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Which ore contains both calcium and

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magnesium?

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Dolomite

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Ore Name Chemical Name Metal Present

Hematite Iron Oxide Iron

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Bauxite Aluminum oxide
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Galena Lead sulphide Lead

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Cinnabar Mercury Sulphide Mercury

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Malachite Copper Carbonate Copper

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*When light splits by a glass prism into

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seven colours, the phenomenon is called?

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(a) reflection of light (b) refraction of light

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(c) dispersion of light (d) spectrum

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Thermal radiations are electromagnetic wave belonging to which
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Which electromagnetic wave has the longest wavelength? Radio

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 Which is the most of India’s rainfall?

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Cyclonic

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• A satellite image shows massive cloud coverage

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over Rajasthan and movement of cyclone Komen in
the Bay of Bengal

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Which is present in the largest amount in

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terms of percent by mass in the Earth’s

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crust

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Oxygen

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Deficiency of which vitamin causes knock-knee, bow legs and pigeon

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chest in children?
Vitamin D

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Indian sovereignty in sea extends up to

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how many nautical miles?

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12

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An exclusive economic zone (EEZ) is a sea zone prescribed by the United Nations
Convention on the Law of the Sea over which a state has special rights regarding the
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exploration and use of marine resources, including energy production from water and
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corpuscles and white blood corpuscles in

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human body?

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Red Blood cell Erythrocytes lifetime of about 120 days.

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Platelets (55% of the volume Thrombocytes lifespan of a platelet is

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Rainbow is formed due to a

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Dispersion and total internal reflection

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Which is considered as the drug of

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last resort for human being?
Streptomycin

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Streptomycin is an antibiotic used to treat a number of
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avium complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, Burkholderia
infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.
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 Litmus paper used in laboratory from

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which obtained?

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Lichen

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A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae
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and/or cyanobacteria living among filaments of a fungus in

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Which is the highest grade of coal whose

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Anthracite

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Plants which lack true roots, stems and leaves

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are called by which name?

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Thallophytes

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Which is the highest peak in South

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India?

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Anaimudi

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Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at
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an elevation of 2,695 metres, and a topographic prominence of 2,479

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Glass is made of the mixture of which

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things?

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Sand and silicates

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What are the Doldrums?

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Equatorial zone with low pressure

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 In human beings, What is the opening of

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the stomach into the small Intestine called?

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Pylorus

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 Which winds are flowing from sub

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tropical high pressure to sub polar low
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Westerlies

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What is the outermost layer of Sun

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Corona

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Which kinds of lenses are used to treat

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Astigmatism ?

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Cylindrical

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Astigmatism is a type of refractive error in
which the eye does not focus light evenly on the
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What is the largest ecosystem of the

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Earth?

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Hydrosphere

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Which is a major constituent of Biogas?
Methane

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Cooking gas is a mixture of which

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gases?

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Propane and Butane

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What is a mixture of potassium nitrate,

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powdered charcoal and sulphur called

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Gun powder

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Which Pollination takes place with the

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Hydrophyily
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In which hemisphere does India lie?

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Northern and eastern

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Spice saffron is obtained from which part of

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Stigma

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What is the permissible level of noise in

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a silent zone at daytime?

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75db

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Rutherford’s scattering experiment

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related to the size of which thing?

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Nucleus

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Rutherford's alpha particle scattering experiment shows the

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presence of nucleus in the atom

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Which type of cell has the ability to

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develop into any type of all?

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Stem Cells

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Which gas is absorbed during

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photosynthesis?

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CO2

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For crop does India have the largest

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Rice

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Which is used as a fuel in Nuclear

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power stations in India?
Thorium
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What is the capital of Lakshadweep?

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The albedo of which cloud is the highest?

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Cirrus cloud

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Which glass is used in bullet proof screens?

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Reinforced glass

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Because of which factor, clouds do not

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precipitate in deserts?

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Low humidity

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For a body moving with constant speed in a

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horizontal circle, what remains constant?
KE

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The high altitude tropical forest which has

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dwarfed trees is known by which name?

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Elfm forest

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The food material in fungi is stored in

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which form?

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Glycogen

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Which is a free living bacteria that help

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in nitrogen fixation?

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Azotohacter

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Present in Nodulated root of plants

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Which bacteria helps in improving the
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The sun is visible a little before the actual

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sunrise because of which reaction?
Atmospheric refraction

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Which Bacteria commonly lives in the

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intestine of human?

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Escherichia coli

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What is the minimum forest cover to

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maintain ecological balance?
33%

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By which force can fat be separated

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from milk in a cream separator?
Centrifugal force

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EI Nino current appears along the

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coast of which country?

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Peru

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Who appoints the Governor of Jammu

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and Kashmir?

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President

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If we move from the equator to a pole,

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what will be the value of g?

