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| 7301. |
Which one of the following statements with regard to the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India is NOT correct? |
| A. | He is appointed by the president of India |
| B. | He can be removed from office in the same way as the judge of the Supreme court Of India. |
| C. | The CAG is eligible for further office under the Government of India after he has ceased to hold his office |
| D. | The salary of the CAG is charged upon the Consolidated fund of India |
| Answer» D. The salary of the CAG is charged upon the Consolidated fund of India | |
| 7302. |
Which one of the following statements with regard to economic models is not correct? |
| A. | They involve simplification of complex processes |
| B. | They represent the whole or a part of a theory |
| C. | They can be expressed only through equations |
| D. | They help in gaining an insight into cause and effect |
| Answer» D. They help in gaining an insight into cause and effect | |
| 7303. |
Which one of the following statements with regard to growth of coral reefs is not correct? |
| A. | Coral can grow abundantly in fresh- water. |
| B. | It requires warm water between 23 °C-25 °C |
| C. | It requires shallow saltwater, not deeper than 50 metres |
| D. | It requires plenty of sunlight to aid photosynthesis. |
| Answer» B. It requires warm water between 23 °C-25 °C | |
| 7304. |
Which one of the following statements with regard to Jet stream, an upper level troposphere wave, is not correct? |
| A. | It is a narrow band of high-velocity wind. |
| B. | It follows the wave path near the tropopause at elevations of 8 km to 15 km. |
| C. | Jet streams are typically continuous over long distances. |
| D. | In summer, the polar front jet achieves its maximum force. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7305. |
Which one of the following statements with regard to the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution of India is not correct? |
| A. | It was inserted by the Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951. |
| B. | The Acts and Regulations specified in the Ninth Schedule shall become void on the ground that it violates a fundamental right in Part III of the Constitution. |
| C. | The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review of an Act included in the Ninth Schedule on the doctrine of the basic structure. |
| D. | The appropriate Legislature can repeal or amend an Act specified in the Ninth Schedule. |
| Answer» C. The Supreme Court has the power of judicial review of an Act included in the Ninth Schedule on the doctrine of the basic structure. | |
| 7306. |
Which one of the following statements sums up the meaning of the passage ? |
| A. | Luck waits without exertion but labour exerts without waiting |
| B. | Luck waits and complains without working while labour achieves success although it complains |
| C. | Luck often ends in defeat but labour produces luck |
| D. | Luck is self-indulgent but labour is selfless |
| Answer» D. Luck is self-indulgent but labour is selfless | |
| 7307. |
Which one of the following statements relating to the power of the president of India to grant pardon is not correct? |
| A. | The president has the power to grant pardon where punishment or sentence is by a Court Martial. |
| B. | The president can grant pardon in all cases where the sentence is a sentence of death. |
| C. | The Court's power of judicial review is very limited in relation to the decision of the President on mercy petition. |
| D. | The power to grant pardon by the President is the power that the sovereign never exercises against its own judicial mandate. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7308. |
Which one of the following statements specifies shear flow? |
| A. | Flow of shear force along the beam |
| B. | It is the product of the shear stress at any level and the corresponding width b (of the section) |
| C. | Unbalanced force on any side of given section divided by area of section |
| D. | The deformation at any level due to sudden variation in shear stress |
| Answer» C. Unbalanced force on any side of given section divided by area of section | |
| 7309. |
Which one of the following statements relating to the Directive Principles of State Policy is not correct? |
| A. | The provisions contained in Part IV of the Constitution of India shall not be enforceable by any Court. |
| B. | The Directive Principles of State Policy are fundamental in the governance of the country. |
| C. | It shall be the duty of the State to apply the Directive Principles in making laws. |
| D. | The Directive Principles are directed at making India an advanced capitalist country of the world. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7310. |
Which one of the following statements relating to cultural and educational rights in India is not correct? |
| A. | Every section of the citizens has the right to conserve its language, script or culture. |
| B. | No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds of religion, race or language. |
| C. | The State shall, in granting aid to educational institutions, discriminate against any educational institution on the ground that it is under the management of a majority community. |
| D. | All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. |
| Answer» D. All minorities, whether based on religion or language, shall have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice. | |
