AIDS is caused by a virus whose genetic material is:

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of levels of the hierarchy of classification of organisms from higher to lower?

Who among the following first discovered cell? 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Select the correct using the code given below:

A kilohertz is a unit which measures:

The chairmanship/presidency of the UN Security Council rotates among the Council Members:

Which one of the following parts of the body does NOT take part in the process of breathing?

Which one of the following properties is not true for graphite?

Which one of the following statements about magnetic field lines is not correct?

Which of the following form a part of the peninsular plateau in India?

I. Mahadeo hills

II. Nilgiri hills

III. Telangana plateau

Which one of the following metals is used in the filaments of photo-electric cells that convert light energy into electric energy?

Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Railway Board (Ministry of Railways), and ex-officio Principal Secretary to Government of India?

Chlorophyll is a naturally occurring chelate compound in which central metal is:

Very small time intervals are accurately measured by:

Which of the following statements is/are applicable to Jain doctrine?

I. The surest way of annihilating Karma is to practice penance.

II. Every object, even the smallest particle has a soul.

III. Karma is the bane of the soul and must be ended.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

The early Muslim invaders (Ghori, Slaves, Khalji, Tughlaq, Sayyid& Lodi) were not able to establish a stable and efficient government in India. This was because:

I. They had very limited resources at their disposal.

II. They could not establish cooperation with Hindus.

III. None of these could focus on establishing a firm rule.

IV. Hindu Rulers were strong enough to keep them unstable. 

Which among the above statements hold correct?

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

If an object moves with constant velocity then which one of the following statements is not correct?

Which planet is known as the 'Watery Planet'?

With reference to INA Trials, which of the following statements is incorrect?

I. The defence of INA prisoners was taken up by Bhulabhai Desai, Tej Bahadur Sapru, K N Katju, Nehru and Asaf Ali.

II. INA trials are also known as Red Fort Trials.

III. Shiromani Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee and RSS did not support the INA cause.

A blackhole is a____________________.

Which one of the following elements is needed in the human body to transfer electrical signals by nerve cells?

Brine is an aqueous solution of:

In which part of the eye lies the pigment that decides the colour of the eyes of a person?

Which of the following is hosting the 5^th Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference (APDRC5) and Indian Drosophila Research Conference in January 2020?

Which one of the following is the natural phenomenon based on which a simple periscope works?

Which is the second largest gland of the Human body?

The Poisonous nature of Carbon monoxide (CO) is due to its:

Which one of the following types of tissues will have contractile proteins?

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which among the above is/are correct?

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

Which of the following are tributaries of river Mahanadi?

I. Seonath

II. Jonk

III. Ib

IV. Brahmani

V. Baitarni

Recently a report by the American geophysical union says “fog holes” are observed in urban areas globally-especially over Delhi due to urban heat island. What are possible factors responsible for this?

I. air pollution

II. urban geometry

III. Deforestation

IV. Increasing population

Select the correct code.

Which of the following is not correctly matched?

I. Super-moon-occurs on Newmoon when the moon is the closest point to the earth.

II. Blue moon-when two full moons appear in the same calendar month, the second is termed a “Blue moon”.

III. Blood moon-occurs during the height of the eclipse.

Select the correct code.

With reference to the famous Kalbelia dance, consider the following statements.

I. It is performed by male members of the Kalbelia community of Rajasthan.

II. Been (a kind of wind instrument) is a popular musical instrument of this dance form.

III. UNESCO has inscribed it in the representative list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. 

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Which among the following is the women’s equivalent of the Davis Cup?

The RBI will conduct simultaneous purchase and sale of government securities under open market operations (OMOs) for how many crores each on January 7, 2021?

Which one of the following has maximum inertia?

The color of the star is an indication of its:

Which of the following statements about the Gupta Empire under Samudragupta is not correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the temple architecture of the Vijayanagara Period:

I. In terms of temple architecture, by this period certain new features were in evidence which included structures of immense scale that must have been a mark of imperial authority, best exemplified by the Raya-gopurams.

II. Temples were also probably meant as reminders of the power of kings, able to command the resources, techniques, and skills needed to construct these towering gateways.

III. Other distinctive features include mandapas or pavilions and long, pillared corridors that often ran around the shrines within the temple complex.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Consider the following pairs of annual phenomena in the Southern hemisphere: 

Recently, S&P Global Ratings reduced India’s growth projection for 2019-20 from 7.1% to ________%.

Which among the following are the ideal conditions for the development of mangroves?

I. Low seasonal variation in temperature.

II. Saline water

Which among the options are correct:

The force of friction between two surfaces will increase if:

Brass gets discoloured in the air because of the presence of which of the following gases in air?

This structure of the plant cell is non-living:

Which of the following statements about latent heat for a given substance is/are correct?

1. It is fixed at a given temperature.

2. It depends upon the temperature and volume.

3. It is independent of temperature and volume.

4. It depends on the temperature but independent of volume.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Consider the following statements about Ranthambore Tiger reserve:

I. It is the largest tiger reserve in the country. 

II. It is situated between Banas and Chambal river.

Which of the given statement is/are correct? 

Consider the following statements with reference to Coriolis force?

1. It is an apparent force caused by the earth’s revolution.

2. Tropical cyclones are not formed near the equator due to the absence of Coriolis force.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct? 

Consider the following statements.

I. Kabir denounced idol worship and other kinds of Pujas

II. Bijak is the holy scripture for the followers of the kabirpanti sect.

Which of the statement given above is/are correct?

