41. Which one of the following is correct about ‘Pinaka’?
(a) It is a multi-barrel rocket system.
(b) It is a type of battle tank.
(c) It is an advanced submarine.
(d) It is an indigenously developed drone system.
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42. Which one of the following is not a member of the Quad group of nations ?
(a) France
(b) USA
(c) Australia
(d) Japan
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43. The first phase of Exercise Malabar, 2020 was conducted at
(a) Port Blair
(b) Mumbai
(c) Visakhapatnam
(d) Kochi
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44. Hollywood actor Sir Sean Connery, who died recently, was popularly known for the portrayal of the role
(a) Rocky
(b) Captain Jack Sparrow
(c) Terminator
(d) James Bond
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45. The Luhri Hydro Electric Power Project is being constructed on the river
(a) Sathu
(b) Beas
(c) Ravi
(d) Chenab
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46. ‘CARAT Bangladesh 2020’ was a joint naval exercise between Bangladesh and
(a) India
(b) USA
(c) Japan
(d) Thailand
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47. Peninsula Shield Force is a military arm of
(a) Organization of Islamic Cooperation
(b) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(c) Gulf Cooperation Council
(d) Arab League
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48. Which one of the following ships was involved in ‘Mission Sagar -II’?
(a) INS Shakti
(b) INS Vikramaditya
(c) INS Kesari
(d) INS Airavat
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49. In the year 2020 which one of the following tiger reserves of India was declared India was declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve?
(a) Panna Tiger Reserve
(b) Namdapha Tiger Reserve
(c) Dudhwa Tiger Reserve
(d) Pench Tiger Reserve
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50. The Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation System, which was in the news recently, is constructed in
(a) Kerala
(b) Gujarat
(c) Telangana
(d) Maharashtra
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51. Cell wall is not present in cells of
(a) Bacteria
(b) Plants
(c) Fungi
(d) Humans
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52. A child receives a tall beautiful plant as a birthday gift from his father with a quiz. The father asked her how she would verify whether this tall plant was the progeny of both the tall parents or one tall and one short parent plant. She could verify this through
(a) cross-pollination
(b) self-pollination
(c) tissue culture
(d) negative propagation
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53. A student was doing an experiment on increasing the cell division among plants. She asked her supervisor to suggest the specific plant hormone for the same. Had you been her supervisor, which plant hormone would you suggest ?
(a) Abscisic acid
(b) Gibberellins
(c) Cytokinin
(d) Auxin
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54. Which cell organelles have their own DNA and Ribosomes ?
(a) Golgi body and Endoplasmic Reticulum
(b) Mitochondria and Plastids
(c) Lysosome and Golgi body
(d) Vacuole and Plastids
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55. Osmosis is the process of movement of water molecules from its
(a) higher concentration to its lower concentration through a cell wall.
(b) lower concentration to its higher concentration through a fully permeable membrane.
(c) higher concentration to its lower concentration through a fully permeable membrane.
(d) higher concentration to its lower concentration through a semipermeable membrane.
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56. Growing of two or more crops simultaneously on the same field in a definite pattern is known as
(a) mixed cropping
(b) inter cropping
(c) mixed farming
(d) hybrid farming
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57. When we heat lead nitrate [Pb(NO3)2) in a boiling tube, we observe the emission of brown fumes. Which one of the following is the brown gas?
(a) NO
(b) N2O2
(c) NO3
(d) NO2
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58. Which one of the following substances do silver articles react with, that makes the silver articles black?
(a) Sulphur
(b) Oxygen
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Phosphorus
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59. Which one of the following metals is kept immersed in Kerosene oil to protect it and to prevent accidental fire ?
(a) Calcium
(b) Sodium
(c) Vanadium
(d) Magnesium
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60. A solution contains 20 g of solute in 180 g of solvent. If the solvent is water, what is the concentration of the solution in terms of mass by mass percentage ?
(a) 11.1%
(b) 22.2%
(c) 10%
(d) 20%
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