| 7311. |
Which one of the following statements relating to protection against arrest and detention of individuals under Article 22 is not correct? |
| A. | No person who is arrested shall be detained in custody without being informed of the grounds for such arrest. |
| B. | No person shall be denied the right to consult, and be defended by, a legal practitioner of his/her choice. |
| C. | Every person who is arrested and detained in custody shall be produced before the nearest Magistrate within a period of one week of such arrest. |
| D. | The right to protection against arrest is not available to a person in jail pursuant to a judicial order. |
| Answer» D. The right to protection against arrest is not available to a person in jail pursuant to a judicial order. | |
| 7312. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Zika virus is not correct ? |
| A. | It was first isolated from a monkey in the Zika forest of Uganda |
| B. | It is transmitted by daytime-active Aedes mosquitoes |
| C. | It does not cause mother to child infection |
| D. | Zika virus in pregnant women results in abnormal brain development of the fetus |
| Answer» D. Zika virus in pregnant women results in abnormal brain development of the fetus | |
| 7313. |
Which one of the following statements related to testing of water for municipal use is correctly applicable? |
| A. | Pseudo-hardness is due to the presence of fluoride in water |
| B. | When alkalinity ≥ total hardness, Carbonate hardness in mg/l = Total hardness in mg/l |
| C. | Bicarbonate alkalinity = total alkalinity - (carbonate alkalinity -hydroxide alkalinity) |
| D. | hydroxide alkalinity = Carbonate alkalinity + Bicarbonate alkalinity |
| Answer» C. Bicarbonate alkalinity = total alkalinity - (carbonate alkalinity -hydroxide alkalinity) | |
| 7314. |
Which one of the following statements related to ideal semiconductor diode is true? |
| A. | Unilateral device |
| B. | Linear device |
| C. | A device that has resistance in the forward direction |
| D. | Device that has same resistance in either direction |
| Answer» B. Linear device | |
| 7315. |
Which one of the following statements related to modeling of system dynamics is NOT true? |
| A. | The transfer function is not changed by a linear transformation of state |
| B. | A given state description can be transformed to a controllable canonical form if the controllability matrix is nonsingular |
| C. | A change of state by a nonsingular linear transformation does not change the |
| D. | Zeros cannot be computed from its state description matrices |
| Answer» D. Zeros cannot be computed from its state description matrices | |
| 7316. |
Which one of the following statements regarding viruses is not true? |
| A. | Viruses need living cells to reproduce |
| B. | All viruses are parasites. |
| C. | Viruses can synthesize their food through photosynthesis. |
| D. | Viruses are similar to chemical substances outside the host |
| Answer» D. Viruses are similar to chemical substances outside the host | |
| 7317. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Uniform Civil Code as provided under Article 44 of the Constitution of India is not correct? |
| A. | It is a Fundamental Right of every Indian citizen. |
| B. | The State shall endeavor to secure it for citizens throughout the territory of India. |
| C. | It is not enforceable by any Court. |
| D. | It is not enforceable by a Court, yet the Constitution requires that as a principle it should be fundamental in the governance of our country. |
| Answer» B. The State shall endeavor to secure it for citizens throughout the territory of India. | |
| 7318. |
Which one of the following statements regarding tribal revolts, is not correct? |
| A. | The armed rebellion of Vasudeo Balwant Phadke (1876-77) was stirred by racial discrimination caused by Lord Lytton's policies. |
| B. | The Santhals of Rajmahal Hills rebelled in 1855 because they resented the ill-treatment given by revenue official, oppression by the police, land-lords and moneylenders. |
| C. | The Ahom nobility in Assam revolted in 1828 because the British authorities did not fulfil the pledges of withdrawal after the Burma War |
| D. | The Wagheras of Okha Mandal rose in revolt in 1818-1819 because of the exactions by the Gaekwad rulers of Baroda supported by the British government. |
| Answer» B. The Santhals of Rajmahal Hills rebelled in 1855 because they resented the ill-treatment given by revenue official, oppression by the police, land-lords and moneylenders. | |
| 7319. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the permanent magnet moving coil instruments is NOT true? |
| A. | The relationship between coil current and deflection is not governed by the pole shape of the magnet |
| B. | The instruments can measure the sum of two currents using two co-planar coils |
| C. | The instruments can measure the ratio of two currents using two crossed coils |
| D. | The instruments cannot measure the rms values of ac currents |
| Answer» D. The instruments cannot measure the rms values of ac currents | |
| 7320. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the percentage decadal change in population 2001-2011 is correct?a. In Maharashtra the urban percentage decadal change was more than double the rural.b. For the country as a whole the urban percentage decadal change was even higher than the corresponding rural. |
| A. | Only a |
