(A) Bhukit
(B) Pradesa
(C) Vifhi
(D) Ahara
The two principles monuments of Alaud-din Khilji's reign - the Jama at Kana Masjid and Alai Darwaza - were constructed at
(A) Agra
(B) Delhi
(C) Dhar
(D) Gulbarga
The territory of Porus who offered strong resistance to Alexander was situated between the rivers of
(A) Sutlej and Beas
(B) Jhelum and Chenab
(C) Ravi and Chenab
(D) Ganga and Yamuna
Under Akbar, the Mir Bakshi was required to look after
(A) military affairs
(B) the state treasury
(C) the royal household
(D) the land revenue system
Under the Government of India, Provincial Legislatures consisted of two chambers, except in the case of
(A) Assam
(B) Bihar
(C) Madras
(D) Punjab
The Homolographic projection has the correct representation of
(A) shape
(B) area
(C) baring
(D) distance
The latitudinal differences in pressure delineate a number of major pressure zones, which correspond with
(A) zones of climate
(B) zones of oceans
(C) zones of land
(D) zones of cyclonic depressions
The higher the wind speed and the longer the fetch or distance of open water across which the wind blows and waves travel, the ____ waves and the ____ enerty they prosses.
(A) larger, more
(B) larger, less
(C) smaller, more
(D) smaller, less
An aeroplane covers a certain distance at a speed of 240 kmph in 5 hours. To cover the same distance in 1 hours, it must travel at a speed of:
(A) 300 kmph
(B) 360 kmph
(C) 600 kmph
(D) 720 kmph
The yoghurt is made from
(A) Lactobacillus bulgaricus
(B) Streptococcus thermophilus
(C) S. cremoris
(D) mixed culture of (a) and (b)
Cheese cancer of Swiss and similar cheese is caused by
(A) Oospora Crustacea
(B) Oospora caseovorans
(C) Oospora aurianticum
(D) none of these
Swelling of the can is caused primarily by
(A) gas forming, anaerobic spore formers
(B) gas forming, aerobic spore formers
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none of these
A train can travel 50% faster than a car. Both start from point A at the same time and reach point B 75 kms away from A at the same time. On the way, however, the train lost about 12.5 minutes while stopping at the stations. The speed of the car is:
(A) 100 kmph
(B) 110 kmph
(C) 120 kmph
(D) 130 kmph
The hazards of radiation belts include
(A) deterioration of electronic circuits
(B) damage of solar cells of spacecraft
(C) adverse effect on living organisms
(D) All of the above
The Venetian traveler who travelled with his wife and reached Vijayanagar around 1420 was
(A) Athanasius Nikitin
(B) Nicolo de Conti
(C) Ibn Batuta
(D) Ferishta
The year 788 AD was a good one for Hinduism. Why?
(A) Shankracharya was born that year.
(B) Harsha Vardhana, the last Buddhist king, died.
(C) Samudragupta converted to Hinduism.
(D) All Muslim invaders were defeated.
The Uprising of 1857 was described as the first Indian war of Independence by
(A) S.N. Sen
(B) R.C. Mazumdar
(C) B.G. Tilak
(D) V.D. Savakar
The intersecting lines drawn on maps and globes are
(A) latitudes
(B) longitudes
(C) geographic grids
(D) None of the above
Bulgarian butter milk is made with the help of
(A) Lactobacillus bulgaricus
(B) Streptococcus lactis
(C) Streptococcus thermophilus
(D) S. cremoris
The twenty-third Jaina teacher, Parsva, the immediate predecessor of Mahavira enjoined on his disciples four great vows. To these Mahavira addes which of the followings as the fifth vow?
(A) Abstention from stealing
(B) Non-injury
(C) Brahmacharya or continence
(D) Non-attachment
Non bacterial ropiness or sliminess in milk and milk products may be due to the
(A) stringiness caused by mastitis and in particular by fibrin and leucocytes from the cow's blood.
(B) sliminess resulting from the thickness of the cream
(C) stringiness due to thin films of casein or lactalbumin during cooling
(D) all of the above
The trident-shaped symbol of Buddhism does not represent
(A) Nirvana
(B) Sangha
(C) Buddha
(D) Dhamma
The Turko-Afghan rule in India lasted for about
(A) two centuries
(B) three centuries
(C) four centuries
(D) a little over one century
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