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(July 28) Weekly Test

S No Topics Questions
1 Modern History 20
2  Current Affairs 10
3 Polity Historical Background 10
4  Making of Constitution 10
5 Biology 10

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Who recently became the oldest Indian Woman to Scale Mount Everest?

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When is International Museum Day celebrated?

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Arrange the following in chronological order.
A. Dandi March
B. Simon Commission
C. Poona Pact
D. Gandhi – Irwin Pact

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A bat is

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Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
(i) Struggled in favour of widow remarriage.
(ii) Opposed child marriage and polygamy.
(iii) Campaigned in favour of education of women.
(iv) Evolved a new technique of teaching sanskrit and a modern prose style in Bengali.
(v) Became the priniciple of Sanskrit college at Calcutta and admit non-Brahmin students into it.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

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Consider the following Viceroys of India during the British rule:
1. Lord Curzon
2. Lord Chelmsford
3. Lord Hardinge
4. Lord Irwin
Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of their tenure?

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Which of the following statements about the Jallianwalla Bagh Massacre is/are true?
(i) The crowd had gathered in the garden at Amritsar to protest against the arrest and deportation of their popular leaders, Dr Satyapal and Dr Kitchlu.
(ii) General Dyer was lieutenant-governor of the Punjab at that time.
(iii) Micheal O’ Dwyer was the person who ordered police firing on the unarmed crowd.
(iv) Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood in protest against the massacre.
(v) Gandhi returned the Kaiser-i-Medal in protest against the massacre.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

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Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
(i) Became a priest in the temple of goddess Kali at Dakshineshwar.
(ii) Sought religious salvation in the traditional way of renunciation, meditation and devotion;
(iii) Emphasised that there was only one road to god and salvation.
(iv) Maintained that service of man was service of god.
Selcet the answer from the codes given below:

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Who was the Viceroy of India when the Rowlatt Act was passed?

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Home Rule Movement was started in Bombay by

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To which country can the UK government relocate asylum seekers for their asylum claims to be assessed, as per the approved bill?

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The initial idea of recruitment on merit principle can be traced to the:

13 / 70

Consider the following statements:

1. Under the Government of India Act, 1919, the Indian Legislature was made more representative and for the first time bicameral.
2. The Government of India Act, 1935, prescribed a federation taking the Provinces and the Indian States as units.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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A feature of fertilization that is found only in angiosperms is that

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Who among the following was the Chairman of the States Committee of the Constituent Assembly?

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When is International Everest Day observed?

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Arrange the following events in The correct chronological sequence
A. August Offer
B. Poona Pact
C. Third Round Table Conference
D. Communal Award

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When is World Turtle Day celebrated?

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According to the World Migration Report 2024, what is cited as a significant factor leading to internal displacement for millions of people?

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Which of the following statements is/are not true about the Hindustan Republication Association?
(i) It was founded by Sachin Sanyal and Jogeshchandra Chatterji.
(ii) It was the first revolutionary terrorist association at the all-India level
(iii) It was renamed as Hindustan Communist Republican Associaton by Chandrashekar.
(iv) It was later joined by Bhagat Singh.
(v) In 1929 some of its members tried to blow Lord reading’s train near Delhi.
Choose the answers from the codes given below:

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Which of the following clauses was/were not included in the Gandhi-Irwin Pact?
(i) Withdrawing all ordinances and ending prosecutions.
(ii) Release of all kinds of political prisoners.
(iii) Restoration of the confiscated property of the satyagrahis.
(iv) Permitting peaceful picketing of liquor, opium and foreign cloth shops.
(v) Permitting all the Indians to collect or manufacture salt, free of duty.
Choose the answer from the codes given below:

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Consider the following statements:
1. The first Public Service Commission in India was set up in the year 1926, on the recommendation of the Lee Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India.
2. The Government of India Act, 1935, provided for setting up of public service commissions at both the federal and provincial levels.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Who among the following moved the "Objectives Resolution" in the Constituent Assembly?

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Which of the statements given below about the Champaran satyagraha is/are correct?
1. It was related to indigo plantations.
2. It started because the European planters oppressed the Zamindars.

Select the correct answer using the code given below

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Who made the ‘Deepavali Declaration’ and when?

26 / 70

A plant leaf appears to be green because it

27 / 70

only formed to repair damaged mus- cle tissue

28 / 70

Who has been elected as the new prime minister of Solomon Islands?

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The philosophical postulates of the Constitution of India are based on:

30 / 70

When is International No Diet Day celebrated annually?