| B. | Only b |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | Neither a nor b |
| Answer» D. Neither a nor b | |
| 7321. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the magnetic materials is NOT correct? |
| A. | Diamagnetic susceptibility is independent on temperature. |
| B. | Ferromagnetic susceptibility is dependent on temperature. |
| C. | Paramagnetic susceptibility is independent on temperature. |
| D. | Paramagnetic susceptibility is dependent on temperature. |
| Answer» D. Paramagnetic susceptibility is dependent on temperature. | |
| 7322. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the ideas propagated by Jyotiba Phule is not correct? |
| A. | His words and actions represent a form of universal humanism. |
| B. | Phule worked for a new social structure built on equality and rationality |
| C. | Phule not only put himself outside the Brahmanic culture system but also outside of Hindu Society. |
| D. | Phule rejected all Hindu scriptures which legitimised the hegemony of the Brahmin class. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7323. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly of India is not correct? |
| A. | The Constituent Assembly was composed of members who had been elected indirectly by the Members of the Provincial Legislative Assembly. |
| B. | The Constituent Assembly held its first sitting on 9th December, 1946 |
| C. | The seats in each province were distributed among the three main communities-Muslims, Sikhs and General, in proportion to their respective populations. |
| D. | The method of selection in the case of representatives of Indian States was to be determined by the Governor-General of India. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7324. |
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 |
| Answer» D. The Directive Principles of State Policy are not enforceable in the Courts | |
| 7325. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the slew rate is correct? |
| A. | It signifies how rapidly the output of an op-amp can change in response to changes in the frequency of the input signal |
| B. | It does not change with change in voltage gain |
| C. | It should be smaller for high-speed op-amp applications |
| D. | It is not fixed for an op-amp |
| Answer» B. It does not change with change in voltage gain | |
| 7326. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the Rajya Sabha is NOT correct? |
| A. | Its members are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of a State |
| B. | The election follows the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote |
| C. | 1/3rd of its members retire after every two years |
| D. | It is a permanent body, but can be dissolved earlier by the President |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7327. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the Human Rights Council is not correct? |
| A. | It is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of all members of the UN. |
| B. | It is responsible for the promotion and protection of all human nights around the globe. |
| C. | It replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights. |
| D. | It is made up of 47 UN Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly. |
| Answer» B. It is responsible for the promotion and protection of all human nights around the globe. | |
| 7328. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Ohm's law is not correct? |
| A. | Ohm's law is an assumption that current through a conductor is always directly proportional to the potential difference applied to it. |
| B. | A conducting device obeys Ohm's law when the resistance of a device is independent of magnitude and polarity of applied potential difference. |
| C. | A conducting material obeys Ohm's law when the resistance of material is independent of the magnitude and direction of applied electric field. |
| D. | All homogeneous materials obey Ohm's law irrespective of whether the field is within range or strong. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7329. |
Which one of the following statements regarding the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is not correct? |
| A. | The UN General Assembly adopted the Human Rights Charter on 10th December, 1948. |
| B. | Some of the provisions of the Fundamental Rights enshrined in the Constitution of India are similar to the provisions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| C. | The Right to Property is not a part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| D. | India is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. |
| Answer» D. India is a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. | |
| 7330. |
Which one of the following statements regarding temperate coniferous forest biome is not correct? |
| A. | They are characterized by very little undergrowth. |
| B. | They have a growing period of 50 to 100 days in a year |
| C. | There is low variation in annual temperature. |
| D. | There is high range in spatial distribution of annual precipitation |
| Answer» D. There is high range in spatial distribution of annual precipitation | |
| 7331. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Public Accounts Committee is correct? |
| A. | It consists of fifteen members from Lok Sabha seven members from Rajya Sabha |
| B. | It consists of twenty members from Lok Sabha and ten members from Rajya Sabha |
| C. | The term of members of Public Accounts Committee is five years |
