Common Entrance Exams : Test 7


1. Which vitamin deficiency causes night blindness ?  āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ⧰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻžā§ąāϤ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž ā§°ā§‹āĻ— (Night Blindness) āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Vitamin A / āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A  B) Vitamin B / āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ B  C) Vitamin C / āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ C D) Vitamin K / āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ K


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) Vitamin A / āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Vitamin A is essential for normal vision. Its deficiency can cause night blindness (Nyctalopia). (āĻ­āĻŋāϟāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāύ A āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ…āϤāĻŋ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻ…āĻ­āĻžā§ąāϤ ā§°āĻžāϤāĻŋ āύ⧇āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž ā§°ā§‹āĻ— (Night Blindness) āĻš’āĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤)


2. Which of the following statements about the Sixth Schedule is correct ? āώāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧂āĻšā§€ā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• ?


A) It deals exclusively with Union Territories / āχ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
B) It provides for Autonomous District Councils in specified tribal areas / āχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϜāύāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤
C) It deals with emergency provisions / āχ āĻœā§°ā§ā§°ā§€āĻ•āĻžāϞ⧀āύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
D) It establishes the Election Commission / āχ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) It provides for Autonomous District Councils in specified tribal areas / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻĻāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āϜāύāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Sixth Schedule provides for Autonomous District and Regional Councils in certain tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.


āώāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧂āĻšā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ, āĻŽā§‡āϘāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ, āĻ¤ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻĒ⧁⧰āĻž āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻŋāĻœā§‹ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§° āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āϜāύāϜāĻžāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāĻŋāϤ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻž āφ⧰⧁ āφāĻžā§āϚāϞāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻā§° āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤


3. Which river is called the “Dakshin Ganga” ? āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āύāĻĻā§€āĻ• “āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Krishna / āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŖāĻž  B) Kaveri / āĻ•āĻžāĻŦ⧇⧰⧀  C) Godavari / āĻ—ā§‹āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§€  D) Narmada / āĻ¨ā§°ā§āĻŽāĻĻāĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Godavari / āĻ—ā§‹āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§€


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Godavari is popularly known as the “Dakshin Ganga” (Ganga of the South) because of its great length and importance in peninsular India. (āĻ—ā§‹āĻĻāĻžā§ąā§°ā§€ āύāĻĻā§€āĻ• “āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻž” āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āωāĻĒāĻĻā§āĻŦā§€āĻĒā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĻā§€āϘāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āφ⧰⧁ āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāχ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇āĨ¤)


4. The headquarters of the International Monetary Fund is located in: āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋāϧāĻŋā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ āĻ•’āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ ?


A) Geneva / āĻœā§‡āύ⧇āĻ­āĻž  B) Washington, D.C. / ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āϚāĻŋ.  C) New York / āύāĻŋāωāϝāĻŧā§°ā§āĻ•  D) Paris / āĻĒ⧇⧰āĻŋāĻ›


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Washington, D.C. / ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āϚāĻŋ.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has its headquarters in Washington, D.C., USA. (āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋāϧāĻŋ (IMF)-ā§° āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ ā§ąāĻžāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ‚āϟāύ, āĻĄāĻŋ.āϚāĻŋ., āφāĻŽā§‡ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤)


5. Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Government of India Act, 1935 ?āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§° āφāχāύ, ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ģā§° āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āύāĻžāĻ›āĻŋāϞ ?


A) Provincial autonomy / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāύ  B) Federal scheme / āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āφāρāϚāύāĻŋ  C) Dyarchy at the provincial level / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧈āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ  D) Establishment of a Federal Court / āĻĢ⧇āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§‡āϞ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Dyarchy at the provincial level / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧈āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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 āϚ⧰āĻ•āĻžā§° āφāχāύ, ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§Ģ-āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻ⧇āĻļāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšāϤ āĻĻā§āĻŦ⧈āϤ āĻļāĻžāϏāύ (Dyarchy) āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āϕ⧰āĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻļāĻžāϏāύ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻĢ⧇āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§‡āϞ āφāρāϚāύāĻŋ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĢ⧇āĻĄāĻžā§°ā§‡āϞ āφāĻĻāĻžāϞāϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ“ āĻāχ āφāχāύ⧰ āĻŦ⧈āĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŸā§āϝ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


