69. If there is no carbon dioxide in
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the earths atmosphere, the
temperature of earths surface
would be
(A) Dependent on the amount
of oxygen in the atmosphere
(B) Higher than the present
(C) Less than the present
(D) The same
70. The sphere of living matter
together with water, air and soil
on the surface of the earth is
known as
(A) Lithosphere
(B) Biosphere
(C) Hydrosphere
(D) Atmosphere
71. The chief function of stilt root is
to provide
(A) Aeration
(B) Nutrition
(C) Support
(D) Storage of food
72. Jonas Salk invented the vaccine
for
(A) Polio (B) Hepatitis
(C) Typhoid (D) Cholera
73. Cancer is a disease where we
find uncontrolled
(A) Cell division
(B) Cell swelling
(C) Cell inflammation
(D) Cell deformity
74. Lac, which is used as sealing wax
is produced by
(A) Stem (B) Root
(C) Insect (D) Bird
75. Who is the Chief Law Officer of
the Government of India ?
(A) The Chief Justice of India
(B) The Registrar of the Supreme
Court
(C) The Law Minister of India
(D) The Attorney General of
India
Answers with Hints
1. (C)
2. (B) World Health Organisation
(W. H. O.) was established under
United Nations Organisation
(U. N. O.) with an aim to improve
the health conditions of the
people of the world. Its head-
quarters is in Geneva.
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3. (C) The book My Experiments
with Truth, is an autobiography
by M. K. Gandhi, in which the
author describes his fight against
temptations and confess his
successes and failures.
The works done by Gandhi are
Conquest of self, The way to
Communal Harmony Non-
violence in Peace and War, Self
Retraint versus Self Indulgence,
My Early Life etc.
4. (D) Industrial exit policy means
allowing business unit to close
down or to hand over one
business unit from one honour to
another.
5. (B)
6. (A) Finance Commission is a
constitutional body which is
constituted for every five years.
It consists of a chairman and four
other members appointed by the
President. It was formed under
the provision of Article 280 of the
constitution. The functions of
commission are
(i) Distribution of the net
proceeds of the taxes which are
divisible between the Union and
the States.
(ii) To recommend the principles
which should govern the grant-
in-aid of the revenues of the
states out of the consolidated
funds of India.
(iii) To tender advice to the
President on any other matter
referred to the commission in the
interest of sound finance.
7. (B)
8. (D) In the year 2006, border trade
between India and China has
been resumed at Nathu-La, a
pass on Sikkim-Tibet border.
9. (C) 10. (B)
11. (D) Among the given awards,
Norman Borlaug Award is not
associated with sports. It is given
in the field of Agriculture
research.
12. (B) OlympicsIt is an inter-
national sports festival which
originated in the city of Olympia,
an ancient city of Greece, situated
in the West Peloponnese. Ancient
Olympics Games were held at
Mount Olympus in Greece in
honour of Zeus from 776 BC and
continued till 394 AD.
AD these games started degene-
rating and by 580 AD they
altogether vanished. They were
banned by the Roman Emperor
Theodosius.
The Modern Olympics were
started in 1896 at Athens in
which thirteen countries parti
cipated. Since then they are
organised in every four years.
13. (D) 14. (C) 15. (D) 16. (C) 17. (B
18. (D) 19. (A)
20. (B) Greshams lawBad money
drives out good money.
21. (D)
22. (A) The reduction in Bank Rate
results in reduction in the interes
payable on loans, by which the
demand of loan increases.
23. (D) 24. (D)
25. (B) If the supply is less than the
demand the price will increase.
26. (C)
27. (D) With continuous exploitation
of natural resources the margina
cost of production increases
leading to fall in profits. Land
loses its fertility hence more
fertilizer is required to grow the
same amount of food grain
Mining becomes costlier as we
go on digging deeper and deeper
and after a certain limit manu
facturing too becomes costlier.
28. (D) 29. (C)
30. (B) Tea and coffee are substitutes
to each other to a great extent
Hence, the rise in price of one
causes the increase in demand of
the other.
31. (D) 32. (D) 33. (A)
34. (C) Fundamental Duties were
added to the Indian Constitution
by the 42nd amendment. These
duties are listed within Article 51
(A).
35. (D) 36. (A)
37. (B) Right to Property was
removed from the list of Funda
mental Rights by the 44th
amendment of the constitution in
1979.
38. (A) 39. (A) 40. (B)
41. (B) Article 15 Any discrimi-
nation on the basis of race, caste
birthplace or religion is illegal.
Article 16 Equality to al
citizens in employment.