Consider the following statements about Bhupen-Hazarika Setu.

I. The longest bridge of India is situated in the Dibrugarh district of Assam.

II. The bridge has been named after an Indian playback singer, a film-maker from Assam. 

Choose the correct statement given above?

When is the World Soil Day celebrated annually?

Which one of the following statements about gravitational force is not correct?

Which one of the following frequency ranges is sensitive to human ears?

Which of the following properties is true for toothpaste?

Which one of the following is not true for bleaching powder?

Which one of the following statements about the classification of plants is correct?

Which one of the following devices is used to measure atmospheric pressure?

Which one of the following groups of organisms forms a food chain?

Which of the following statements about the refractive index of a material medium with respect to air is correct?

If the gravitational force of the earth suddenly disappears, which are of the following will be the correct consequence?

Light year is a unit for measurement of:

Which of the following countries share their boundary with the Indian Ocean?

I. Tanzania 

II. Eritrea 

III. Brunei 

IV. Timur 

V. Seychelles

Wildfires spread in areas that are-

Consider the following statements about the Kyoto protocol.

I. It was adopted on 11 December 1997

II. It implements the objective of UNFCCC to fight global warming by reducing greenhouse gas.

III. It is an international treaty.

Which of the above-given options is correct?

Which of the following is not correct about the Man and Biosphere programme (MAB)?

Pressure inside a soap bubble is:

Why stars look more in the west than the east?

The thermal capacity of a body depends on the:

Which one of the following metals are alloyed with sodium to transfer heat in a nuclear reactor?

The age of Guptas in Indian History is described as the Golden Age of Indian History. Which among the following options is not a valid reason behind this?

Consider the following statements:

I. Panchmarhi Biosphere reserve has three protection sites: the Bori Sanctuary, Satpura National Park, and Pachmarhi Sanctuary.

II. Son river flow-through centre of Panchmarhi Biosphere reserve.

III. Dhoopgarh is the highest peak of Madhya Pradesh.

Which of the following statement is/are correct?

Which of the following is indicated by the color of a star?

Which one among the following is not a function of Mir Bakshi, the Head of the Military Department as well as of the nobility under the Mughal rule?

Which one of the following is an example of the force of gravity of the earth acting on a vibrating pendulum bob?

Which of the following countries has Black Sea on one side and Mediterranean Sea on other side?

Which of the following pairs are not correctly matched?

I. Hornbill Festival - Nagaland

II. Ambuchi Mela – Tripura

III. Sair-e-Gul Faroshan – Jammu & Kashmir

IV. Wangala Festival - Sikkim

In which year NITI Aayog came into existence?

In the Junagarh inscription, which among the following Saka ruler achievements are highlighted?

 “Plan Holiday” or “Annual Plans” for three successive years came after __________.

The main difference between human cheek cells and onion peel cells is:

Whether an object will float or sink in a liquid, depends on:

Which of the following statements about a fluid at rest in a cup is/are correct?

1. The pressure is the same at all the points in the fluid.

2. The pressure is exerted on the walls.

3. Pressure exists everywhere in the fluid.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

Which one of the following statements about the mass of a body is correct?

Consider the following statements regarding the ‘Qanungos’, the hereditary holders of lands during the Mughal reign of Akbar:

I. The Qanungos, who were hereditary holders of land as well as local officials conversant with local conditions, were ordered to report on the actual produce, state of cultivation, local prices, etc.

II. It is said that, in every area, the Qanungos were considered the most faithful and loyal officials towards their Mughal rulers.

III. It is said that, in every area, the Qanungos were dishonest and often concealed the real produce of the land.

Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct?

Which among the following organization comes together to publish the “Multidimensional Poverty Index”?

1. Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative

2. United Nations

3. World Bank

Which of the following leaders were among those who left Congress after the declaration of the non-cooperation programme because they still believed in the lawful struggle?

1. Subhas Chandra Bose

2. Annie Besant

3. G.S. Kharpade

4. Mohammad Ali Jinnah

5. JawaharLal Nehru

A battle was fought in 1520 between the Vijayanagar empire and Sultanate of Bijapur for the control of this particular region. This region is at the confluence of which two rivers?

Consider the following statements with reference to Aravalli Range:

1. It is a fold mountain.

2. Along with Sahyadris and Delhi ridge, it acts as a water divide between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal drainage.

3. Malwa plateau lies between Aravalli and Vindhyan ranges.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

Consider the following historical places.

I. Meenakshi temple – Nayaka rulers

II. Lotus mahal - Vijayanagar rulers

III. Atala mosque – Sharqi rulers

Which of the above place (s) is/are correctly matched with their builders?

Consider the following statements and choose the correct one.

I. Tsunami is giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions undersea.

II. Most of Tsunami occurs in the pacific ocean.

Select the correct code:

Electric bulb filament is made of:

Which of the following are correctly matched: 

I. Lord Dufferin: Coronation Durbar in the honor of George V

II. Lord Chelmsford: Commented on congress being a microscope Minority

III. Lord Hardinge: Hunter committee was constituted on Punjab Wrongs

Which of the following statements are correctly matched:

Which lake became the first water body in the country to be declared a biodiversity heritage site?

Which one of the following is the chemical formula of Washing Soda?

How is carbon black obtained?

Aam Admi Bima Yojana was launched on:

This chemical fertilizer is essential for better rhizobial nitrogen fixation: