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Q. The proportion of forest to the total national geographical area of India as envisaged by National Forest Policy is
Q. Which of the following areas or regions is most prone to earthquakes?
Q. Which of the following important rivers of India does not originate from the Western Ghats?
Q. The percentage of India's total population employed in agriculture is nearly
Q. The originating in the Himalayan mountain complex consists of how many distinct drainage systems of the Indian Subcontinent?
Q. Which of the following crops needs maximum water per hectare?
Q. Which of the following drainage systems fall into Bay of Bengal?
Q. The mountain building in Himalayas began
Q. The outer Himalayas lie between
Q. Which of the following union territories of India has the highest density of population per sq km?
Q. Three important rivers of the Indian subcontinent have their sources near the Mansarover Lake in the Great Himalayas. These rivers are
Q. Consider the following statements
1. The light sandy red and yellow soils in Balaghat, Durg and Raipur districts are it alluvial origin.
2. In Tamil Nadu, the red soil occupy over two-third of its total area
3. The red soils of Burdwan, Birbhum and Bankura are derived and transported from Chota Nagpur plateau.
Which of the statement(s) given above is / are correct ?
Q. Consider the following statements about alluvial soil
1. Their fertility is due to mixing the debris.
2. They contain a great variety of salts which enhances their fertility
3. The soils are fine grained and porous
4. They are rich in nitrogen and humus
Which of the statements 
Q. When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What is the main reason for this colour ?
Q. Consider the following statements
In India the problem of soil erosion is associated with
1. Excessive rainfall
2. Deforestation
3. Excessive cultivation
4. Overgrazing
Q. A PH value of 7.0 denotes that the soil reaction is
Q. Which of the following is not cited as a reason for the colour of black soil ?
Q. Which of the following soil is most fertile ?
Q. It the soil pH 9.2, then the soil is
Q. Soluble salt content of soil is determined by measuring its
Q. The terms 'Regur' is used for
Q. Find the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand of a clock when the time is 3.25
Q. If the cost price of 12 pens is equal to the selling price of 8 pens, the gain percent is ?
Q. C U B A E D E D A B E B A U C D B C A D B D U B C A C B E D A 
If all the A's are dropped from the above arrangement, which of the following will be eleventh from the left end of the above arrangement?
Q. Brothers and Sisters I have None ::
Looking at a portrait of a man, Harsh said, "His mother is the wife of my father's son. Brothers and sisters I have none." At whose portrait was Harsh looking?
Q. Find at what time between 8 and 9 o'clock will the hands of a clock be in the same straight line but not together ?
Q. In a certain code language, '3a, 2b, 7c' means 'Truth is Eternal';
'7c, 9a, 8b, 3a' means 'Enmity is not Eternal'  and
'9a, 4d, 2b, 8b' means 'Truth does not perish'.
Which of the following means 'enmity' in that language ?
Q. A salesman gets commission on total sales at 9%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as bonus of 3% on the excess of sales over Rs.10,000. If he gets total commission of Rs.1380, then the bonus he received is
Q. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Which letter is in the middle between the ninth letter from the right and eighth letter from the left in the given alphabets?
Q. 4 men can repair a road in 7 hours. How many men are required to repair the road in 2 hours ?
Q. If 4 (A's capital) = 6 (B's capital) = 10 (C's capital), then out of a profit of Rs. 4650, C will receive ____
Q. An air conditioner can cool the hall in 40 miutes while another takes 45 minutes to cool under similar conditions. If both air conditioners are switched on at same instance then how long will it take to cool the room approximately ?
Q. How many such pairs of digits are there in the number 421579368 each of which has as many digits between them in the number as when they are arranged in ascending order?
Q. One card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card drawn is a face card (Jack, Queen and King only)?
Q. Find the value of ? mark
1, 2, 3, 10, ?, 9802
Q. Given Sequence : N O P Q Y B Z A R S H I J K L M T U V G F E W X D C
What will come in place of ( ? ) the following series.
