. The first Indian ruler who joined the Subsidiary Alliance was (a) The Nawab of Oudh (b) The Nizam of Hyderabad (c) Peshwa Baji Rao II (d) The King of Travancore

RRB,

. Which one of the following vitamins is considered to be a hormone? (a) A (b) B (c) C (d) D

. Which one of the following statements is correct? (a) All the members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by State Legislative Assemblies (b) As the Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, only a member of the Rajya Sabha can contest for the office of the Vice-President (c) A point of difference between the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha is that while a candidate to the Lok Sabha can contest from any State in India, a candidate to the Rajya Sabha should ordinarily be a resident of the State from where he is contesting (d) The constitution of India explicitly prohibits the appointment of a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha to the post of a Minister

. The difference between a bank and a non-banking financial institution (NBFI) is that (a) A bank interacts directly with customers while an NBFI interacts with banks and governments (b) A bank indulges in a number of activities relating to finance with a range of customers, while an NBFI is mainly concerned with the term loan needs of large enterprises (c) A bank deals with both internal and international customers while an NBFI is mainly concerned with the finances of foreign companies (d) A bank’s man interest is to help in business transactions and savings/ investment activities while an NBFI’s main interest is in the stabilization of the currency

KCB, State Bank Of India SBI, VBV,

. Monazite is an ore of (a) Zirconium (b) Thorium (c) Titanium (d) Iron

Amna Industries, RRB, Thorium, UPPSC Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission,

. Vidhushaka, a common character in Sanskrit drama, is invariably a (a) Brahmana (b) Kshatriya (c) Vaisya (d) Shudra

. Freedom of the press of India (a) Is specifically provided in Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution (b) is implied in the wider freedom of expression guaranteed by Article 19(1)(a) of the constitution (c) is guaranteed under the provisions of Article 361A of the Constitution (d) emanates from the operation of the Rule of Law in the country.

. Given below are two statements, one labeled as Assertion(A) and the other labeled as Reason(R): Assertion(A) : The U.S.A re-emerged as India’s single largest import source in the early nineties. Reason(R) : With swift political developments in the erstwhile Soviet Union, India gradually began to rely on the U.S.A for it defence requirements. In the context of the above, two statements which one of the following is correct? (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A (b) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A (c) A is true but R is false (d) A is false but R is false

. Toramana belonged to the ethnic horde of the (a) Scythians (b) Hunas (c) Yue-chis (d) Sakas

IIT,

. Farm land tends to erode most rapidly when planted with (a) Sorghum (b) Potato (c) Wheat (d) Clover

Prasar Bharati, SSC,

. Rennin and lactase, the enzymes required to digest milk, disappear in the human body by the age of (a) Two (b) Three (c) Five (d) Eight

. In which respect have the Centre-State relations been specifically termed as ‘municipal relations’? (a) Centre’s control of the State in the legislative sphere (b) Centre’s control of the State in financial matter (c) Centre’s control of the state in the administrative sector (d) Centre’s control of the state in the planning process

AFCAT, Hindalco, IAF, IAS,

. Who among the following is said to have witnessed the reigns of eight Delhi Sultans? (a) Ziauddin Barani (b) Shams-i-Siraj Afif (c) Minhaj-us-Siraj (d) Amir Khusrau

ACIO,

. Galvanized iron sheets are protected from rusting due to the presence of a layer of (a) Lead (b) Chromium (c) Zinc (d) Tin

Reliance,

. Which one of the following statements regarding ‘Exit Poll’ is correct? (a) ‘Exit Poll’ is a term used to denote a post-election survey of voters regarding the candidate in whose favour they had exercised their franchise (b) ‘Exit Poll’ and ‘Opinion Poll’ are one and the same (c) ‘Exit Poll’ is a device through which results of voting can be most exactly predicted (d) ‘Exit Poll, is an administrative device made recently by the Chief Election Commissioner to prevent impersonation