Which one of the following conditions causes rainfall?
(a) Cooling of the dry air
(b) Cooling of the saturated air
(c) Increase in relative humidity
(d) Decrease in absolute humidity
During India?s freedom struggle, the ?Sepoy Mutiny? started from which of the following places? (a) Agra (b) Gwalior (c) Jhansi (d) Meerut
National Defence Academy and Naval Academy GENERAL KNOWLEDGE GEOGRAPHY
?Sal? is a very important tree of (a) Tropical dry deciduous forest (b) Tropical rain forest (c) Thorn forest (d) Alpine forest
Which of the following offices is held during the pleasure of the President of India? (a) Vice-President (b) Chief Justice of India (c) Governor of a State (d) Chairman of the UPSC
Consider the following statements : Dadabhai Naoroji 1. was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress thrice. 2. wrote the book ?Poverty and Un-British Rule in India?. 3. founded the ?National Social Conference?. Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 1 and 2 (c) 2 and 3 (d) 3 only
During the Mughal period which one of the following traders were the first to come to India? (a) Portuguese (b) Dutch (c) Danish (d) English
Quartzite is a metamorphic form of (a) Granite (b) Basalt (c) Limestone (d) Sandstone
With reference to the Indian freedom struggle, consider the following statements : 1. C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru formed the Congress Khilafat Swarajya Party. 2. In 1919, Gandhiji was elected President of the Khilafat Conference. 3. The Communist Party of India was banned by the Government in 1934. Which of the statements is/are correct ? (a) 1 and 2 (b) 2 only (c) 1 and 3 (d) 1, 2 and 3
Consider the following statements : 1. Satavahana rules persecuted the Buddhists 2. Pushyamitra Sunga patronised the Buddhists 3. Shashanka cut off the Bodhi tree at Bodha Gaya Which of these statements is/are correct? (a) 1 only (b) 2 and 3 (c) 1 and 3 (d) 3 only
Which of the following States is least developed in rail routes? (a) Chhattisgarh (b) Jharkhand (c) Manipur (d) Uttaranchal
Consider the following statements regarding the International Date Line: 1. The days and nights are of equal length along this line. 2. A traveler from Japan to America gains one day. 3. It follows almost 1800 longitude. 4. Two different dates are observed on either side of this line. Which of these statements are correct ? (a) 1, 2 and 3 (b) 2, 3 and 4 (c) 1, 3 and 4 (d) 1, 2, 3 and 4
Which one of the following is NOT a type of relationship specified by the Indian Constitution between the Centre and the States? (a) Legislative (b) Financial (c) Judicial (d) Administrative