NDP ,  QWB ,  ZFR ,  ?
Q. The compounded ratio of (2 : 3), (6: 11) and (11 :2) is
Q. 25% of 25% Is Equal To
Q. Given interchanges : 
Signs + and - , numbers 4 and 8.
Q. Find out the wrong number in the given sequence of numbers.
582, 605, 588, 611, 634, 617, 600
Q. The missing number in the Series
114, 131, 165, 216,  ?, 369
Q. What is the next number of the following sequence ?

21, 77, 165, 285, ......
Q. In 1650 Gabriel Boughton, an employee of the Company obtained a license for trade in 
Q. During colonial period, British capital was mainly invested in
Q. The transfer of Government from the 'Company' to the 'Crown' was pronounced by Lord Canning (November 1, 1858) at
Q. Dyer was __________ by the Government of Britain
Q. The land was owned by temples known as __________
Q. The Peshwaship was abolished by the British at the time of Peshwa
Q. The llbert Bill controversy during the period of Lord Ripon exposed the racial bitterness of the British and united the Indians
Q. "Treaty of Rajpurghat" was signed on December 25, 1805 between Holkar and __________
Q. Which of the following Government of India Act/Indian Council Act brought three separate presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal) into a common system?
Q. Chandragupta Maurya defeated
Q. A Buddhisit council during the reign of Ashoka was held at
Q. Who in ancient India assumed the title amitraghata
Q. Megasthenes was an envoy of which of the following kings?
Q. Kautilya's 'Arthashastra' deals with the aspects of
Q. The valleys of Sindhu, Ganga and Jamuna were brought together for the first time under one political authority by
Q. Who deciphered the Brahmi inscription of Ashoka first time?
Q. What is the name of Megasthenes's book?
Q. Which one of the following does not appear on the abacus of the Sarnath Lion capital of Ashoka?
Q. Which of the following was the oldest dynasty of India?
Q. Which of the following South Indian Kingdom is not mentioned in the Ashokan inscription?
Q. Who was the writer of 'Mudrarkshasa'
Q. Great Stupa at Sanchi is in
Q. Which Indian king defeated Seleucus,the administrator of Sindh and Afghanistan Appointed By Alexander?
Q. Ashoka's contemposary Greek King of Syria mentioned in his edicts was
Q. Who of the following was a contemporary of Alexander,the Great?
Q. Language used in the inscriptions of Ashoka is
Q. In which year was the railway budget separated from the general budget?
Q. When did the first train run in India?
Q. Where was the first train in India?
Q. Which of the following places is not made of railway material?
Q. Which of the following is the largest medium used for transporting goods in the country?
Q. Who gets the credit for laying railway lines in India?
Q. When did Indian Railways nationalize?
Q. Which of the following is not a railway headquarters?
Q. What is the place of Indian Railways in the world in terms of length of railway line?
Q. In which year did the Railway Ministry announce to start a project called Village on Wheels?
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. will
2. human
3. replace
4. technology
5. never
6. love
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. HIV
2. dangerous
3. very
4. disease
5. is
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. Java
2. programming
3. a
4.language
5. is
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. tea
2. have
3. that
4. some
5. before
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. tea
2. have
3. that
4. some
5. before 
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. medicine
2. a
3. Neeta
4. given
5. was 
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. not
2. hotel
3. comfortable
4. was
5. the
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. She
2. an
3. became
4. engineer
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
1. have
2. I
3. trouble
4. with
5. adverbs
Q. Make meaningful sentence by arranging these words:
a. Suresh
b. and
c. was
d. kind
e. loving 
Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the Bhakti Saint Ramanuja?
I. He preached Vishishtadvaita.
II. He said that the 'God is Sagunabrahman'
Q. The Bhakti cult spread in Maharashtra with the teaching of
Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Kabir.
