization

 

Cultivable land is defined as

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Question 176 Cultivable land is defined as

A) land actually under crops

B) cultivable waste land + fallow land

C) old fallow lands + fallow land

D) total fallow lands + net sown area

Answer: total fallow lands + net sown area

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Question 177 From which part of Opium plant we get morphine?

A) Leaves

B) Stem

C) Bark

D) Fruit coat

Answer: Fruit coat

Question 178 Which of the following is a Biological method of soil conservation?

A) Contour farming

B) contour terracing

C) Gully control

D) Basin listing

Answer: Contour farming

Explanation: Contour farming is one of the Agronomic practices which help in soil conservation.

Question 179 Glucose is a type of 

A) Pentose Sugar

B) Hexose Sugar

C) Tetrose Sugar

D) Diose Sugar

Answer: Hexose Sugar

Question 180 Number of mitochondria in bacterial cell is

A) one

B) two

C) many

D) zero

Answer: zero

Question 181 The original founder of the Manuscripts and Editor of Kautilya's Arthashastra was

A) Srikanta Shastri

B) Srinivasa Iyangar

C) R. Shamashastri

D) William Jones

Answer: R. Shamashastri

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The soils which are rich in Calcium are known as

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Question 172 It was decided to observe Mahatma Gandhi's birthday October 2 as the International Nonviolence Day at

A) International Indology Conference

B) Satyagraha Centenary Conference

C) Congress Foundation Day Celebration

D) None of these

Answer: Satyagraha Centenary Conference

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Question 173 ISRO's Master Control Facility is in

A) Andhra Pradesh

B) Orissa

C) Gujarat

D) Karnataka

Answer: Karnataka

Question 174 India is the largest producer and exporter of 

A) Cotton

B) Copper

C) Tea

D) Mica

Answer: Mica

Question 175 The soils which are rich in Calcium are known as

A) Pedocals

B) Pedalfers

C) Podsols

D) Laterites

Answer: Pedocals

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