| D. | Finance Minister is the Chair-person of the Public Accounts Committee |
| Answer» B. It consists of twenty members from Lok Sabha and ten members from Rajya Sabha | |
| 7332. |
Which one of the following statements regarding post-modernism is not correct ? |
| A. | Under Post-modernism, assumptions regarding the unity of humanity, the individual as a creative force of society and history have been put under critical scrutiny. |
| B. | Under Post-modernism, assumptions such as the idea of science as Truth and the superiority of the West, are held as absolute. |
| C. | Under Post-modernism, disciplinary boundaries are getting blurred and new disciplinarity such as feminism, ethnic studies, urban and culture studies are moving to the centre of human studies. |
| D. | The Post-modernist critique introduces the idea of discontinuity, disjunction and interruption, instead of the idea of linear and progressive historical rhythm. |
| Answer» C. Under Post-modernism, disciplinary boundaries are getting blurred and new disciplinarity such as feminism, ethnic studies, urban and culture studies are moving to the centre of human studies. | |
| 7333. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Penicillin is correct? |
| A. | Penicillin resistant bacteria can store this antibiotic in vacuole |
| B. | Penicillin resistant bacteria can degrade this antibiotic by an enzyme called β-lactamase |
| C. | Penicillin resistant bacteria can degrade this antibiotic by an enzyme called lactic acid dehydrogenase |
| D. | Penicillin is not absorbed by bacteria; so most bacteria are resistant |
| Answer» C. Penicillin resistant bacteria can degrade this antibiotic by an enzyme called lactic acid dehydrogenase | |
| 7334. |
Which one of the following statements regarding muscle contraction and relaxation is correct? |
| A. | It involves movement of \(Xn^{++}\) ion |
| B. | It involves \(Ca^{++}\)ion if blood |
| C. | It involves release of \(Ca^{++}\) from sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and pumping \(Ca^{++}\) back in SR |
| D. | It involves exchange of Na and K |
| Answer» D. It involves exchange of Na and K | |
| 7335. |
Which one of the following statements regarding motion is correct? |
| A. | All the periodic motions are necessarily simple harmonic |
| B. | All the simple harmonic motions are necessarily periodic motions |
| C. | There is no co-relation between the simple harmonic motions and the periodicity of motion |
| D. | The relation between the simple harmonic motion and periodic motion depends upon the mass of object undergoing the motion |
| Answer» C. There is no co-relation between the simple harmonic motions and the periodicity of motion | |
| 7336. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Modem Indian Music is not correct? |
| A. | The decline of courtly patronage in the nineteenth century. the intervention of a new urban western-educated class that endeavoured to relocate classical music from the court and the temple to the secular arena the marker of a new cultural setting. |
| B. | The new cultural setting fundamentally altered the structure and form of classical music. |
| C. | The emergence of nation as a community suitably redefined and restructured, nurtured and consumed. Indian classical music |
| D. | The newly developed interest in music its inspired by nationalist ideals, practice and performance was solely |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7337. |
Which one of the following statements regarding magnetic field is NOT correct? |
| A. | Magnetic field is a quantity that has direction and magnitude |
| B. | Magnetic field lines are closed curves |
| C. | Magnetic field lines are open curves |
| D. | No two magnetic field lines are found to cross each other |
| Answer» D. No two magnetic field lines are found to cross each other | |
| 7338. |
Which one of the following statements regarding ‘Root locus’ is not correct? |
| A. | By the addition of poles to the left half, the root locus shifts towards the right-hand side, and the stability of the system decreases |
| B. | By addition of zero towards left, the root locus shifts towards left half, since root locus shifts towards left half, the relative stability of control system increases |
| C. | By the addition of zero towards the left side, the root locus shifts towards the left half, the relative stability remains the same |
| D. | By addition of poles to the left half, the system stability decreases, while by addition of zeros towards left half, the stability of system increases |
| Answer» D. By addition of poles to the left half, the system stability decreases, while by addition of zeros towards left half, the stability of system increases | |
| 7339. |
Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadevaraya is NOT correct? |
| A. | He was a great scholar of Telegu and Sanskrit |
| B. | Foreign travellers Domingo Paes visited his court |
| C. | Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire |
| D. | He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7340. |
Which one of the following statements regarding James Mill and his Utilitarianism is not correct? |
| A. | As a utilitarian, James Mill was an ardent supporter of Sankrit and Persian learning. |
| B. | In James Mill's opinion, the orientalists, instead of helping to eradicate the decay of oriental despotism, were guilty of perpetuating it. |
| C. | In writing Hsitory of british India, James Mill periodized Indian history on communal lines. |
