Common Entrance Exams : Test 7
1. Which vitamin deficiency causes night blindness ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ⧰ āĻ āĻāĻžā§ąāϤ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āύā§āĻĻā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻ (Night Blindness) āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Vitamin A / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A B) Vitamin B / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ B C) Vitamin C / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ C D) Vitamin K / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ K
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Vitamin A / āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Vitamin A is essential for normal vision. Its deficiency can cause night blindness (Nyctalopia). (āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ āϤāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ āĻāĻžā§ąāϤ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āύā§āĻĻā§āĻāĻž ā§°ā§āĻ (Night Blindness) āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤)
2. Which of the following statements about the Sixth Schedule is correct ? āώāώā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āϏā§āĻā§ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ ?
A) It deals exclusively with Union Territories / āĻ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
B) It provides for Autonomous District Councils in specified tribal areas / āĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāύāĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
C) It deals with emergency provisions / āĻ āĻā§°ā§ā§°ā§āĻāĻžāϞā§āύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
D) It establishes the Election Commission / āĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) It provides for Autonomous District Councils in specified tribal areas / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāύāĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Sixth Schedule provides for Autonomous District and Regional Councils in certain tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
āώāώā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āϏā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽ, āĻŽā§āĻāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ, āϤā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°āĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§° āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻāύāĻāĻžāϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞāϤ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻāϞāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
3. Which river is called the “Dakshin Ganga” ? āĻā§āύāĻāύ āύāĻĻā§āĻ “āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāĻž” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Krishna / āĻā§āώā§āĻŖāĻž B) Kaveri / āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ā§°ā§ C) Godavari / āĻā§āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§ D) Narmada / āύ⧰ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Godavari / āĻā§āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Godavari is popularly known as the “Dakshin Ganga” (Ganga of the South) because of its great length and importance in peninsular India. (āĻā§āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§ āύāĻĻā§āĻ “āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻāĻž” āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§āĻāϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤)
4. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is located in: āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋāϧāĻŋā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ’āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?
A) Geneva / āĻā§āύā§āĻāĻž B) Washington, D.C. / ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ. C) New York / āύāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§°ā§āĻ D) Paris / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Washington, D.C. / ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has its headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA. (āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋāϧāĻŋ (IMF)-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āĻāĻŋ., āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤ⧰āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)
5. Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Government of India Act, 1935 ?āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāύ, ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ģā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
A) Provincial autonomy / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāύ B) Federal scheme / āϝā§āĻā§āϤ⧰āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻŋ C) Dyarchy at the provincial level / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ D) Establishment of a Federal Court / āĻĢā§āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§āϞ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Dyarchy at the provincial level / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Government of India Act, 1935 abolished Dyarchy in the provinces and introduced Provincial Autonomy. However, it provided for a proposed Federal Scheme and established the Federal Court in 1937. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻāύ, ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ģ-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļāϏāĻŽā§āĻšāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦā§āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ (Dyarchy) āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĢā§āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§āϞ āĻāĻāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĢā§āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§āϞ āĻāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻāύ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
6. Which type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma ? āĻŽā§āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āĻā§āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Sedimentary rock / āĻ ā§ąāĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāϞ B) Metamorphic rock / ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰āĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāϞ C) Igneous rock / āĻāĻā§āύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ D) Organic rock / āĻā§ā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻŋāϞ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Igneous rock / āĻāĻā§āύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies. āĻŽā§āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻāĻā§āύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ (Igneous rock) āĻāĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
7. Which Assamese national park is particularly famous for its population of wild water buffalo ? āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāύ⧰ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽ’āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ ?
A) Kaziranga / āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻž B) Dibru-Saikhowa / āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°ā§-āĻā§āĻā§ā§ąāĻž C) Nameri / āύāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°ā§ D) Orang / āĻā§°āĻžāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Kaziranga / āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Kaziranga National Park is particularly famous for its wild water buffalo, along with the one-horned rhinoceros. (āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋā§°āĻāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāύ⧰ā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽ’āĻš āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤)
8. In the Indian Constitution, the idea of “Single Citizenship” has been borrowed primarily from: (āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ “āĻāĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ”ā§° āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻŽā§āϞāϤāĻ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
A) USA / āĻāĻŽā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻž āϝā§āĻā§āϤ⧰āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§° B) Canada / āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻž C) Britain / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ D) Ireland / āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϞā§āĻŖā§āĻĄ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Britain / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: India borrowed the idea of Single Citizenship from Britain. India has one citizenship - Indian citizenship, rather than separate citizenship for each state. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧠**āĻāĻāĻ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ (Single Citizenship)**ā§° āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻā§ā§ąāϞ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻā§; āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϤā§āĻŦ āύāĻžāĻāĨ¤)
9. Which of the following would cause an increase in the frequency of a sound wave ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧰āĻāĻā§° āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ ?
