CTET Practice Test: EVS-3 - CTET & State TET MCQ

Majuli the largest river island of the world is on Brahmaputra River in state of Assam. 

The Strait of Malacca or Straits of Malacca is a narrow, 550 mile stretch of water between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. 

​The 27 degree North Latitute which passes through Sikkim also passes through Rajasthan. 

​Acid rain results when sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen oxides (NOX) are emitted into the atmosphere and transported by wind and air currents. The SO2 and NOX react with water, oxygen and other chemicals to form sulfuric and nitric acids. These then mix with water and other materials before falling to the ground. 

​Padmanabhaswamy Temple is located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India. The temple is built in an intricate fusion of the indigenous Kerala style and the Dravidian style of architecture. 

​ARTICLE 1 - “India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.” 

​India is a union of states means that state have no right to secede from the federation .The federation is indestructible. The country is an integral whole and is divided into different state only for the convenience of administration. 

​Besides sharing of taxes between the Centre and the states, the Constitution provides for grants-in-aid to the states from the Central resources. There are two types of grants-in-aid, viz, statutory grants and discretionary grants. 

Recommendations are mentioned below: 
1. A permanent Inter-State Council called the Inter-Governmental Council should be set up under Article 263. 
2. Article 356 should be used very sparingly, in extreme cases as a last resort when all the available alternatives fail. 
3. The institution of All-India Services should be further strengthened and some more such 
services should be created. 
4. The residuary powers of taxation should continue to remain with the Parliament, while the 
other residuary powers should be placed in the Concurrent List. 

​An amendment of this Constitution may be initiated only by the introduction of a Bill for the purpose in either House of Parliament. 

​Corporation tax is about 19% revenue of the central government in 2017-18. 

Karl Landsteiner discovered the blood group . 

​The best-known and most common chromosome abnormality in humans is Down’s syndrome, a condition associated with an extra chromosome 21. Down’s syndrome individuals also almost invariably develop Alzheimer’s disease, a form of dementia that is fairly common among the elderly.

​According to the American Heart Association (AHA) normal blood pressure is a systolic pressure of less than 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) and a diastolic pressure of more than 80 mm Hg, or 120/80 mm Hg.

The Red Data Book is the state document established for documenting rare and endangered species of animals, plants and fungi as well as some local sub-species that exist within the territory of the state or country. 

​Muscle fatigue refers to the decline in muscle force generated over sustained periods of activity. Intracellular acidosis due mainly to lactic acid accumulation has been regarded as the most important cause of skeletal muscle fatigue. 

A table is a grid of rows and columns that intersect to form cells in Microsoft word. 

Hariprasad Chaurasia is world famous flute player. 

​A Graphical User Interface is a computer interface that allows users to interact with a device through graphical elements such as pictures and animations, as opposed to text-based commands. 

Tamil Language used by the union territory government, especially used when communicating within and between the Tamil majority districts of (Pondicherry and Karaikal).