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Increases

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Why are In the northern hemisphere,

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currents deflected to their right?

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Due to coriolis force

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 Which law of thermodynamics

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introduces the concept of entropy?

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Second law

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 What is the principle by which a cooling

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system (Radiator) in a motor car works?

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Convection

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Convection is heat transfer by mass motion Thermal conduction is the transfer of heat
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of a fluid such as air or water when the (internal energy) by microscopic collisions of
heated fluid is caused to move away from the particles and movement of electrons within a
source of heat, carrying energy with it body.
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contain?

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Acetone

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Which tissue in man where no cell

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division, occurs after birth?

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Nerves

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Chlorine acts as a bleaching agent only

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in the presence of which thing?

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Moisture

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Which are the The best and the poorest

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conductors of heat respectively?
Silver (Ag), and lead (Pb)
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Which colloidal solution is used in

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photography?

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Colloidal silver bromine

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naturally takes form as a liquid under
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Where are diesel locomotives

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manufactured?

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Varanasi

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Chittaranjan Locomotive Works, Chittaranjan.
Diesel Loco Modernisation Works, Patiala.

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Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.
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Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala.
Rail Wheel Factory, Bangalore.
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During the fermentation of sugar, which

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enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl

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alcohol?
zymase

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 Which human organ is most

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susceptible to harmful radiations?

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Lungs

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A person feel fatigued due to deposition

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of which acid in their muscles?

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Lactic Acid

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Which planet take maximum time for one revolution

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around the Sun?

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Jupiter

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When the wind is deflected due to the

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rotation of the Earth, what is it called?

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Geostropic wind

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Which is used in storage batteries?

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Lead

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The problem of leaching of the soil is more

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pronounced in the areas how rainfall is

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there?
Heavy rainfall

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What is most suitable for the core of

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an electromagnet?

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Soft iron

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Which insect spreads kala-azar?

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Sand fly

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Which is the main ingredient in cement?

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Lime stone

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Which industry produces the most non-

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biodegradable wastes?

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Thermal power plants

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Which peninsular river is westward

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flowing?

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Tapti

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A convex mirror makes a good rear-

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view mirror for a car. Why?

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It forms erect, reduced images

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Which type of the fruit formed without

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fertilisation?

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Parthenocarpy

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Indian first took part in the Olympic

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1920 ‎Antwerp, Belgium

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Summer Olympic Games in1920, Three athletes and

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Which is the plant hormone that induces

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cell division?

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Auxins

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In vulcanisation, with which the

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natural rubber is heated?

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Sulphur

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Which planet of the solar system spins

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Jupiter

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Which algae is used as biofertilizer in

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the production of crop paddy?

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Blue green algae

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Which unicellular algae are used as

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source of oxygen in space research?

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Chlorella

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Which region gets no rainfall

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throughout the year?

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The Tundra Region

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Which gas has maximum colorific

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value?

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Oil gas

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 A molecule of glucose on complete

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oxidation yields howmany ATP molecules in

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case of aerobic respiration?

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36

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Which river flows between the

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Vindhya and Satpura ranges?

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Narmada

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Which is the type of movement that occurs

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during opening and closing of flower?

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Nastic movement

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Which gland is responsible for the

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secretion of insulin?

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Pancrease

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Which type of rainfall that occurs when

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wind rises up along a hill or mountain

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barrier?
Orographic

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Which are the most commonly used

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chemicals in the artificial rain making

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or cloud seeding?
Silver Iodide (Agl)

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What happens, When water is heated
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First decreases then increases

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What do you understand by the word

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regur?

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Black soil found in the Deccan

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Black soil is also known as Black Cotton Soil as cotton is an important
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calcium carbonate, potash, lime and magnesium carbonate but has
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Besides water and light which is more

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essential as a raw material for

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photosynthesis?

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CO2

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Of the floating iceberg in the sea, how

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much is the portion remaining above

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the sea level?

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1/10th

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Which salt is found in bone in largest

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amount?

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Calcium phosphate

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Which is a strong smelling agent added to

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LPG cylinder to help in the detection of gas

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leakage?
Thioethanol

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Food prepared by plant, through which is

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transported to different part of plant?

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Phloem

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What is responsible for blue body

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syndrone?

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Nitrate

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Inside the body, why does blood

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not coagulate?

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Due to the presence of heparin

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Which river flows through a rift valley?

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Narmada

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By whom are the planets are kept in

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motion in their respective orbits?

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Gravitation and centrifugal force

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Guerine) is injected to get immunity from

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which disease?
Tuberculosis

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fruit juices?

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Sodium benzoate

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ethylenediamine-tetraacetic acid (EDTA), citric
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ecosystem, the producer system is ?

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Plants

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Which group of gases contribute to the

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'Green House Effect' ?
Carbon dioxide and Methane

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Which is the sweetest natural sugar ?

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Fructose

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