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Q. Consider according to Buddhism
Assertion (A) : There is no rebirth.
Reason (R) : There is no soul.
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Q. With reference to ancient Jainism, which one of the following statements is correct ?
Q. Buddha attained mahaparinivana in the republic of the 
Q. Vikramshila Mahavihara was established by the ruler of 
Q. Which one of the following propounded that 'destiny determines everything, man is powerless ?
Q. The 'Tripitaka' was written in
Q. Which state is called the 'Cradle of Buddhism'?
Q. Where did Gautama budha delivered his first sermon known as Dharma Chakra Pravarthan(i.e.Turning of the wheel of the law)?
Q. Which of the following rivers is referred to as Matetama, Devitama and Naditama in the Rigveda
Q. Which of the following Puranaa is the earliest?
Q. Which of the following Upanishad is the smallest?
Q. Name the tribe which does not belong to the Panchajana of Rigvedic Aryans?
Q. Which of the following inscriptions tells about the Aryan's movement from Iran to India?
Q. Which of the following was one of the cause of Harappan decline?
Q. In the Indus Valley Civilization period, Lapis- Lazuli was imported from
Q. "United Nations Organization" is listed in the ________ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
Q. First woman governor of Tamilnadu?
Q. Who holds the power to increase the number of judges in the Supreme Court?
Q. The Governor of State in India is
Q. Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments introduced the anti-defectio provision in the Constitution for the first time?
Q. Which article describes the importance of Free & Compulsory Education for children between 6-14 years in India?
Q. The President of India is elected by the
Q. The first country which adopted Preamble for its written constitution
Q. Which among the following Article/Articles of Indian Constitution deals with Emergency provisions?
I. Article 352
II. Article 356
III. Article 360
Q. "Trade unions" is listed in the,______ list given in the Seventh Scliedule of the Constitution of India.
Q. When was the 29th state of India formed?
Q. Which branch of government declares war?
Q. Which item out of the following is contained in the concurrent list?
Q. Which of the following ideals of the Constitution of India were inspired from Russia?
Q. Which one of the following is not correct about the Panchayats as laid down in Part IX of the Constitution of India?
Q. Article I of the Constitution of India declares India as
Q. What is meant when the Constitution declare India "Secular State"?
Q. The definition of ‘money bills’ is given in which article of the Constitution of India?
Q. A challenge that modern presidents face is
Q. When was the right to property removed from the list of fundamental rights?
Q. A Secular State is one which
Q. Who proposed the Preamble before the drafting committe of the Constitution?
Q. "Taxes on lands and buildings" is listed in the ______ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
Q. Which of the following is the correct order of the four major functions of a computer ?
Q. Seismograph is an example of 
Q. Which is not a basic function of a computer ?
Q. Input, output and processing devices grouped together represent a(n)
Q. Which of the following is not the characteristic of EDSAC ?
Q. Collecting the data and converting it into information is called
Q. A central computer that holds collections of data and programs for many PCs, workstations and other computers is a
Q. Computers that are portable and convenient to use for users who travel, are known as
Q. First super computer developed in India is 
Q. Which machine reads one card at a time ?
Q. Synonym of CEASE
Q. Synonym of PIOUS
Q. Synonym of Abandan
Q. Synonym of CANCEL
Q. Synonym of ADORN
Q. Synonym of ABUSE
Q. Synonym of DOCILE
Q. Synonym of CONSIDERATE
Q. Synonym of NURTURE
Q. Synonym of DEFER
Q. Find the error part:
The number(A)/ of persons interested(B)/ in psychology are (C)/ generally small (D)
Q. Find the error part:
A band of musicians (A)/ have been engaged (B)/ for the (C)/ inauguration function (D)
Q. Find the error part:
Economic cooperation (A)/ between the two countries (B)/ have increased (C)/ substantially (D)
Q. Find the error part:
The condolence messages(A)/ received on the (B)/ death of Mrs Gandhi (C)/ speaks highly of her greatness (D)
Q. Find the error part:
The smell (A)/ of these rose(B)/ flowers are (C)/ very sweet (D)
Q. Find the error part:
The condition of (A)/ people living in (B)/ rural area(C)/ are very bad (D)
Q. Find the error part:
The merit (A)/ of these books (B)/ are known(C)/ to everyone (D)
Q. Find the error part:
If it was so (A)/ poetry(B)/ would cease (C)/ to matter (D)
Q. Find the error part:
God saves(A)/ the (B)/ queen of (C)/ Victoria error (D)
Q. Find the error part:
He ordered(A)/ as if he (B)/ was my (C)/ master (D)
Q. Seamounts may be
Q. What is a coastal plains ?
Q. Delta shore line is
Q. Abyssal plains are
Q. Groine is
Q. The marked slope from the edge of continental shelf to the deep sea or Abyssal plain is known as
Q. Fiord originate as a result of
Q. Which one of the following plate movements is responsible for the formation of mid-ocean ridge ?
Q. Drift plain are formed by
Q. The bottoms of trenches lie
Q. What will come in place of question mark?
25 : 125 :: 36 : ?