| D. | Mill sought legal solutions to socio-cultural problems of India. |
| Answer» B. In James Mill's opinion, the orientalists, instead of helping to eradicate the decay of oriental despotism, were guilty of perpetuating it. | |
| 7341. |
Which one of the following statements regarding insulin hormone is correct? |
| A. | Insulin is a protein hormone which is not produced in human body. |
| B. | Insulin is a steriod hormone which is produced in human body. |
| C. | Insulin is a cholesterol-driven hormone given to human |
| D. | Insulin is a protein hormone which is produced in human body. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7342. |
Which one of the following statements regarding ideals of the Pararthana Samaj is not correct? |
| A. | Believed that God is one, and without form |
| B. | Believed in leveling down of he castes and brotherhood of man |
| C. | Believed in forming a different sect from Hindu Society |
| D. | Believed in accepting the work of medieval saints as the basis for social progress. |
| Answer» D. Believed in accepting the work of medieval saints as the basis for social progress. | |
| 7343. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Imperialist approach to the writing of Indian history, is not correct? |
| A. | The Imperialist approach first emerged in the official pronouncements of the Viceroys and was convincingly put forward by V. Chirol, the Rowlatt Committee and Verney Lovat. |
| B. | It was firstly theorized by Bruce T. McCully in 1940 and its liberal version was adopted by Reginald Coupland and Percival Spear. |
| C. | Its conservative version was made brighter and prettier by John Gallaghar and Anil Seal, after 1968 |
| D. | The Imperialist writers believed that India was in the process of becoming a nation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7344. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Human Rights is not correct? |
| A. | Human Rights derive their inspiration from moral principle. |
| B. | They are applicable subject to their adoption by States |
| C. | The International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights was adopted by the United Nations in the year 1948 |
| D. | The unuversalism of Human Rights is challenged by the cultural relativists |
| Answer» D. The unuversalism of Human Rights is challenged by the cultural relativists | |
| 7345. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Henry's law is not correct? |
| A. | The value of KH increases with increase of temperature and KH is function of the nature of the gas. |
| B. | Higher the value of KH at a given pressure, higher is the solubility of the gas in the liquids. |
| C. | The partial pressure of the gas in vapour phase is proportional to the mole fraction of the gas in the solution. |
| D. | Different gases have different KH (Henry's law constant) values at the same temperature. |
| Answer» C. The partial pressure of the gas in vapour phase is proportional to the mole fraction of the gas in the solution. | |
| 7346. |
Which one of the following statements regarding freedom to manage religious affairs as per the Constitution of India is not correct? |
| A. | Every religious denomination shall have the right to manage its own affairs in matters of religion except some minor communities. |
| B. | Every religion or any section thereof shall have the right to own and acquire movable and immovable property. |
| C. | Every religious community has the right to establish and maintain institutions for religious and charitable purposes. |
| D. | Every community has the right to manage its own affairs in matters of religion. |
| Answer» B. Every religion or any section thereof shall have the right to own and acquire movable and immovable property. | |
| 7347. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Electrocardiogram is correct? |
| A. | Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of electrical activity of cornea |
| B. | Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of activity of kidney |
| C. | Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of activity of brain |
| D. | Electrocardiogram is graphical representation of electrical activity of heart |
| Answer» E. | |
| 7348. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Fleming's Rule is correct? |
| A. | Fleming’s left hand rule gives direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field |
| B. | Fleming’s right hand rule gives direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field |
| C. | Both the left-hand and right-hand rule can be used for finding direction of force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field |
| D. | Fleming’s rules has nothing to do with magnetic field |
| Answer» B. Fleming’s right hand rule gives direction of force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field | |
| 7349. |
Which one of the following statements regarding Bleaching powder and D.D.T. is correct? |
| A. | Both are inorganic compounds |
| B. | Both are organic compounds |
| C. | Both contain chlorine |
| D. | Both contain calcium |
| Answer» D. Both contain calcium | |
| 7350. |
Which one of the following statements regarding digestion is correct? |
| A. | Fat present in the food is digested by trypsin and chymotrypsin. |
| B. | Starch of food is digested by lipases. |
| C. | Fat of food is digested by lipases. |
| D. | Nucleic acid is digested by amylases. |
| Answer» D. Nucleic acid is digested by amylases. | |