6. Which type of rock is formed by the cooling and solidification of magma ? āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšā§ˆ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšā§‹ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻĢāϞāϤ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§° āĻļāĻŋāϞ āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Sedimentary rock / āĻ…ā§ąāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāϞ  B) Metamorphic rock / ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧰āĻŋāϤ āĻļāĻŋāϞ  C) Igneous rock / āφāĻ—ā§āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ  D) Organic rock / āĻœā§ˆā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻŋāϞ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Igneous rock / āφāĻ—ā§āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Igneous rocks are formed when magma cools and solidifies. āĻŽā§‡āĻ—āĻŽāĻž āĻ āĻžāĻŖā§āĻĄāĻž āĻšā§ˆ āĻ•āĻ āĻŋāύ āĻš’āϞ⧇ āφāĻ—ā§āύ⧇āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŋāϞ (Igneous rock) āĻ—āĻ āύ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤


7. Which Assamese national park is particularly famous for its population of wild water buffalo ? āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāύ⧰⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽ’āĻšā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤ ?


A) Kaziranga / āĻ•āĻžāϜāĻŋā§°āĻ™āĻž  B) Dibru-Saikhowa / āĻĄāĻŋāĻŦā§ā§°ā§-āĻ›ā§ˆāĻ–ā§‹ā§ąāĻž  C) Nameri / āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ā§°ā§€  D) Orang / āϓ⧰āĻžāĻ‚


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) Kaziranga / āĻ•āĻžāϜāĻŋā§°āĻ™āĻž


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Kaziranga National Park is particularly famous for its wild water buffalo, along with the one-horned rhinoceros. (āĻ•āĻžāϜāĻŋā§°āĻ™āĻž ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦāύ⧰⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽ’āĻš āφ⧰⧁ āĻāĻļāĻŋāϙ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āρāĻĄāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤)


8. In the Indian Constitution, the idea of “Single Citizenship” has been borrowed primarily from: (āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ “āĻāĻ•āĻ• āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ”ā§° āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻŽā§‚āϞāϤāσ āϕ⧋āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?)


A) USA / āφāĻŽā§‡ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°  B) Canada / āĻ•āĻžāύāĻžāĻĄāĻž  C) Britain / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āχāύ  D) Ireland / āφāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āϞ⧇āĻŖā§āĻĄ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Britain / āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āχāύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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⧇ **āĻāĻ•āĻ• āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ (Single Citizenship)**ā§° āϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāĻž āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āχāύ⧰ āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāϤ āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφāϛ⧇; āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ• ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āύāĻžāχāĨ¤)


9. Which of the following would cause an increase in the frequency of a sound wave ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻĒā§°āĻŋā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ⧇ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—ā§° āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ ?


A) Increase in wavelength while speed remains constant / āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āρāϤ⧇ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  B) Decrease in wavelength while speed remains constant / āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āρāϤ⧇ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ  C) Decrease in amplitude / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ  D) Increase in amplitude / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžā§° āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Decrease in wavelength / āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻšā§ā§°āĻžāϏ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Using v = fλ, when speed remains constant, frequency and wavelength are inversely related. So, decreasing wavelength increases frequency. (v = fλ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āφ⧰⧁ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


10. Which of the following is NOT a direct tax in India ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧰ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Income Tax / āφāϝāĻŧāϕ⧰  B) Corporate Tax / āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻǒ⧰⧇āϟ āϕ⧰  C) Capital Gains Tax / āĻŽā§‚āϞāϧāύ⧀ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰  D) GST / āϜāĻŋ āĻāĻ› āϟāĻŋ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: D) GST / āϜāĻŋ āĻāĻ› āϟāĻŋ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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 āĻāϟāĻž āĻĒā§°ā§‹āĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧰, āĻ•āĻžā§°āĻŖ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϕ⧰⧰ āĻŦā§‹āϜāĻž āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻžāĻšāϕ⧰ āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϤ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§‡āĨ¤ āφāϝāĻŧāϕ⧰, āĻ•ā§°ā§āĻǒ⧰⧇āϟ āϕ⧰ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§‚āϞāϧāύ⧀ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āϕ⧰āĨ¤)


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1. Which pass connects Sikkim with Tibet ? āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ—āĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻ• āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇ ?