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9 : 80 :: 100 : ?
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2, 5, 10, 17, 26, ?
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18, 10, 6, 4, 3, ?
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31, 29, 24, 22, 17, ?
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14, 19, 29, 49, 89, ?
Q. What will come in place of question mark?
0, 4, 18, 48, ?, 180
Q. What will come in place of question mark?
4, 9, 19, 34, ?
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5, 8, 6, 9, 7, ?
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2, 5, 11, 23, 47, ?
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63, 63, 50, 50, 37, 37, ?
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2, 6, 18, 54, ?
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7.5, 6.8, 6.1, 5.4, ?
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1, 3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, ?
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8, 24, 12, ?, 18, 54
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9, 61, 52, 63, 94, ?
Q. What will come in place of question mark?
5, 17, 37, 65, ?, 145
Q. Which are the main centers of whaling
Q. Plankton is used as
Q. Continental shelves have
Q. Cold Labrador current meets
Q. Which of the following countries leads in fish catches
Q. Which fish is demanded most in the world
Q. Main hunting ground for blue whales is located in
Q. Which is the most productive salmon ground ?
Q. The Grand Banks are famous fishing grounds in the region
Q. Area of Western Himalayan Sub-region is
Q. The Andamans have a total area of
Q. Which of the following passes through India?
Q. Which of the following is a land - locked state ?
Q. How much percent land area of India is covered by plains
Q. India is the seventh largest country in the world and it covers a total of approximately
Q. Drought in India is the outcome of
Q. The average elevation of Vindhya mountain is
Q. Which of the following sets of cities is located on the reference longitude for Indian Standard time ?
Q. Andhra Pradesh was createdas a linguistic state in
Q. One of the following is not a Union Territory
Q. By which one of the following constitutional Amendments Delhi has become National Capital Region (NCR)?
Q. 'Uttarakhand' state came into existence on
Q. Which one of the following is the first state to have been formed on linguistic basis
Q. Which of the following states is a member of the 'seven Sister' ?
Q. Article 1 of the Constitution of India declares India as 
Q. The master plan of National Capital Region (NCR) was approved in
Q. In which year was the state of Jharkhand formed
Q. The Indian Constitution describes India as a union of states in article
Q. Among the following states, which one was formed last ?
Q. The approximate diameter of the sun is _____ times the diameter of Earth.
Q. Statement I :
By far the most common topographic form in a Karst terrain is the sinkhole.
Statement II :
Topographically, a sinkhole is a depression that varies in depth from less than a meter to few hundred meters.
Q. The circular depression containing a volcanic vent is called?
Q. Lucifer is another name for the planet 
Q. Which planet is made up of thick white and yellowish clouds of sulfuric acid?
Q. Which of the following were regarded as the hub of Aryan culture during the later Vedic period?
Q. During the Rigveddic period, 'Niska' was an ornament of
Q. The word "Satyameva Jayate" in the state emblem of India have been adopted from which one of the following?
Q. Who wrote the first textbook on Jyotis?
Q. Which of the following Upnisads includes Itihasa-Purana in the list of subjects to be taught to disciples?
Q. A story of Sunahsesha, in which his father Ajigarat is stated to have sold him to Harishchandra, occurs in
Q. Which one of the following primarily deals with the construction of sacrificial altars ?
Q. The absolute zero on celsius scale is
Q. SI unit of temperature is
Q. Fahrenheit scale divides two fixed points into
Q. The temperature of the sun is measured with
Q. Which of the following is the correct device for the detection of thermal radiation?
Q. The temperature of a gas is measured with a
Q. The gas thermometers is more sensitive than the liquid thermometre because gases
Q. A temperature difference of 25°C is equivalent to a temperature difference of
Q. If the temperature of a patient is 40°C his temperature on fahrenheit will be
Q. Who issued Firman granting Diwani of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa to the English?
Q. Whose enemies were Raja Vallabh, Ghasiti Begum and Shaukat Jung ?
Q. The Gurumukhi script was introduced by
Q. First decisive military success of English East India Company in India is Marked by
Q. Who founded independent sultanate of Bengal?
Q. Who of the following joined Mir Qasim and Shujauddaula in declaring war upon the English East India Company and was later defeated by the British at the Battle Of Buxar?