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Which drone is being inducted by the Indian Army to enhance surveillance capabilities?

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Arrange the following socio-religious reformers in the chronological order of their birth:
(i) Ramakrishna Paramahansa (ii) Swami Dayanand Saraswati
(iii) Ram Mohan Roy (iv) Debendranath Tagore
(v) Swami Vivekananda (vi) Keshab Chandra Sen
Select the answer from the codes given below:

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What is the name of the newspaper published by the Indian Muslim League?

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On which date is World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day observed?

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Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?

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Which of the following provisions of the Constitution of India was/were given immediate effect from November 26, 1949?

 

1. Citizenship
2. Emergency Provisions
3. Elections
4. Federal System

Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

 

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From which country will the NASA PREFIRE polar mission be launched?

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Under which one of the following Acts, was the Communal Electorate System introduced by the British in India for the first time?

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Who received the "Medal of Honour" at Consular Day 2024 for promoting bilateral relations between Palau and India?

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Bacteria do not need sunlight to grow because

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A person having which of the following blood groups can receive blood of any group?

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In which river are more than 2000 Gangetic dolphins found in Uttar Pradesh?

43 / 70

Who received the KISS Humanitarian Award 2021?

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What did the Indian Air Force recently test in Agra as part of "Project BHISHM"?

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Which one of the following Acts made a provision for the transfer of power from the East India Company to the British Crown?

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Arrange the following events in chronological order.
(i) Champaran Satyagraha
(ii) Launching of the khilafat Movement
(iii) reunion of the congress.
(iv) Nagpur Session of the Congress
Choose the correct answer from the codes given below:

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A clinical death' takes place when

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In pursuance of which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, the President published an authoritative text of the Constitution in the Hindi language?

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What is the historical sequence of the foundation of the following associations?
(i) Arya Samaj (ii) tattvabodhini Sabha
(iii) Prarthana Samaj (iv) Ramakrishna Mission
(v) Deccan Education Society (vi) Indian National Social Conference
Select the answer from the codes below:

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Who among the following was the first Law Minister of India?

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A doctor advises a patient to take plenty of citrus fruits, guavas, tomatoes and amalas over a period of 2 months regu- larly. What do you think the patient is suffering from?

52 / 70

Which is the correct chronological order of the following events?
(i) Simla Conference
(ii) Formation of the Azad
(iii) Gandhi-Jinnah Talks
(iv) ‘Naval Mutiny
(v) INA Trials
Choose the answer from the codes given below the lists:

53 / 70

Who said:’ This orderly disciplined anarchy should go, and if as a result there is complete lawlessness I would risk it’?

54 / 70

A highly evolved human brain contains approximately

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The technique of satyagraha included various methods. Which of the following was/were not included by Gandhi in those methods?
(i) Fasting
(ii) Hijrat or voluntary migration
(iii) Scorched – earth policy
(iv) Strikes and hartals
(v) Underground activities
Choose the answer from the codes given below

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Which of the following were the causes for the Quit India Movement or the Revolt of 1942?
(i) The popular mood of August 1942, caused by the rout of the British by an Asian power (Japan) in South – East Asia.
(ii) The condemnable behavior of most of the foreign troops stationed in India.
(iii) Shooting up of prices and shortages of certain essential commodities like rice and salt.
(iv) Calculations by the Congress leaders with an Allied defeat very much on the cards in 1942.
(v) British provocation before the passage of the Quit India resolution and their policy of wholesale repression after its passage
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What is the name of the anti-radiation missile successfully tested by India?

58 / 70

A gene is

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Where did the 34th Seng Khihlang Festival recently conclude?

60 / 70

The members of the Constituent Assembly were:

61 / 70

Which of the following Acts is also known as Morley-Minto Reforms?

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What is the name of the newly discovered plant species found in Kerala's Nelliyampathy hills?

63 / 70

Which one of the following Acts laid the foundation of the British Administration in India?

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Which of the following statements are true with regard to the Fundamental Rights of the minorities in educational matters?

1. The minority has only the right to administer the educational institutions.
2. The minority has the right to establish and administer educational institutions.
3. The right is absolute and not subject to any restriction.
4. Reasonable restrictions may be imposed to promote efficiency and prevent maladministration.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below:

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Swami Dayanand
(i) Considered the Vedas to be fallible.
(ii) Opposed idolatry, ritual and priesthood.
(iii) Considered the Puranas to be full of false hood.
(iv) Considered the two epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, as nothing more than good literary pieces.
(v) Never Defended the caste system based on birth.
Select the answer from the codes given below:

66 / 70

Arrange the following in chronological order:
(i) Second Session of Round Table Conference
(ii) Gandhi-Irwin Pact
(iii) Communal Award
(iv) Third session of Round Table Conference
(v) Poona Pact
Select the correct answer from the codes given below:

67 / 70

Which of the following was a feature of the Indian Councils Act, 1861?