A) Nathu La / āύāĻžāĻĨ⧁ āϞāĻž  B) Zoji La / āĻœā§‹āϜāĻŋ āϞāĻž  C) Shipki La / āĻļāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•āĻŋ āϞāĻž  D) Banihal Pass / āĻŦāĻžāύāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϞ āĻ—āĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) Nathu La / āύāĻžāĻĨ⧁ āϞāĻž


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Nathu La Pass is a mountain pass in Sikkim that connects India with Tibet. (āύāĻžāĻĨ⧁ āϞāĻž āĻ—āĻŋā§°āĻŋāĻĒāĻĨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āφ⧰⧁ āχ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤāĻ• āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻŦāϤ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


2. Which of the following pairs is correctly matched ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϝ⧋⧰ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


A) Article 40 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ļ — āĻāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ  B) Article 44 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē — āĻāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ  C) Article 48A — Free legal aid / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ēā§ŽA — āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āφāχāύ⧀ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧ  D) Article 50 — Panchayati Raj / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ģā§Ļ — āĻĒāĻžā§āϚāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤ⧀ ā§°āĻžāϜ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Article 44 — Uniform Civil Code / āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē — āĻāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Article 44 of the Indian Constitution directs the State to endeavour to secure a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) for citizens. (āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§Ēā§Ē-āϤ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ•āϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻāϕ⧇ āύāĻžāĻ—ā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻŋ (Uniform Civil Code) āĻĒā§ā§°ā§ąā§°ā§āϤāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āχ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻŦ āϞāĻžāϗ⧇ āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋ āωāĻ˛ā§āϞ⧇āĻ– āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤)


3. The main component of natural gas is: āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧇āϛ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ -


A) Ethane / āχāĻĨ⧇āύ  B) Methane / āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ⧇āύ  C) Propane / āĻĒā§ā§°’āĻĒ⧇āύ  D) Butane / āĻŦāĻŋāωāĻŸā§‡āύ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Methane / āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ⧇āύ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Methane (CH₄) is the main component of natural gas. (āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨ⧇āύ (CH₄) āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻ•ā§ƒāϤāĻŋāĻ• āϗ⧇āϛ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύāĨ¤)


4. Which Ahom king is credited with introducing the Paik system in an organised form ? āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ• āϏ⧁āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āϜāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?


A) Sukaphaa / āϚ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻĢāĻž  B) Suhungmung / āϚ⧁āĻšā§āĻ‚āĻŽā§āĻ‚  C) Pramatta Singha / āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽāĻ¤ā§āϤ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš  D) Rajeswar Singha / ā§°āĻžāĻœā§‡āĻļā§āĻŦā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Suhungmung / āϚ⧁āĻšā§āĻ‚āĻŽā§āĻ‚


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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. (āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§°ā§āĻ—āĻĻ⧇āω āϚ⧁āĻšā§āĻ‚āĻŽā§āĻ‚ (āĻĻāĻŋāĻšāĻŋāϙ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āϜāĻž)**ā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻ•āĻžāϞāϤ āĻĒāĻžāχāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāχ āϏ⧁āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ ā§°ā§‚āĻĒ āϞāĻžāĻ­ āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āχ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻ• āϗ⧁⧰⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āφ⧰⧁ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


5. Which of the following is an example of a “quasi-judicial” body ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ “āĻ…ā§°ā§āϧ-āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ•” (Quasi-judicial) āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžā§° āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ ?


A) Election Commission / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—  B) Parliament / āϏāĻ‚āϏāĻĻ  C) Council of Ministers / āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ  D) Cabinet Secretariat / āϕ⧇āĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āϟ āϏāϚāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϞāϝāĻŧ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) Election Commission / āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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§°āϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āϗ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ…ā§°ā§āϧ-āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āϕ⧰⧇, āϝ⧇āύ⧇ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāύ āφ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāϞ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āϕ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§° āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ˛ā§‹ā§ąāĻžāĨ¤)


6. The phenomenon of El Niño is associated with abnormal warming of: āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāύ⧋ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāϘāϟāύāĻž āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…āĻžā§āϚāϞ⧰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻˇā§āĻŖāϤāĻžā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?


