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Exam Year: 2025

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    With reference to India’s defence, consider the following pairs:
    Aircraft type : Description
    I. Dornier-228 : Maritime patrol aircraft
    II. IL-76 : Supersonic combat aircraft
    III. C-17 Globemaster III : Military transport aircraft
    How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    All the three

    (d)

    None

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Consider the following statements with regard to pardoning power of the President of India:

    I. The exercise of this power by the President can be subjected to limited judicial review.

    II. The President can exercise this power without the advice of the Central Government.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    (a)

    I only

    (b)

    II only

    (c)

    Both I and II

    (d)

    Neither I nor II

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Artificial way of causing rainfall to reduce air pollution makes use of:

    (a)

    silver iodide and potassium iodide

    (b)

    silver nitrate and potassium iodide

    (c)

    silver iodide and potassium nitrate

    (d)

    silver nitrate and potassium chloride

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following space missions:
    I. Axiom-4
    II. SpaDeX
    III. Gaganyaan
    How many of the space missions given above encourage and support microgravity research?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    All the three

    (d)

    None

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    Who among the following was the founder of the ‘Self-Respect Movement’?

    (a)

    Periyar’ E. V. Ramaswamy Naicker

    (b)

    Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

    (c)

    Bhaskarrao Jadhav

    (d)

    Dinkarrao Javalkar

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Subsequent to which one of the following events, Gandhiji, who consistently opposed untouchability and appealed for its eradication from all spheres, decided to include the upliftment of ‘Harijans’ in his political and social programme?

    (a)

    The Poona Pact

    (b)

    The Gandhi-Irwin Agreement (Delhi Pact)

    (c)

    Arrest of Congress leadership at the time of the Quit India Movement

    (d)

    Promulgation of the Government of India Act, 1935

    Correct Answer:

    (a)

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    Consider the following fruits:
    I. Papaya
    II. Pineapple
    III. Guava
    How many of the above were introduced in India by the Portuguese in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries?

    (a)

    Only one

    (b)

    Only two

    (c)

    All the three

    (d)

    None

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    Who provided legal defence to the people arrested in the aftermath of Chauri Chaura incident?

    (a)

    C. R. Das

    (b)

    Madan Mohan Malaviya and Krishna Kant

    (c)

    Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew and Khwaja Hasan Nizami

    (d)

    M. A. Jinnah

    Correct Answer:

    (b)

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    The famous female figurine known as ‘Dancing Girl’, found at Mohenjo-daro, is made of:

    (a)

    carnelian

    (b)

    clay

    (c)

    bronze

    (d)

    gold

    Correct Answer:

    (c)

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    “Sedition has become my religion” was the famous statement given by Gandhiji at the time of:

    (a)

    the Champaran Satyagraha

    (b)

    publicly violating Salt Law at Dandi

    (c)

    attending the Second Round Table Conference in London

    (d)

    the launch of the Quit India Movement”

    Correct Answer:

    (b)