68 / 70

Consider the following statements:
1. Originally, the Constitution of India did not make any provision with respect to an authoritative text of the Constitution in the Hindi language.
2. Later, a provision in this regard was made in 1978.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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Climber Purnima Shrestha, who achieved the feat of climbing Mount Everest three times in a season, belongs to which country?

70 / 70

Who among the following capitalists served as a AICC treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?

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.   takes the longest          that never started                    the job                       to finish

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.     to the greatest number of people                         that causes the least discomfort     

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whenever in doubt                                                               always opt for the option

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Ecology is protected and aquatic life thrives                 we need to utilize the resources of water

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for different purposes while                                          ensuring that its natural

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but perhaps the best   way is to agree                       there are many ways of dealing

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with them without excessive argumentation                     with intransigent customers

R                                                                                              S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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a person by the way                                                    he behave and      

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you must judge                                                                not by the way he looks

R                                                                                                        S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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.   symbolic of peace, and prosperity            the Gupta Empire in India  is

P                                                            Q

 

 

represented through numismatic archaeological             and literary evidences of multiple kinds

R                                                                                              Q

The correct sequence should be :

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.    with the aplomb of a stage artist,                      that they are not men of straw       

P                                                                                                  Q

 

they can twist and shake their wobbly heads        mesmerizing the gullible into believing

R                                                                                                          S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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.    to be successful            what it is                    as a human being                 have you ever considered

P                                Q                                           R                                                           S

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.       of its rain- soaked verdure                                  and on the other there are     

P                                                                                           Q

 

on the one hand there is the immense beauty                   the artifacts of its visible modernity

R                                                                                                        S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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.    you can’t judge           very intelligent, but           a book by its cover          he doesn’t look

P                             Q                                           R                                           Q

 

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several years ago,                              course on climate change at Texas A & M University

P                                                                                          Q

 

Professor Andrew Dessler created an introductory           for freshmen and sophomores

R                                                                                S

 

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for India’s future                        mathematics and mathematical thinking

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will be very important                                           it is recognized that

R                                                                                  S

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.       please mark the same                           be made in response to this notice                 

P                                                                             Q

 

 

if you have any complaint to                    to the concerned authority

R                                                                          S

 

The correct sequences should be : .

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avenues for the patients to indict                           but rarely is it the other way round                 

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there are multiple legal                     due to fog

R                                                      S

 

The correct sequences should be : .

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two people argue why Venus is so much warmer

P

 

To the Sun, so it absorbs more solar energy. The second argues

Q

 

That it’s because Venus has a thick, greenhouse –gas rich atmosphere

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than the Earth. The first argues that it’s because Venus is closer

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although the  temperature of this layer of the         when directly comparing the satellite

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Measurement of temperature

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Atmosphere should generally track the surface temperature, we must be careful

S

 

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for hours in the shop          a gunman who held        a hostage            demanded ransom of  10 Lakh

P                                                  Q                                  R                                               S

 

The correct sequences should be :

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.       very difficult                the poor visibility                        made the movement of traffic

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 due to fog

S

 

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.   the transportation system so that it            and not just the affluent section of society

P                                                                                 Q

 

 

provides mobility to everyone                                  there are many ways to restructure

R                                                                                            Q

 

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a sell –off  as US Treasury yields                                surged to multi-year highs

P                                                                                             Q

 

on robust economic data                            global markets also witnessed

R                                                                                              S

 

The correct sequence should be

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membership and partisanship as well as                  can be found in the decline in party

P                                                                                 Q

 

 

evidence of a crisis in party politics                in the rise of antiparty groups and movements

R                                                                                            Q

The correct sequence should be :

 

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.    are  now used by more than a thousand firms          and  are growing in popularity

P                                                                                                           Q

 

In the United States and Europe                        gain sharing –plans   

R                                                                                       S

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.    the function of the capillaries                                and other material to all the cells in

P                                                                                 Q

 

 

is to take nutrients, oxygen                                  the body and to take away their waste material

R                                                                                            Q

 

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was the victory secured by the women’s hockey team       in the arena of sport, perhaps 