A) North Atlantic Ocean / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰ āφāϟāϞāĻžāĻŖā§āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°  B) Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean / āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ā§ąā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ  C) Indian Ocean near Antarctica / āĻāĻŖā§āϟāĻžā§°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ“āϚ⧰⧰ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°  D) Arctic Ocean / āĻ†ā§°ā§āĻ•āϟāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Central and Eastern Equatorial Pacific Ocean / āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ā§ąā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: El Niño is the abnormal warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean. (āĻāϞ āύāĻŋāύ⧋ āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§ā§ąā§€āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻžāϏāĻžāĻ—ā§°ā§° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĒā§‚āĻŦ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļā§° āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀⧰ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ­āĻžā§ąāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻˇā§āĻŖāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĨ¤)


7. Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ā§°ā§‹āĻ— āĻ­āĻžāχ⧰āĻžāϛ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Tuberculosis / āϝāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāĻž  B) Malaria / āĻŽā§‡āϞ⧇⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž  C) Dengue / āĻĄā§‡āĻ‚āϗ⧁  D) Typhoid / āϟāĻžāχāĻĢāχāĻĄ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Dengue / āĻĄā§‡āĻ‚āϗ⧁


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Dengue is caused by the dengue virus and is mainly transmitted by infected Aedes mosquitoes. (āĻĄā§‡āĻ‚āϗ⧁ ā§°ā§‹āĻ— āĻĄā§‡āĻ‚āϗ⧁ āĻ­āĻžāχ⧰āĻžāϛ⧰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āφ⧰⧁ āχ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽāĻŋāϤ Aedes āĻŽāĻšā§° āĻ•āĻžāĻŽā§‹ā§°ā§° āϜ⧰āĻŋāϝāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻĒ⧇āĨ¤)


8. The “Drain of Wealth” theory was strongly associated with: “āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§° āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ” āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ⧰ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώāĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?


A) Dadabhai Naoroji / āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ­āĻžāχ āĻ¨ā§Œā§°ā§‹āĻœā§€  B) Bal Gangadhar Tilak / āĻŦāĻžāϞ āĻ—āĻ‚āĻ—āĻžāϧ⧰ āϤāĻŋāϞāĻ•  C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale / āĻ—ā§‹āĻĒāĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻŖ āĻ—ā§‹āĻ–āϞ⧇  D) Lala Lajpat Rai / āϞāĻžāϞāĻž āϞāĻžāϜāĻĒāϤ ā§°āĻžāϝāĻŧ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: A) Dadabhai Naoroji / āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ­āĻžāχ āĻ¨ā§Œā§°ā§‹āĻœā§€


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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. (āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ­āĻžāχ āĻ¨ā§Œā§°ā§‹āĻœā§€āϝāĻŧ⧇ “āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻā§° āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāĻļāύ” āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āφāĻ—āĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāχāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤ āĻāχ āϤāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāχ āĻ”āĻĒāύāĻŋā§ąā§‡āĻļāĻŋāĻ• āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϤ āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻĻ āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻŦā§ā§°āĻŋāĻŸā§‡āχāύāϞ⧈ āĻ—ā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āϕ⧰āĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


9. Which of the following correctly describes a “Blue Revolution” ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ā§ąā§‡ “āύ⧀āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą”āĻ• āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇ ?


A) Increase in milk production / āĻ—āĻžāϖ⧀⧰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  C) Increase in food grain production / āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  D) Increase in oilseed production / āϤ⧇āϞāĻŦā§€āϜ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Blue Revolution refers to the rapid development and increase of fish and fisheries production. (āύ⧀āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§€āύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻŽā§€āύ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


10. Which of the following correctly describes a “Blue Revolution” ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ā§ąā§‡ “āύ⧀āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą”āĻ• āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŦā§°ā§āĻŖāύāĻž āϕ⧰⧇ ?


A) Increase in milk production / āĻ—āĻžāϖ⧀⧰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  C) Increase in food grain production / āĻ–āĻžāĻĻā§āϝāĻļāĻ¸ā§āϝ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ  D) Increase in oilseed production / āϤ⧇āϞāĻŦā§€āϜ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Increase in fish production / āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The Blue Revolution refers to the rapid development and increase of fish and fisheries production. (āύ⧀āϞāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ˛ā§ą āĻŦ⧁āϞāĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻŽāĻžāĻ› āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§€āύ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻŦ⧃āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āϤāĻĨāĻž āĻŽā§€āύ āωāĻĻā§āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§° āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύāĻ• āĻŦ⧁āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


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1. Which constitutional body recommends the distribution of tax revenues between the Centre and the States ? āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āφ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϕ⧰ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻš āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖā§° āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻļ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāχ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ ?


