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1. What is the size of new Rs.500 Bank Note?

68 mmX150 mm
68 mmX155 mm
66 mmX152 mm
66 mmX150 mm

2. During the times of Governor-General Lord Ellenborough, which among the following acts declared slavery as illegal?

Act VI
Act V
Act VIII
Act III

3. Which among the following are included in nagar panchayat?

Notified Area Committee only
Town Area Committee only
Both Notified Area Committee & Town Area Committee
None of the above

4. The story of Alibaba & 40 thieves is related to which of the following Caliphate era?

Fatimid Caliphate
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Rashidun Caliphate

5. India’s largest inland saline wetland system is located in which of the following states ?

Gujarat
Orissa
Rajasthan
Andhra Pradesh

6. Who among the following was behind the “epoch making” discovery of Arthashastra that altered the false perception of the European scholars that Ancient Indians learnt the art of administration from the Greeks?

R. Shamasastry
C. Sivarama Murti
K. S. Neelakantan Unni
Veturi Prabhakara Sastri

7. Consider the following statements:
There is almost no speculation in the G-sec market
The Investors in the G-Sec Market are predominantly the institutions
Which among the above statements is / are correct

Only 1 is correct
Only 2 is correct
Both 1 & 2 are correct
Nether 1 nor 2 is correct

8. As per the Government of India act 1919, the life of the Council of State and Legislative Assembly were as follows

5 Years , 3 years
3 Years , 5 years
5 Years , 5 years
3 Years , 3 years

9. What do we call the process in which heat is transferred from one place to the other without any intervening medium?

Radiation
Convection
Conduction
None of the above

10. Which is the most important raw material for generation of power in India?

Coal
Silicon
Aluminum
Ironstone

11. Kacheguda railway station has declared the India’s first Energy-Efficient ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station. It is situated in which city?

Kolkata
Kochi
Chennai
Hyderabad

12. Kohinoor Diamond was found probably from which among the following mines?

Panna
Kalahandi
Golconda
Bijapur

13. Chandrashekhar Limit, postulated by Dr S. Chandrashekhar posts a limit of mass of which among the following?

Neutron Star
White Dwarf
Steller Black Hole
Young stellar object

14. General secretariat of International Organization Of Securities Commission IOSCO is located at ?

Madrid, Spain
Basel, Switzerland
Paris, France
Newyork, USA

15. To prevent growth defects due to malnutrition in the children of age till 14 years, which of the following is most important?

Proteins
Vitamins
Fats
None of the above

16. What was the job of Rupadarshaka in Mauryan Era as per Arthashashtra of Kautilya?

Royal examiner of minted coins
Royal Superintendent of Courtesans
Manager of the Stage
Police

17. Under which of the following articles, 12 members (out of 250) are nominated by the President of India from amongst persons who have special knowledge or practical experience in the fields such as literature, science, art or social service?

Article 87
Article 85
Article 82
Article 80

18. Which of the following scientific discoveries was made by C.V Raman?

Cyclotron
Controlled nuclear fission
Inelastic scattering of light by molecules
Super Conductivity

19. Which of the following quantities indicate the degree of magnetization of a material in response to an applied magnetic field?

Intensity of magnetisation
Magnetic permeability
Magnetizing force
Magnetic susceptibility

20. Which of the following drugs is an antacid?

Dimetapp
Cimetidine
Terfenadine
All of the above

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