P                                                                                                                         Q

 

against Australia in the Tokyo Olympics                 the greatest moment in Indian Olympic history

R                                                                                                    S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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for yourself the implications of death,                      if you do not reflect and understand

P                                                                                                                     Q

 

from one preacher to another                                                         you will go endlessly 

R                                                                                                           S

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.   ripping roofs off houses and raising fears of               coast of Madagascar in the early hours,

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cyclone Emnati  crashed into the southeastern         flooding and food shortages in the region

R                                                                                                  S

 

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a much wider array of perspectives                                       the editors of the present work

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the history of social reforms from                                             argue the need to understand  

R                                                                                                      S

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.       flight , and each person                            her own journey                 

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life is a solo                                             makes his or

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.    the sorry state of affairs in the modern factories               the Government of India

P                                                                                       Q

 

 

under the British was pro-capitalist                   though it took some half- hearted steps to mitigate

R                                                                                            Q

 

 

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adversity without succumbing                               to the clouds of doubt and jealousy

P                                                                                        Q

 

between friends which is subjected to both prosperity and

R

 

The essay ‘Of friendship’ by Francis Bacon celebrated the intimacy                                                   

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.   because I feel                                you remember it better              when you write something

P                                                               Q                                                             R

 

I make at least three drafts of a song

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government, market and voluntary organisation                  mixture of contribution from

P                                                                                                    Q

 

 

the provision of public goods                   and services can be regarded as a complex 

R                                                                                            Q

 

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and should shift the way                                        are certainly very important, 

P                                                                                                  Q

 

we think about politics                           the issue raised by feminists and multiculturalists

R                                                                                                           S

 

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. of extreme poverty among its people                                economic policies was the prevalence

P                                                                                 Q

 

 

a major characteristic of British rule in India                and the net result of British

R                                                                                            Q

 

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.     in terms of GDP and GNP                                for gauging the success of a nation       

P                                                                                     Q

 

which are the two major determinants                    economic progress is determined

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.      like mine             even to someone with           a tin ear          her singing sounded pretty melodious

P                             Q                                           R                                           Q

 

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.   I realize that solving the climate change problem                     than solving on

P                                                                                              Q

 

Will be much harder                                  the ozone depletion problem

R                                                                                 S

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.  living in Russia          country immediately        Ukraine has urged its citizens            to leave the

P                                      Q                                                       R                                               S

 

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.   in agriculture and veterinary sciences through                      will be enhanced sharply 

P                                                                                            Q

 

programmes integrated with general education                         the preparation of professionals

R                                                                                                         S

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.    to what you can create        control, shift your energy                       instead of worrying about

P                                                  Q                                                                         R

What you cannot
S

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brought by bad times                                             against the despondency       

P                                                                                             Q

 

our greatest defence                                                             faith and belief are

R                                                                                                        S

 

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.     in the years following                                 India achieved remarkable economic development      

P                                                                                                  Q

 

liberalization in the year 1991                     the landmark reforms inaugurated via

R                                                                                              S

 

The correct sequence should be .

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friends without which the world is           make friends and a person will to want true

P                                                                                        Q

 

is it miserable solitude that compels a person to like a                         

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Nothing other than a place of wildness

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a way of understanding the world,                                          a language  represents

P                                                                                             Q

 

and relating them to one another                                     differentiating between things 

R                                                                                          S

 

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.     made it evolve                                 technologies and equipment has                 

P                                                                            Q

 

 

into a rare centre of excellence                        adoption of the latest

R                                                                            S

 

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.      the element heats up,                                         eventually reaching high temperature

P                                                                                        Q

 

Glowing like a dark orange that radiates                      the visible range  

R                                                                                                  S

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by which the genetic material of a plant is altered,                pests and enhance its nutritional value

P                                                                                                               Q

 

 

perhaps to make it more resistant to                          genetic modification (GM) is the science 

R                                                                                                           S

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.    and accurately displays spatial             relationships between landforms and water bodies

P                                                                                 Q

 

 

the globe shows Earth’s spherical shape                       and comparative distance between locations

R                                                                                                        Q

 

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are often rooted                                                       the causes      

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of extreme poverty                                                     in the inequalities of social systems

R                                                                                                        S

 

The correct sequence should be .

 

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.           for which she fought till the end                            as a champion of women’s rights. 

P                                                                                           Q

 

 

Pandita Ramabai was truly remarkable                          as a pioneer in women’s education and  

R                                                                                                           S

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