Q. Which of the following Indians was appointed as Deputy Diwan of Bihar by Robert Clive ?
Q. Who was the first Indian native ruler to accept the system of Subsidiary Alliance ?
Q. The successor of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was
Q. Hyder Ali was defeated at porto Novo by which British General?
Q. Who among the following was NOT a party to the league that was defeated by the British in the Battle of Buxar ?
Q. Which of the following was capital of Raja Ranjit Singh of Punjab?
Q. Tipu Sultan died fighting the English forces under
Q. The first Governor General of india was appointed in
Q. In whose reign Guru Nanak Deva established Sikhism?
Q. Who of the following compiled 'Adigranth' or Guru Granth Saheb ?
Q. When was the battle of Plassey fought
Q. When did the British Government start ruling India directly
Q. Sirajuddaulah was defeated by Lord Clive in the battle of
Q. A group of eunuches and ladies dominated in the Government under
Q. A, B, C, D, are four friends. Average age of A and C is 35 years and that of B, and D is 40 years. Average age of B, C and D is 40 years. The sum of the ages of A and D is equal to that of B and C. Find out the ages (in years) of A, B, C and D.
Q. The age of X is 2/3 rd that of Y. After 6 years X will be 46 years old.
What is the present age of Y ?
Q. The average age of a cricket team is 27 years. Two players with 24 and 27 years of age are replaced by new players of 23 and 28 years of age. What is the average age of the team now? 
Q. The difference between the ages of a boss and his subordinate is 16 years. Four years ago, the respective ratio of the ages of the boss and subordinate was 11 : 7. The present age of the subordinate is
Q. 5 years ago, the average age of Ram and Shyam was 20 years. Now, the average age of Ram, Shyam and Mohan is 30 years. What will be Mohan's age 10 years hence?
Q. The respective ratio of the ages of Shami, Nammi and Pammi is 3 : 4 : 5. The sum of their ages is 48 years. What will be the respective ratio of their ages 8 years hence?
Q. The present age of a father is three times the age of his son. Five years ago, father's age was four times the age of the son. What is the present age of son?
Q. The difference between the present ages of P and Q is 4 years. The ratio of their ages after 5 years will be 9 : 8. The present age of P is
Q. A mother is 25 years older than her daughter. Five years ago, the age of the mother was 6 times the age of the daughter. What is the present age of mother?
Q. The present age of Deepak is 3 time the present age of his son. Five years hence, the ratio of their ages will be 34 :13 respectively. The present age of Deepak is
Q. Find out the wrong term:
5 , 8 ,16 , 26 , 50 , 98 ,194
Q. Find out the wrong term:
2 , 3 , 6 , 15 , 45 , 156.5 , 630
Q. Find out the wrong term:
0 , 1 , 9 , 36 , 99 , 225 , 441
Q. Find out the wrong term: 
108 , 54 , 36 ,18 , 9 , 6 , 4
Q. Find out the wrong number: 
2 , 8 ,32 , 148 , 765 , 4626 , 32431
Q. A boy meets a girl in the party who introduces herself as the daughter of his grandfather's daughter's brother. How is the boy related to the girl?
Q. Pointing to a lady, Vimal said, " she is the wife of my Grandfather's son". How is the lady related to Vimal?
Q. Pointing out to a photograph, Swati said, "he is the uncle of my brother's sister". How is the person in photograph related to Swati?
Q. D said, "A's father is the only brother of my sister,s son." How is A's father related to D?
Q. P's father Q's son. M is the paternal uncle of P and N is the brother of Q. How is N related to M?
Q. (A) ‘P × Q’ means ‘Q is mother of P’.
(B) ‘P + Q’ means ‘P is father of Q’.
(C) ‘P – Q’ means ‘P is brother of Q’.
(D) ‘P ÷ Q’ means ‘Q is sister of P’.
Which of the following means ‘M is niece of T’?
Q. Pointing to a boy, Namrata says, “He is the son of my grandfather’s only child.” How is the boy related to Namrata? 
Q. Pointing to a boy in a photograph, Akhil says, "He is the son of my mother's only son." How is Akhil related to that boy?
Q. Introducing Sarita, Meena said, “She is the only daughter of my father’s only daughter.” How is Meena related to Sarita?
