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81. According to which one of the following plans/reports, the decision with regard to the partition of Punjab and Bengal was to be taken on the basis of voting of the Members of the respective Legislative Assemblies ?
(a) Nehru report
(b) Cripps mission plan
(c) Beveridge report
(d) Mountbatten plan
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82. Which of the following statements about Max Weber’s ideal theory of Bureaucracy is/are correct ?
1. It refers to the dominant class character.
2. Bureaucracy is associated with structural and behavioral characteristics.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2
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83. Which one of the following statements regarding the Directive Principles of State Policy is NOT correct ?
(a) State shall follow the Directive Principles of State Policy both in the matter of administration as well as in the making of laws
(b) The Directive Principles of State Policy embody the object of the State under the republican Constitution.
(c) The Directive Principles of State Policy have precedence over the Fundamental Rights in case of conflict between the two
(d) The Directive Principles of State Policy are not enforceable in the Courts
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84. Which of the following are the defining features of liberal democracy?
1. Constitutional government based on formal, usually legal, rules
2. Guarantees of civil liberties and individual rights
3. It invests political authority with potentially unlimited power
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 and 3 only
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
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85. Phreatophytes are the plants adapted to grow in
(a) moist shaded places
(b) rocky environments
(c) arid environments
(d) active volcanic lava
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86. Which one of the following statements about the Attorney-General of India is NOT correct ?
(a) He shall have the right to speak in the Houses of Parliament
(b) He shall have a right of audience in all Courts in the territory of India in the performance of his official duties
(c) He must have the same qualifica tions as are required to be a Judge of the Supreme Court
(d) He is a whole-time counsel for the Government
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87. Consider the following statements relating to short notice questions asked in the Legislature :
1. These relate to matters of urgent public importance and can be asked for oral answer at a notice less than 10 days
2. Short notice questions can be admissible if the Minister concerned agrees to answer to it
3. Short notice questions are asked during question hour
Which of the statements given above are correct ?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1 and 3 only
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88. Which one of the following is NOT true of the 10th schedule of the Constitution of India pertaining to disqualification of members of the Parliament and State legislatures ?
(a) The schedule lays down that elected members may be disqualified on the grounds of defection
(b) Disqualification on ground of defection does not apply in cases of merger with another political party
(c) Cases of dispute are decided by the speaker or Chairman of the House concerned
(d) The Supreme Court of India is the final arbiter in cases which remain unresolved
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89. Which of the following pairs of list and contents is/are correctly matched ?
1. State list : Public health and sanitation
2. Union list : Citizenship, naturalisation and aliens
3. Concurrent list : Legal, medical and other professions
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
(a) 1 only
(b) 1, 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 3 only
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90. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(a) Bacteria contain cytoplasm but viruses do not
(b) Bacteria contain mitochondria but viruses do not
(c) Viruses contain mitochondria but bacteria do not
(d) Viruses have a cell membrane but bacteria do not
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91. Which one of the following will happen if the medium surrounding the cell has a higher concentration than the cell ?
(a) The cell will gain water
(b) The cell will die
(c) There will be no change
(d) The cell will lose water
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92. Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) looks rough under the microscope because of the attachment of which one of following cell organelles to its surface ?
(a) Centrioles
(b) Plastids
(c) Lysosomes
(d) Ribosomes
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93. The increase in length of stems and roots in plants is due to
(a) lateral meristem
(b) intercalary meristem
(c) apical meristem
(d) secondary growth
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94. In plant cells, the turgidity and rigidity is provided by
(a) ribosomes
(b) mitochondria
(c) golgi apparatus
(d) vacuoles full of cell sap
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95. Pollens are produced in
(a) Corolla
(b) Style
(c) Stigma
(d) Anther
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96. According to the Law of Diminishing Returns, in a production function when more and more units of the variable factor are used, holding the quantities of a fixed factor constant, a point is reached beyond which
(a) the marginal revenue will diminish
(b) the average revenue will diminish
(c) the marginal product will diminish
(d) the marginal product will increase
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97. Which one of the following is NOT correct?
(a) The Average Revenue and Marginal Revenue curves of a perfectly competitive firm are perfectly elastic
(b) The Marginal Revenue curve of the monopoly firm is above its Average Revenue curve
(c) In the long-run, a competitive firm earns only normal profits
(d) In equilibrium, the Marginal Cost Curve of the monopoly firm may be rising, falling or constant
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98. Zero price elasticity of demand means
(a) whatever the change in price, there is absolutely no change in demand
(b) for a small change in price, there is a small change in demand
(c) for a small change in price, there is a large change in demand
(d) for a large change in price, there is a small change in demand
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99. Suppose that the price of a commodity increases from ₹ 90 to ₹ 110 and the demand curve shows that the corresponding reduction in quantity demanded is from 240 units to 160 units. Then, the coefficient of the price elasticity of demand will be
(a) 1.0
(b) 2.4
(c) 0.5
(d) 2.0
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100. What is the real interest rate on a Credit Card loan bearing 24% interest per year, if the rate of inflation is 10%?
(a) 240%
(b) 34%
(c) 14%
(d) 4%
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