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Which one of the following is not a part along the western coast of India?
Tuticorin (Thoothukudi) is a port city of Tamil Nadu. The city lies on the Coromandel (eastern coast) Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
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Which State possesses the biggest coal reserve?
Jharia coalfield is a large coal field located in Jharia, Jharkhand. Jharia represents the largest coal reserves in India having estimated reserves of 19.4 billion tonnes of coking coal.
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After whom is the Magsaysay Award named?
The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippines President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.
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Seasickness is due to the effect of the motion of the ship, on:
Seasickness is a result of a conflict in the inner ear, where the human balance mechanism resides, and is caused by a vessel's erratic motion on the water.
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The disease that kills more people than lung cancer as a consequence of air pollution is:
Emphysema kills more people than lung cancer as a consequence of air pollution. It is a condition that involves damage to the walls of the air sacs (alveoli) of the lung. Alveoli are small, thin-walled, very fragile air sacs located in clusters at the end of the bronchial tubes deep inside the lungs.
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Columba-livia is the scientific name of:
The rock dove, rock pigeon, or common pigeon is a member of the bird family Columba-livia (doves and pigeons).
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Who translated the novel “Neel Darpan” into English?
Nil Darpan, Bengali Novel, was written by Dinabandhu Mitra in 1858–1859. The main context of the play is the event of Indigo Revolt in Bengal. The play was translated into English by Madhusudan Dutta.
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Which of the following is a supercooled liquid?
Glass is a supercooled liquid. Supercooling is the process of lowering the temperature of a liquid or a gas below its freezing point without it becoming a solid. It achieves this in the absence of a seed crystal or nucleus around which a crystal structure can form.
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The fuel used in an atomic reactor is:
The fuel used in an atomic reactor is Uranium. Uranium is the most widely used fuel by nuclear power plants for nuclear fission.
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Which Article of the Constitution of India abolishes untouchability and forbids its practice in any form?
Article 17 of the Indian constitution mainly deals with the account of untouchability. According to this article, Untouchability is abolished and its practice in any form is forbidden.
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The rate of interest is determined by:
Interest rates are determined by RBI who actively commit to maintaining a target interest rate. They do so by intervening directly in the open market through open market operations (OMO), buying or selling Treasury securities to influence short-term rates.
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The difference between visible exports and visible imports is defined as:
The balance of trade is the difference between the monetary value of a nation's exports and imports over a certain time period.
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Which of the following is a better measurement of Economic Development?
The most comprehensive measure of overall economic performance is gross domestic product or GDP, which measures the “output” or total market value of goods and services produced in the domestic economy during a particular time period. Per capita income (or Average GDP/person) is very misleading as it includes the incomes of billionaires.
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The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places is:
The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places was Heinrich Hertz (German physicist, 1857-1894). He applied Maxwell's theories to the production and reception of radio waves. He used a spark gap attached to an induction coil and a separate spark gap on a receiving antenna. When waves created by the sparks of the coil transmitter were picked up by the receiving antenna, sparks would jump its gap as well. Hertz showed in his experiments that these signals possessed all the properties of electromagnetic waves.
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The first Viceroy of India was:
Government of India Act 1858 passed which changed the name of post-Governor General of India by Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was appointed directly by the British government. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.
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India attained 'Dominion Status' on:
The Union of India, also called the Dominion of India (Bharatiya Adhirajya), was an independent dominion in the British Commonwealth of Nations between 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950. India attained “Dominion Status” on 15 Aug 1947 by the Mountbatten plan.
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The split between the 'Extremists' and 'Moderates' came up in the open at the Surat Congress Session in the year:
The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National Congress into two groups - the Extremists and the Moderates - at the Surat session in 1907.
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While catching a ball, a player pulls down his hands to lower the:
By lowering his hands while catching the cricket ball, the player allows a longer time for momentum change (lower the momentum), thereby preventing his hands from getting injured.
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The founder of the Brahmo Samaj was:
The Brahmo Samaj was a monotheistic sect of Hinduism. The movement began through meetings of Bengalis in Calcutta in 1828. One of the leading figures was Ram Mohun Roy. This group was known as the Brahmo Sabha.
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The largest island in the world is Greenland. It Is an Integral part of:
Greenland is the world's largest island, located between the Arctic and Atlantic oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Greenland is an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark.
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