A) NITI Aayog / āύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—  B) Finance Commission / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—  C) GST Council / GST āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ  D) RBI / RBI


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Finance Commission / āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ—


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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. (āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤ āφāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§¨ā§Žā§Ļ āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻāϟāĻž āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āχ āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āφ⧰⧁ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻŽāĻžāϜāϤ āϕ⧰ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻš āϕ⧇āύ⧇āĻĻ⧰⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻš’āĻŦ āϏ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻŽā§°ā§āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤)


2. Which of the following is the correct sequence of atmospheric layers from the Earth's surface upward ? āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻšā§° āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ•ā§ā§°āĻŽ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ ?


A) Stratosphere → Troposphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere  B) Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere
C) Troposphere → Mesosphere → Stratosphere → Thermosphere  D) Mesosphere → Troposphere → Stratosphere → Thermosphere


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: From Earth's surface upward, the main atmospheric layers are Troposphere → Stratosphere → Mesosphere → Thermosphere. (āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§€ā§° āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āĻ ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻ“āĻĒā§°āϞ⧈ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧰āϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻš'āϞ— āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒ'āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§‡āϟ'āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āĻŽā§‡āĻ›'āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° → āĻĨāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽ'āĻ¸ā§āĻĢāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĨ¤)


3. Which historical site of Assam is associated with the burial mounds of the Ahom royalty ? āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϐāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻĒā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?


A) Madan Kamdev  B) Charaideo Moidams  C) Sivasagar Rang Ghar  D) Ambari


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Charaideo Moidams


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Charaideo Moidams are burial mounds of Ahom royalty and nobles. Charaideo was the first capital of the Ahom kingdom. (āϚ⧰āĻžāχāĻĻ⧇āω āĻŽā§ˆāĻĻāĻžāĻŽāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāϜāĻĒā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϞ āφ⧰⧁ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻžāϤāϏāĻ•āϞ⧰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻĸāĻžāĻĒāĨ¤ āϚ⧰āĻžāχāĻĻ⧇āω āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ ā§°āĻžāϜāϧāĻžāύ⧀ āφāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


4. If the wavelength of a wave is doubled while its velocity remains constant, its frequency will: āĻāϟāĻž āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—ā§° āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧋āρāϤ⧇ āχāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• -


A) Double  B) Become four times  C) Become half  D) Remain unchanged


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Become half


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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. (āĻŦ⧇āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋā§° āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāύ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤ āϏ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤ⧰āĻ‚āĻ—āĻĻā§ˆā§°ā§āĻ˜ā§āϝ āĻĻ⧁āϗ⧁āĻŖ āĻš'āϞ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āφāϧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


5. Which of the following countries is NOT a member of the BRICS grouping as of 2026 ? ā§¨ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϚāύ⧰ āĻšāĻŋāϚāĻžāĻĒāϤ āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻ–āύ āĻĻ⧇āĻļ BRICS āĻ—ā§‹āϟ⧰ āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Brazil  B) India  C) Japan  D) China


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Japan


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Brazil, India and China are BRICS members. Japan is not a BRICS member. (āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāϜāĻŋāϞ, āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ āφ⧰⧁ āĻšā§€āύ BRICS-ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝāĨ¤ āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ BRICS-ā§° āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤)


6. Which of the following is NOT included in the Concurrent List ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϤ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧ ?


A) Education  B) Forests  C) Police  D) Marriage and divorce


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Police


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Police is a subject in the State List, not the Concurrent List. Education, Forests, and Marriage & Divorce are in the Concurrent List.āφ⧰āĻ•ā§āώ⧀ (Police) ā§°āĻžāĻœā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻž, āĻŦāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻš-āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ āϏāĻŽā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧀ āϤāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻžā§° āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§°ā§āϭ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤


7. The “Sustainable Development Goals” (SDGs) consist of how many goals ? “āĻŦāĻšāύāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ” (SDGs) āĻŽā§āĻ  āĻ•āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϟāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧰⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤ ?


A) 15  B) 17  C) 20  D) 21


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) 17


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) consist of 17 goals, adopted in 2015 under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āϏāĻ‚āϘ⧰ āĻŦāĻšāύāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ (SDGs) āĻŽā§āĻ  ā§§ā§­āϟāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧰⧇ āĻ—āĻ āĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāχāĻŦā§‹ā§° ⧍ā§Ļā§§ā§Ģ āϚāύāϤ 2030 Agenda-ā§° āĻ…āϧ⧀āύāϤ āĻ—ā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āϕ⧰āĻž āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


8. Which of the following statements about Assam is correct ? āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻ•ā§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 / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Assam shares an international boundary with Bhutan and Bangladesh.


