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Plants stop both respiration and photosynthesis sometimes during (1) Night (2) Twilight (3) Daytime (4) Dawn

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The legendary city recently excavatd was (1) Hastinapura (2) Pataliputra (3) Ayodha (4) Dwaraka

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Mr.Brington Buhai Lyngdoh who died recently was the former Chief Minister and the founder of 1 Mizoram 2 Meghalaya 3 Assam 4 Tripura

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Ptolemy built a temple/museum to the goddess of art, literature and learning at: (a) Athens (b) Boukephala (c) Kabul (d) Alexandria

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. The Buddhist sect Mahayana formally came into existence during the reign of (a) Ajatashatru (b) Ashoka (c) Dharmapala (d) Kanishka

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. Which of the following statements regarding the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court are correct? 1. It is binding on the Supreme Court to give its opinion on any matter referred to it by the President. 2. The full bench of the Supreme Court hears any reference made to it under its power of advisory jurisdiction 3. The opinion given by the Supreme Court on a reference under advisory jurisdiction is not binding on the Government 4. Not more than one reference at a time can be made to the Supreme Court under its power of advisory jurisdiction. Select the answer from the codes given below: Codes: (a) 1 and 2 (b) 1 and 3 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 2 and 4

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The first aluminium smelting plant was located in Alwaye in Kerala due to (1) Availability of Bauxite in close proximity (2) Availability of cheap and abundant hydro-electric power (3) Easy accessibility to market (4) Closeness of Cochin port

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Where no month has average temperature above 320F and a permanent snow cover in characteristic is called: (a) polar climate (b) ice-cap climate (c) cold climate

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. In Jainism ‘perfect knowledge’ is referred as to (a) Jina (b) Ratna (c) Kaivalya (d) Nirvana

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The main weakness of the Revolt of 1857 was the lack of: (a) external help (b) discipline among the rebel soldiers (c) modern weapons (d) united and coordinated efforts by rebels

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IRDA stands for 1 Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority 2 Indian Rural Development Agency 3 Institute for Rural Development Area 4 Insurance Research and Development Agenty

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Who bought the Sword of Tipu Sultan for Rs.1.5 crore? 1 Vijay Mallayya 2 Azim Premji 3 Rince of Wales 4 King of Brunei

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