A) Increase in wavelength while speed remains constant / āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ B) Decrease in wavelength while speed remains constant / āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ C) Decrease in amplitude / āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ D) Increase in amplitude / āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Decrease in wavelength / āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Using v = fλ, when speed remains constant, frequency and wavelength are inversely related. So, decreasing wavelength increases frequency. (v = fλ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĻžāύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. Which of the following is NOT a direct tax in India ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§° āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Income Tax / āĻāϝāĻŧāĻā§° B) Corporate Tax / āĻā§°ā§āĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§° C) Capital Gains Tax / āĻŽā§āϞāϧāύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§° D) GST / āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) GST / āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: GST is an indirect tax because the tax burden can be passed on to the consumer. Income Tax, Corporate Tax and Capital Gains Tax are direct taxes. (GST āĻāĻāĻž āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āώ āĻā§°, āĻāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§° āĻŦā§āĻāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻšāĻā§° āĻāĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻā§°, āĻā§°ā§āĻĒ’ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āϞāϧāύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§°āĨ¤)
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1. Which pass connects Sikkim with Tibet ? āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻ āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Nathu La / āύāĻžāĻĨā§ āϞāĻž B) Zoji La / āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϞāĻž C) Shipki La / āĻļāĻŋāĻĒāĻāĻŋ āϞāĻž D) Banihal Pass / āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϞ āĻāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Nathu La / āύāĻžāĻĨā§ āϞāĻž
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Nathu La Pass is a mountain pass in Sikkim that connects India with Tibet. (āύāĻžāĻĨā§ āϞāĻž āĻāĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻŽāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤāĻ āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
2. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϝā§ā§° āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Article 40 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ļ — āĻāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ B) Article 44 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē — āĻāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ C) Article 48A — Free legal aid / āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ēā§ŽA — āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāύ⧠āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ D) Article 50 — Panchayati Raj / āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ģā§Ļ — āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠⧰āĻžāĻ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Article 44 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē — āĻāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Article 44 of the Indian Constitution directs the State to endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for citizens. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē-āϤ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻā§ āύāĻžāĻā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ (Uniform Civil Code) āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤)
3. The main component of natural gas is: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻšā§āĻā§ -
A) Ethane / āĻāĻĨā§āύ B) Methane / āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āύ C) Propane / āĻĒā§ā§°’āĻĒā§āύ D) Butane / āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻā§āύ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Methane / āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āύ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Methane (CHâ) is the main component of natural gas. (āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āύ (CHâ) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻā§° āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĨ¤)
4. Which Ahom king is credited with introducing the Paik system in an organised form ? āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āϏā§āϏāĻāĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ ā§°ā§āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
A) Sukaphaa / āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž B) Suhungmung / āĻā§āĻšā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ C) Pramatta Singha / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāϤā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš D) Rajeswar Singha / ā§°āĻžāĻā§āĻļā§āĻŦā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Suhungmung / āĻā§āĻšā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Paik system was organised and developed under Swargadeo Suhungmung (Dihingia Raja). It became an important administrative and military system of the Ahom kingdom. (āϏā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻšā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ (āĻĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻāĻž)**ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āϏā§āϏāĻāĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ ā§°ā§āĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
5. Which of the following is an example of a “quasi-judicial” body ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ “āĻ ā§°ā§āϧ-āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ” (Quasi-judicial) āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ ?
