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Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 1

Who among the following was not a contemporary of the other three?

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Milinda does not belong to the time period of the other three.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 2

Consider the following 
1. Tughlaqabad Fort
2. Lodhi garden 
3. Qutub Minar 
4. Fatehpur Sikri 
The correct chronological order in which they were built is  

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Qutab Minar in 1193
Tughlaqabad fort  in 1321
Lodhi garden in 1444
Fatehpur Sikri in 1569
 

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Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 3

Whose experiments proved that the speed of light was always the same? 

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Michelson and Marley proved that the speed of light was always the same.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 4

Where are the Balearic Islands located?

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The Balearic Islands are an archipelago off eastern Spain, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 5

Who’s salary is charged on the consolidated fund of India?
I. Chairman of UPSC
II. President of India 
III. Judges of Supreme Court

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Salary and Allowances of the President, Speaker / Deputy Speaker of Lok Sabha, Chairman/ Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Salaries and Allowances of Supreme Court judges, Pensions of Supreme Court as well as High Court Judges, Salaries and Allowances of CAG, Lok Pal are withdrawal from Consolidated Fund of India.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 6

Supply-Side economics lays greater emphasis on ______.

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Supply-side economics is the theory that says increased production drives economic growth. So, supply-side economics lays greater emphasis on Producer. The factors of production are capital, labour, entrepreneurship, and land.
 

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 7

Diffusion of light in the atmosphere takes place due to

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Diffusion of light in the atmosphere takes place due to dust particles.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 8

On the labels of the bottles, some soft drinks are claimed to be acidity regulators. They regulate acidity using

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Soft drinks are claimed to be acidity regulators. They regulate acidity using bicarbonate salts.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 9

Which one among the following metals is more reactive than hydrogen?

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The metals copper, silver gold and platinum are less reactive than hydrogen and they do not replace hydrogen from water or acid. Reactivity series is as follows:
Potassium;Sodium;Calcium;Magnesium;Aluminium;Zinc;Carbon;Tin;Lead;Hydrogen;Copper;Silver;Gold.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 10

What is the most conspicuous salient feature of people with ‘progeria’?

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Progeria is a rare genetic condition that causes a person to age prematurely. Children with progeria appear healthy, but by the age of 2 years, they look as if they have become old too fast.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 11

Anekantavada is a core theory and philosophy of which one of the following

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Anekantavada refers to the Jain doctrine about metaphysical truths that emerged in ancient India. It states that the ultimate truth and reality is complex and has multiple aspects.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 12

Who built the lbadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri?

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The Ibadat Khana(House of Worship) was a meeting house built in 1575 CE by the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r. 1556–1605) at Fatehpur Sikri to gather spiritual leaders of different religious grounds so as to conduct a discussion on the teachings of the respective religious leaders.
 

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 13

Which one among the following statements regarding Chinook winds is not correct? 

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Chinook winds melt the snow which protects the wheat plants during winter and hence are considered harmful to wheat cultivation.
 

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 14

Which one among the following peaks is the highest?

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Dhaulagiri (Nepal) is the seventh highest mountain in the world at 8,167 meters (26,795 ft) above sea level and highest among the given peaks.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 15

The Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India contains a provision regarding

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Seventh Schedule: Division of subjects for powers and responsibilities in the union, state, and concurrent lists.
 

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 16

Consider the following statements with regard to SLR 
1. To meet SLR, commercial banks can use cash only. 
2. SLR is maintained by the banks with themselves. 
3. SLR restricts the banks' leverage in pumping more money into the economy. 
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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SLR can be maintained either in cash or in assets that RBI suggests.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 17

In a three pin plug, the longest pin should be connected to

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In a three pin plug longest pin should be connected to the ground terminal. The ground pin is the largest to supply the additional voltage that can give an electric shock. And being the longest it can touch before the live and neutral terminal.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 18

Cathode rays have 

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A cathode ray is a beam of electrons and electrons have mass and charge both.

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 19

Which one of the following pairs is incorrectly matched?

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Color blindness is a genetic condition caused by a difference in how one or more of the light-sensitive cells found in the retina of the eye respond to certain colors. These cells, called cones, since wavelengths of light, and enable the retina to distinguish between colors.
 

Test: General Awareness - 9 - Question 20

The red colour of the red sea is due to the presence of :

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The Red Sea got its name because of a type of algae called Trichodesmium Erythraeum, which is found in the sea.

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