Q. Who tried to rediscover India's past?
Q. Who was the Governor General of India during the Civil Disobedience Movement?
Q. Through which one of the following countries the Tropic of Cancer does not pass through?
Q. Equator represents
Q. Equator is
Q. Which of the following is/are true of world time zones?
I. The world is divided into thirty time zones
II. All time zones of the world are described in term of the number of hours difference between the standard meridian of that zone and the Greenwich Meridian
III. All countries have more than one time zone
IV. The time for all places east of Greenwich is designated slow, and time for all places left of Greenwich is designated fast
Q. ________ is the time taken by the Earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.
Q. The longitudinal, transverse and surface waves in an earthquake originate from
Q. What is the interval between a high tide and low tide at a given place?
Q. What is the meaning of "Midnight Sun"?
Q. Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling westwards
2. A crossing of the International Date Line entails repeating one day when traveling eastwards
3. International Date Line is an internationally agreed line drawn parallel to the 180° meridian
4. International Date Line divides the Pacific Ocean into two equal parts.
Q. Choose the incorrect statement
Q. Who was the chairman of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India?
Q. Proclamation of Emergency under Article 352 has been done How many times?
Q. Which action is considered a primary function of State government?
Q. Under which Amendment to the Constitution of India was Goods and Services Tax imposed?
Q. The first session of the Constitutional Assembly was held on
Q. Under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, is the ' Annual Financial Statement ' of the economy to be laid by the Government, on the table of the Parliament before 31st March, every year
Q. Which country has signed an agreement with India for transfer of sentenced prisoners ?
Q. Which state government has launched 'People First' mobile application for grievance redressal ?
Q. In which year was "Jana Gana Mana" adopted as the National Anthem?
Q. In Indian Parliament, under which condition a house can declare the seat of a member vacant?
Q. Who among the following holds the office during the pleasure of President?
I. Attorney General of India
II. Governors of states
III. Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Q. Who among the following was the 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Q. How many languages have been listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India?
Q. The maximum number of nominated members to Lok Sabha is .
Q. Provisions regarding Municipalities and Panchayats was made in the Indian Constitution in which year?
Q. When was the 44th Constitutional Amendment Act enacted?
Q. How many Lok Sabha constituencies are there in Rajasthan?
Q. How many agro-climatic zones (ACZ) are characterised by the Planning Commission of India?
Q. If the animals which can walk are called swimmers, animals who crawl are called flying, those living in water are called snakes and those which fly in the sky are called hunters, then what will a lizard be called ? 
Q. If orange is called butter, butter is called soap, soap is called ink, ink is called honey and honey is called orange, which of the following is used for washing clothes ? 
Q. If white is called blue, blue is called red, red is called yellow, yellow is called green, green is called black, black is called violet and violet is called orange, what would be the colour of human blood ?
Q. If in a certain language, 943 is coded as BED and 12448 is coded as SWEET, how is 492311 coded in that language ? 
Q. In a certain code, 33946 is coded as PPOAL and 1987 is coded as ROSE. How is 94678 coded in that code ?
Q. If air is called green , green is called blue, blue is called sky, sky is called yellow, yellow is called water and water is called pink, then what is the color of clear sky ? 
Q. If sky is called sea, sea is called water, water is called air, air is called cloud and cloud is called river, then what do we drink when thirsty ? 
Q. If man is called girl, girl is called woman, woman is called boy, boy is called butler and butler is called rogue, who will serve in a restaurant ? 
Q. If train is called bus, bus is called tractor, tractor is called car, car is called scooter, scooter is called bicycle, bicycle is called moped, which is used to plough a field ?
Q. If lead is called stick, stick is called nib, nib is called needle, needle is called rope and rope is called thread, what will be fitted in a pen to write with it ? 
Q. In a certain code, 15789 is written as XTZAL and 2346 is written as NPSU. How is 23549 written in that code ?
Q. In a certain code, 15789 is written as AXBTC, 2346 is written as MPDU. How is 23549 written in that code ? 
Q. If in a certain language if ENTRY is coded as 12345 and STEADY is coded as 931785, then state which is the correct code for below word. ARREST 
Q. If in a certain language if ENTRY is coded as 12345 and STEADY is coded as 931785, then state which is the correct code for below word. ENDEAR 
Q. If ENGLAND is written as 1234526 and FRANCE is written as 785291, how is GREECE coded ? 
Q. In a certain code, 15789 is written as EGKPT and 2346 is written ALUR. How is 23549 written in that code ? 
Q. In a certain code, a number 13479 is written as AQFJL and 5268 is written as DMPN. How is 396824 wriitten in that code