A) Election Commission / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ B) Parliament / āϏāĻāϏāĻĻ C) Council of Ministers / āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ D) Cabinet Secretariat / āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Election Commission / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Election Commission of India performs certain functions that are quasi-judicial in nature, such as deciding certain disputes relating to elections and political parties. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ ā§°ā§āϧ-āύā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻā§°ā§, āϝā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĻāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§° āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āϞā§ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)
6. The phenomenon of El Niño is associated with abnormal warming of: āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāύ⧠āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāĻāύāĻž āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻāώā§āĻŖāϤāĻžā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
A) North Atlantic Ocean / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻāĻāϞāĻžāĻŖā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° B) Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean / āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻļ C) Indian Ocean near Antarctica / āĻāĻŖā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§°ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§° D) Arctic Ocean / āĻā§°ā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean / āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻļ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: El Niño is the abnormal warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. (āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāύ⧠āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻŦāĻŋāώā§ā§ąā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻā§°ā§° āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĒā§āĻŦ āĻ āĻāĻļā§° āĻĒāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ āĻāώā§āĻŖāϤāĻž āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤)
7. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Tuberculosis / āϝāĻā§āώā§āĻŽāĻž B) Malaria / āĻŽā§āϞā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž C) Dengue / āĻĄā§āĻāĻā§ D) Typhoid / āĻāĻžāĻāĻĢāĻāĻĄ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Dengue / āĻĄā§āĻāĻā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dengue is caused by the dengue virus and is mainly transmitted by infected Aedes mosquitoes. (āĻĄā§āĻāĻā§ ā§°ā§āĻ āĻĄā§āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§°āĻžāĻā§° āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāϤ Aedes āĻŽāĻšā§° āĻāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°ā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻĒā§āĨ¤)
8. The “Drain of Wealth” theory was strongly associated with: “āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§° āύāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāĻļāύ” āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āύāĻāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
A) Dadabhai Naoroji / āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āύā§ā§°ā§āĻā§ B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak / āĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻāĻāĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϤāĻŋāϞāĻ C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale / āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāϞ⧠D) Lala Lajpat Rai / āϞāĻžāϞāĻž āϞāĻžāĻāĻĒāϤ ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: A) Dadabhai Naoroji / āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āύā§ā§°ā§āĻā§
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Dadabhai Naoroji developed and strongly advocated the Drain of Wealth Theory, which explained the economic drain of Indian wealth to Britain during colonial rule. (āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ āύā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ “āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§° āύāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāĻļāύ” āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāĻ āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāĻŋāĻ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻāύāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϏā§āĻ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
9. Which of the following correctly describes a “Blue Revolution” ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ā§ąā§ “āύā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą”āĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Increase in milk production / āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ C) Increase in food grain production / āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĻļāϏā§āϝ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ D) Increase in oilseed production / āϤā§āϞāĻŦā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Blue Revolution refers to the rapid development and increase of fish and fisheries production. (āύā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āύ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻŽā§āύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§° āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
10. Which of the following correctly describes a “Blue Revolution” ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ā§ąā§ “āύā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą”āĻ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āĻā§°ā§ ?
A) Increase in milk production / āĻāĻžāĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ C) Increase in food grain production / āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĻļāϏā§āϝ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ D) Increase in oilseed production / āϤā§āϞāĻŦā§āĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Blue Revolution refers to the rapid development and increase of fish and fisheries production. (āύā§āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻŽāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āύ āĻā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻŽā§āύ āĻāĻĻā§āϝā§āĻā§° āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
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1. Which constitutional body recommends the distribution of tax revenues between the Centre and the States ? āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻļ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ?
A) NITI Aayog / āύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ B) Finance Commission / āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ C) GST Council / GST āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ D) RBI / RBI
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Finance Commission / āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The Finance Commission is a constitutional body under Article 280. It recommends how tax revenues should be distributed between the Centre and the States. (āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§¨ā§Žā§Ļ āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻž āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§° ā§°āĻžāĻāĻš āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĨ¤)
2. Which of the following is the correct sequence of atmospheric layers from the Earth's surface upward ? āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻĒā§°āϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϏāĻŽā§āĻšā§° āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻā§ā§°āĻŽ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ?