I. He was the disciple of Ramananda and the most liberal among medieval Indian reformers.
II. He was possibly a contemporary of Sultan Muhammad Bin Tughlaq (1489-1517)
Q. Who wrote a commentry of Bhagvat Gita called Gnaneswari?
Q. Who exhorted people to give up selfishness, falsehood and hypocrisy and to lead a life of truth, honesty and kindness?
Q. Select the correct statement (s) with reference to the Bhakti Movement
Q. Which of the following statement (s) is/are correct related to the cardinal principle of Bhakti Cult?
I. It was influencing devotion to a personal God, whose grace was the only means of attaining salvation or Mukti.
II. It stressed the idea of a personal God and pointed out the absurdity of the caste system in the presence of God and the futility of external rites and ceremonies.
Q. Who among the following was the reformer and philosopher from Ramanandi Sampradaya in the lineage of Jagadguru Ramanandacharya renowned for his devotion to the Lord Shri Rama?
Q. Which statement (s) is/are correct related to the Ramananda?
I. He worshipped Ram and Sita but preached the oneness of God and the doctrine of Bhakti for everyone
II. Dismissed the caste system and untouchability, simplified rules of worship and made rigidity of the Varnashrama tradition milder
Q. Who was the writer of Rukmini Swayamwar Hastamalak, which was comprised 764 owees and based on a 14-shlok Sanskrit hymn with the same name by Shankaracharya?
Q. In autotrophic bacteria, where is chlorophyll located?
Q. The DNA of the bacterium is found present in a distinct nuclear region called
Q. _______ reproduces by binary fission.
Q. There is no bacteria activity in which of the following process?
Q. Who discovered the insecticidal properties of DDT?
Q. The instrument used to measure the speed of the wind is
Q. Anemometer is used to measure
Q. A manometer is used to measure
Q. Alcohol is more volatile than water because ________ is lower than water.
Q. Hydraulic machines work under the Principle of :
Q. Air pressure is measured in which of the following units?
Q. The temperature at which water boils depends mainly on
Q. A barometer is kept inside a bell jar. Air is slowly pumped out of the jar.
Q. A fountain pen works on the principle of
Q. Anemometer is an instrument meant for measuring ________
Q. Idioms and Phrases for - Dog in the manger
Q. Idioms and Phrases for - Castles in the air
Q. Idioms and Phrases for - To disabuse one's mind
Q. Idioms and Phrases for - Hush money
Q. Idioms and Phrases for - To give a false colouring
Q. Who among the following who fought against British in 1857 Revolt?
I. Kunwar Singh
II. Tantia Tope
III. Nana Saheb
IV. Maulavi Ahmaduallah
Q. Who propounded the theory of 'Economic Drain of India' during British imperialism?
Q. Which of the following is not among the regions where the Britishers had first set up trading posts?
Q. By which Charter Act, the East India Company's monopoly of trade with China come to an end?
Q. The Vernacular Press Act was repealed by __________
Q. The British Government intervened in the affairs of the Company and passed an Act in 1773 A.D., known as the
Q. The first Mysore War Fought between the British and Hyder Ali in 1767- 1769 A.D., came to an end by the
Q. When the Congress Ministries were formed in the provinces in June 1937, the Viceroy of India was
Q. The British India Society was formed in ________
Q. When the East India Company was formed, the Mughal emperor in India was
Q. The British Governor General and Viceroy who served for the longest period in India was
Q. After the year 1853, a substantial amount of British capital had been invested in
Q. The first Viceroy of India was
Q. Who was the first Governor General of Bengal?
Q. Who was the first Governor General of India?
Q. Fill in the blank with suitable word: 
. . . . . . Nensi ever . . . . . . . you?
Q. Fill in the blank with suitable word: 
I have . . . . . . money. I will hire a rickshaw.
Q. Fill in the blank with suitable word: 
There are . . . . . . . mangoes in a fridge. You can take any of them.
Q. Fill in the blank with suitable word: 
Give me . . . . . . . mango juice.
Q. Fill in the blank with suitable word: 
Have . . . . . . love for animals.
Q. P : when a chemical substance
Q : the food poisoning occurred
R : in the food preparations
S : was mistaken for salt and used

The Proper sequence should be:
Q. 1 : Long, long, time ago
P : who lived with his virtuous wife
Q : in a country called Chinchinchoo
R : there ruled a noble king
S : and seven daughters
6 : pretty, graceful and well-versed in fine arts.

The Proper sequence should be:
Q. 1 : Though Indian sportsmen
P : who accompanied them
Q : the large number of
R : did not set many records in Seoul Asiad,
S : officials and politicians
6 : did set a record of sorts.

The Proper sequence should be:
Q. Work is the one thing
P : and without it
Q : that is necessary
R : to keep the world going
S : we all should die

The Proper sequence should be:
Q. When he
P : did not know
Q : he was nervous and
R : heard the hue and cry at midnight
S : what to do

The Proper sequence should be:
Q. Make the sentence correct if required.
They were all shocked at his failure in the competition.
Q. Make the sentence correct if required.
The man to who I sold my house was a cheat.
Q. Make the sentence correct if required.
There are not many men who are so famous that they are frequently referred to by their short names only
Q. Make the sentence correct if required.
You need not come unless you want to.
Q. Make the sentence correct if required.
The small child does whatever his father was done.
Q. One word substitution for - Person who brings an action at law
Q. One word substitution for - The foolish belief that one is god
Q. One word substitution for - The custom of having more than one husband at the same time
Q. One word substitution for - A workman who fits and repairs pipes
Q. One word substitution for - The policy of extending a country's empire and influence
Q. A body of mass 5 kg accelerates from 12 m/s to 20 m/s in 4 seconds due to the application of a force on it. Calculate the magnitude of this force (in N).
Q. When a constant force acts on an object with a mass of 8 kg for a duration of 3 s. it increases the object's velocity from 4 m/s to 6 m/s . What is the magnitude of the applied force?
Q. Why does a cannon recoil after firing ?
Q. According to the Second Law of Motion, for a given force, acceleration is inversely proportional to the ________ of an object.
Q. When a card placed over a tumbler is flicked with the finger, the coin placed over it falls in the tumbler.
Q. What is the gravity of moon as compared to the Earth
Q. An athlete runs before long jump to get advantage on
Q. The moment of inertia of a body does not depend upon its
Q. The inability of a body to change its state of rest or uniform motion along a straight line is called its
Q. When a bullet is fired from a gun 
Q. Select the following correct statements regarding Andaman and Nicobar Islands:
1. It enjoys equatorial climate
2. This is the only place in India where a volcano is located
3. This is the only place in India where coral bed is found
Q. Among the following cities, which one is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
Q. Which one among the following is nearest to the Tropic of Cancer?
Q. Which one of the following is the southern-most city ?
Q. Lakshadweep Islands are the product of ________ 
Q. The latitudes that pass through Sikkim also pass through
Q. A, B, C subscribe Rs. 50,000 for a business. A subscribes Rs. 4000 more than B and B Rs. 5000 more than C. Out of a total profit of Rs. 35,000, A receives
Q. P, Q, R enter into a partnership. P initially invests 25 lakh & adds another 10 lakhs after one year. Q initially invests 35 lakh & withdrawal 10 lakh after 2 years and R invests Rs 30 Lakhs . In what ratio should the profit be divided at the end of 3 years? 
Q. A and B started a business in partnership investing Rs. 20,000 and Rs. 15,000 respectively. After six months, C joined them with Rs. 20,000. What will be B's share in total profit of Rs. 25,000 earned at the end of 2 years from the starting of the business? 
Q. In a business, A and C invested amounts in the ratio 2 : 1 , whereas the ratio between amounts invested by A and B was 3 : 2 . If Rs. 157300 was their profit, how much amount did B receive? 
Q. A, B, C rent a pasture. A puts 10 oxen for 7 months, B puts 12 oxen for 5 months and C puts 15 oxen for 3 months for grazing. If the rent of the pasture is Rs. 175, how much must C pay as his share of rent? 
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
Z, X, S, I, R, R, ?, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
A, B, B, D, C, F, D; H, E, ?, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
C, Z, F, X, I, V, L, T, O, ?, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
Y, B, T, G, O, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
AB, DEF, HIJK, ?, STUVWX
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
ajs, gpy, ?, sbk, yhq
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
A, G, L, P, S, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
b e d f ? h j ? l
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
Z, S, W, O, T, K, Q, G, ?, ?
Q. Choose the missing terms out of the given alternatives.
H, I, K, N, ?
Q. Select the word which has same relation: 
Safe : Secure :: Protect : ?
Q. Select the word which has same relation: 
Conference : Chairman :: Newspaper : ?
Q. Select the word which has same relation: 
Eye : Myopia :: Teeth : ?
Q. Select the word which has same relation: 
Architect : Building :: Sculptor : ?
Q. Select the word which has same relation: 
NATION : ANTINO :: HUNGRY : ?
Q. Change the voice: 
Circumstances will oblige me to go.
Q. Change the voice: 
They made him a king. 
Q. Change the voice: 
The boy has rung the bell. 
Q. Change the voice: 
The peon refused him admittance. 
Q. Change the voice: 
The accountant took the money from the customer. 
Q. Change the voice: 
The principal has granted him a scholarship. 
Q. Change the voice: 
Who gave you permission to enter? 
Q. Change the voice: 
People speak English all over the world. 
Q. Change the voice: 
He was congratulated by his teacher on his brilliant success in the recent examination. 
Q. Two pipes can fill the cistern in 10hr and 12 hr respectively, while the third empty it in 20hr. If all pipes are opened simultaneously, then the cistern will be filled in:
Q. To complete a piece of work A and B take 8 days, B and C 12 days. A, B and C take 6 days. A and C will take :
Q. If 3 men or 4 women can plough a field in 43 days, how long will 7 men and 5 women take to plough it? 
Q. A and B can compete a piece of work in 18 days. They worked together for 12 days and then A left. B alone finished the work in 15 days. If Rs. 1500 be paid for the work then A's share is: 
Q. A is thrice good a workman as B and therefore is able to finish a job in 40 days less than B. Working together they can do it in:
Q. How many 64-kbps digital voice channels can be encoded by a 50-Mbps transponder in satellite communication ?
Q. Which of the following protocols cannot be used on satellite-based wide area networks ?
Q. In optical fiber, light does not propagate best in ‘window’ centered at
Q. Which device is used at a receiving end of an optical fiber ?
Q. Which device in communication satellite listens to some portion of a spectrum, amplifies the incoming signal, and then rebroadcasts it at another frequency ?
Q. The maximum data rate that a medium of 10KHz and signal to noise ratio of 30dB is roughly ____
Q. Firewall _____
Q. Which of the following allows devices on one network to communicate with devices on another network ?
Q. Which of the following summation operation is performed on the bits to check an error-detecting code ?
Q. Which of the following device is used with an X.25 network to provide service to asynchronous terminals
Q. The most important center of airplane manufacturing in the U.S.A. is
Q. Dhahran is most important oil field in
Q. Which country is the largest producer of milk in the world ?
Q. Which country has the largest importer of aluminum ?
Q. Which country is the leading importer of zinc in the world ?
Q. Which country is the leading importer of petroleum ?
Q. Which country is the largest producer of lead in the world ?
Q. Which country is the leading producer of copper in the world ?
Q. Which country is the largest importer of iron-ore in the world ?
Q. Which of the following people change their house types according to season ?