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Assam shares international borders with Bhutan in the north and Bangladesh in the south-west. (āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§‡ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰⧇ āĻ­ā§‚āϟāĻžāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāĻŖ-āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽā§‡ āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§° āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āφāĻ¨ā§āϤāσ⧰āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°ā§€āϝāĻŧ āϏ⧀āĻŽāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤)


9. Consider the following statements: āϤāϞ⧰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝāϏāĻŽā§‚āĻš āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāύāĻž āϕ⧰āĻ•:



  1. The President of India is the constitutional head of the Union. (āĻ­āĻžā§°āϤ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ‚āϘ⧰ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§€āĨ¤)

  2. The Prime Minister is the real executive head. (āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§€āĨ¤)

  3. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. (āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤)


A) 1 and 2 only / āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ ⧍    B) 2 and 3 only / āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ ⧍ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Š
C) 1 and 3 only / āĻ•ā§‡ā§ąāϞ ā§§ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Š    D) 1, 2 and 3 / ā§§, ⧍ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Š


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: D) 1, 2 and 3 / ā§§, ⧍ āφ⧰⧁ ā§Š


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§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). (āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ“āϟāĻž āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĨ¤ ā§°āĻžāĻˇā§āĻŸā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽā§ā§°āĻŦā§āĻŦā§€, āφāύāĻšāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ⧇ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āĻ•āĻžā§°ā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āϕ⧰⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻ‚āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻšā§āϛ⧇āĻĻ ā§­ā§Ģ(ā§Š) āĻ…āύ⧁āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ā§°ā§€ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āϞ⧋āĻ•āϏāĻ­āĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻšāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŦāĻĻā§āϧāĨ¤)


10. Which Ahom king is credited with introducing the system of minting coins known as “Rupahi” ? “ā§°ā§‚āĻĒāĻšā§€” āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āϜāύāĻžāϜāĻžāϤ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϚāϞāύ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϕ⧋āύāϜāύ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ ā§°āϜāĻžā§° āύāĻžāĻŽ āϜāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ ?


A) Sukaphaa / āϚ⧁āĻ•āĻžāĻĢāĻž  B) Suhungmung / āϚ⧁āĻšā§āĻ‚āĻŽā§āĻ‚  C) Rudra Singha / ⧰⧁āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš  D) Gadadhar Singha / āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāϧ⧰ āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: C) Rudra Singha / ⧰⧁āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻš


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž: Rudra Singha is associated with the development and regular minting of Ahom coins, including silver coinage. (⧰⧁āĻĻā§ā§° āϏāĻŋāĻ‚āĻšā§° āĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻ•āĻžāϞāϤ āφāĻšā§‹āĻŽ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϚāϞāύ āφ⧰⧁ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻž āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ• āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤ āĻšā§ˆāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤)


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1. Which of the following is correctly matched with its location in Assam ? āϤāϞ⧰ āϕ⧋āύāĻŸā§‹ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧰ āϏ⧈āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžā§ąā§‡ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹ā§ąāĻž āĻšā§ˆāϛ⧇ ?


A) Dehing Patkai — Western Assam / āĻĒāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāĻŽ āĻ…āϏāĻŽ  B) Pobitora — Morigaon / āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ—āĻžāρāĻ“  C) Orang — Dima Hasao / āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽāĻž āĻšāĻžāĻ›āĻžāĻ“  D) Dibru-Saikhowa — Barak Valley / āĻŦā§°āĻžāĻ• āωāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•āĻž


Ans / āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧰: B) Pobitora — Morigaon / āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ—āĻžāρāĻ“


Explanation / āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž : Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Morigaon district of Assam and is famous for its one-horned rhinoceros. (āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧰āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻŖā§€ āĻ…āĻ­āϝāĻŧāĻžā§°āĻŖā§āϝ āĻ…āϏāĻŽā§° āĻŽā§°āĻŋāĻ—āĻžāρāĻ“ āϜāĻŋāϞāĻžāϤ āĻ…ā§ąāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āχ āĻāĻļāĻŋāϙ⧀āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ—āρāĻĄāĻŧā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āϝāĻžāϤāĨ¤)

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