A) Stratosphere → Troposphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere B) Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere
C) Troposphere → Mesosphere → Stratosphere → Thermosphere D) Mesosphere → Troposphere → Stratosphere → Thermosphere
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: From Earth's surface upward, the main atmospheric layers are Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere. (āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻĒā§āώā§āĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻāĻĒā§°āϞ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧰āϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻš'āϞ— āĻā§ā§°āĻĒ'āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ'āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āĻŽā§āĻ'āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āĻĨāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽ'āϏā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĨ¤)
3. Which historical site of Assam is associated with the burial mounds of the Ahom royalty ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
A) Madan Kamdev B) Charaideo Moidams C) Sivasagar Rang Ghar D) Ambari
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Charaideo Moidams
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Charaideo Moidams are burial mounds of Ahom royalty and nobles. Charaideo was the first capital of the Ahom kingdom. (āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āĻā§°ā§ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤ āĻā§°āĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
4. If the wavelength of a wave is doubled while its velocity remains constant, its frequency will: āĻāĻāĻž āϤ⧰āĻāĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ -
A) Double B) Become four times C) Become half D) Remain unchanged
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Become half
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Wave formula: v = fλ. If velocity (v) is constant, frequency (f) is inversely proportional to wavelength (λ). So, when wavelength doubles, frequency becomes half. (āĻŦā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāϏā§āϤāĻžāύā§āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻāĨ¤ āϏā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϤ⧰āĻāĻāĻĻā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻā§āĻŖ āĻš'āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāϧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
5. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the BRICS grouping as of 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļ BRICS āĻā§āĻā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Brazil B) India C) Japan D) China
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Japan
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Brazil, India and China are BRICS members. Japan is not a BRICS member. (āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋāϞ, āĻāĻžā§°āϤ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ BRICS-ā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝāĨ¤ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ BRICS-ā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)
6. Which of the following is NOT included in the Concurrent List ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
A) Education B) Forests C) Police D) Marriage and divorce
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Police
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Police is a subject in the State List, not the Concurrent List. Education, Forests, and Marriage & Divorce are in the Concurrent List.āĻā§°āĻā§āώ⧠(Police) ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš-āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻ āύā§āϤ⧰ā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤāĨ¤
7. The “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) consist of how many goals ? “āĻŦāĻšāύāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ” (SDGs) āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻž āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ⧰⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤ ?
A) 15 B) 17 C) 20 D) 21
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) 17
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of 17 goals, adopted in 2015 under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āϏāĻāĻā§° āĻŦāĻšāύāĻā§āώāĻŽ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ (SDGs) āĻŽā§āĻ ā§§ā§āĻāĻž āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ⧰⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāĻāĻŦā§ā§° ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ āĻāύāϤ 2030 Agenda-ā§° āĻ āϧā§āύāϤ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
8. Which of the following statements about Assam is correct ? āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧā§ āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ ?
A) Assam shares an international boundary with Nepal. B) Assam shares an international boundary with Bhutan and Bangladesh.
C) Assam shares an international boundary with Myanmar only. D) Assam shares international boundaries with China and Myanmar.
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Assam shares an international boundary with Bhutan and Bangladesh.
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Assam shares international borders with Bhutan in the north and Bangladesh in the south-west. (āĻ āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰⧠āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻĻāĻā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ-āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻžāĻĻā§āĻļā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāύā§āϤāĻā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻŽāĻž āĻāĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
9. Consider the following statements: āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻ:
- The President of India is the constitutional head of the Union. (āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻāĻā§° āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤)
- The Prime Minister is the real executive head. (āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§āĨ¤)
- The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. (āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤)
A) 1 and 2 only / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ ā§§ āĻ⧰⧠⧍ B) 2 and 3 only / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ ⧍ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Š
C) 1 and 3 only / āĻā§ā§ąāϞ ā§§ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Š D) 1, 2 and 3 / ā§§, ⧍ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Š
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: D) 1, 2 and 3 / ā§§, ⧍ āĻā§°ā§ ā§Š
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: All three statements are correct. The President is the constitutional head, while the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers exercise real executive power. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha under Article 75(3). (āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĨ¤ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§, āĻāύāĻšāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻāĻž āĻā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§ā§Ģ(ā§Š) āĻ āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āϞā§āĻāϏāĻāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤)
10. Which Ahom king is credited with introducing the system of minting coins known as “Rupahi” ? “ā§°ā§āĻĒāĻšā§” āύāĻžāĻŽā§ āĻāύāĻžāĻāĻžāϤ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāϞāύ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ ā§°āĻāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?
A) Sukaphaa / āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĢāĻž B) Suhungmung / āĻā§āĻšā§āĻāĻŽā§āĻ C) Rudra Singha / ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš D) Gadadhar Singha / āĻāĻĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: C) Rudra Singha / ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻš
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž: Rudra Singha is associated with the development and regular minting of Ahom coins, including silver coinage. (ā§°ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻāĻšā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻāύā§āύāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤)
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1. Which of the following is correctly matched with its location in Assam ? āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻāĻāĻžā§ąā§ āĻŽāĻŋāϞā§ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
A) Dehing Patkai — Western Assam / āĻĒāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ āϏāĻŽ B) Pobitora — Morigaon / āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ C) Orang — Dima Hasao / āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ D) Dibru-Saikhowa — Barak Valley / āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻž
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: B) Pobitora — Morigaon / āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ
Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž : Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Morigaon district of Assam and is famous for its one-horned rhinoceros. (āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻž āĻŦāύā§āϝāĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§ āĻ āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĻŖā§āϝ āĻ āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāϤ āĻ ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻ āĻāĻļāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤)